1969 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1969 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round two of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Tassie Johnson captained the hosts. John Dugdale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Keith McKenzie.

Melbourne (12.7.79) were defeated by North Melbourne (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,379

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 12.7.79 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
North Melbourne 3 . 5 6 . 8 12 . 11 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin NMLB by 3 MELB by 3 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 28 NMLB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Tassie Johnson
Coach: John Beckwith

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Huggins

Boundary Umpires

G. Lee

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 0
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 2 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 2 4 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 3 1 22 18 4 3 0 2 2
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 5 0 3 0
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 7 0 1 1
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 0 1
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 2
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 1 2 1
30 Letcher, John ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 4 2 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 13 0 0 4
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 1 1 4
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 1 4 4
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 1 25 19 6 4 0 0 0
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 2 13 9 4 2 0 1 4
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 17 1 0
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 7 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 7 265 224 41 66 31 26 32

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 0
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 5 0 0 2
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 2 3 20 20 0 5 0 3 4
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 0 35 32 3 7 0 5 2
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 3 0 3 2
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 6 4 13 12 1 7 0 1 1
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 7 0 5 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 12 2 2
13 Howell, Mick ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 7 0 1
21 Jacob, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 1
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 15 0 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 4 5 15 14 1 5 0 1 6
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 11 2 2 1
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 1 2
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 3 0
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 1 2
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 7 0 3 1
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 1 3 16 12 4 3 0 1 0
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 1 2 21 17 4 3 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 17 319 269 50 82 36 37 31

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