1968 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1968 between Essendon and Richmond during round seven of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (11.14.80) defeated Richmond (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 25 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,164

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 11.14.80 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 6 4 . 8 7 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Richmond 1 . 1 6 . 7 9 . 9 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin ESSE by 11 RICH by 11 RICH by 9 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 4 0 3
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 3 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 3 0
45 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 9 0 1 0
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 2 23 17 6 8 0 3 2
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 5 0 2 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 1 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 3 3 22 21 1 2 0 3 0
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 3 0 5 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 3 0 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 19 4 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 3 8 8 0 4 0 2 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 2 0 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 2 0 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 0 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 1 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 14 260 229 31 65 27 33 21

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 1 1 1 6
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 3 29 27 2 3 1 4 0
45 Beale, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 7 0 1 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 0 2 3
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 1 1 26 15 11 2 0 2 1
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 3 2 22 19 3 1 0 2 3
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 5 0 1 2
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 0 1
32 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Erwin, Mick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 7 0 0 3
43 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 4 8 8 0 7 0 0 1
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 1 0 0 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 1 2
14 Murphy, Ted ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 2
9 Northey, John ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 2 0 0 0
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 1 35 5 4
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 1 5 0 0
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 18 289 237 52 55 42 21 33

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