1969 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1969 between Essendon and Footscray during round eight of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Don McKenzie captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Essendon (15.15.105) defeated Footscray (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,424

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 15.15.105 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 6 . 6 11 . 10 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Footscray 6 . 2 9 . 2 11 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin FOOT by 24 FOOT by 14 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 1 2
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 2 2 21 19 2 2 0 3 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 6 4 21 19 2 9 0 5 2
31 Collins, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 5 3 1 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 1 31 26 5 3 0 1 3
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 2 0 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 3 0 2 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 1 31 30 1 5 0 5 3
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 2 0 25 22 3 9 0 1 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 1 2
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 2
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 33 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 3 0 2 5
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 2
25 Stevenson, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 6 0 1 3
53 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 0 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 15 311 262 49 75 36 30 40

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 0 30 24 6 5 0 3 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 3 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 10 0 0 2
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 0
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 3 0 4 2
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 2 5 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 2 6
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 3 3 9 8 1 3 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 2
26 Mitchell, Norm ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 1 0 1 2
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 2 2
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 4 3 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 1 1 0 1
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 0
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 4 0 32 31 1 5 0 3 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 27 24 3 5 0 2 5
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 10 1 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 2 16 9 7 3 0 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 12 278 238 40 59 17 40 30

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