1967 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1967 between Melbourne and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Melbourne (8.12.60) defeated Essendon (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 August 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,282

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 8.12.60 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 3 . 7 6 . 10 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Essendon 1 . 7 3 . 9 5 . 11 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2 MELB by 5 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Aitken, Chris ? ? 5 1 9 8 1 6 0 0 1
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 1 0 1 2
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 1 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 9 1 1 3
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 1 28 23 5 5 1 2 3
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 1 1 1 1
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 9 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 1 2
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 12 1 4
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 1 3 2
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 4 2
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 1 2 20 16 4 4 0 4 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 0 0
36 Osborne, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
4 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 2 10 10 0 4 1 1 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 3 0 0 0
46 Walker, Max ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 5 16 1 4
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 12 280 227 53 75 35 23 30

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
57 Anderson, Ian ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 5 8 3 3
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 3 0 2 0
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 11 0 1 2
53 Buhaj, Wally ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 8 0 0 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 3 4
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 2 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 4 2 1 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 3 0 2 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 4 0 4 0
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 3 17 15 2 4 0 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 3 2 16 13 3 2 0 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 3 26 5 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 4 9 9 0 7 0 1 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 6 0 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 7 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 14 279 237 42 78 42 30 23

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