1969 VFL Season Round 9: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1969 between Carlton and Essendon during round nine of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts. Don McKenzie captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Carlton (15.13.103) defeated Essendon (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 16,266

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 15.13.103 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 5 8 . 8 11 . 9 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Essendon 2 . 3 2 . 4 5 . 6 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin CARL by 20 CARL by 40 CARL by 39 CARL by 58 CARL by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 7 0 2 2
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 6
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 4 30 29 1 6 0 2 2
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 5
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 0 0 3 0
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 3 0 6 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 3 0 1 4
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 5 11 1 2
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 0 3
18 Mewett, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 1
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 3 12 2 6
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 2 3 21 20 1 3 0 1 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 5
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 5 0 3 4
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 2 27 17 10 7 0 4 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 1 1 1 5
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 0 1
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 3 0 25 20 5 9 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 13 339 275 64 67 24 32 55

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 3 2
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 1 21 21 0 11 0 1 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 2 0 3 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 3 8 7 1 3 2 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 0 1 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 1 22 20 2 1 0 6 0
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 4 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 2 20 18 2 4 0 4 2
41 Hampson, Roger ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 2 1
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 1 0 24 22 2 8 0 8 1
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 10 6 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 3
25 Stevenson, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 7 0 0
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 6 0 5 3
53 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 5
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 9 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 9 265 239 26 70 19 55 32

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