1969 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1969 between Melbourne and Essendon during round four of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Tassie Johnson captained the hosts. Don McKenzie captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Melbourne (10.19.79) were defeated by Essendon (13.19.97).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Friday 25 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,327

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 10.19.79 - 13.19.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 9 4 . 11 7 . 15 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 8 10 . 13 13 . 19 13 . 19 (97)
Margin MELB by 1 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Tassie Johnson
Coach: John Beckwith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Huggins

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Aitken, Chris ? ? 2 1 8 8 0 2 0 2 2
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 3 0 4 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 3 1 1 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 1 0 1 2
41 Campbell, Blair ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 4 0 2 1
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 29 26 3 5 1 3 3
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 14 0 2 1
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 1 4 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 3 18 17 1 3 0 1 5
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 2
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 2 2 10 9 1 4 1 0 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 9 0 0 0
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 1 2
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3
37 Schwarz, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 7 0 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 1 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 2 24 19 5 4 0 0 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 6 1 0
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 19 288 240 48 77 18 25 34

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 0
2 Buhaj, Wally ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 1 17 16 1 5 0 4 3
31 Collins, David ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 3 1 8 6 2 4 5 0 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 4 0 3 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 0 0 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 1 0 0 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 5 0 2 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 2 1
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 3 19 17 2 2 0 2 4
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 3 0 1 2
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 3 19 12 7 12 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 3 18 1 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 4 18 15 3 6 0 4 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 1 4 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 4 17 12 5 4 0 2 2
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 4 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 7 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 19 307 253 54 78 24 34 25

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