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Essendon defeats Geelong
Preliminary Final, MCG, Attendance: 103649
Saturday, 21st September 1968, 2:30 PM AEST
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3.6 7.10 10.18 11.25 91
Geelong 5.3 8.6 8.10 9.13 67
Essendon Player Stats ❘ Geelong Player Stats ❘ Match Head to Head Stats ❘ Scoring Breakdown
  Essendon Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: Jack Clarke  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Russell Blew 22 2 24 8 0 0 0 2 1
John Ellis 16 6 22 4 0 2 0 2 0
Alec Epis 18 4 22 5 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Fletcher 19 2 21 7 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Noonan 14 5 19 8 3 3 0 0 1
Barry Davis 17 2 19 7 0 0 0 2 0
Geoff Pryor 16 1 17 6 0 0 5 4 0
Geoff Gosper 14 3 17 2 2 1 0 3 1
Ted Fordham 16 1 17 10 2 1 0 0 2
Paul Sproule 15 1 16 3 1 4 0 1 1
Charlie Payne 14 2 16 7 1 3 2 0 1
Robin Close 13 1 14 4 1 3 0 3 2
David Shaw 14 0 14 4 1 3 0 2 0
John Williams 13 0 13 5 0 0 0 0 2
Ken Fraser 7 4 11 1 0 1 2 2 0
Darryl Gerlach 9 0 9 3 0 0 0 1 1
Don McKenzie 5 3 8 0 0 1 21 1 6
Bruce Lake 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 0 1
Greg Brown 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neil Evans 2 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 0
  Geelong Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: Peter Pianto  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Bill Goggin 26 7 33 2 0 1 0 0 1
Wayne Closter 25 1 26 5 1 1 0 3 2
Denis Marshall 24 0 24 7 0 1 0 1 1
Chris Mitchell 12 7 19 9 0 1 21 1 1
Peter Walker 10 9 19 0 0 0 0 1 5
Ron Hosking 18 1 19 2 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Newland 10 8 18 3 0 1 0 1 2
Geoff Rosenow 16 2 18 10 0 0 0 1 2
Tony Polinelli 17 0 17 6 0 1 0 0 1
Geoff Ainsworth 13 2 15 3 0 0 0 1 0
John Sharrock 13 2 15 5 3 6 0 0 1
Sam Newman 12 2 14 5 0 0 13 3 1
Bill Ryan 8 5 13 6 1 0 1 1 2
Terry Farman 10 2 12 4 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Stevens 11 0 11 4 1 0 0 2 0
Gareth Andrews 8 3 11 0 0 0 0 1 0
Doug Wade 7 2 9 7 3 1 0 0 4
John Scarlett 3 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 0
Ken Gladman 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hugh Strahan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Head to Head
Essendon Statistic Geelong
249 Kicks 246
40 Handballs 56
289 Disposals 302
6.22 Kick to Handball Ratio 4.39
86 Marks 79
34 Hitouts 35
24 Frees For 19
19 Frees Against 24
11 Goals Kicked 9
24 Behinds Kicked 13
1 Rushed Behinds 0
36 Scoring Shots 22
30.6% Conversion 40.9%
26.27 Disposals Per Goal 33.56
8.03 Disps Per Scoring Shot 13.73
Quarter by Quarter Scoring Breakdown
Essendon First Quarter Geelong
3.6 24 Score 5.3 33
9 Scoring Shots 8
33.3% Conversion 62.5%
Lost quarter by 9 Result Won quarter by 9
Trailing by 9 End of Quarter Leading by 9
Essendon Second Quarter Geelong
4.4 28 Score 3.3 21
8 Scoring Shots 6
50.0% Conversion 50.0%
Won quarter by 7 Result Lost quarter by 7
Trailing by 2 Halftime Leading by 2
Essendon Third Quarter Geelong
3.8 26 Score 0.4 4
11 Scoring Shots 4
27.3% Conversion 0%
Won quarter by 22 Result Lost quarter by 22
Leading by 20 End of Quarter Trailing by 20
Essendon Final Quarter Geelong
1.7 13 Score 1.3 9
8 Scoring Shots 4
12.5% Conversion 25.0%
Won quarter by 4 Result Lost quarter by 4
Won game by 24 End of Game Lost game by 24
Scoring Breakdown For Each Half
Essendon First Half Geelong
7.10 52 Score 8.6 54
17 Scoring Shots 14
41.2% Conversion 57.1%
Lost half by 2 Result Won half by 2
Trailing by 2 Halftime Leading by 2
Essendon Second Half Geelong
4.15 39 Score 1.7 13
19 Scoring Shots 8
21.1% Conversion 12.5%
Won half by 26 Result Lost half by 26
Won game by 24 End of Game Lost game by 24
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