1969 VFL Season Round 10: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1969 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round ten of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. John Rantall captained the hosts. Don McKenzie captained the visitors with, in the absence of Barry Davis, deputy vice-captain Geoff Pryor as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

South Melbourne (15.13.103) were defeated by Essendon (18.15.123).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 June 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 18,409

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 15.13.103 - 18.15.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 5 11 . 6 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Essendon 4 . 4 10 . 6 14 . 11 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Don McKenzie
Vice-Captain: Geoff Pryor (acting)
Coach: Jack Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hayes

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 2 0 3 4
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 1 1 20 9 11 4 10 2 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 2 0
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 1 4 2
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 0 16 10 6 0 0 1 5
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 3 5 1 1
7 John, Graeme ? ? 1 4 21 13 8 8 1 5 1
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 3 0 3 2
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Luscombe, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 4 2
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 1
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 2 21 19 2 2 0 2 5
22 McCracken, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 3 0 3 0
21 Pitura, John ? ? 3 2 17 13 4 4 0 0 7
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 4 0 2 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 3 1 12 10 2 5 0 0 4
36 Svorinich, Bob ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 5 0 1 5
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 4 0 7 0
38 Wetzel, Ron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 13 322 250 72 61 17 41 44

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 3 2 2
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 7 0 1 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 3 0 2 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 2 14 11 3 4 0 2 2
31 Collins, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 6 1 8 8 0 7 0 2 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 5 0 1 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 2 23 19 4 10 0 3 2
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 3 0 23 16 7 3 0 3 2
41 Hampson, Roger ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 6 0 4 4
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 5 25 5 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 2 19 16 3 4 0 0 1
35 Pryor, Geoff (avc) ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 0 2 4
14 Sinclair, John ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 5 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 2
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 3 3 22 21 1 8 0 2 2
53 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 5 0 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 15 314 258 56 93 28 44 41

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