1970 VFL Round 19: Essendon v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1970 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round 19 of the 1970 VFL season.
Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill.
Barry Davis captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain.
Kevin Murray captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.
Essendon
B. Davis (capt.), D. McKenzie (vice-capt.), G. Blethyn, R. Close, P. Daniel, J. Ellis, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, B. Greenwood, D. Gross, L. Halley, W. Headlam, B. Neish, I. Payne, P. Sproule, D. Starbuck, S. Talbot, R. Thompson, J. Williams
Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), J. Benison, R. Crow, N. Dare, B. Hodgkin, W. Irwin, G. Lazarus, B. McKenzie, J. Murphy, D. Peoples, G. Renwick, C. Rheinberger, D. Rhodes, L. Robertson, A. Ruscuklic, D. Searl, P. Shanahan, B. Sykes, A. Thompson, N. Zunneberg
Essendon (12.16.88) were defeated by Fitzroy (14.10.94).
Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Sproule (3), R. Close (2), J. Ellis (2), D. Gross (2), G. Blethyn, G. Gosper, B. Greenwood
Fitzroy: J. Murphy (4), A. Ruscuklic (3), W. Irwin (2), B. McKenzie (2), D. Searl (2), A. Thompson
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 10th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1970 VFL Season
Round:
Round 19
Teams:
Essendon
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 8 August 1970
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
13,572
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 2 | . | 3 | 6 | . | 7 | 10 | . | 13 | 12 | . | 16 | 12 | . | 16 | (88) |
| Fitzroy | 5 | . | 5 | 7 | . | 5 | 10 | . | 7 | 14 | . | 10 | 14 | . | 10 | (94) |
| Margin | FITZ by 20 | FITZ by 4 | ESSE by 6 | FITZ by 6 | FITZ by 6 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Jack Clarke
(Essendon),
Bill Stephen
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Barry Davis
(Essendon),
Kevin Murray
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
Don McKenzie
(Essendon),
unknown
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Deller
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Blethyn, Geoff | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Close, Robin | ? | ? | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 28 | Daniel, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Davis, Barry (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 30 | Ellis, John | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Gerlach, Darryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Gosper, Geoff | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Greenwood, Bob | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | Gross, Don | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 44 | Halley, Len | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 40 | Headlam, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | McKenzie, Don (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Neish, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Payne, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Sproule, Paul | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 39 | Starbuck, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 51 | Talbot, Sandy | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Thompson, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | Williams, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 16 | 309 | 256 | 53 | 73 | 20 | 43 | 44 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Benison, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Crow, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Dare, Norm | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Hodgkin, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Irwin, Warwick | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Lazarus, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | McKenzie, Barry | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Murphy, John | ? | ? | 4 | 4 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 1 | Murray, Kevin (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | Peoples, Daryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | Renwick, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | Rheinberger, Cec | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Rhodes, David | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Robertson, Leigh | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 13 | Ruscuklic, Alex | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Searl, Doug | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Shanahan, Paul | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Sykes, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | Thompson, Alan | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Zunneberg, Noel | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 14 | 10 | 291 | 238 | 53 | 89 | 27 | 43 | 43 | |||