1970 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 1970 between Essendon and Carlton during round twelve of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Wes Lofts as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (10.16.76) were defeated by Carlton (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 20 June 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,270

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 10.16.76 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 8 5 . 13 7 . 14 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Carlton 3 . 4 7 . 7 9 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin CARL by 8 CARL by 6 CARL by 5 CARL by 5 CARL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Wes Lofts
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 1 0 2 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 0 17 16 1 7 0 5 2
5 Crouch, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 2 26 20 6 5 0 3 2
41 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 2 5
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 4 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 4 0 4 3
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 2 2 0 0
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 3 2 26 22 4 5 0 4 7
44 Halley, Len ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 3
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 4 1 4
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 1 2 18 17 1 6 0 4 2
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 15 4 4
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 3
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 3 0 3 3
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 3
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 1 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 2 29 22 7 5 0 8 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 7 0 5 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 10 16 286 238 48 62 21 58 47

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 1 4 3
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 1 1 2 2
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 2 15 11 4 5 0 3 2
44 Fyffe, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 3
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 1 30 29 1 9 1 6 1
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 4 3
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 0 5 4
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 2 0 20 17 3 5 0 1 6
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 3 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 6 1 0
9 Kerr, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0
16 Lawson-Smith, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Lofts, Wes (vc) ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 4 0 2 5
43 McKay, David ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 5 3 1 2
8 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 2 0 2 2
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 11 1 6
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 4 0 2 4
13 Thornley, Bert ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 2 0 7 9
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 5 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 9 268 225 43 63 23 47 58

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