1966 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1966 between Melbourne and Essendon during round seven of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Melbourne (14.10.94) defeated Essendon (9.6.60).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 June 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,498

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 14.10.94 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 7 . 4 9 . 7 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Essendon 3 . 2 4 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin ESSE by 5 MELB by 19 MELB by 20 MELB by 34 MELB by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 1 0 0 1
3 Bartlett, Maurie ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 0 2
46 Bowden, Adrian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 3
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 1
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 25 25 0 3 0 0 0
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 2 0 16 15 1 1 0 0 2
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 1 1 12 12 0 4 0 3 3
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 26 4 3
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 14 1 2
50 Jungwirth, Ken ? ? 3 1 13 11 2 3 0 2 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 1
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 1 2 0 0
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 0 2 24 19 5 10 0 2 2
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 2
25 Rattray, Kerry ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 1 0 0 1
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 2 1
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 5 5 16 16 0 5 0 3 2
26 Vearing, Frank ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 10 268 247 21 60 42 25 27

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 2 0 21 21 0 3 0 3 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 1 2
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 0 18 18 0 4 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 0 3 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 3
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 4 1 10 9 1 3 0 3 0
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 2 0 3 0
2 Gent, Keith ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 2 0 0 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 0 2 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 24 3 2
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 3 1 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 7 0 1 1
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 17 0 3
5 Shaw, David ? ? 1 1 13 13 0 1 0 0 2
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 5 0 2 2
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 5 16 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 6 245 224 21 61 60 27 25

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