1968 Games · 1968 Player Statistics

Melbourne 68 – 96 Essendon

← · 1968 · Round 10 · 22/06/1968 2:20 · M.C.G. · Crowd 32932 · →

Melbourne 4.5.294.9.339.13.679.14.68
Essendon 4.4.288.4.5211.4.7015.6.96
Qrt margin ME by 1ES by 19ES by 3ES by 28
Qrt scores ME 29-28ES 24-4ME 34-18ES 26-1
Field umpires Ray Sleeth (35)

Melbourne Match Statistics (68) — Coach: John Beckwith

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
15 Stan Alves 15 4 5 20 2 2 2
14 Barry Bourke 9 2 11 1 2
6 Frank Davis 14 4 1 15
9 Brian Dixon 23 7 3 26 1
31 Ray Groom 21 6 1 22 1 1
33 Gary Hardeman 6 3 6 1 3 1 1
8 Tassie Johnson 10 2 2 12
34 Brent Jones 6 2 2 8 15
22 Bryan Kenneally 17 4 6 23 2 1 1
21 Ted Lees 1 1 1
29 Hassa Mann 28 5 5 33 2 1 3 2
7 Graham Osborne 6 2 6 1 3 2
36 Ken Osborne 16 2 4 20 2
26 Greg Parke 9 7 5 14 1 2 3 2
23 Brian Roet 15 3 1 16 1
37 Darryl Schwarz 5 2 5 1 7 1
18 Neville Stone
4 Tony Sullivan 9 9 1 2
16 John Townsend 16 6 5 21 2 1 1
32 Barrie Vagg 16 2 1 17 1 2 2 2
Totals 2426143285913281719
Opposition 2547941295155491917

Essendon Match Statistics (96) — Coach: Jack Clarke

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
14 Russell Blew 24 7 1 25 1 2 1
18 Greg Brown 11 3 1 12 2 1
19 Robin Close 10 3 2 12 3 1
34 Ian Crowley 10 2 10 2
45 Peter Daniel 6 2 1 7 1 2
32 Barry Davis 23 9 6 29 1
30 John Ellis 15 4 5 20 2 1 3 1
28 Alec Epis 8 1 3 11 3 1
21 Ken Fletcher 21 6 2 23 1 3
20 Ted Fordham 18 9 2 20 2 1 1
23 Ken Fraser 7 4 5 12 1 3 3
6 Geoff Gosper 28 8 3 31 3
15 Don Gross 10 1 3 13 2
16 Bruce Lake
24 Don McKenzie 10 2 2 12 1 25 2
10 Alan Noonan 9 6 1 10 5 1
35 Geoff Pryor 9 3 2 11 1 18 1
5 David Shaw 15 3 2 17
47 Robert Thompson 1 1 1
22 John Williams 19 6 19 2
Totals 2547941295155491917
Opposition 2426143285913281719

Melbourne Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Melbourne Games (W-D-L W%) Melbourne Goals (Ave.)
15 Stan Alves 22y 31d 57 (20-0-37 35.09%) 19 (0.33) ← ←
14 Barry Bourke 24y 282d 68 (42-0-26 61.76%) 96 (1.41) ← ←
6 Frank Davis 23y 302d 63 (31-0-32 49.21%) 1 (0.02) ← ←
9 Brian Dixon 32y 33d 242 (166-3-73 69.21%) 40 (0.17) ← ←
31 Ray Groom 23y 293d 83 (44-0-39 53.01%) 36 (0.43) ← ←
33 Gary Hardeman 18y 117d 15 (8-0-7 53.33%) 6 (0.40) ← ←
8 Tassie Johnson 30y 203d 176 (107-2-67 61.36%) 18 (0.10) ← ←
34 Brent Jones 22y 170d 16 (6-0-10 37.50%) 4 (0.25) ← ←
22 Bryan Kenneally 26y 88d 160 (97-1-62 60.94%) 63 (0.39) ← ←
21 Ted Lees 20y 84d 5 (2-0-3 40.00%) 4 (0.80) ← ←
29 Hassa Mann 27y 256d 169 (109-2-58 65.09%) 183 (1.08) ← ←
7 Graham Osborne 20y 358d 28 (10-0-18 35.71%) 24 (0.86) ← ←
36 Ken Osborne 19y 270d 12 (6-0-6 50.00%) 7 (0.58) ← ←
26 Greg Parke 20y 65d 8 (4-0-4 50.00%) 10 (1.25) ← ←
23 Brian Roet 28y 233d 79 (58-0-21 73.42%) 1 (0.01) ← ←
37 Darryl Schwarz 20y 362d 2 (0-0-2 0.00%) ← ←
18 Neville Stone 21y 191d 31 (9-0-22 29.03%) 19 (0.61) ← ←
4 Tony Sullivan 19y 156d 7 (2-0-5 28.57%) ← ←
16 John Townsend 25y 6d 79 (50-0-29 63.29%) 112 (1.42) ← ←
32 Barrie Vagg 25y 153d 100 (59-0-41 59.00%) 115 (1.15) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 23y 255d 1400 (830-8-562 59.57%) 758 (0.54)
C John Beckwith 35y 280d 10 (5-0-5 50.00%) ←

Essendon Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Essendon Games (W-D-L W%) Essendon Goals (Ave.)
14 Russell Blew 26y 228d 112 (75-1-36 67.41%) 13 (0.12) ← ←
18 Greg Brown 25y 117d 72 (47-1-24 65.97%) 3 (0.04) ← ←
19 Robin Close 18y 232d 2 (2-0-0 100.00%) 3 (1.50) ← ←
34 Ian Crowley 20y 79d 1 (1-0-0 100.00%) ← ← debut
45 Peter Daniel 20y 279d 6 (5-0-1 83.33%) ← ←
32 Barry Davis 24y 281d 127 (89-3-35 71.26%) 17 (0.13) ← ←
30 John Ellis 19y 276d 14 (9-0-5 64.29%) 13 (0.93) ← ←
28 Alec Epis 30y 300d 167 (112-3-52 67.96%) 2 (0.01) ← ←
21 Ken Fletcher 20y 153d 19 (11-1-7 60.53%) ← ←
20 Ted Fordham 28y 50d 109 (71-2-36 66.06%) 195 (1.79) ← ←
23 Ken Fraser 28y 126d 186 (126-3-57 68.55%) 149 (0.80) ← ←
6 Geoff Gosper 28y 42d 116 (80-3-33 70.26%) 52 (0.45) ← ←
15 Don Gross 21y 82d 40 (28-1-11 71.25%) 30 (0.75) ← ←
16 Bruce Lake 20y 13d 6 (4-0-2 66.67%) 11 (1.83) ← ←
24 Don McKenzie 29y 91d 148 (101-3-44 69.26%) 14 (0.09) ← ←
10 Alan Noonan 20y 253d 36 (24-1-11 68.06%) 75 (2.08) ← ←
35 Geoff Pryor 22y 214d 49 (34-0-15 69.39%) 1 (0.02) ← ←
5 David Shaw 29y 237d 167 (115-2-50 69.46%) 52 (0.31) ← ←
47 Robert Thompson 21y 3d 1 (1-0-0 100.00%) ← ← debut
22 John Williams 20y 341d 42 (29-1-12 70.24%) 11 (0.26) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 23y 316d 1420 (964-25-431 68.77%) 641 (0.45)
C Jack Clarke 34y 344d 10 (8-0-2 80.00%) ←

Blank stat cells: not recorded that season, or zero. Player Details careers are as of this game; “←” in a club column means the player's whole career was with this club. Coach row (C) shows the coaching record through this game.