1969 VFL Round 3: Essendon v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1969 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 3 of the 1969 VFL season.
Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill.
Don McKenzie captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain.
David Parkin captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.
Essendon
D. McKenzie (capt.), B. Davis (vice-capt.), G. Brown, W. Buhaj, R. Close, D. Collins, G. Crouch, P. Daniel, K. Egan, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, B. Lake, A. Noonan, C. Payne, G. Pryor, P. Sproule, B. Thompson, B. Waite, J. Williams
Hawthorn
Back:
D. Parkin (capt.), K. Heath, R. Stubbs
Half-back:
R. Olsson, G. Chiron, T. Johnson
Centre:
D. Meagher, R. Wilson, P. Chilton
Half-forward:
B. Keddie, T. Gay, I. Bremner
Forward:
N. Ferguson, P. Hudson, G. Smith
Follower:
D. Scott, L. Morton, P. Crimmins
Sub.:
G. Angus, B. Stevenson
Essendon (12.13.85) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.14.98).
Goalkickers
Essendon: B. Lake (4), R. Close (2), P. Sproule (2), G. Brown, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, C. Payne
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (6), P. Crimmins (2), K. Heath (2), D. Parkin (2), N. Ferguson, D. Meagher
As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) and Hawthorn were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1969 VFL Season
Round:
Round 3
Teams:
Essendon
v
Hawthorn
Date:
Saturday 19 April 1969
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
15,770
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon | 4 | . | 3 | 8 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 9 | 12 | . | 13 | 12 | . | 13 | (85) |
| Hawthorn | 5 | . | 1 | 8 | . | 5 | 12 | . | 6 | 14 | . | 14 | 14 | . | 14 | (98) |
| Margin | HWTH by 4 | HWTH by 1 | HWTH by 15 | HWTH by 13 | HWTH by 13 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Jack Clarke
(Essendon),
John Kennedy
(Hawthorn)
Captains:
Don McKenzie
(Essendon),
David Parkin
(Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains:
Barry Davis
(Essendon),
unknown
(Hawthorn)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
R. Sleeth
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 18 | Brown, Greg | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Buhaj, Wally | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Close, Robin | ? | ? | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 31 | Collins, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Crouch, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | Daniel, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | Davis, Barry (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Egan, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | Gerlach, Darryl | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Gosper, Geoff | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | Lake, Bruce | ? | ? | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | McKenzie, Don (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Noonan, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Payne, Charlie | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 35 | Pryor, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Sproule, Paul | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Thompson, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Waite, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Williams, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 13 | 284 | 245 | 39 | 71 | 28 | 47 | 41 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 33 | Angus, Geoff | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Bremner, Ian | HFFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Chilton, Peter | WR | ? | 0 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 36 | Chiron, Gene | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Crimmins, Peter | RO | ? | 2 | 2 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Ferguson, Neil | FPL | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Gay, Terry | CHF | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Heath, Kevin | FB | ? | 2 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | Hudson, Peter | FF | ? | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Johnson, Ted | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Keddie, Bob | HFFL | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 30 | Meagher, Des | WL | ? | 1 | 1 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 37 | Morton, Lance | RR↓ | ? | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | Olsson, Rod | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | Parkin, David (c) | BPL | ? | 2 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | Scott, Don | RU | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 7 |
| 22 | Smith, Geoff | FPR↓ | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Stevenson, Bruce | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Stubbs, Ron | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Wilson, Ray | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 14 | 14 | 299 | 265 | 34 | 72 | 44 | 39 | 47 | |||
G. Angus replaced G. Smith during the fourth quarter.
B. Stevenson replaced L. Morton during the fourth quarter.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 27 | D. Parkin (c) | 8 | K. Heath | 1 | R. Stubbs |
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| 25 | R. Olsson | 36 | G. Chiron | 19 | T. Johnson |
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| 30 | D. Meagher | 10 | R. Wilson | 3 | P. Chilton |
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| 2 | B. Keddie | 28 | T. Gay | 20 | I. Bremner | 5 | P. Crimmins |
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| 17 | N. Ferguson | 26 | P. Hudson | 22 | G. Smith |
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