1969 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1969 between Essendon and Richmond during round twelve of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Don McKenzie captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (8.15.63) defeated Richmond (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 28 June 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,020

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 8.15.63 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 2 . 7 4 . 12 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Richmond 1 . 4 4 . 6 5 . 8 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin RICH by 1 RICH by 11 RICH by 2 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Huggins

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 3 0 2 3
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 5 0 3 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 4 0 2 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 4 3 1 5
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 2 32 25 7 8 0 0 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 6 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 2 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 4 0
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 4 0 2 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Hampson, Roger ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 2 0 1 4
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 3 0 1 2
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 10 0 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 5 0 4 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 8 0 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 0 11 11 0 0 0 4 1
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 1 1
53 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 2 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 15 268 227 41 69 21 38 35

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 0 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 1 29 26 3 0 0 2 4
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 4
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 2 4
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 7 14 2 0 1 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 30 28 2 9 0 2 2
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 2 1 20 16 4 5 0 3 3
15 Ferguson, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 9 15 1 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 3 10 9 1 5 0 0 3
38 Judd, Wayne ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 2 0 6 2
20 McInnes, George ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 2 3 2
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 1 2 7 7 0 3 0 2 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 6 0 0 0
32 Robbins, Graham ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 2 1 0 2
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 3 7 7 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 3 4
18 Shinners, Brian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 1 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 12 274 220 54 62 26 35 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