1969 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 3-0-17, P%: 83.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 43
Brownlow Leader(s): Denis Clark, Tassie Johnson, Greg Parke (6)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ross Dillon (48)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): John Townsend

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Tassie Johnson
Vice-Captain(s): Stan Alves

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aitken, Chris #5 7 R03-R09 9
Alves, Stan #15 20 R01-R20 16
Anderson, Tony #11 3 R01-R03 0
Arnott, Steve #29 1 R11 0
Biffin, Ray #19 11 R01-R10, R13 3
Bourke, Barry #14 16 R01-R09, R12-R16, R19-R20 29
Campbell, Blair #41 12 R04, R06-R16 23
Clark, Denis #2 18 R02, R04-R20 14
Clarke, Kelvin #17 5 R01, R12-R13, R15, R17 2
Colcott, Russell #39 7 R10-R14, R17-R18 11
Davis, Frank #6 16 R01-R03, R07-R10, R12-R20 0
Dillon, Ross #24 19 R01-R09, R11-R20 48
Emselle, Ken #10 2 R03, R05 0
Feldmann, Derek #28 6 R01, R04-R06, R18, R20 1
Forster, John #27 2 R03, R08 0
Fowler, Chris #12 3 R01, R07-R08 0
Hardeman, Gary #33 19 R01-R06, R08-R20 15
Hayes, David #43 1 R06 0
Hone, David #21 18 R01-R03, R05-R10, R12-R20 3
Jennings, Danny #45 3 R17-R19 1
Johnson, Tassie #8 16 R01-R06, R11-R20 2
Jones, Brent #34 10 R06-R07, R10-R17 0
Kenneally, Bryan #22 2 R01, R20 0
Lakes, George #9 15 R01-R04, R06-R07, R10-R18 13
Letcher, John #30 7 R01-R03, R07, R09-R11 2
McKenzie, Robert #50 6 R14-R18, R20 0
Mitchell, Mark #44 6 R10-R14, R17 2
Osborne, Graham #7 4 R04-R05, R11, R19 2
Parke, Greg #26 18 R01-R11, R14-R20 24
Powell, Daryl #48 2 R19-R20 0
Rhoden, Phil #38 2 R15-R16 0
Rollinson, Trevor #3 17 R01-R07, R10-R16, R18-R20 0
Rowlands, Paul #20 19 R02-R20 0
Sampson, Ray #46 1 R19 0
Schwarz, Darryl #37 10 R03-R04, R09-R11, R15, R17-R20 0
Sinclair, Peter #23 4 R08-R10, R16 3
Stone, Neville #18 2 R09, R12 0
Sullivan, Tony #4 17 R02, R04-R14, R16-R20 0
Townsend, John #16 20 R01-R20 16
Vagg, Barrie #32 6 R01-R02, R05, R07-R09 7
Walker, Max #1 19 R02-R20 3
Weekes, Peter #25 5 R01-R02, R04-R05, R08 3
Wells, Greg #50 3 R18-R20 10

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Beckwith, John 20 3 -0- 17 R01-R20

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1969 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 27 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
12/04/1969 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 28 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
19/04/1969 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 68 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
25/04/1969 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 18 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
03/05/1969 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 32 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
10/05/1969 Round 6 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 28 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
17/05/1969 Round 7 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 30 John Beckwith Stan Alves
24/05/1969 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 21 John Beckwith Stan Alves
31/05/1969 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 25 John Beckwith Stan Alves
16/06/1969 Round 10 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 25 John Beckwith Stan Alves
21/06/1969 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 26 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
28/06/1969 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 21 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
05/07/1969 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 3 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
12/07/1969 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 2 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
19/07/1969 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 5 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
26/07/1969 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 36 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
09/08/1969 Round 17 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 40 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
16/08/1969 Round 18 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 7 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
23/08/1969 Round 19 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 2 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
30/08/1969 Round 20 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 35 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson