1967 VFL Round 15: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1967 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round 15 of the 1967 VFL season. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Allan Miller.

Essendon
K. Fraser (capt.), J. Birt (vice-capt.), I. Anderson, G. Brown, W. Buhaj, B. Davis, J. Ellis, A. Epis, K. Fletcher, J. Forsyth, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, B. Greenwood, D. Gross, D. McKenzie, A. Noonan, C. Payne, J. Somerville, B. Waite, J. Williams

South Melbourne
K. Baskin, S. Bennett, D. Bethke, R. Cook, I. Davison, J. Greenwood, T. Haenen, P. Harrison, B. Kingston, G. Lambert, S. Magee, H. Matthews, H. McAuliffe, W. Morris, M. Papley, K. Phillips, D. Priest, J. Rantall, E. Sarich, J. Sudholz

Essendon (14.15.99) defeated South Melbourne (7.16.58).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. Noonan (7), I. Anderson (2), K. Fraser (2), B. Greenwood (2), G. Brown
South Melbourne: J. Sudholz (2), D. Bethke, T. Haenen, B. Kingston, S. Magee, M. Papley

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 6th on the ladder and South Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 August 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,916

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 14.15.99 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 1 7 . 5 12 . 10 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
South Melbourne 1 . 8 4 . 13 5 . 14 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Coleman (Essendon), Allan Miller (South Melbourne)
Captains: Ken Fraser (Essendon), unknown (South Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Johnny Birt (Essendon), unknown (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Fisher

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
57 Anderson, Ian ? ? 2 1 13 9 4 6 7 0 1
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 3 0 2 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 5 0 2 3
53 Buhaj, Wally ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 1 0 5 2
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 8 0 1 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 7 0 0 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 2 3 24 20 4 14 0 4 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 0 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 3 0 2 1
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 2 13 12 1 4 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 15 3 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 7 4 18 16 2 6 0 0 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 3 1
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 4 0 3 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 4 7 2 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 5 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 15 310 262 48 89 32 32 28

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 2
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 19 2 2
15 Bethke, Des ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 7 1 0
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
45 Greenwood, Jack ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 1 2
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 5 5 3 2
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 6 1 1
23 Kingston, Bob ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 1 0 2 4
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 3 0 1 4
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 1 24 24 0 3 0 4 1
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 8 0 0 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 3 18 18 0 2 0 1 0
22 Morris, Wayne ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 Papley, Max ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 2 0 2 2
3 Phillips, Ken ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 2 0 0 2
9 Priest, Doug ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 1 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 11 0 2 2
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 0
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 5 2 2 4
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 7 16 263 248 15 66 39 28 32

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