1968 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1968 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round five of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. In the absence of Ken Fraser, vice-captain Don McKenzie captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Essendon (16.16.112) defeated Fitzroy (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,678

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.16.112 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 9 . 9 14 . 12 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Fitzroy 3 . 7 6 . 9 8 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FITZ by 3 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Don McKenzie (acting)
Coach: Jack Clarke

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 1 2 6 5 1 3 7 0 2
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 7 0 3 1
2 Buhaj, Wally ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
45 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 31 25 6 9 0 1 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 3
30 Ellis, John ? ? 3 1 24 18 6 9 0 1 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 3 0 21 17 4 6 0 4 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 3 0 3 1
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 3 1 29 24 5 2 0 3 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 3 23 18 5 4 0 5 1
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 4 1 2 1
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don (ac) ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 3 26 4 3
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 4 15 11 4 6 0 2 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 9 2 3 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 1 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 2 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 16 291 243 48 81 36 35 24

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 0 2
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 0 0 0 3
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 3 24 1 3
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 14 0 4
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 0 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 5 1 0 0
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 2 0 1 3
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 0 4 0
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 0 32 27 5 6 0 6 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 6 0 2 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 0 28 25 3 0 0 3 2
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 8 0 2 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 1 3 19 13 6 7 0 1 4
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 3 10 7 3 7 0 1 1
15 Sykes, David ? ? 3 1 14 9 5 2 3 1 4
24 Walford, Bill ? ? 1 3 19 16 3 7 0 1 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 15 297 223 74 65 42 24 35

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