1969 VFL Season Grand Final: Carlton v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 27 September 1969 between Carlton and Richmond in the grand final of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton "hosted" Richmond at the MCG. John Nicholls captained the hosts. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Carlton (8.12.60) were defeated by Richmond (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Richmond
Date: Saturday 27 September 1969
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 119,165

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Richmond
Score: 8.12.60 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 4 2 . 7 8 . 10 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Richmond 2 . 2 6 . 5 8 . 6 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin RICH by 4 RICH by 22 CARL by 4 RICH by 25 RICH by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Goal Umpires

L. Barratt
C. Cole

Boundary Umpires

K. Mitchell
N. Thomas

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 1 20 20 0 4 0 4 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 1 0 2 1
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 5 0 4 2
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 2
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 2 3
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 4
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 2 1 6 6 0 1 0 0 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 2 0 1 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 10 7 1 3
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 7 0 6 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 1 11 10 1 6 16 2 5
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 1 0 4 3
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 2 0
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 9 0 6 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 0
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 8 0 2 3
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 5
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 6 1 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 12 237 212 25 74 24 43 43

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 3 3 20 18 2 9 0 4 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 0 24 24 0 4 0 3 3
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 3 4
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 5 2 1 3
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 5 0 3 2
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 1 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 7 0 1 4
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 3 0 3 3
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 10 18 5 2
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 5 0 3 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 2 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 2
9 Northey, John ? ? 2 4 18 16 2 2 1 4 1
52 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 3 1
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 4 7 2 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 8 0 4 4
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 13 277 243 34 88 28 43 43

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