1969 VFL Round 4: Melbourne v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1969 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 4 of the 1969 VFL season.
Melbourne hosted Essendon at 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
T. Johnson (capt.), C. Aitken, S. Alves, R. Biffin, B. Bourke, B. Campbell, D. Clark, R. Dillon, D. Feldmann, G. Hardeman, G. Lakes, G. Osborne, G. Parke, T. Rollinson, P. Rowlands, D. Schwarz, T. Sullivan, J. Townsend, M. Walker, P. Weekes
Essendon
D. McKenzie (capt.), B. Davis (vice-capt.), G. Brown, W. Buhaj, R. Close, D. Collins, P. Daniel, K. Egan, K. Fletcher, T. Fordham, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, B. Greenwood, D. Gross, B. Lake, A. Noonan, G. Pryor, P. Sproule, B. Thompson, J. Williams
Melbourne (10.19.79) were defeated by Essendon (13.19.97).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: C. Aitken (2), R. Biffin (2), G. Hardeman (2), G. Osborne (2), B. Bourke, J. Townsend
Essendon: R. Close (3), P. Daniel (3), D. Gross (2), A. Noonan (2), P. Sproule (2), D. McKenzie
As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder and Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.
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
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
Coaches:
John Beckwith
(Melbourne),
Jack Clarke
(Essendon)
Captains:
Tassie Johnson
(Melbourne),
Don McKenzie
(Essendon)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Melbourne),
Barry Davis
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||