1967 VFL Round 18: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1967 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 18 of the 1967 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Essendon at 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
H. Mann (capt.), C. Aitken, S. Alves, F. Davis, R. Dillon, B. Dixon, K. Emselle, R. Groom, G. Hardeman, T. Johnson, B. Jones, B. Kenneally, T. Leahy, G. Osborne, K. Osborne, P. Smith, N. Stone, J. Townsend, M. Walker, D. Williams

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

Melbourne (8.12.60) defeated Essendon (7.14.56).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: C. Aitken (5), B. Dixon, K. Emselle, H. Mann
Essendon: D. Gross (3), I. Anderson (2), B. Greenwood, A. Noonan

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 7th on the ladder and Essendon remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Norm Smith (Melbourne), John Coleman (Essendon)
Captains: Hassa Mann (Melbourne), Ken Fraser (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Johnny Birt (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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