1968 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1968 between Essendon and Footscray during round nine of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Essendon (11.17.83) defeated Footscray (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 15 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,941

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 11.17.83 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 1 6 . 6 6 . 10 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Footscray 1 . 4 1 . 4 5 . 6 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin ESSE by 21 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Marks

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 6 0 1 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 0 1 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
45 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 3 26 16 10 10 0 0 2
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 1 1 11 5 6 3 0 0 2
30 Ellis, John ? ? 1 2 18 14 4 5 0 0 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 0 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 3 25 20 5 9 1 2 4
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 1 12 5 7 4 7 1 3
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 3 0 2 1
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 3 1 5 5 0 1 0 4 0
42 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 3 15 0 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 2 12 11 1 3 0 3 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 8 0 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 1 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 17 274 211 63 77 31 17 29

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 8 0 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 3 19 16 3 2 0 3 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 1 0 0 1
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 3 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 7 0 0 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 3 3 2 1
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Hines, Peter ? ? 3 1 5 5 0 4 0 1 0
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 4 0
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 28 24 4 2 0 2 3
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 0 1 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 0 1 4
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 3 2
12 Percy, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 1 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 20 3 2
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 1 19 19 0 1 0 3 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 7 0 2 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 5 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 11 283 242 41 69 31 29 17

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