1967 VFL Round 16: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1967 between Geelong and Essendon during round 16 of the 1967 VFL season. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Graham Farmer captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Geelong
G. Farmer (capt.), G. Ainsworth, A. Barr, W. Closter, C. Eales, T. Farman, B. Goggin, R. Graham, D. Marshall, C. Mitchell, K. Newland, S. Newman, T. Polinelli, B. Primmer, G. Rosenow, B. Ryan, J. Sharrock, D. Wade, P. Walker, R. West

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

Geelong (10.13.73) defeated Essendon (4.10.34).

Goalkickers
Geelong: J. Sharrock (4), S. Newman (2), D. Wade (2), W. Closter, B. Goggin
Essendon: I. Anderson, J. Birt, T. Fordham, G. Gosper

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 3rd on the ladder and Essendon remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 August 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 25,956

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 10.13.73 - 4.10.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 8 . 10 10 . 10 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Essendon 2 . 1 3 . 1 3 . 2 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 50 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Pianto (Geelong), John Coleman (Essendon)
Captains: Graham Farmer (Geelong), Ken Fraser (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Johnny Birt (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 2 1
33 Barr, Alan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 1 32 30 2 6 0 2 3
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 0 3 13 12 1 0 0 2 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 0 4
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 26 11 15 7 24 1 2
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 1 1 31 31 0 2 0 1 2
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 28 25 3 6 0 1 2
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 3 0 3 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 3 26 0 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 3 1
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 2 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 0 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 3 3 1 3
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 4 1 19 17 2 9 0 3 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 4 10 8 2 4 0 1 3
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 1 0 1 5
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 13 341 281 60 62 53 24 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
57 Anderson, Ian ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 4 4 3 1
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 1 0 24 24 0 4 0 2 0
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 3
53 Buhaj, Wally ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 2 0 1 4
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 1 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 2 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 5 0 3 0
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 2 0 3 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 1 0 1 0
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 1 26 21 5 3 0 2 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 1 0 5 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 19 1 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 3 14 13 1 5 0 3 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 2 2 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 9 2 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 2 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 4 10 277 233 44 42 34 37 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