1969 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1969 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. John Dugdale captained the hosts. Don McKenzie captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

North Melbourne (13.16.94) defeated Essendon (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 July 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,103

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 13.16.94 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 7 11 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Essendon 2 . 1 6 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin NMLB by 13 NMLB by 7 NMLB by 27 NMLB by 27 NMLB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 3 19 18 1 1 0 3 6
44 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 2 2
31 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 6 0 1 2
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 1 28 27 1 5 0 7 0
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 2 0 21 16 5 6 0 5 0
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 6 0 1 1
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 1 4 16 10 6 6 0 1 3
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 4 0 3 5
29 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 30 21 9 9 26 1 5
13 Howell, Mick ? ? 0 2 16 11 5 8 5 2 1
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 8 1 0 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 3 4 21 16 5 4 0 0 3
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 4 1 31 24 7 11 0 3 1
37 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 2
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 2 0
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 4
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 4 1
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 3 0 20 16 4 4 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 16 351 288 63 97 32 36 38

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 6 20 14 6 9 0 3 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 8 0 1 3
50 Carpenter, John ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 3 0 2 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 6 0 3 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 4 2 1 2
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 8 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 4 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 6 0 3 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 1 0 2 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 1 13 12 1 0 0 2 3
41 Hampson, Roger ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 1 2
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 9 3 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 8 0 3 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 11 5 0 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 6 0 2 3
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 2 1 13 12 1 3 0 3 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 13 288 242 46 91 16 38 36

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