1967 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1967 between Essendon and Richmond during round twelve of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. Fred Swift captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (13.15.93) defeated Richmond (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 8 July 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 24,714

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 13.15.93 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 0 8 . 7 9 . 11 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Richmond 2 . 2 3 . 3 8 . 6 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Richmond

Captain: Fred Swift
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 4 4 35 33 2 3 0 4 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 2 28 25 3 7 0 2 4
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 7 0 1 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 0 1 4
36 Evans, Neil ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 5 2 3 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 10 0 3 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 0 23 15 8 1 0 2 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 2 27 3 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 3 14 14 0 9 0 3 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 1 0 0
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 3
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 1 2
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 0 0 0
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 3 0 0 1
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 8 10 1 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 15 291 250 41 74 40 25 31

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 2 24 24 0 3 0 1 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 1 0 2 0
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 0
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 3 0 3 2
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 20 1 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 5 3
21 Erwin, Mick ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 1 1 0
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 3 3 11 9 2 5 1 1 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 2 0 3 0
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 2 3
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 0 4 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 1 3 12 11 1 1 0 1 1
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 8 23 1 4
33 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 0 3
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 1 2 3
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
18 Shinners, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 0 2
15 Swift, Fred (c) ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 7 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 12 253 217 36 58 46 31 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