1968 VFL Season Round 14: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1968 between Essendon and Carlton during round fourteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (7.13.55) defeated Carlton (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 20 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 31,313

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 7.13.55 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 3 1 . 5 4 . 9 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Carlton 3 . 1 3 . 6 3 . 12 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin CARL by 16 CARL by 13 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Carlton

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 1 1
2 Buhaj, Wally ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 10 0 3 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 2
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 0 3
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 3 2 12 9 3 4 0 2 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 3 0 3 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 2 0
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 2 0 2 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 0 5
42 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 3 1
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 17 7 7
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 2 0 2 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 7 0 0 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 2 0 0 3
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 1 6 1 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 7 13 253 219 34 64 23 31 35

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
26 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 1 0
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 5 2 2 1
47 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 4 0 2 0
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 3 18 15 3 4 0 1 0
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 2 0 1 5
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 2
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 1 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 8 16 2 5
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 1 3
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
8 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 1
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 3 11 7 4 3 22 2 7
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 2 0 18 18 0 6 0 3 1
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 6 0 3 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 1 0 25 24 1 4 1 3 2
37 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 3 0 0 0
39 Stewart, Cliff ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 8 0 6 0
44 Stone, Ron ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 13 243 223 20 67 41 35 31

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