1966 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1966 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. John Hayes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Essendon (14.9.93) defeated Fitzroy (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 13 August 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,623

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.9.93 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 1 9 . 3 13 . 6 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Fitzroy 0 . 2 2 . 4 3 . 6 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin ESSE by 29 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

Captain: John Hayes
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Blew

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 3 0 21 20 1 1 0 0 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 2 1 34 29 5 7 0 2 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 4 0 1 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 2 0 1 6
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 3
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 4 2 10 8 2 4 0 1 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 8 0 4 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 5 15 1 4
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 3 2 23 19 4 6 0 1 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 11 0 2 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 6 0 0
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 1 4
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 6 2 2 2
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 1 2 7 7 0 1 4 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 9 286 237 49 69 29 23 33

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
50 Aspinall, Dennis ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 2 0 3 1
13 Bahen, John ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 3 0 3 3
29 Booth, John ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 3 0 4 1
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 32 17 15 6 28 4 1
12 Calverley, Ray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Cobain, Rod ? ? 0 2 9 8 1 1 3 2 1
14 Cromarty, Russell ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0
41 Drake, Vern ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 5 0 1 1
18 Ellis, Kingsley ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 1 0 1
15 Hayes, John (c) ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 5 1
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 0 1
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 0
48 Hodgson, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 4 1 1
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 3 1 16 13 3 4 2 1 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 1 1 23 21 2 3 0 3 5
51 Oakley, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 3 0 1
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 6 2 3 2
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 6 9 275 221 54 59 43 33 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