1966 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1966 between Essendon and Richmond during round ten of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. In the absence of Ken Fraser, vice-captain Johnny Birt captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. Neville Crowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (14.16.100) defeated Richmond (15.6.96).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 25 June 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,579

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 14.16.100 - 15.6.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 5 11 . 13 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Richmond 4 . 2 8 . 4 10 . 5 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Margin RICH by 6 RICH by 11 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Johnny Birt (acting)
Vice-Captain: Don McKenzie (acting)
Coach: John Coleman

Richmond

Captain: Neville Crowe
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (ac) ? ? 1 4 20 18 2 0 0 3 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 8 0 1 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 2 0 0 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 4 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 2 0 4 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 0 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 4 1 9 8 1 4 0 0 1
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 18 2 6
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 2 13 12 1 2 0 2 2
39 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don (avc) ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 14 2 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 3 17 14 3 8 0 3 3
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 6 3 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 3 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 12 2 4
19 Somerville, John ? ? 3 4 18 16 2 5 0 3 1
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 2 9 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 16 278 241 37 58 62 39 35

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 0 28 25 3 4 0 4 4
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 1 1 28 23 5 5 0 5 5
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 2 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 1
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 3 39 3 3
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 2
32 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 4 0 16 15 1 1 0 1 1
6 Gowers, Trevor ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 1 2 5 5 0 3 0 0 3
23 Hogan, Peter ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 2 0 4 2
11 Madigan, Owen ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 1 6
9 Northey, John ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 1 0 1 1
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 4 3 3
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 3
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 6 1 4
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 0 0 1 0
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
26 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 3
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 3
14 Warner, Ross ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 3 1 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 6 244 202 42 48 51 35 48

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