1970 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1970 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round nineteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (12.16.88) were defeated by Fitzroy (14.10.94).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 12.16.88 - 14.10.94

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

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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