1969 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1969 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Don McKenzie captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Essendon (19.18.132) defeated Fitzroy (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 9 August 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,554

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.18.132 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 5 9 . 9 15 . 11 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 4 . 5 8 . 9 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin ESSE by 21 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 9 0 2 1
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 2 33 22 11 8 0 4 6
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 3 0 3 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 5 4 1 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 1 1 31 23 8 9 0 2 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 1 2
30 Ellis, John ? ? 2 1 27 15 12 7 0 2 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 4 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 6 0 2 4
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 0 26 23 3 8 0 5 4
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 2 23 20 3 7 0 2 3
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 7 2 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 8 8 21 21 0 14 0 2 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 9 2 0 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 2 5 3
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 3 14 11 3 6 0 0 2
25 Stevenson, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 3
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 3 4
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 2 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 9 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 18 343 274 69 118 17 44 46

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 5 0 2 3
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 6 13 3 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 5 19 3 1
46 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 5 2
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 1
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 1 0 7 5
51 Hodgkin, Bob ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 3 3
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 1 0
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 4 0 3 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 3 26 24 2 3 0 4 5
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 2 2
20 Newnham, John ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 1 0 1 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 0
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 6 0 2 6
53 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 5 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 5 0 0 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 7 1 13 12 1 10 0 1 2
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 7 0 0 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 11 274 227 47 74 32 46 44

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