1966 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1966 between Essendon and Footscray during round nine of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. In the absence of Ken Fraser, deputy vice-captain Don McKenzie captained the hosts. In the absence of Ted Whitten, vice-captain John Schultz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Bill Findlay.

Essendon (9.17.71) defeated Footscray (4.13.37).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 18 June 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,577

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 9.17.71 - 4.13.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 4 . 9 7 . 12 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Footscray 1 . 5 2 . 5 3 . 9 4 . 13 4 . 13 (37)
Margin FOOT by 2 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Don McKenzie (acting)
Coach: John Coleman

Footscray

Captain: John Schultz (acting)
Coach: Bill Findlay (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Armstrong, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 1 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 2 1 22 17 5 2 0 3 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 3 0 4 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 0 4
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 3 1 7 7 0 2 0 1 2
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 10 2 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 2 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 5 1
39 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 0 1
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 1 0 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don (ac) ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 6 11 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 2 17 15 2 3 0 3 2
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 1 0 4 2
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 1 21 20 1 8 0 2 3
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 12 2 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 1 7 3 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 9 17 248 220 28 44 40 37 29

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 3 25 19 6 3 0 1 1
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
12 Burgess, Ted ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 4 1
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 1 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 2
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 2 10 6 4 1 1 1 1
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 3 0 2 2
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 0 0 5 1
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 0 2
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 3 0 2 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 4 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 2
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 3 13 12 1 2 5 2 3
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 0
14 Schultz, John (ac) ? ? 2 1 19 18 1 8 23 4 3
21 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 4
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 10 0 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 1 3
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 9 0 6
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 4 13 263 223 40 51 48 29 37

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