1970 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1970 between Essendon and Footscray during round two of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. Stuart Magee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Essendon (10.14.74) were defeated by Footscray (14.22.106).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,257

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 10.14.74 - 14.22.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 13 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Footscray 2 . 5 6 . 11 7 . 14 14 . 22 14 . 22 (106)
Margin ESSE by 6 FOOT by 3 ESSE by 5 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

Captain: Stuart Magee
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Goal Umpires

N. McLennan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 3 0 2 3
31 Collins, David ? ? 1 2 18 14 4 3 0 3 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 0 8 2
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 2 2 28 26 2 2 0 2 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 0 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 6 0 3 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 8 0 2 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 1 1
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 3 1
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 10 3 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 2 0 1 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 3 1 8 8 0 2 4 3 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 3 20 15 5 2 0 2 1
25 Stevenson, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 5 2 4
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 3 0 14 12 2 5 0 3 2
33 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 7 0 2 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 14 286 236 50 69 19 43 31

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 5 2 29 24 5 5 0 1 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 5 0 1 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 0 1
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 12 13 3 3
5 Fenton, Ron ? ? 1 4 11 11 0 3 0 2 3
26 Godridge, Bill ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 2 2 2
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 1 0 2 4
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Magee, Stuart (c) ? ? 1 0 27 22 5 6 0 3 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 4 0 2 2
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 1 0 0 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 4 16 13 3 3 0 3 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 3 16 14 2 8 2 1 3
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 4 25 19 6 3 0 3 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 4 0 2 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 6 4 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 22 302 259 43 77 21 31 43

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