Round 1, 1969 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Monday 7 April 1969, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 11 | 31 | 72 | 111 |
| Essendon | 21 | 37 | 51 | 82 |
Crowd 62,152. Coaches: Tom Hafey and Jack Clarke. Umpires: Don Jolley.
| Bill Barrot | 24 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Royce Hart | 4 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Kevin Bartlett | 29 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Francis Bourke | 30 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| John Northey | 9 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Roger Dean | 3 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Alan Richardson | 12 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Dick Clay | 8 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mike Green | 37 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| Billy Brown | 40 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Des McKenzie | 48 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Eric Moore | 7 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin Sheedy | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Tony Jewell | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Barry Richardson | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rex Hunt | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Ronaldson | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Perry | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Don Davenport | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George McInnes | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Pryor | 35 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Sproule | 26 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| John Williams | 22 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Geoff Gosper | 6 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| John Sinclair (debut) | 14 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Greg Brown | 18 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kevin Egan | 29 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Peter Daniel | 28 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 |
| David Collins (debut) | 31 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| John Ellis | 30 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Lake | 38 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robin Close | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Crouch (debut) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce Lake | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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212 meetings: Richmond 101, Essendon 107, 4 drawn.
Richmond by 18 · crowd 78,815
Richmond by 9 · crowd 52,125
Essendon by 23 · crowd 76,051
Essendon by 12 · crowd 79,359
Essendon by 1 · crowd 78,300
Richmond by 66 · crowd 58,366