1968 VFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1968 between Richmond and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Richmond (10.14.74) defeated Essendon (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 68,529

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 10.14.74 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 4 6 . 7 9 . 12 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Essendon 2 . 4 5 . 6 6 . 8 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin RICH by 6 RICH by 7 RICH by 22 RICH by 20 RICH by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 3 29 28 1 1 0 4 2
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 5 0 1 2
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 3 0 1 1
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 2 0 5 3
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 4 0 2 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 6 0 2 0
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 1 21 10 11 6 0 2 3
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 1 0 1
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 0 2 3 3 0 1 2 0 3
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 2 0 2 3
43 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 2 1 0
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 2
48 McKenzie, Des ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 0 1 1
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0
14 Murphy, Ted ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 4 0 3 2
9 Northey, John ? ? 3 2 18 15 3 2 0 3 1
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 23 5 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 14 309 247 62 60 28 34 29

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 1 3
2 Buhaj, Wally ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 13 13 0 2 0 2 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 3 0 1 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 2 24 16 8 5 0 1 2
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 0
27 Fanning, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 3 0 2 5
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 6 1 0 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 1 1 20 19 1 6 0 2 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 2 0 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 1 0 3 2
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 1 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 31 4 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 5 0 2 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 1 1 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 2 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 2 2
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 2 1 11 11 0 5 2 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 7 12 291 237 54 65 36 29 34

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