1966 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1966 between Geelong and Essendon during round twelve of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Graham Farmer captained the hosts. In the absence of Ken Fraser, vice-captain Johnny Birt captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Geelong (15.7.97) defeated Essendon (5.7.37).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 July 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,114

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 15.7.97 - 5.7.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 7 . 2 11 . 4 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Essendon 2 . 2 4 . 2 4 . 5 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Margin ESSE by 1 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 60 GEEL by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Graham Farmer
Coach: Peter Pianto

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 6 0 1 2
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 4
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 30 19 11 10 31 8 8
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 3 0 2 2
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 1 2
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 3 13 12 1 2 0 0 0
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 0 32 27 5 4 0 3 3
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 8 0 1 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 7 0 1 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 13 0 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 2 1
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 5 2 0 0
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 2 1 23 18 5 8 7 1 0
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 8 1 12 11 1 9 0 1 1
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 2 2
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 7 331 277 54 88 53 30 38

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (ac) ? ? 2 1 18 17 1 4 0 3 0
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 0 2
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 1 2
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 4 4
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 0 3
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 2 2 8 6 2 3 0 4 0
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 8 1 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 3 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 3 2
24 McKenzie, Don (avc) ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 7 5 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 8 0 1 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 4 1 2
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 1 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 2 12 12 0 1 2 3 1
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 1 13 13 0 6 0 4 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 1 1 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 7 224 207 17 49 24 38 31

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