1968 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1968 between Melbourne and Essendon during round ten of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Melbourne (9.14.68) were defeated by Essendon (15.6.96).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,932

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 9.14.68 - 15.6.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 4 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Essendon 4 . 4 8 . 4 11 . 4 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Margin MELB by 1 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: John Beckwith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 4 0 2 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 0 0 0 2
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 0 0
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 7 0 1 0
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 6 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 3 6 6 0 3 0 1 1
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 0 0
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 15 0 0
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 4 2 1 1
21 Lees, Ted ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 2 1 33 28 5 5 0 3 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 2 3 0 2
36 Osborne, Ken ? ? 2 0 20 16 4 2 0 0 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 7 0 3 2
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 0 1
37 Schwarz, Darryl ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 2 7 1 0
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 1 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 0 21 16 5 6 0 1 1
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 2 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 14 285 242 43 61 28 17 19

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 1 0 25 24 1 7 0 2 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 2 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 0
34 Crowley, Ian ? ? 0 2 10 10 0 2 0 0 0
45 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 1 0 2
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 9 0 1 0
30 Ellis, John ? ? 2 1 20 15 5 4 0 3 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 3 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 6 0 1 3
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 9 2 1 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 4 3 0 3
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 31 28 3 8 0 3 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 1 0 0 0
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 2 25 0 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 5 1 10 9 1 6 0 0 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 18 1 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 0
47 Thompson, Robert ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 6 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 6 295 254 41 79 49 19 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