1969 VFL Season Round 13: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 1969 between Geelong and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Don McKenzie captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Geelong (10.14.74) were defeated by Essendon (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 July 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 20,247

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 10.14.74 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 7 6 . 8 7 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Essendon 2 . 2 7 . 6 10 . 10 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin GEEL by 11 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Peter Pianto

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 3 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 2 3
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 0
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 4 4
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 5 0 5 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 8 10 1 1
32 Harris, David ? ? 1 4 13 13 0 0 0 1 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 4 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 2 24 16 8 7 2 2 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 7 19 3 4
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 1 0
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 4 0
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 1 2 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 9 3 2 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 2 5 0
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 7 0 0 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 9 0 4 3
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 6 3 11 11 0 7 0 0 3
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 14 317 258 59 93 37 46 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 0 2
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 8 0 0 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 3
5 Crouch, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 2 9 8 1 5 3 1 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 2 3 31 26 5 8 0 2 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 4 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 1 26 17 9 6 0 3 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 4 0 0 2
41 Hampson, Roger ? ? 1 1 30 25 5 5 0 4 2
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 3 0 6 5 1 4 0 0 1
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 4 17 4 7
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 1 15 11 4 5 0 1 5
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 1 25 18 7 6 0 2 2
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 3 16 14 2 3 0 1 5
53 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 4 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 16 306 250 56 79 20 32 46

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