1966 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1966 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round six of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. Graham Arthur captained the visitors with John Peck as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Peter O'Donohue.

Essendon (15.15.105) defeated Hawthorn (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 28 May 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,329

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 15.15.105 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 8 6 . 10 10 . 13 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Hawthorn 0 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 6 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin ESSE by 25 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Vice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: Peter O'Donohue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Armstrong, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 1 2
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 1 1 26 25 1 3 0 2 0
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 1
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 3 0 2 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 3 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 7 6 17 16 1 8 0 3 2
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 11 2 1 0
2 Gent, Keith ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 1 0 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 9 0 1
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 2 0 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 1 3
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 5 10 3 2
5 Shaw, David ? ? 2 4 21 20 1 3 0 2 1
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 1 17 17 0 6 0 1 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 5 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 15 284 246 38 81 28 23 19

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Albiston, David FPR ? 2 3 22 21 1 3 0 1 0
2 Arthur, Graham (c) HFFR ? 1 1 16 15 1 1 1 3 0
4 Beck, Ken RU ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 22 0 1
1 Browne, Morton C ? 0 0 18 17 1 0 0 1 0
13 Burgess, Greg SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 1 1 21 17 4 2 0 1 1
8 Dickson, Des FPL ? 1 1 8 8 0 3 7 1 4
14 Gardner, John BPR ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 4 0 1
28 Gay, Terry CHF ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 3 2
12 Growcott, Ross FB↓ ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Lade, Phil HBFR ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 0 0 1
16 McLean, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 0 0 2
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 2 0
25 Olsson, Rod RR ? 2 0 23 22 1 5 0 0 2
23 Peck, John (vc) FF ? 3 1 6 5 1 1 1 2 1
29 Poole, Reg BPL ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 1 0
9 Porter, Michael HFFL ? 2 1 17 12 5 3 0 2 1
2 Tickell, John HBFL ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 2
10 Wilson, Ray WR ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 2 2
36 Wynd, Phil SUB↑ ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 9 274 242 32 62 35 19 23

P. Wynd replaced R. Growcott at quarter-time.

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: John Coleman
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 R. Poole 12 R. Growcott 14 J. Gardner













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



2 J. Tickell 16 K. McLean 11 P. Lade













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 1 M. Browne 10 R. Wilson









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 K. Beck 13 G. Burgess
HALF-FORWARD 25 R. Olsson 36 P. Wynd
9 M. Porter 28 T. Gay 2 G. Arthur (c) 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



8 D. Dickson 23 J. Peck (vc) 6 D. Albiston













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Peter O'Donohue