1969 VFL Round 11: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1969 between Essendon and Collingwood during round 11 of the 1969 VFL season. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Don McKenzie captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Terry Waters captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Essendon
D. McKenzie (capt.), B. Davis (vice-capt.), S. Barclay, G. Blethyn, G. Brown, R. Close, P. Daniel, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, D. Gross, R. Hampson, W. Headlam, B. Lake, A. Noonan, G. Pryor, P. Sproule, L. Stillman, D. Tassell, J. Williams

Collingwood
T. Waters (capt.), L. Adamson, T. Alexander, C. Britt, J. Clifton, I. Graham, J. Greening, D. Hibbert, G. Jenkin, B. McKenzie, R. Moylan, P. Patterson, T. Potter, B. Price, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, L. Thompson, C. Tully, M. Urquhart, R. Watt

Essendon (13.19.97) were defeated by Collingwood (16.12.108).

Goalkickers
Essendon: B. Davis (5), B. Lake (3), D. Gross (2), R. Close, G. Gosper, A. Noonan
Collingwood: R. Watt (3), C. Britt (2), I. Graham (2), R. Moylan (2), L. Thompson (2), T. Alexander, J. Greening, W. Richardson, C. Tully, T. Waters

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Collingwood remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 21 June 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 28,893

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Collingwood
Score: 13.19.97 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 5 4 . 9 10 . 15 13 . 19 13 . 19 (97)
Collingwood 5 . 1 8 . 6 10 . 11 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin COLL by 20 COLL by 21 ESSE by 4 COLL by 11 COLL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jack Clarke (Essendon), Bob Rose (Collingwood)
Captains: Don McKenzie (Essendon), Terry Waters (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: Barry Davis (Essendon), unknown (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 9 0 0 3
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 7 0 1 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 3 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 3 10 9 1 2 0 3 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 2 5 5 0 3 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 5 1 30 30 0 10 2 4 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 6
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 3 3
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 3 20 17 3 5 0 7 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 3 0 2 5
41 Hampson, Roger ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 8 0 3 1
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 3 0 12 10 2 5 0 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 18 7 7
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 4 15 12 3 6 0 3 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 1 0 5 2
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 3 18 14 4 2 0 0 3
53 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 2 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 19 293 249 44 77 20 50 47

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 2
30 Alexander, Terry ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 7 3 1 6
27 Britt, Con ? ? 2 1 18 17 1 5 0 2 6
42 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 5 3
7 Graham, Ian ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 3 0 2 3
22 Greening, John ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 3 0 2 0
36 Hibbert, Danny ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 0 2 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 2
21 Moylan, Ron ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 6 0 5 2
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 0
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 3 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 2 3
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 1 3 35 28 7 4 1 6 4
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 2 1 32 25 7 14 20 8 6
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 5
19 Urquhart, Max ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 4
2 Waters, Terry (ac) ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 7 0 2 2
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 3 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 12 286 241 45 83 24 47 50

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