1970 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1970 between Essendon and Collingwood during round nine of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. Terry Waters captained the visitors with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Essendon (13.15.93) defeated Collingwood (11.21.87).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 30 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 25,010

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 13.15.93 - 11.21.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 8 8 . 14 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Collingwood 2 . 4 6 . 11 8 . 12 11 . 21 11 . 21 (87)
Margin ESSE by 5 COLL by 9 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Collingwood

Captain: Terry Waters
Vice-Captain: Wayne Richardson
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 5 1 10 9 1 6 0 1 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 7 0 3 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 3 0 0 0
41 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 3 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 4 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 1 4
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 3 2 7 6 1 5 4 1 2
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 3 2 20 16 4 7 0 1 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 3 0 2 3
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 11 6 4
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 3 0 1 3
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 2 0 0 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 7 0 4
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 2 0
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 3 15 10 5 1 0 6 0
33 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 2 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 9 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 15 266 220 46 67 22 38 37

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 5 0 1 1
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 4 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 1 1 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 5 0 3 2
10 Eakins, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 10 0 1 2
22 Greening, John ? ? 1 3 25 18 7 5 0 2 2
32 Hibbert, Danny ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 16 18 1 5
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 5 2 12 11 1 8 0 0 1
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 0
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 4
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 2
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 1 0 3 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 3 24 21 3 12 0 2 1
2 Richardson, Wayne (vc) ? ? 0 1 33 29 4 6 0 4 3
37 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 2 2 21 13 8 4 14 5 1
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 2 0 3 3
1 Waters, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 11 0 2 2
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 30 27 3 9 0 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 21 341 277 64 112 33 37 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