1967 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1967 between Essendon and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Essendon (13.11.89) defeated Footscray (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 August 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 8,824

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 13.11.89 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 7 8 . 7 11 . 9 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Footscray 0 . 1 5 . 7 8 . 10 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin ESSE by 36 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
57 Anderson, Ian ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 1 8 1 6
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 2 0 27 24 3 3 0 3 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 7 0 0 1
53 Buhaj, Wally ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 1 0 1 2
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 1 3
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 1 0 1 3
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 6 0 5 2
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 3 20 19 1 6 0 6 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 1 0 2 1
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 4 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 3 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 1 18 1 7
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 1 11 10 1 5 0 0 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 7 5 1 3
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 3 13 12 1 3 2 0 3
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 11 281 249 32 59 33 32 40

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 4 1 25 18 7 1 0 3 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 1 2 33 28 5 7 0 1 1
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 5 3
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 5 2
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 7 12 4 2
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 1 2 6 5 1 1 0 1 0
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 2 4 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 3 0 3 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 2 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 4 4 0 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 5
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 4 0 2 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 7 9 2 3
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 0 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 4 0 2 4
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 4 2 24 17 7 4 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 258 218 40 59 27 40 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