1968 VFL Round 3: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1968 between Carlton and Essendon during round 3 of the 1968 VFL season. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Carlton
R. Barassi (capt.), N. Bishop, I. Collins, G. Crane, B. Crosswell, B. Edmond, A. Gallagher, J. Goold, K. Hall, P. Jones, P. Kerr, W. Lofts, J. Nicholls, I. Nicoll, B. Quirk, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni, P. Smith, R. Stone, R. Walls

Essendon
K. Fraser (capt.), D. McKenzie (vice-capt.), I. Anderson, G. Blethyn, R. Blew, W. Buhaj, B. Davis, J. Ellis, A. Epis, T. Fordham, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, B. Greenwood, L. McGie, C. Payne, G. Pryor, D. Shaw, P. Sproule, B. Waite, J. Williams

Carlton (1.11.17) were defeated by Essendon (7.8.50).

Goalkickers
Carlton: P. Smith
Essendon: I. Anderson (3), W. Buhaj, K. Fraser, G. Gosper, B. Greenwood

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 10th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Essendon remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Thursday 25 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 35,929

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Essendon
Score: 1.11.17 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 0 . 6 0 . 7 1 . 10 1 . 11 1 . 11 (17)
Essendon 0 . 1 0 . 5 3 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin CARL by 5 CARL by 2 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (Carlton), Jack Clarke (Essendon)
Captains: Ron Barassi (Carlton), Ken Fraser (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Carlton), Don McKenzie (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 2 1 0
22 Bishop, Noel ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 2 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 2
38 Edmond, Bob ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 5 1 2 4
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 3
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 3 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 20 2 2
9 Kerr, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 3
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 25 5 3
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 5 1
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 4 0 2 3
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 3 0 1 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 7 1 0
37 Smith, Peter ? ? 1 3 7 7 0 3 0 0 0
44 Stone, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 2 2 1
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 7 1 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 1 11 223 192 31 58 58 32 28

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 3 0 10 10 0 7 4 0 4
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 1 3
2 Buhaj, Wally ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 1 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 3 5
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 0 0 3 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 8 0 2 3
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 1 28 18 10 10 4 3 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 0 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 4 0 4 2
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 1 27 24 3 4 0 1 1
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 18 8 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 4 0 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 6 0 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 3 0 0 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 1 0 2 3
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 8 284 244 40 71 36 28 32

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

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