1969 VFL Round 3: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1969 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round 3 of the 1969 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Terry Waters as vice-captain. Tassie Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Collingwood
D. Tuddenham (capt.), T. Waters (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, J. Bell, C. Britt, R. Dunne, V. Ellis, J. Greening, D. Hibbert, G. Lawrie, P. McKenna, B. McKenzie, J. Pitts, T. Potter, B. Price, W. Richardson, L. Thompson, C. Tully, R. Watt, S. Whelan

Melbourne
T. Johnson (capt.), C. Aitken, S. Alves, T. Anderson, R. Biffin, B. Bourke, F. Davis, R. Dillon, K. Emselle, J. Forster, G. Hardeman, D. Hone, G. Lakes, J. Letcher, G. Parke, T. Rollinson, P. Rowlands, D. Schwarz, J. Townsend, M. Walker

Collingwood (19.16.130) defeated Melbourne (9.8.62).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. McKenna (6), J. Greening (5), R. Dunne (2), D. Hibbert (2), W. Richardson (2), C. Britt, C. Tully
Melbourne: S. Alves (4), J. Townsend (2), C. Aitken, R. Biffin, G. Parke

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 7th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 18,729

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 19.16.130 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 7 . 4 11 . 7 16 . 12 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Melbourne 1 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 7 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin COLL by 37 COLL by 44 COLL by 59 COLL by 68 COLL by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Collingwood), John Beckwith (Melbourne)
Captains: Des Tuddenham (Collingwood), Tassie Johnson (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Terry Waters (Collingwood), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 28 23 5 13 0 1 1
44 Bell, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
27 Britt, Con ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 8 0 1 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 0 21 18 3 9 0 1 3
10 Ellis, Vaughan ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 3 0 3
22 Greening, John ? ? 5 2 20 15 5 4 0 2 2
36 Hibbert, Danny ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 5 0 3 0
39 Lawrie, Gordon ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 6 3 16 16 0 7 0 0 2
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 8 0 1 2
38 Pitts, Jeff ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 3 0
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 1 1
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 5 0 1 1
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 2 1 28 23 5 5 0 2 2
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 1 30 20 10 11 28 4 1
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 4 19 17 2 3 0 3 2
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 0
2 Waters, Terry (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 1 1
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 8 0 2 0
26 Whelan, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 16 336 280 56 100 31 28 24

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Aitken, Chris ? ? 1 3 10 7 3 5 0 0 1
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 4 1 19 17 2 2 0 0 2
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 6 0 1 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 2 0 2 2
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 2 0
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 11 1 1 2
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
27 Forster, John ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 2 0 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 0 3
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 0
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 1 5 3
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 6 0 1 1
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 7 0 2 3
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 0 0 0 5
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 0
37 Schwarz, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 7 3 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 1 29 22 7 1 0 1 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 7 4 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 8 288 223 65 62 16 24 28

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