1970 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1970 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round seven of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. Barry Davis captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Keith McKenzie.

Essendon (8.12.60) were defeated by North Melbourne (9.22.76).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 13,417

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by North Melbourne
Score: 8.12.60 - 9.22.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 3 . 5 8 . 10 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
North Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 7 5 . 17 9 . 22 9 . 22 (76)
Margin ESSE by 8 NMLB by 8 ESSE by 11 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 1 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 6 0 4 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 2 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 2 0 5 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 4 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 3 22 21 1 2 0 3 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 2 0 1 1
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 6 0 2 4
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 2 18 2 7
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 1 0 5 3
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 1 2 3
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 0 26 21 5 3 0 1 4
39 Starbuck, David ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 5
25 Stevenson, Ian ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 4 8 3 2
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 2 3 19 13 6 5 0 2 1
33 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 3 0 4 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 5 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 12 283 231 52 65 27 48 44

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Bloomfield, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 5
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 0 2 27 24 3 6 0 1 2
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 3 39 27 12 3 0 4 3
14 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 3 31 26 5 5 0 4 5
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 0 2 1
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 1 26 23 3 5 0 2 2
20 Elliott, Rod ? ? 0 3 26 14 12 2 0 3 6
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 4 2 19 17 2 8 2 3 6
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 7 0 1 4
37 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 7 24 3 2
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 3 1 2
13 Howell, Mick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 1 0 21 9 12 3 1 1 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 0
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 1
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 5 4
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 2 2 10 7 3 5 0 0 1
5 Scholes, John ? ? 2 2 21 17 4 1 0 7 1
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 22 351 272 79 68 30 44 48

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