1970 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1970 between Melbourne and Essendon during round six of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Melbourne (10.12.72) defeated Essendon (7.15.57).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 9 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,219

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 10.12.72 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 5 . 3 9 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Essendon 3 . 5 4 . 8 7 . 10 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin ESSE by 15 MELB by 1 MELB by 12 MELB by 15 MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Marks

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 6 0 1 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 1 1 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 3 23 20 3 10 0 1 3
18 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 2 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 3 3
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 4 0 18 14 4 13 0 2 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 7 0 3 3
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 7 1 1
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 0 2 3
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 2 16 11 5 3 0 6 3
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 3 6 5 1 1 1 0 5
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 37 28 9 24 0 2 0
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 3 0 5 6
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 9 0 1 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 2 19 17 2 3 0 2 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 11 3 2
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 12 303 261 42 109 22 38 40

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 3 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 5 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 3 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 2 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 2
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 3 19 16 3 6 0 0 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 1 0 3 2
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 3 16 11 5 4 0 3 1
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 3 0 3 2
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 2 23 18 5 7 0 3 3
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 8 1 1
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 4 2 12 10 2 5 0 0 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 4 0 1 0
14 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 3 1 3
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 8 15 3 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 27 14 13 2 0 4 5
39 Starbuck, David ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 1 2 12 8 4 3 0 1 3
33 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 9 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 15 300 234 66 79 26 40 38

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