1968 VFL Season Round 20: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1968 between Footscray and Essendon during round twenty of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Footscray (12.13.85) were defeated by Essendon (15.22.112).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,390

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 12.13.85 - 15.22.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 10 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Essendon 4 . 6 6 . 9 11 . 14 15 . 22 15 . 22 (112)
Margin ESSE by 16 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 4 3 1 0
34 Bean, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 1 34 27 7 7 0 5 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 2 2 17 15 2 4 0 1 1
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 1 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 8 13 1 3
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 2 1 3
2 Hines, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 0
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 2 29 25 4 9 0 0 1
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 1 2 15 15 0 5 2 3 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 0
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 2 0 3 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 2 2 12 12 0 4 0 4 1
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 2 1 23 22 1 3 0 4 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 9 0 1 2
37 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 9 0 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 13 296 260 36 79 29 32 19

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 2 1 21 18 3 3 0 1 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 9 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 7 0 1 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 2 17 13 4 0 0 1 3
30 Ellis, John ? ? 2 2 15 7 8 2 0 0 2
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 1
27 Fanning, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 9 2 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 3 19 15 4 2 0 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 2 2 27 24 3 6 0 4 2
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 7 1 1 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 0 0 3
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 2
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 7 19 14 5 8 0 1 0
46 Papp, Vic ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 3 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 5 1 26 21 5 8 1 1 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 0 5
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 18 0 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 22 286 231 55 78 29 19 32

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