1967 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1967 between Essendon and Geelong during round five of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. Graham Farmer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Essendon (8.13.61) were defeated by Geelong (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 13 May 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 24,101

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 8.13.61 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 0 4 . 5 7 . 10 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Geelong 3 . 3 6 . 6 7 . 7 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin GEEL by 3 GEEL by 13 ESSE by 3 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Geelong

Captain: Graham Farmer
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
57 Anderson, Ian ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 9 4 2 0
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 1 1 23 21 2 2 0 4 1
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 1 17 17 0 2 0 4 5
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 6 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 1 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 3 1
36 Evans, Neil ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 2 9 1 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 1 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 3 2 9 7 2 5 0 2 2
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 3 0 2 1
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 3 18 16 2 2 0 3 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 10 0 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 6 0 0 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 4 3 2 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 4 2
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 1 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 13 250 227 23 64 27 41 21

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 0 0 2
33 Barr, Alan ? ? 2 1 15 12 3 3 0 1 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 0 27 26 1 7 0 5 2
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 4 0 1 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 1 3
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 5 13 1 4
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 0 31 27 4 4 0 2 4
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 3 0 0 1
20 Marsden, Rodger ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 2 1 33 27 6 4 1 2 4
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 7 10 1 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 6 26 1 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 1 1
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 7 0 0 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 5 0 0 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 3 10 8 2 5 1 1 5
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 2 3
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 12 357 292 65 86 51 21 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