1967 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1967 between Essendon and Melbourne during round seven of the 1967 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 (10.12.72) defeated Melbourne (6.10.46).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 May 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,565

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Melbourne 1 . 3 3 . 6 4 . 8 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Margin ESSE by 24 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
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

J. McMaster

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
57 Anderson, Ian ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 2 8 0 2
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 2 1 22 18 4 1 0 3 3
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 10 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 1 3
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 0 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 1
36 Evans, Neil ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 13 0 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 6 0 3 0
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 2 2
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 4 14 12 2 4 0 3 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 24 14 10 0 0 3 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 4 20 1 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 3 15 14 1 8 0 2 3
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 3 2 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 12 241 209 32 63 44 24 27

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 0 1
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 2
23 Bowden, Adrian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 3
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 0 0
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 2 3 2 2
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 3 0 2 2
38 Dowsing, Rob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 1 0 1 1
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Feldmann, Rick ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 3 2
1 Foster, Rob ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 4 12 2 0
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 23 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 2 1 3 1
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 0
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 1
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 3 1 25 22 3 4 0 6 1
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 1
4 Smith, Peter ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 4 2 2 1
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 1 0 1 0
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 6 10 253 207 46 44 41 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