1968 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1968 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round one of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. Graham Arthur captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Essendon (26.16.172) defeated Hawthorn (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Monday 15 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,940

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 26.16.172 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 4 12 . 6 16 . 9 26 . 16 26 . 16 (172)
Hawthorn 3 . 4 6 . 6 11 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 73 ESSE by 73
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Don McKenzie
Coach: Jack Clarke

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. King

Boundary Umpires

N. Thomas

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 7 3 15 14 1 6 2 0 2
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 2 0 0 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 2 0
30 Ellis, John ? ? 3 1 22 11 11 4 0 0 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 1 4
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 1 24 18 6 9 0 1 3
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 3 1 15 9 6 5 0 2 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 0 1 0
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 2 3 30 26 4 4 0 5 0
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 20 1 5
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 2 11 7 4 3 0 1 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 5 3 1 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 11 3 3
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 5 2 17 13 4 2 0 1 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 1 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 26 16 303 241 62 65 37 23 29

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Arthur, Graham (c) CHF ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 1 2 0
4 Beck, Ken BPR ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 17 4 2
15 Blood, Michael RU ? 0 0 14 14 0 7 15 1 0
20 Bremner, Ian FB ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 0 1 1
16 Bussell, Norm CHB ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 2 0
3 Chilton, Peter SUB↑ ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 1
5 Crimmins, Peter RO↓ ? 1 1 8 8 0 0 0 1 0
22 Crowe, Vin WR ? 0 1 19 15 4 5 0 1 1
6 Fisher, John FPR ? 1 1 15 15 0 2 0 1 3
14 Gardner, John FPL ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 10 3 1
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 10 1 17 15 2 7 0 1 0
13 Jenkins, Dennis HBFR ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 1
30 Meagher, Des C ? 1 0 16 13 3 0 0 2 0
25 Olsson, Rod HFFL ? 2 0 18 14 4 6 1 3 2
27 Parkin, David BPL ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 1 3
29 Poole, Reg HBFL ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 2 1
23 Scott, Don RR ? 0 1 11 5 6 2 12 1 4
8 Smith, Jim SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tolson, Paul HFFR ? 0 1 10 10 0 1 0 1 2
10 Wilson, Ray WL ? 0 1 13 9 4 1 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 9 247 212 35 61 57 29 23

P. Chilton replaced P. Crimmins during the third quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin 20 I. Bremner 4 K. Beck













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



29 R. Poole 16 N. Bussell 13 D. Jenkins













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 R. Wilson 30 D. Meagher 22 V. Crowe









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 M. Blood 3 P. Chilton
HALF-FORWARD 23 D. Scott 8 J. Smith
25 R. Olsson 2 G. Arthur (c) 11 P. Tolson 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



14 J. Gardner 26 P. Hudson 6 J. Fisher













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy