1967 VFL Round 17: Essendon v Footscray
This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1967 between Essendon and Footscray during round 17 of the 1967 VFL season.
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
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
Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), G. Bisset, I. Bryant, G. Chalmers, F. Cook, K. Delmenico, G. Dempsey, N. Fincher, K. Greenwood, J. Jillard, A. Mannix, I. Marsh, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, G. Merrington, J. Reilly, L. Sandilands, J. Schultz, R. Spargo, D. Thorpe
Essendon (13.11.89) defeated Footscray (12.15.87).
Goalkickers
Essendon: A. Noonan (4), I. Anderson (2), J. Birt (2), T. Fordham (2), W. Buhaj, G. Gosper, D. McKenzie
Footscray: G. Bisset (4), T. Whitten (4), I. Bryant, N. Fincher, D. McKenzie, D. Thorpe
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 6th on the ladder and Footscray were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.
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
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
Coaches:
John Coleman
(Essendon),
Charlie Sutton
(Footscray)
Captains:
Ken Fraser
(Essendon),
Ted Whitten
(Footscray)
Vice-Captains:
Johnny Birt
(Essendon),
unknown
(Footscray)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||