1970 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1970 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round fifteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. David Parkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Essendon (9.8.62) were defeated by Hawthorn (21.4.130).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 11 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,054

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 9.8.62 - 21.4.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 6 . 5 8 . 5 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Hawthorn 7 . 1 10 . 1 18 . 4 21 . 4 21 . 4 (130)
Margin HWTH by 29 HWTH by 20 HWTH by 59 HWTH by 68 HWTH by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 2 0 14 13 1 7 0 0 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 1 0 2 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 28 24 4 5 0 2 5
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 1 0 1 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 1 3
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 0 0 6 1
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 2
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 1 30 24 6 5 0 4 3
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 4 10 4 0
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 5 0 9 1
55 May, John ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 1 0 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 2 10 3 3
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 7 0 2 0
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 0 4
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 4 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 3 4
45 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 3 0 7 2
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2
43 Thompson, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 8 300 253 47 60 22 53 41

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff WL ? 0 0 18 16 2 1 0 6 3
20 Bremner, Ian SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 3
17 Ferguson, Neil RR ? 0 0 24 14 10 8 1 3 4
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 28 21 7 10 5 3 1
8 Heath, Kevin FB ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 3 2
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 8 1 11 9 2 5 0 1 0
2 Keddie, Bob HFFR ? 3 2 16 16 0 4 0 3 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 1 0 0
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 2 0 16 13 3 1 5 3 4
32 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 3 0 18 16 2 2 0 3 5
30 Meagher, Des C ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 1 1
37 Morton, Lance HBFL ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 0 5
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 2 3
9 Porter, Michael HFFL ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 3 5
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 2 1
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 20 2 11
22 Smith, Geoff FPL ? 3 0 19 15 4 2 0 2 2
34 Stevenson, Bruce SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wilson, Ray FPR ? 2 0 20 18 2 3 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 4 310 256 54 70 32 41 53

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin (c) 8 K. Heath 18 L. Hawken













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



37 L. Morton 24 P. Knights 16 N. Bussell













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 G. Angus 30 D. Meagher 13 L. Rice









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 20 I. Bremner
HALF-FORWARD 17 N. Ferguson 34 B. Stevenson
9 M. Porter 14 A. Martello 2 B. Keddie 32 L. Matthews











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



22 G. Smith 26 P. Hudson 10 R. Wilson













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy