1970 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1970 between Essendon and Geelong during round five of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Essendon (9.14.68) were defeated by Geelong (14.4.88).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 2 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,088

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 9.14.68 - 14.4.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 9 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Geelong 5 . 1 10 . 1 13 . 4 14 . 4 14 . 4 (88)
Margin GEEL by 10 ESSE by 1 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 0 3 2
5 Crouch, Gary ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 6 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 3 15 12 3 2 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 1 0 2 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 4 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 3 0 8 1
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 2 27 24 3 8 0 6 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 3 2 20 18 2 1 0 7 2
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 2
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 0 0 3 3
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 1 0 8 5
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 5 3 5
14 Perry, Greg ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 2 5 1 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 4 0 3 2
25 Stevenson, Ian ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 4 0 6
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 3 16 14 2 3 0 1 2
33 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 14 264 223 41 46 14 60 39

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 0
38 Colley, Tim ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 5 0 0 5
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 2 0 18 16 2 2 0 8 3
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 3 0 44 33 11 3 0 3 4
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 17 1 1
21 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 29 25 4 5 0 0 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 5 1 1 8
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 22 4 2
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 6
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 1 0 22 19 3 8 0 0 4
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 0 3 6
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 1 3 5 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 1 0 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 1 3 2
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 4
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 0 8 7 1 5 0 1 1
12 Wright, Jim ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 4 7
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 4 312 250 62 51 45 39 60

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