1970 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1970 between Carlton and Essendon during round one of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Wes Lofts as vice-captain. John Williams captained the visitors with Charlie Payne as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Carlton (21.19.145) defeated Essendon (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 24,534

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 21.19.145 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 7 . 6 12 . 10 16 . 14 21 . 19 21 . 19 (145)
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 11 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin CARL by 33 CARL by 40 CARL by 45 CARL by 49 CARL by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Wes Lofts
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

Captain: John Williams
Vice-Captain: Charlie Payne
Coach: Jack Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 3 0 6 5
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 7 0 1 2
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 5 23 16 7 8 1 3 2
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 3 0 2 3
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 4
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 3 3
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 0 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 9 7 24 23 1 6 0 1 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 7 15 2 1
20 Lofts, Wes (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 3 4
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 2
8 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 2 14 1 2
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 2 0 20 17 3 5 0 0 3
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 2 4
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 3 2 13 11 2 2 1 1 4
16 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 0 18 10 8 3 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 19 292 231 61 64 31 30 47

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 1 0 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 0 2 1
31 Collins, David ? ? 0 3 10 9 1 5 0 2 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 1 2 2
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 8 0 5 1
27 Fanning, John ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 3 3 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 2 1
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 4 0 1 1
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 3 0 22 22 0 7 0 6 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 3 0 2 1
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 9 0 5 1
7 Payne, Charlie (vc) ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 2 2 4 3
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
14 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 3
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 2 0 4 1
25 Stevenson, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 9 11 1 3
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 6 1 14 14 0 4 0 3 1
33 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 9 0 2 2
22 Williams, John (c) ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 4 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 12 259 220 39 83 18 47 30

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