1968 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 14 September 1968 between Essendon and Carlton in the second semi final of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at the MCG. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (8.11.59) were defeated by Carlton (13.17.95).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 14 September 1968
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 106,365

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 8.11.59 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 7 . 6 7 . 8 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Carlton 5 . 8 6 . 9 11 . 12 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin CARL by 30 ESSE by 3 CARL by 28 CARL by 36 CARL by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 2 18 18 0 5 0 3 2
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 3 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 0 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 1 19 19 0 8 0 2 2
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 7 0 2 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 3 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 0 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 0
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 18 7 5
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 1 7 6 1 3 0 2 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 4 0 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 11 242 204 38 62 29 26 26

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Bennett, Bill ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
47 Chandler, Neil ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 0
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 3
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 2 0 3 0
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 0 24 19 5 4 0 1 0
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 5 27 26 1 6 0 2 3
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 4 0 1 2
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 1 0
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 9 0 2 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 5 18 1 2
16 Kekovich, Brian ? ? 2 3 9 7 2 2 0 0 2
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 0
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 2 23 16 7 3 26 5 2
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 3 4
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 3 2 18 18 0 7 0 1 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 1
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 7 1 1 3
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 3 1 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 17 278 243 35 73 46 26 26

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