1966 VFL Round 15: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1966 between Essendon and Carlton during round 15 of the 1966 VFL season. 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
K. Fraser (capt.), J. Birt (vice-capt.), G. Brown, J. Clarke, B. Davis, K. Egan, T. Fordham, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, D. McKenzie, H. Mitchell, A. Noonan, C. Payne, I. Payne, G. Pryor, D. Shaw, J. Somerville, B. Waite, J. Williams, B. Wilson

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), G. Anderson, I. Collins, J. Comben, G. Crane, A. Gallagher, B. Gill, J. Gill, J. Goold, K. Greenwood, K. Hall, W. Lofts, P. McLean, R. McLean, B. Quirk, S. Silvagni, C. Stewart, R. Stone, D. Vandenberg, V. Waite

Essendon (18.7.115) defeated Carlton (10.13.73).

Goalkickers
Essendon: T. Fordham (7), A. Noonan (4), J. Clarke (2), D. Shaw (2), J. Birt, I. Payne, J. Somerville
Carlton: J. Nicholls (3), S. Silvagni (3), P. McLean, R. McLean, B. Quirk, D. Vandenberg

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 5th on the ladder and Carlton remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: John Coleman (Essendon), Ron Barassi (Carlton)
Captains: Ken Fraser (Essendon), John Nicholls (Carlton)
Vice-Captains: Johnny Birt (Essendon), unknown (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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