1968 VFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1968 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round two of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. John Dugdale captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

North Melbourne (9.9.63) were defeated by Essendon (10.22.82).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 15,810

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 9.9.63 - 10.22.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Essendon 1 . 5 5 . 11 9 . 16 10 . 22 10 . 22 (82)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 0 3 0
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 3 1
Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 0 1
21 Davies, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 3 2
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 2 2
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 0 2
14 Evans, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 1 0
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 4 1 9 9 0 5 0 1 0
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 1 3 25 22 3 4 3 3 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 23 0 3
33 Howell, Mick ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 7 0 0
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 2 1 0
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 5 0 0 2
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 2 0 3 1
26 Pagan, Denis ? ? 1 1 20 19 1 3 0 1 0
19 Quade, Mike ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 2 1 2
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 1 0
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 0
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 2 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 9 285 242 43 50 37 25 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 6 0 0
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 5 0 0 1
45 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 3 19 16 3 5 0 1 0
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 1 0 0 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 0 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 6 0 3 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 1 25 20 5 8 2 2 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 0 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 4 0 2 1
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 3 3 27 25 2 2 0 2 4
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 33 3 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 5 11 7 4 5 0 1 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 2 6 25 22 3 11 4 2 3
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 5 0 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 1 0 0 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 9 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 22 286 242 44 77 50 17 25

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