1969 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1969 between Essendon and Geelong during round two of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Don McKenzie captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Essendon (13.13.91) drew with Geelong (14.7.91).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,664

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon drew with Geelong
Score: 13.13.91 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 4 . 8 8 . 9 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Geelong 5 . 1 8 . 1 13 . 4 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Margin GEEL by 24 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 25 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 6 2
5 Crouch, Gary ? ? 0 3 16 12 4 1 0 3 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 6 1 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 32 27 5 8 0 3 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 4 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 7 0 3 5
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 3
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 1 27 22 5 1 0 5 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 3 3 13 13 0 5 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 14 3 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 7 0 2 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 2 0 3
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 0 1 2 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 3 0 23 16 7 2 0 3 3
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 2 0 1 3
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 7 0 0 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 5 1 7 6 1 5 2 0 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 13 307 252 55 71 20 37 39

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 5 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 2 2 21 20 1 2 3 3 3
19 Davies, John ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 1 0 2 4
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 2 1 31 26 5 5 0 2 1
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 1 0 2 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 6 8 2 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 7 0 2 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 5 0 1 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 7 19 2 2
14 O'Rourke, Ray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 3
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 7 0 5 4
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 5 0 3 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 6 0 0 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 1 20 20 0 7 0 1 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 2 0 11 5 6 3 0 0 2
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 1 12 8 4 3 0 2 3
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 1 4 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 7 313 251 62 75 31 39 37

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