1966 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1966 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. Noel Teasdale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Alan Killigrew.

Essendon (6.16.52) defeated North Melbourne (6.6.42).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 July 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,454

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 6.16.52 - 6.6.42

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 3 . 11 5 . 14 6 . 16 6 . 16 (52)
North Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

North Melbourne

Captain: Noel Teasdale
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 2 2 18 18 0 1 0 2 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 1 2 2
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 3 0 2 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 6 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 3 2 8 7 1 2 0 2 1
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 17 4 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 5 2 2 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 2 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 2 0 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 22 3 3
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 3 18 13 5 3 0 1 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 3 0 4
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 2 0 2 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 0 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 2 21 19 2 2 5 0 2
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 3 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 4 8 1 1
26 Wilson, Bob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 16 262 230 32 55 58 36 27

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Allan, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 6 1 0
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 3
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 1 0 1 0
10 Carr, Alan ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 5 1 3
9 Dean, Ken ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 0 2 0 1
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 3
6 Dugdale, John ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 0 2
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 1 0 1 2
29 Gaudion, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 0 0 1 0
26 Goode, Bob ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 0 1
13 Goode, Frank ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 1
3 Ibrahim, John ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 3 0 2 4
22 Johnson, Bert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Karanicolas, Arthur ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 1
28 McAuliffe, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 2
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 4 0 0 3
8 McGrath, Dennis ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 7 1 1
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 3
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 8 0 4 1
2 Teasdale, Noel (c) ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 6 9 6 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 6 6 252 221 31 44 29 25 34

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