1970 VFL Season Round 18: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1970 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

North Melbourne (13.13.91) were defeated by Essendon (16.22.118).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 1 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 8,952

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 13.13.91 - 16.22.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 5 6 . 6 9 . 11 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Essendon 2 . 5 10 . 12 13 . 14 16 . 22 16 . 22 (118)
Margin NMLB by 18 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Beale, Ross ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 3
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 0 0 3 0
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 1 32 22 10 2 0 3 3
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 1
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 2
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 4 1 10 8 2 2 0 3 3
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 5 3 14 12 2 6 0 1 3
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 3 0
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 13 4 2
42 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 1 13 3 8
13 Howell, Mick ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 13 2 3
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 8 0 3 1
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 7 1 2 1
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 5 1 2 8
30 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 4
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 3 0
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 2 2 17 12 5 4 0 1 3
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 7 1 1 2
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 13 293 231 62 63 43 38 48

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 4 2 8 7 1 4 0 1 0
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 3 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 4 3 27 25 2 8 0 2 2
30 Ellis, John ? ? 1 1 13 5 8 2 0 1 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 3 19 19 0 3 0 4 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 1 0 4 1
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 3 0 2 4
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 2 0 3 1
44 Halley, Len ? ? 3 2 17 12 5 4 4 1 3
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 12 2 4
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 12 3 2
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 1 2 17 17 0 4 0 2 3
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 3 2
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 4
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 2 19 16 3 1 0 4 1
51 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
43 Thompson, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 8 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 11 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 22 272 232 40 62 28 48 38

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