1966 VFL Season Round 4: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1966 between Carlton and Essendon during round four of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Carlton (15.12.102) defeated Essendon (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 May 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 31,819

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 15.12.102 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 4 6 . 7 12 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Essendon 1 . 2 2 . 3 3 . 7 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin CARL by 26 CARL by 28 CARL by 56 CARL by 61 CARL by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
26 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 2 3
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 5 1 3 4
13 Bennett, Bill ? ? 4 0 8 8 0 7 0 1 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 0 1
29 Fowler, Maurie ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 2 0 3 1
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 3
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 3 3
5 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 5 12 1 5
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 2 2 4
18 Lloyd, John ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 2 0 0 1
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 1
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
23 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 2 24 18 6 1 0 0 0
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 3 2 29 16 13 7 32 4 4
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 2 1 16 15 1 4 0 2 1
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 4 13 12 1 5 0 0 0
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 2 0 2 3
39 Stewart, Cliff ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 3 0 3 2
44 Stone, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 12 302 241 61 62 47 32 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 1
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 2 0 6 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 2
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 0
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 2
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 0 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 1 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 4 0 3 2
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 2 2 17 15 2 7 0 4 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 1 0 1 2
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 2 14 5 4
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 3 5 1 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 4 2 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 2
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 4 10 1 4
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 2
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 4 0 4 1
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 5 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 5 11 223 200 23 49 38 37 32

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