1970 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1970 between Essendon and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Essendon (18.17.125) defeated Melbourne (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 9,755

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 18.17.125 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 3 10 . 10 12 . 11 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Melbourne 4 . 5 5 . 7 11 . 15 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin MELB by 26 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Jack Clarke

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Close, Robin ? ? 5 2 15 15 0 6 0 4 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 2 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 2 2 27 26 1 6 0 4 0
30 Ellis, John ? ? 5 1 16 9 7 6 0 1 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 5 0 2 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 6 0 3 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 4 0 4 3
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 6 2 1
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 2 22 19 3 3 0 5 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 6 0 4 2
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 2 13 7 6 4 2 1 0
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 7 12 3 3
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 3 1 1 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 2 2 17 16 1 6 0 1 2
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 6 0 2 5
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 3 21 14 7 1 0 2 3
43 Thompson, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 3 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 10 0 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 17 307 254 53 89 21 47 32

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 4 24 15 9 3 0 2 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 0 20 18 2 4 0 2 2
40 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 1 17 17 0 1 0 1 3
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 1 2 7 6 1 3 0 1 6
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 0 2 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 8 0 1 2
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 0 3 3
27 Forster, John ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 0
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 4 14 14 0 9 9 1 0
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 1 4 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 3 0 2 4
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 9 0 1 1
12 Payne, Rod ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 5 14 1 4
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 3
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 1 3
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 3 2 20 16 4 2 0 4 6
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 17 259 218 41 71 24 32 47

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