1969 VFL Round 7: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1969 between St Kilda and Essendon during round 7 of the 1969 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Moorabbin Oval. Ian Stewart captained the hosts. Don McKenzie captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

St Kilda
I. Stewart (capt.), J. Bonney, I. Cooper, A. Davis, J. Evans, B. Lawrence, J. Lilley, B. Murray, B. Mynott, K. Neale, J. O'Dea, J. O'Donnell, B. Pascoe, T. Payze, M. Pitt, S. Rae, S. Roberts, R. Smith, I. Synman, S. Trott

Essendon
D. McKenzie (capt.), B. Davis (vice-capt.), G. Blethyn, G. Brown, R. Close, D. Collins, P. Daniel, K. Egan, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, B. Greenwood, D. Gross, B. Lake, A. Noonan, G. Pryor, P. Sproule, D. Tassell, B. Waite, J. Williams

St Kilda (16.10.106) defeated Essendon (11.14.80).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: A. Davis (6), J. Bonney (3), B. Lawrence, B. Mynott, K. Neale, S. Rae, R. Smith, I. Stewart, S. Trott
Essendon: P. Daniel (6), B. Greenwood (3), R. Close (2)

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 19,008

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Essendon
Score: 16.10.106 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 8 . 3 10 . 3 15 . 8 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Essendon 1 . 4 6 . 10 9 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin STKL by 41 STKL by 17 STKL by 34 STKL by 26 STKL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (St Kilda), Jack Clarke (Essendon)
Captains: Ian Stewart (St Kilda), Don McKenzie (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Barry Davis (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Huggins, E: B. Sidler
Boundary Umpire: A. Cook
Umpire Replacement: B. Sidler replaced A. Cook

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Bonney, John ? ? 3 1 23 19 4 3 0 0 3
8 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 4 0 1 1
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 6 2 17 15 2 8 0 2 2
27 Evans, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 1 3 16 12 4 6 0 0 3
16 Lilley, Jon ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 2 2
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 2 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 3 25 4 3
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 4 9 1 5
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 27 24 3 7 0 4 2
28 O'Donnell, John ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 4
31 Pascoe, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 8 3 4 3
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Pitt, Max ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 2
43 Rae, Stephen ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 3
30 Roberts, Stephen ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 3 0 1 2
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 1 0 25 21 4 2 0 2 4
5 Stewart, Ian (c) ? ? 1 0 29 25 4 8 1 4 1
9 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 1
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 1 0 23 21 2 0 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 10 301 255 46 69 38 38 44

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 4 0 1 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 2 0 3 5
31 Collins, David ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 4 0 3 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 6 2 12 10 2 4 1 1 0
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 2 29 26 3 5 0 3 2
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 1 0 5 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 3 0 2 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 3
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 4 0 7 3
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 2 0 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 2 0 3 1
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 2 2
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 14 2 6
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 4 0 1 3
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 3 1 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 2
53 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 8 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 14 275 243 32 65 18 44 38

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