1969 VFL Round 19: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1969 between Footscray and Essendon during round 19 of the 1969 VFL season. 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
T. Whitten (capt.), G. Bisset, I. Bryant, G. Casey, D. Darcy, G. Dempsey, K. Greenwood, R. Haynes, J. Jillard, S. Magee, A. Mannix, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, G. Merrington, N. Mitchell, B. Quinlan, L. Rippon, B. Round, H. Skreja, D. Thorpe

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

Footscray (14.10.94) defeated Essendon (12.10.82).

Goalkickers
Footscray: G. Bisset (3), G. Dempsey (3), B. Quinlan (3), D. Thorpe (2), G. Casey, D. Darcy, L. Rippon
Essendon: A. Noonan (4), P. Sproule (3), B. Davis (2), R. Close, P. Daniel, J. Ellis

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Essendon remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Jack Clarke (Essendon)
Captains: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Don McKenzie (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Footscray), Barry Davis (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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