1967 VFL Season 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 fifteen of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (14.15.99) defeated South Melbourne (7.16.58).

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

Essendon

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

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Miller

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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