1968 VFL Season Round 15: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1968 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Miller and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

South Melbourne (7.12.54) were defeated by Essendon (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 14,690

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 7.12.54 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 6 6 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Essendon 5 . 2 8 . 3 11 . 7 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin ESSE by 25 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Anderson, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 0 2
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 2 29 21 8 3 0 0 4
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 2 0 20 16 4 11 27 0 2
1 Brookes, Don ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 4 0 2 2
24 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 5 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 7 0 1 0
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 4 1
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 10 4 1
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 1
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 2
30 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 4 0 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
40 Mallett, Bob ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 0
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 0 0
3 Phillips, Ken ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 4 2
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 1 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 4 39 30 9 6 0 3 0
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 1 3 11 8 3 5 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 12 313 253 60 67 41 28 21

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 4 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 4 1 12 12 0 6 0 2 4
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 33 27 6 7 0 0 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 1 0 1 3
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 2
27 Fanning, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 2 0 21 17 4 7 0 0 3
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 1 23 15 8 5 2 3 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 3 24 22 2 6 0 1 2
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 4 0 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 0
42 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 8 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 0 18 1 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 6 18 17 1 11 0 0 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 0 1
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 11 1 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 13 294 249 45 78 33 21 28

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