1968 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1968 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round four of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Allan Miller.

Essendon (16.19.115) defeated South Melbourne (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,777

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 16.19.115 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	8	9	.	9	14	.	17	16	.	19	16	.	19	(115)
South Melbourne	2	.	2	6	.	7	6	.	8	10	.	15	10	.	15	(75)
Margin	ESSE by 12			ESSE by 20			ESSE by 57			ESSE by 40			ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
25	Anderson, Ian	?	?	3	1	7	7	0	2	4	2	2
11	Blethyn, Geoff	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1
14	Blew, Russell	?	?	0	0	27	21	6	3	0	1	0
2	Buhaj, Wally	?	?	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	Davis, Barry	?	?	0	0	22	19	3	9	0	0	0
30	Ellis, John	?	?	1	1	23	16	7	3	0	1	1
28	Epis, Alec	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	2
20	Fordham, Ted	?	?	0	3	27	21	6	9	0	3	0
23	Fraser, Ken (c)	?	?	0	1	21	15	6	8	2	2	1
17	Gerlach, Darryl	?	?	0	0	19	16	3	5	0	0	0
6	Gosper, Geoff	?	?	4	1	19	16	3	2	0	3	2
8	Greenwood, Bob	?	?	0	5	19	16	3	1	0	0	4
4	McGie, Lindsay	?	?	0	0	9	9	0	5	0	0	0
24	McKenzie, Don (vc)	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	2	31	2	3
10	Noonan, Alan	?	?	3	2	17	12	5	6	0	4	2
7	Payne, Charlie	?	?	1	0	6	3	3	1	0	0	2
35	Pryor, Geoff	?	?	0	0	19	17	2	8	4	0	0
5	Shaw, David	?	?	1	1	16	15	1	2	0	0	0
26	Sproule, Paul	?	?	2	3	14	12	2	3	0	1	0
22	Williams, John	?	?	0	0	12	12	0	3	0	1	1
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				16	19	296	243	53	73	41	20	21

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
4	Baskin, Keith	?	?	1	1	11	10	1	1	0	0	0
11	Bedford, Peter	?	?	0	2	23	18	5	5	0	1	1
31	Bennett, Stuart	?	?	0	0	15	14	1	9	23	0	0
24	Busse, Neil	?	?	0	0	9	9	0	3	2	2	2
17	Cook, Russell	?	?	0	1	18	16	2	9	11	2	0
29	Davison, Ian	?	?	0	1	18	18	0	4	0	0	1
8	Haenen, Tony	?	?	0	0	11	11	0	2	0	1	3
18	Harrison, Paul	?	?	0	3	14	12	2	2	3	0	1
30	Jacobs, Graeme	?	?	1	0	10	8	2	1	4	0	0
37	Luke, Richard	?	?	2	2	12	12	0	5	0	0	1
6	Magee, Stuart	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	McAuliffe, Haydn	?	?	5	1	20	19	1	1	0	2	2
3	Phillips, Ken	?	?	0	1	15	14	1	4	0	1	0
9	Priest, Doug	?	?	0	1	16	16	0	4	0	4	2
5	Rantall, John	?	?	0	0	18	16	2	2	0	3	1
16	Sarich, Eric	?	?	0	1	14	9	5	3	0	0	2
14	Skilton, Bob (c)	?	?	1	1	26	23	3	4	0	3	0
20	Sudholz, John	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	2	0	1	2
44	Viney, Ron	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Wilcox, Dick	?	?	0	0	12	11	1	6	0	1	2
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				10	15	273	246	27	67	43	21	20

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

Links

1968 VFL Season

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