1966 VFL Season Round 5: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1966 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round five of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Ralph Rogerson captained the hosts with John Hayes as vice-captain. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Fitzroy (9.10.64) were defeated by Essendon (17.11.113).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 May 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 15,333

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 9.10.64 - 17.11.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 5 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Essendon 4 . 1 9 . 4 11 . 5 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Ralph Rogerson
Vice-Captain: John Hayes
Coach: Bill Stephen

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 3 3
10 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 8 0 3 2
5 Bond, Colin ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 3 1
29 Booth, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 2 1
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 2 19 13 6 6 17 2 2
38 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 1
45 Corbett, Harry ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 2 0 1
14 Cromarty, Russell ? ? 4 1 9 8 1 4 0 2 1
8 Dawson, Trevor ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 0 0 2 1
33 Drury, Bernie ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 1
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 5 0 3 1
37 Hackwill, Brendon ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 12 1 2
15 Hayes, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 0 2
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 2
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 2 0 1
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 5 1 0
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 0 0 1 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 1 0 26 24 2 1 0 3 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 3 0 2 0
1 Rogerson, Ralph (c) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 10 256 212 44 50 38 32 26

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Armstrong, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 2 0 31 30 1 5 0 0 1
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 0 0 0
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 1 4
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 0 2
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 1 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 6 5 14 14 0 9 0 1 2
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 2 0 25 17 8 9 0 3 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 0 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 1 0 2 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 8 2 2
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 2 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 4 3 0
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 1 1 1
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 7 15 2 2
5 Shaw, David ? ? 2 2 20 19 1 4 1 2 1
19 Somerville, John ? ? 3 2 17 17 0 8 0 1 2
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 3 14 3 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 11 277 240 37 81 43 26 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