1969 VFL Season Round 19: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1969 between Footscray and Essendon during round nineteen of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Don McKenzie captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Footscray (14.10.94) defeated Essendon (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 August 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,043

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 14.10.94 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 5 . 5 9 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Essendon 3 . 2 8 . 5 11 . 7 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 13 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Huggins

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 3 32 30 2 8 0 4 2
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 1 2
34 Casey, Gordon ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 6 0 1 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 3 0 14 13 1 8 6 1 4
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 7 0 2 2
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 3 3
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 7 0 4 0
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 2 0 3 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 11 0 1 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 4 0 1 5
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 0 3
26 Mitchell, Norm ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 0 13 13 0 6 0 4 2
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 6 3 2 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 9 2 0 2
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 4 0 0 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 2 1 29 25 4 9 0 2 2
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 10 291 261 30 106 11 32 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 1 2
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 2 0 8 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 6 0 0 2
31 Collins, David ? ? 0 2 18 17 1 10 0 3 5
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 1 2 1 0
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 2 2 43 28 15 12 0 2 1
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 4 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 1 0 32 13 19 11 0 0 2
55 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 1
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 2 29 25 4 9 0 0 1
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 22 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 1 13 10 3 6 0 2 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 1 5 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 2 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 3 1 12 10 2 2 0 1 2
12 Thompson, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 1 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 10 329 257 72 94 25 39 32

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