1966 VFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1966 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round two of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Noel Teasdale captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alan Killigrew and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

North Melbourne (5.13.43) were defeated by Essendon (12.20.92).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 April 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 19,312

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 5.13.43 - 12.20.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 2 3 . 5 3 . 8 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Essendon 3 . 0 8 . 8 9 . 12 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Noel Teasdale
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Johnny Birt
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Grant

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 2
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 1 0 1 1
10 Carr, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 3 2 2
14 Davies, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 1 2 1
9 Dean, Ken ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 1
33 Delanty, Mike ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 1 0 1
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 2 1 14 14 0 2 0 1 1
6 Dugdale, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 0 1
29 Gaudion, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 4 0
13 Goode, Frank ? ? 1 2 6 4 2 4 0 0 2
3 Ibrahim, John ? ? 1 4 19 16 3 1 0 3 3
22 Johnson, Bert ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 3
20 Karanicolas, Arthur ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 2
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 1
16 Pascoe, Bob ? ? 1 1 6 3 3 3 6 0 1
19 Quade, Mike ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 4 0 0
24 Rogers, Dave ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
2 Teasdale, Noel (c) ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 9 7 4 2
32 Waddington, John ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 7 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 5 13 195 168 27 51 22 24 26

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 4 35 30 5 1 0 4 3
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 2 0 4 2
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 1 3 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 4 7 17 16 1 7 0 1 1
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 8 0 2 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 8 0 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 5 0 2 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 0 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 3 8 1 4
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 5 0 0 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 1 0 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 8 0 0 0
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 4 11 1 2
5 Shaw, David ? ? 2 2 21 19 2 3 0 1 2
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 2 0 1 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 15 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 20 277 246 31 70 38 27 24

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s