1969 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1969 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round five of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Don McKenzie captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. John Dugdale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Keith McKenzie.

Essendon (16.17.113) defeated North Melbourne (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 23,236

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 16.17.113 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 6 . 9 10 . 14 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
North Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 4 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 3 0 3 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 4 7 7 0 4 3 3 2
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 7 0 2 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 6 0 3 3
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 3 24 18 6 6 0 3 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 2 29 27 2 5 0 2 3
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 1 25 21 4 9 0 4 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 1 25 19 6 1 0 5 2
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 2 1 15 14 1 5 1 2 2
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 26 6 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 1 14 13 1 6 0 2 6
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 3 0 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 3 2 18 13 5 6 0 1 2
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 0 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 17 298 251 47 84 33 45 41

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 2
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 5 0 5 4
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 2 14 14 0 4 0 3 3
33 Duthie, John ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 1
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 4 2
20 Elliott, Rod ? ? 1 2 23 16 7 3 0 4 2
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 4
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 1 0 4 0
19 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 3 1 7
13 Howell, Mick ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 8 3 0 0
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 12 2 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 4 3 15 14 1 3 0 1 2
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 4 1 1 3
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 1 2
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 5 0 4 2
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 3 2
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 3 2
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 6 0 2 1
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 3 0 18 14 4 4 0 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 11 281 232 49 66 21 41 45

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