1971 Round 4: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, April 24th, 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park (Waverley Park)
Attendance: 27,368
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 10.18.78 - 6.7.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 6 3 . 8 6 . 11 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 6 6 . 7 6 . 7 (43)
Margin ESS by 9 ESS by 9 MEL by 5 MEL by 35 MEL by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Ian Ridley (Melbourne), Johnny Birt (Essendon)
Captain(s): Frank Davis (Melbourne), Barry Davis (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Bill Deller
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 11 0 4 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 0 0 0
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 4 0 1 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 2 27 21 6 3 0 1 3
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 5 0 2 3
39 Colcott, Russell ? ? 0 2 21 18 3 9 0 5 7
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 6 0 3 2
5 Gallus, John ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 6 9 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 0 1 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 11 0 4
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 1
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 1 26 22 4 9 0 3 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 7 0 3 4
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 2 19 13 6 8 0 2 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 1 1 1
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 5 0 2 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 3 2 27 17 10 5 0 3 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total 10 18 335 264 71 101 22 34 42

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 1 31 27 4 15 0 4 4
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 3 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 6 5
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 25 25 0 7 0 6 4
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 7 5 2 1
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 6 0 0 3
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 0 2 1
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 13 14 0 3
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 8 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 4 16 13 3 8 0 0 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 2 2 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 2 0 5 0
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 3 3
43 Thompson, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 10 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total 6 7 283 245 38 94 29 42 34

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
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Essendon Coach: Johnny Birt

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