1966 VFL Season Round 17: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1966 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Glenferrie Oval. Graham Arthur captained the hosts with John Peck as vice-captain. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Peter O'Donohue and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Hawthorn (11.13.79) were defeated by Essendon (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 August 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 21,520

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Essendon
Score: 11.13.79 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 3 4 . 6 9 . 11 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Essendon 1 . 2 9 . 2 13 . 6 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin HWTH by 7 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Vice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: Peter O'Donohue

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Arthur, Graham (c) FPL ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 2 1
1 Browne, Morton FF ? 3 5 10 8 2 5 0 2 1
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 0 0 26 24 2 4 0 2 1
8 Dickson, Des RR↓ ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 8 0 7
17 Ferguson, Neil BPR ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 10 1 3
14 Gardner, John SUB↑ ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 6 1 0
28 Gay, Terry CHF ? 1 0 17 14 3 10 2 4 2
22 Hay, Phil FB ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 2 0
33 Keddie, Bob HFFR ? 3 1 13 13 0 3 0 5 1
11 Lade, Phil HBFR ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 1
16 McLean, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 0 2
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 1 2 18 18 0 2 0 2 2
27 Parkin, David HBFL ? 0 0 27 22 5 5 0 7 1
23 Peck, John (vc) RU ? 1 2 16 13 3 2 16 4 2
29 Poole, Reg BPL ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 2 1
9 Porter, Michael HFFL ? 1 1 10 8 2 3 0 2 1
15 Robson, Rodney SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
35 Smith, Wes FPR ? 1 2 22 20 2 2 0 2 2
32 Stafford, Geoff C↓ ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
10 Wilson, Ray WR ? 0 0 13 11 2 7 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 13 279 239 40 64 42 39 30

J. Gardner replaced D. Dickson.
R. Robson replaced G. Stafford during the fourth quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 2 2 20 17 3 3 0 1 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 3
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 2 17 17 0 5 0 1 2
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 0 0 2
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 3 3
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 7 2 17 16 1 9 0 4 0
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 10 5 4 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 26 0 6
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 4 4 0 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 10 1 1 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 5 0 0 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 1 3 2
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 1 26 23 3 4 9 5 4
19 Somerville, John ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 10 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 10 278 248 30 72 58 30 39

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Peter O'Donohue
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 J. Peck (vc) 14 J. Gardner
35 W. Smith 1 M. Browne 2 G. Arthur (c) 8 D. Dickson 15 R. Robson
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins

HALF-BACK













33 B. Keddie 28 T. Gay 9 M. Porter



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













10 R. Wilson 32 G. Stafford 30 D. Meagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













11 P. Lade 16 K. McLean 27 D. Parkin



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













17 N. Ferguson 22 P. Hay 29 R. Poole



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Coleman