1970 VFL Round 8: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1970 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round 8 of the 1970 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), M. Andrews, B. Baker, N. Brown, R. Crow, N. Dare, J. Duckworth, D. Herrod, G. Lazarus, H. Merrigan, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, B. Padley, D. Rhodes, L. Robertson, P. Shanahan, B. Sykes, A. Thompson, D. Wall, N. Zunneberg

Essendon
B. Davis (capt.), D. McKenzie (vice-capt.), G. Blethyn, P. Daniel, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, G. Grainger, B. Greenwood, D. Gross, W. Headlam, E. Lake, B. Neish, C. Payne, G. Pryor, P. Sproule, D. Starbuck, D. Tassell, J. Williams

Fitzroy (9.14.68) were defeated by Essendon (11.5.71).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: P. Shanahan (3), A. Thompson (3), B. Baker, B. Padley, D. Wall
Essendon: G. Blethyn (4), B. Davis (2), B. Greenwood (2), D. Gross, B. Neish, P. Sproule

As a result of this match, Fitzroy remained 11th on the ladder and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,264

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 9.14.68 - 11.5.71

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fitzroy	3	.	0	5	.	6	9	.	10	9	.	14	9	.	14	(68)
Essendon	5	.	0	7	.	2	10	.	4	11	.	5	11	.	5	(71)
Margin	ESSE by 12			ESSE by 8			level			ESSE by 3			ESSE by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Stephen (Fitzroy), Jack Clarke (Essendon)
Captains: Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), Barry Davis (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Fitzroy), Don McKenzie (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
3	Andrews, Mike	?	?	0	1	26	19	7	4	0	4	3
6	Baker, Bruce	?	?	1	1	10	8	2	3	6	4	0
23	Brown, Norm	?	?	0	0	14	13	1	9	8	2	4
32	Crow, Russell	?	?	0	1	12	12	0	3	12	1	2
2	Dare, Norm	?	?	0	0	25	21	4	8	0	2	1
17	Duckworth, John	?	?	0	0	14	14	0	4	0	3	1
19	Herrod, Darryl	?	?	0	0	20	15	5	3	0	2	2
31	Lazarus, Gary	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
36	Merrigan, Harvey	?	?	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	Murphy, John	?	?	0	2	28	24	4	9	0	3	2
1	Murray, Kevin (c)	?	?	0	0	18	14	4	2	0	3	1
20	Newnham, John	?	?	0	3	26	24	2	2	0	3	3
14	Padley, Barry	?	?	1	3	20	14	6	6	0	4	4
15	Rhodes, David	?	?	0	0	23	20	3	5	0	5	6
18	Robertson, Leigh	?	?	0	0	10	7	3	1	0	4	3
28	Shanahan, Paul	?	?	3	0	10	7	3	4	0	0	2
24	Sykes, Bill	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	3	0	1	2
21	Thompson, Alan	?	?	3	1	22	16	6	5	0	2	3
33	Wall, David	?	?	1	2	7	6	1	6	0	0	5
11	Zunneberg, Noel	?	?	0	0	14	14	0	10	0	2	2
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				9	14	309	257	52	87	26	45	47

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
11	Blethyn, Geoff	?	?	4	2	10	10	0	6	0	4	1
28	Daniel, Peter	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	2	0	2	0
32	Davis, Barry (c)	?	?	2	0	28	21	7	7	0	0	3
41	Fields, Neville	?	?	0	0	16	12	4	1	0	4	2
21	Fletcher, Ken	?	?	0	0	16	16	0	5	0	3	0
17	Gerlach, Darryl	?	?	0	0	18	16	2	5	0	1	3
6	Gosper, Geoff	?	?	0	0	28	22	6	6	0	6	4
4	Grainger, Gary	?	?	0	1	3	3	0	3	3	0	3
2	Greenwood, Bob	?	?	2	0	16	13	3	4	0	3	6
15	Gross, Don	?	?	1	1	27	23	4	7	0	3	2
40	Headlam, Wayne	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Lake, Eddie	?	?	0	0	17	11	6	6	0	3	4
24	McKenzie, Don (vc)	?	?	0	0	12	12	0	3	11	1	5
8	Neish, Bruce	?	?	1	1	16	12	4	4	0	2	1
7	Payne, Charlie	?	?	0	0	11	4	7	2	0	1	3
35	Pryor, Geoff	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	4	13	2	4
26	Sproule, Paul	?	?	1	0	20	12	8	2	0	6	0
39	Starbuck, David	?	?	0	0	8	7	1	1	0	2	0
33	Tassell, Doug	?	?	0	0	14	14	0	4	0	3	3
22	Williams, John	?	?	0	0	21	17	4	8	0	1	1
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				11	5	298	238	60	80	27	47	45

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

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