1967 VFL Season Round 4: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1967 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round four of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Miller and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

South Melbourne (18.19.127) defeated Essendon (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 May 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 18,803

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 18.19.127 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 5 11 . 6 14 . 14 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Essendon 4 . 1 7 . 4 8 . 7 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin SMLB by 10 SMLB by 26 SMLB by 43 SMLB by 39 SMLB by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. King

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 12 1 5
15 Bethke, Des ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 2 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 13 5 2
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 2 0 3 2
45 Greenwood, Jack ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 1 0 3 1
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 2 0 0
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 3 3
21 Heriot, John ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 4 0 3 3
7 John, Graeme ? ? 2 4 16 14 2 8 0 4 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 0 2 2
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 4 1
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 2 4 14 11 3 1 0 2 1
41 Mulligan, Mick ? ? 2 2 11 10 1 2 0 1 3
11 Papley, Max ? ? 4 0 24 22 2 7 0 1 6
3 Phillips, Ken ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 2 0 2 1
44 Roche, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 3 0 0 2
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 2 24 24 0 5 0 3 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 4 2 14 14 0 8 4 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 19 255 237 18 59 31 40 42

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
57 Anderson, Ian ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 4 2 1 3
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 4 2 21 21 0 3 0 2 2
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 1 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 4 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 2 0 4 3
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 0 4
36 Evans, Neil ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 10 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 2 28 24 4 10 0 8 3
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 6 0 2 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 2 0 4 5
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 3 0 5 3
39 Hird, Allan ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 2
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 23 5 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 1 11 11 0 3 0 2 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 2
5 Shaw, David ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 1 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 10 258 226 32 56 35 42 41

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