1969 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1969 between Richmond and Essendon during round one of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Don McKenzie captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Richmond (15.21.111) defeated Essendon (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Monday 7 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 62,152

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 15.21.111 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 5 3 . 13 9 . 18 15 . 21 15 . 21 (111)
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 7 7 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 6 RICH by 21 RICH by 29 RICH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Don McKenzie
Vice-Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Jack Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Goal Umpires

R. Pawley

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 1 1 33 27 6 10 0 2 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 2 24 23 1 4 1 4 4
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 3 0 5 2
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 1 0 5 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 2 3
19 Davenport, Don ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 3 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 7 14 0 4
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 5 28 21 7 7 0 4 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 2 2 10 10 0 8 0 1 1
1 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 1
20 McInnes, George ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
48 McKenzie, Des ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 3
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 2 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 2
9 Northey, John ? ? 4 3 22 15 7 5 0 1 2
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 1
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 1 1 17 5 12 0 1 2 4
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 3 0
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 16 2 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 21 302 239 63 70 33 43 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 2 1 5 4 1 4 0 0 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 4 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
31 Collins, David ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 3
5 Crouch, Gary ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 7 4 2
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 7 3 1 2
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 4
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 1 0 0 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 0 3 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 5 0 2 0
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 2 5 5 0 3 0 2 0
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 13 6 6
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 5
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 11 3 2 2
14 Sinclair, John ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 8 3
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 4 21 18 3 4 0 2 5
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 1 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 10 257 223 34 64 26 39 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