1966 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1966 between Essendon and Carlton during round fifteen of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (18.7.115) defeated Carlton (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 6 August 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 28,218

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 18.7.115 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 9 . 5 12 . 6 18 . 7 18 . 7 (115)
Carlton 4 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 10 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin CARL by 5 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 1 1 28 26 2 1 0 1 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 2 0 22 18 4 3 0 4 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 0 0 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 0 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 7 2 18 18 0 9 0 2 0
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 31 23 8 11 6 0 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 3 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 37 3 5
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 0 18 16 2 4 0 3 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 6 0 2
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 2 0 1 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 1 0 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 2 0 21 19 2 4 1 0 2
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 4 0 0 2
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 7 2 1
26 Wilson, Bob ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 7 306 270 36 69 59 23 22

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
26 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 0
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 4 0 2 2
25 Comben, John ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 0
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 2
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 2 12 12 0 2 0 2 1
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
12 Gill, John ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 4 0 4 0
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 0
5 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 6 12 1 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 8 0 2 1
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 2 9 8 1 3 0 0 4
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 1 0 0
14 McLean, Ricky ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 7
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 3 1 25 20 5 8 45 3 3
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 2 0 1 0
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 3 2 12 12 0 5 0 1 2
39 Stewart, Cliff ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 0 1 0
44 Stone, Ron ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 2 0 0 0
8 Vandenberg, Dick ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 13 224 204 20 59 59 24 23

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