1966 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1966 between Essendon and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. Hassa Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (11.18.84) defeated Melbourne (7.7.49).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 August 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,363

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 11.18.84 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 5 . 6 9 . 12 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Melbourne 5 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin MELB by 13 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

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) ? ? 1 2 19 18 1 2 0 3 0
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 4 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 0 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 7 0 2 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 4 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 4 5 14 11 3 5 0 3 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 29 24 5 12 0 2 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 1 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 17 5 4
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 3 11 10 1 3 0 1 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 3 18 12 6 4 0 5 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 3 2 2
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 6 0 3 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 1 2
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 1 0 1
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 3 0 4 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 3 0 1
26 Wilson, Bob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 18 282 240 42 71 24 39 25

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 6 0 0 4
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 2 0 1 2
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 5 0 3 4
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 0 3 1
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 1 0 1 1
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 6 32 3 1
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 4
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 5 2 0 3
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 1
52 Langford, Bob ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 2
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 2 0
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 2 1 23 21 2 8 0 2 1
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 4 2 2 4
51 Osborne, Ken ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
30 Rowe, Ken ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 0 2
4 Smith, Peter ? ? 2 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 2
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 2 0 2 4
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 0 0
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 7 239 205 34 64 36 25 38

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