1969 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1969 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round six of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Don McKenzie captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Fitzroy (13.12.90) were defeated by Essendon (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 12,872

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 13.12.90 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 7 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 5 12 . 8 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin level FITZ by 6 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 1 0 4 2
6 Baker, Bruce ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 12 2 2
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 2 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 7 18 1 6
46 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 10 0 0 1
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 2 0 6 4
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 0
43 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 1 1 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 4 0 1 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 2 0 26 22 4 5 1 6 4
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 2 21 21 0 2 0 1 2
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 1 3 0
53 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 10 0 1 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 5 0 1 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 3 3 10 9 1 6 0 1 1
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 3 0 1 1
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 8 0 1 3
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 3 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 12 300 255 45 80 33 37 38

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 1 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 1 16 14 2 4 0 5 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 4 3 9 9 0 4 2 1 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 3
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 3 3
40 Fanning, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 2 0 0 1
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 4 0 5 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 30 26 4 5 0 3 2
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 2 3 24 21 3 2 0 7 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 3 0 0 2
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 7 0 1 3
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 20 6 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 5 2 20 17 3 8 0 1 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 2 2 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 1
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 30 29 1 13 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 13 299 253 46 86 24 38 37

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