1966 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1966 between Essendon and Collingwood during round three of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Trevor Steer as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Essendon (8.18.66) defeated Collingwood (8.6.54).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 7 May 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 43,487

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 8.18.66 - 8.6.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 5 . 8 7 . 14 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Collingwood 2 . 1 2 . 4 4 . 5 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Collingwood

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Trevor Steer
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Blew

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 1 0 0 1
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 1 1 23 23 0 4 0 1 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 0
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 2 0 2 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 9 0 0 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 0 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 3 10 9 1 6 1 0 1
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 8 0 2 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 17 1 1
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 6 0 0 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 8 4 1 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 7 0 0 0
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 3 9 0 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 1 4 24 23 1 6 0 4 4
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 5 16 16 0 3 0 0 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 8 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 18 243 225 18 76 40 14 22

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Clark, Len ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 2 0 8 8 0 4 0 1 0
3 Gabelich, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 10 1 1
7 Graham, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
4 Henderson, John ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 3 0 3 1
13 Hill, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 1 0
12 Hutchesson, Errol ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 6 0 2 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 1 3 13 12 1 5 0 1 1
20 Montgomery, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 1
26 Norman, David ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 3 0 1 0
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 0
21 Pitt, Max ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 2
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 3 1
35 Price, Barry ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 0 0 1 1
29 Rose, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 1 3 0
2 Steer, Trevor (vc) ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 4 7 1 0
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 5 1 1
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 1 0 2
19 Urquhart, Max ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Waters, Terry ? ? 2 0 17 15 2 6 2 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 6 248 213 35 63 26 23 14

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