1970 VFL Round 13: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 1970 between Footscray and Essendon during round 13 of the 1970 VFL season. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Stuart Magee captained the hosts. In the absence of Barry Davis, vice-captain Don McKenzie captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Footscray
S. Magee (capt.), G. Bisset, G. Casey, G. Dempsey, K. Greenwood, G. Joslin, A. Mannix, R. McGhie, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, G. Merrington, C. Pagnoccolo, M. Pokrovsky, S. Power, B. Quinlan, R. Radziminski, B. Round, I. Salmon, D. Thorpe, T. Zeltner

Essendon
D. McKenzie (capt.), G. Blethyn, R. Close, P. Daniel, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, G. Grainger, B. Greenwood, D. Gross, W. Headlam, E. Lake, B. Neish, C. Payne, I. Payne, B. Pirouet, G. Pryor, P. Sproule, J. Williams

Footscray (11.12.78) defeated Essendon (9.8.62).

Goalkickers
Footscray: B. Quinlan (3), D. McKenzie (2), I. Salmon (2), G. Bisset, S. Magee, A. Mannix, B. Round
Essendon: D. Gross (2), E. Lake (2), G. Blethyn, P. Daniel, N. Fields, G. Grainger, I. Payne

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 7th on the ladder and Essendon remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 June 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,817

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 11.12.78 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 0 5 . 3 10 . 10 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Essendon 3 . 0 6 . 4 7 . 5 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 7 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Jack Clarke (Essendon)
Captains: Stuart Magee (Footscray), Don McKenzie (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Thomson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 2 30 27 3 11 0 1 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 9 11 4 2
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 8 2 2 3
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 2 5
23 Magee, Stuart (c) ? ? 1 0 22 21 1 4 0 1 5
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 0 29 25 4 12 0 1 2
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 1 1 3
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 5 5
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 5 0 2 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 0
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 0 0 3 2
46 Pokrovsky, Mike ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 5 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 3 13 13 0 5 0 3 0
32 Radziminski, Richard ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 6 1 1 3
9 Salmon, Ian ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 2 4 4 5
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 6 0 2 3
29 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 12 313 275 38 91 19 44 48

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 2 7 7 0 4 0 2 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 4 2 1 2
41 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 27 26 1 5 0 7 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 1 2
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 1 2 15 9 6 3 1 3 2
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 6 0 2 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 3 0 0 0
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 12 1 5
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 6 0 5 1
24 McKenzie, Don (ac) ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 4 6 4
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 9 0 3 3
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 5 3
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 5 0 2 3
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 0 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 4 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 8 309 259 50 82 19 48 44

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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