1970 VFL Season Round 22: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1970 between Essendon and St Kilda during round twenty-two of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. In the absence of Barry Davis, vice-captain Don McKenzie captained the hosts. Ross Smith captained the visitors with, in the absence of Carl Ditterich, deputy vice-captain Bob Murray as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (8.11.59) were defeated by St Kilda (14.19.103).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 29 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,310

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 8.11.59 - 14.19.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 3 . 6 5 . 7 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
St Kilda 3 . 4 5 . 6 10 . 17 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Margin STKL by 6 STKL by 12 STKL by 40 STKL by 44 STKL by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Don McKenzie (acting)
Coach: Jack Clarke

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Vice-Captain: Bob Murray (acting)
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 4 1 10 9 1 4 0 3 2
5 Crouch, Gary ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 3 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 1 1 4
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 3 0 0 0
41 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 3 0 1 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 8 0 3 3
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 3 0 1 0
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 3 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 0 0 5 3
44 Halley, Len ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 4 1 0 0
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 5 11 3 2
24 McKenzie, Don (ac) ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 8 2 2
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 7 2 3 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 3 15 11 4 4 3 2 6
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 3 0 3 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 1 3
39 Starbuck, David ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 2 5
51 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 10 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 11 270 227 43 75 26 40 40

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 2
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 5 0 0 1
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 0 2
11 Kennedy, Des ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 3 1
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 3 5 12 12 0 11 0 1 1
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 0 3 2
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 7 0 6 1
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 2
6 Murray, Bob (avc) ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 0 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 3 1 11 7 4 6 15 0 3
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 2
21 Pascoe, Bob ? ? 2 2 15 11 4 7 6 3 4
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 2
32 Rae, Stephen ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 5 0 1 1
30 Roberts, Stephen ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 5 1 0 2
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 0 6 27 23 4 4 0 4 2
5 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 1 3
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 0 0 3 6
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 1 0 31 29 2 7 0 8 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 19 297 253 44 92 22 40 40

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