1969 VFL Round 18: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1969 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 18 of the 1969 VFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Don McKenzie captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. Ian Stewart captained the visitors with Carl Ditterich as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon
D. McKenzie (capt.), B. Davis (vice-capt.), S. Barclay, G. Blethyn, R. Close, D. Collins, P. Daniel, K. Egan, J. Ellis, K. Fletcher, T. Fordham, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, B. Greenwood, A. Noonan, C. Payne, G. Pryor, P. Sproule, B. Thompson, J. Williams

St Kilda
I. Stewart (capt.), C. Ditterich (vice-capt.), C. Antonie, J. Bonney, G. Colling, I. Cooper, A. Davis, D. Griffiths, B. Lawrence, J. Lilley, J. Moran, B. Murray, B. Mynott, K. Neale, J. O'Dea, B. Pascoe, T. Payze, S. Roberts, R. Smith, S. Trott

Essendon (19.25.139) defeated St Kilda (11.10.76).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. Noonan (6), R. Close (5), B. Davis (2), B. Greenwood (2), D. Collins, P. Daniel, J. Ellis, G. Gosper
St Kilda: C. Ditterich (4), A. Davis (3), J. Bonney (2), T. Payze, R. Smith

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 6th on the ladder and St Kilda remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 16 August 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,239

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 19.25.139 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 6 . 12 14 . 19 19 . 25 19 . 25 (139)
St Kilda 3 . 3 7 . 6 10 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin STKL by 4 level ESSE by 35 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jack Clarke (Essendon), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: Don McKenzie (Essendon), Ian Stewart (St Kilda)
Vice-Captains: Barry Davis (Essendon), Carl Ditterich (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 6 0 1 1
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 9 0 3 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 5 0 17 14 3 8 0 1 2
31 Collins, David ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 5 0 1 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 4 8 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 2 1 31 23 8 4 0 2 2
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 32 23 9 5 0 7 0
30 Ellis, John ? ? 1 1 24 13 11 10 0 2 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 3 19 16 3 2 0 5 2
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 2 3 31 26 5 2 0 4 2
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 2 10 4 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 6 7 18 16 2 12 0 0 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 0 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 9 3 3 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 2 22 15 7 1 0 0 1
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 1 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 1 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 19 25 352 278 74 96 21 37 22

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
45 Antonie, Colin ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1
1 Bonney, John ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 3 0 0 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 2
8 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 1 6
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 3 2 8 8 0 5 0 1 2
10 Ditterich, Carl (vc) ? ? 4 3 21 16 5 9 6 0 3
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 0 0
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
16 Lilley, Jon ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 0 2
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 1 1
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 5 0
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 21 1 3
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 2 1 4
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 7 0 0 5
21 Pascoe, Bob ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 1 0 1
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 2 0 1 0
30 Roberts, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 1
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 2 0 2 0
5 Stewart, Ian (c) ? ? 0 1 32 22 10 7 0 2 2
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 10 292 229 63 65 30 22 37

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