1969 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1969 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round three of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (12.13.85) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.14.98).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 12.13.85 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
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
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin (c) 8 K. Heath 1 R. Stubbs













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



25 R. Olsson 36 G. Chiron 19 T. Johnson













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 10 R. Wilson 3 P. Chilton









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 33 G. Angus
HALF-FORWARD 37 L. Morton 34 B. Stevenson
2 B. Keddie 28 T. Gay 20 I. Bremner 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



17 N. Ferguson 26 P. Hudson 22 G. Smith













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy