1967 VFL Season Round 10: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1967 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round ten of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (9.11.65) were defeated by Essendon (13.13.91).

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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