1970 VFL Season Round 20: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1970 between Collingwood and Essendon during round twenty of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. In the absence of Terry Waters, vice-captain Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Ted Potter as vice-captain. Barry Davis captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Collingwood (24.16.160) defeated Essendon (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 24,785

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 24.16.160 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 2 7 . 6 18 . 12 24 . 16 24 . 16 (160)
Essendon 3 . 3 9 . 6 9 . 8 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin COLL by 17 ESSE by 12 COLL by 58 COLL by 81 COLL by 81
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson (acting)
Vice-Captain: Ted Potter (acting)
Coach: Bob Rose

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 1
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 3 22 17 5 11 0 0 3
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 0
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 7 0 3 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 4 1 16 15 1 6 4 1 1
10 Eakins, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 0 3
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 1 3
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 11 18 1 2
30 Lawrie, Gordon ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 12 5 23 22 1 18 0 1 3
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 1 1
3 Potter, Ted (avc) ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 0
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 36 22 14 4 1 1 3
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 4 3 2 2
2 Richardson, Wayne (ac) ? ? 2 2 26 22 4 4 0 2 2
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 2 2 22 19 3 13 8 6 1
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 3 3
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 4 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 24 16 306 250 56 102 34 27 33

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0
5 Crouch, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 2 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 4 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 1 3 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 3 2 13 7 6 3 0 1 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 3
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 1 1
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 5 2 0
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 5 0 1 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 1
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 4 2 0 5
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 10 4 2 3
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 8 1 1
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 3 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 2 5 24 22 2 9 0 3 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 2 17 13 4 4 0 1 2
39 Starbuck, David ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 7 0 1 2
51 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 2 1
43 Thompson, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 10 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 13 290 232 58 86 20 33 27

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