1970 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 6-0-16, P%: 81.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Barry Davis, Paul Sproule (7)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Geoff Blethyn (33)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Darryl Gerlach

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Barry Davis
Vice-Captain(s): Don McKenzie

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barclay, Stuart #37 6 R01, R03-R05, R21-R22 0
Blethyn, Geoff #11 13 R08-R16, R18-R19, R21-R22 33
Close, Robin #19 14 R01-R05, R09-R13, R17-R20 17
Collins, David #31 4 R01-R04 2
Crouch, Gary #5 4 R05, R12, R20, R22 1
Daniel, Peter #28 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 3
Davis, Barry #32 19 R02-R12, R14-R21 17
Ellis, John #30 11 R01-R03, R07, R16-R22 13
Fanning, John #27 1 R01 1
Fields, Neville #41 7 R08-R09, R11-R13, R21-R22 4
Fletcher, Ken #21 19 R01-R15, R17-R19, R21 1
Gerlach, Darryl #17 21 R02-R22 0
Gosper, Geoff #6 20 R02-R13, R15-R22 3
Grainger, Gary #4 14 R01-R02, R08-R17, R20-R21 13
Greenwood, Bob #2 21 R01-R06, R08-R22 23
Gross, Don #15 18 R01-R10, R13-R14, R17-R22 17
Halley, Len #44 9 R11-R12, R16-R22 6
Headlam, Wayne #40 16 R03, R05-R06, R08-R09, R12-R22 3
Lake, Bruce #16 4 R04-R07 2
Lake, Eddie #38 14 R01-R08, R12-R17 4
May, John #55 3 R14-R16 1
McKenzie, Don #24 18 R02, R04-R16, R18-R20, R22 1
Neish, Bruce #8 14 R06-R14, R18-R22 8
Noonan, Alan #10 2 R03-R04 7
Parkes, Gary #48 1 R16 0
Payne, Charlie #7 16 R01-R02, R06-R11, R13-R17, R20-R22 11
Payne, Ian #3 11 R01, R10-R19 3
Perry, Greg #14 5 R01, R03-R06 5
Pirouet, Bryan #9 11 R01, R07, R10-R15, R17, R21-R22 0
Pryor, Geoff #35 14 R02, R06-R18 4
Roberts, Ken #45 2 R14-R15 0
Sproule, Paul #26 21 R01-R20, R22 18
Starbuck, David #39 7 R06-R08, R19-R22 0
Stevenson, Ian #25 6 R01-R05, R07 2
Stillman, Les #23 10 R01-R07, R09-R10, R15 18
Talbot, Sandy #51 5 R18-R22 0
Tassell, Doug #33 11 R01-R11 0
Thompson, Robert #43 6 R15-R20 0
Williams, John #22 21 R01-R14, R16-R22 1

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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)
Clarke, Jack 22 6 -0- 16 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
04/04/1970 Round 1 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 49 Jack Clarke unknown
11/04/1970 Round 2 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 32 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
18/04/1970 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 11 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
25/04/1970 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 40 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
02/05/1970 Round 5 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 20 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
09/05/1970 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 15 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
16/05/1970 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 16 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
23/05/1970 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 3 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
30/05/1970 Round 9 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 6 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
06/06/1970 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 7 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
15/06/1970 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 12 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
20/06/1970 Round 12 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 5 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
27/06/1970 Round 13 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 16 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
04/07/1970 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 31 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
11/07/1970 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 68 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
18/07/1970 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 41 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
25/07/1970 Round 17 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 36 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
01/08/1970 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 27 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
08/08/1970 Round 19 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 6 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
15/08/1970 Round 20 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 81 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
22/08/1970 Round 21 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 74 Jack Clarke Barry Davis
29/08/1970 Round 22 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 44 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie