1968 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1968 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Fitzroy (13.15.93) were defeated by Essendon (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 12,129

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 13.15.93 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 5 9 . 7 11 . 9 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Essendon 1 . 2 5 . 6 9 . 10 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin FITZ by 21 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 11 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. King

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 2 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 5 9 3 1
21 Cobain, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 1
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 2 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 1 12 12 0 4 24 2 3
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 1
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 1 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 0 28 26 2 2 0 1 0
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 5 3 3 2
20 Newnham, John ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 1 0 0 6
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 3 0 1 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 7 0 2 5
14 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 7 0 2 0
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 3 15 12 3 7 0 0 3
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 6 2 12 10 2 7 0 0 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 1
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 3 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 1 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 15 275 235 40 70 37 27 34

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0
2 Buhaj, Wally ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 5 0 2 3
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 2 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 2 1 24 15 9 5 0 1 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 0 3 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 1 0 2 3
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 5 2 2 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 0 1 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 4 0
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 2 3 19 17 2 3 0 2 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 2 20 18 2 4 0 2 2
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 0 2
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 1 21 6 5
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 5 1 12 10 2 4 0 2 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 2 1
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 2 6 4 2 3 11 0 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 16 281 233 48 62 34 34 27

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