1968 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1968 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. John Dugdale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Keith McKenzie.

Essendon (16.19.115) defeated North Melbourne (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 11,476

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 16.19.115 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 7 4 . 10 10 . 17 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
North Melbourne 2 . 0 3 . 4 4 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 46 ESSE by 52 ESSE by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 1 27 19 8 4 0 1 2
2 Buhaj, Wally ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 5 3 16 15 1 9 0 1 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 6 0 1 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 4 4 30 21 9 2 0 4 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 2 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 6 0 1 3
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 4 29 17 12 5 2 4 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 24 22 2 4 0 2 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 2 22 15 7 1 0 1 0
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 1
42 Lake, Eddie ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 3 0 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 22 2 5
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 0 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 0 1 2
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 0 1
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 2 2 9 6 3 2 10 1 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 6 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 19 315 243 72 71 34 25 26

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 3 0 1 0
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 7 0 1 0
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 3 0 3 2
14 Evans, Mick ? ? 3 2 17 14 3 3 0 1 2
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 6 0 0 1
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 0 2
28 Heal, Graham ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
50 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 2 1 1 5
33 Howell, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 8 3 0
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 5 1 13 12 1 4 4 5 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 1
39 Leslie, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 0 0 1
26 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 2
19 Quade, Mike ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 26 1 2
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 7 0 2 2
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 9 0 1 0
38 Sykes, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 1
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 2 1
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 9 267 232 35 62 39 26 25

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