1968 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1968 between Essendon and Collingwood during round seventeen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Essendon (20.18.138) defeated Collingwood (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 10 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,239

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 20.18.138 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 6 7 . 10 14 . 15 20 . 18 20 . 18 (138)
Collingwood 4 . 1 5 . 6 5 . 6 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 85 ESSE by 85
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Collingwood

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 4 0 1 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 2 16 15 1 7 0 1 3
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 7 0 2 3
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 0 0 5 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 4 1 3 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 0 1
27 Fanning, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 4 2 24 15 9 6 0 3 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 2 18 13 5 7 2 2 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 1 30 24 6 7 0 2 1
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 1
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 14 5 5
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 5 6 18 14 4 5 0 1 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 2
5 Shaw, David ? ? 2 1 11 11 0 2 0 4 2
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 5 15 2 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 18 300 245 55 74 36 38 32

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 3 0
8 Boyne, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 3 10 10 0 4 5 3 2
10 Ellis, Vaughan ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 3 3 0 1
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 6 0 2 2
25 Green, Jack ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 4 0 0 4
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 6 0 1 5
36 Hibbert, Danny ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 1
7 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 6 0 6 6 0 6 0 0 1
36 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 1 0 1 1
21 Moylan, Ron ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
49 Mugeli, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 0 4
16 Neave, Bruce ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 5
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 3 2
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 0 1
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 1
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 2 25 23 2 3 0 6 1
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 5 36 11 5
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 11 222 200 22 61 45 32 38

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