1969 VFL Season Round 20: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1969 between Essendon and Carlton during round twenty of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Don McKenzie captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (17.16.118) were defeated by Carlton (20.9.129).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 30 August 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 23,622

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 17.16.118 - 20.9.129

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 4 8 . 10 10 . 13 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Carlton 2 . 2 7 . 5 16 . 8 20 . 9 20 . 9 (129)
Margin ESSE by 26 ESSE by 11 CARL by 31 CARL by 11 CARL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 2
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 3 0 3 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 2 13 11 2 7 0 1 1
31 Collins, David ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 6 0 1 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 2 1 36 34 2 10 0 3 3
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 3 0
30 Ellis, John ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 5 1 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 0 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 3 0 5 2
8 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 3 26 24 2 9 0 3 6
24 McKenzie, Don (c) ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 1 12 4 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 5 0 1 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 3
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 3 1 7 7 0 4 3 2 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 5 0 4 1
25 Stevenson, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 5 5 5
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 16 289 240 49 77 21 43 41

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 1 27 24 3 3 0 4 0
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 4 1 14 12 2 3 0 2 4
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 22 19 3 7 1 1 4
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 4 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 3 1
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 3 0 11 11 0 3 0 2 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 7 3 16 16 0 10 0 1 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 10 8 2 3
9 Kerr, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 1
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 1 2 2
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 3 13 4 4
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 3
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 1 2
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 8 0 3 3
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 2 0 3 4
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 1
44 Stone, Ron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 6 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 9 282 234 48 77 23 41 41

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