1970 VFL Season Round 11: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1970 between St Kilda and Essendon during round eleven of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at VFL Park. In the absence of Ross Smith, vice-captain Carl Ditterich captained the hosts with Bob Murray as vice-captain. Barry Davis captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

St Kilda (8.21.69) defeated Essendon (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Monday 15 June 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 21,102

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Essendon
Score: 8.21.69 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 1 4 . 7 6 . 13 8 . 21 8 . 21 (69)
Essendon 2 . 4 4 . 5 6 . 9 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESSE by 9 STKL by 2 STKL by 4 STKL by 12 STKL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Carl Ditterich (acting)
Vice-Captain: Bob Murray (acting)
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 3 4
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 3 19 9 10 5 0 1 0
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 2 0
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 5 28 21 7 5 1 2 3
10 Ditterich, Carl (ac) ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 8 2 0 3
27 Evans, John ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 2 4 2 7
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 0 2 2
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 3 0 3 1
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 3 1
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 8 0 1 1
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
6 Murray, Bob (avc) ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 5 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 7 27 0 1
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 1 26 21 5 4 1 4 2
32 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Roberts, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 32 23 9 6 0 1 4
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 1 17 9 8 3 0 0 2
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 1 27 25 2 3 0 4 1
35 Ward, Geoff ? ? 1 3 21 14 7 6 0 2 5
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 21 334 257 77 82 35 37 40

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 3 2 6 6 0 4 0 1 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 1 4
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 2 28 23 5 7 0 3 2
41 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 9 0 2 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 5 0 5 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 4 1
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 2 5 3 2 3 3 0 2
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 2 1 19 15 4 3 0 6 1
44 Halley, Len ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 8 13 3 3
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 7 0 3 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 5 0 3 0
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 2 4
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 6 1 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 3 0 2 2
33 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 9 298 245 53 85 22 40 37

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