1968 VFL Season Round 6: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1968 between Collingwood and Essendon during round six of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Terry Waters as vice-captain. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Collingwood (13.14.92) defeated Essendon (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 28,302

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 13.14.92 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 6 6 . 9 10 . 12 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Essendon 2 . 2 4 . 6 6 . 8 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin COLL by 28 COLL by 15 COLL by 28 COLL by 26 COLL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Terry Waters
Coach: Bob Rose

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 5
8 Boyne, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 0
27 Britt, Con ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 7 0 2 3
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 1 3
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 2 1
7 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 0 4
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 3 2 17 10 7 3 24 2 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 0 0 0
20 Montgomery, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 1
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 4 0 2 0
37 Pitt, Max ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 2
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 2 3 34 34 0 7 0 4 0
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 4 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 0
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 7 40 2 0
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 3 2 2 4
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 3 1 1 0
2 Waters, Terry (vc) ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 7 3 0 2
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 14 288 240 48 70 70 26 27

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 1 1 20 19 1 9 0 1 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 3
30 Ellis, John ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 3
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 3 3
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 0 4
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 1 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 0 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 2 2 21 16 5 4 0 1 1
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 1 37 33 4 8 0 5 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 2 0 2 2
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 2 2 10 10 0 4 0 2 0
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 2
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 3 16 3 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 2 3 14 12 2 6 0 2 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 6 1 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 12 268 225 43 69 23 27 26

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