1969 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1969 between Essendon and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Don McKenzie captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. Tassie Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Essendon (13.21.99) defeated Melbourne (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 July 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,112

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 13.21.99 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 6 6 . 10 8 . 16 13 . 21 13 . 21 (99)
Melbourne 3 . 5 5 . 10 10 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin MELB by 17 ESSE by 6 MELB by 8 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Tassie Johnson
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 2 2 17 15 2 5 0 4 1
50 Carpenter, John ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 21 15 6 10 0 2 3
31 Collins, David ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 3 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 2 9 9 0 6 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 1 3 29 25 4 9 0 3 1
55 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 3 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 1 2
41 Hampson, Roger ? ? 0 1 29 18 11 10 0 2 3
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 6 7 2 0
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 8 0 3 4
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 8 26 1 6
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 1 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 3 23 17 6 3 0 3 2
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 5 3 23 23 0 7 0 4 4
53 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 11 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 21 310 259 51 106 33 40 36

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 22 13 9 6 0 3 5
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 6 16 14 2 3 0 2 1
41 Campbell, Blair ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 1
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 1 1
17 Clarke, Kelvin ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 2 0 4 4
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 4 1 17 11 6 10 0 2 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 2 0 1 4
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 2 2
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 10 1 2
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 9 2 3
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 7 1 3 2
50 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 2 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 4 28 21 7 10 3 3 2
38 Rhoden, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 1 2
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 2
37 Schwarz, Darryl ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 13 0 1 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 16 290 241 49 81 26 36 40

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