1967 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1967 between Footscray and Essendon during round six of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. In the absence of Ken Fraser, vice-captain Johnny Birt captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Footscray (4.7.31) were defeated by Essendon (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 May 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,278

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 4.7.31 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 4 . 3 4 . 4 4 . 7 4 . 7 (31)
Essendon 4 . 9 5 . 9 9 . 13 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin ESSE by 33 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Essendon

Captain: Johnny Birt (acting)
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 4
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 2
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 5 4
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 2 0 0 1
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 11 1 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 3 1 3
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 1 3
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 6 0 0 1
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 3 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 2 1
26 Patterson, Dallas ? ? 1 2 5 4 1 2 0 0 1
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 3 2
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 5 7 2 0
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 1 0 26 24 2 4 0 1 1
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 6 6 0 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 1 2
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 4 7 228 202 26 53 27 23 31

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
57 Anderson, Ian ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 5 4 1 2
11 Birt, Johnny (ac) ? ? 1 1 30 28 2 3 0 3 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 2 2
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 6 0 0 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 1 2
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 0 1 2
36 Evans, Neil ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 1 7 4 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 3 0 2 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 0 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 4 19 15 4 6 0 1 0
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 4 2 21 19 2 3 0 5 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 2 0 3 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 15 0 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 2 19 17 2 8 0 1 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 1 1 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 1 3 1
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 13 269 246 23 67 28 28 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