1967 VFL Round 10: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1967 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round 10 of the 1967 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), M. Andrews, D. Aspinall, J. Benison, N. Brown, M. Cole, R. Cromarty, C. Hobbs, A. Kuka, G. Lazarus, T. McGregor, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, P. O'Brien, D. Peoples, C. Rheinberger, A. Ruscuklic, D. Sykes, P. Wood, N. Zunneberg

Essendon
K. Fraser (capt.), J. Birt (vice-capt.), I. Anderson, G. Brown, B. Davis, K. Egan, N. Evans, K. Fletcher, T. Fordham, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, D. Gross, D. McKenzie, A. Noonan, C. Payne, I. Payne, D. Shaw, J. Somerville, B. Thompson, J. Williams

Fitzroy (9.11.65) were defeated by Essendon (13.13.91).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: J. Newnham (4), D. Aspinall, T. McGregor, D. Peoples, A. Ruscuklic, D. Sykes
Essendon: T. Fordham (4), D. Gross (3), J. Birt, G. Brown, K. Fraser, A. Noonan, I. Payne, J. Somerville

As a result of this match, Fitzroy remained 12th on the ladder and Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 June 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 12,166

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 9.11.65 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 3 5 . 8 6 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Essendon 4 . 1 5 . 4 12 . 9 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin ESSE by 10 FITZ by 4 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Stephen (Fitzroy), John Coleman (Essendon)
Captains: Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), Ken Fraser (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Fitzroy), Johnny Birt (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 0 1
41 Aspinall, Dennis ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 0
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 3 3
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 18 2 1
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 0 0
14 Cromarty, Russell ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 2 0 2 0
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 3 0
Kuka, Andrew ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 3 15 12 3 5 2 1 1
40 McGregor, Treva ? ? 1 1 18 17 1 3 0 1 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 0 1 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 2 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 4 0 26 20 6 1 0 2 1
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 14 1 5
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 9 0 0 2
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 3 3 4
24 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 3 13 11 2 6 2 0 1
15 Sykes, David ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 4 3 0 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 0 1 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 11 291 234 57 65 42 25 23

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
57 Anderson, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 8 0 2
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 1 0 24 23 1 1 0 0 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 1 1 20 19 1 6 0 5 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 1 2
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 3 0
36 Evans, Neil ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 4 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 4 5 13 13 0 8 0 0 5
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 3 25 20 5 8 0 3 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 0 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 3 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 1 0 2 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 19 0 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 7 8 0 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 1 1 29 26 3 4 0 2 2
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 1
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 6 0 0 1
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 13 290 251 39 70 39 23 25

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