1971 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 11-1-10, P%: 109.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Stan Alves, Greg Wells (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Paul Callery (38)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Greg Wells

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Frank Davis
Vice-Captain(s): Barry Bourke

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alves, Stan #15 18 R01-R13, R17, R19-R22 9
Biffin, Ray #19 19 R01-R19 0
Bourke, Barry #14 17 R01-R02, R07-R15, R17-R22 18
Brown, Bruce #37 6 R02-R03, R05, R20-R22 0
Burgmann, Lloyd #10 15 R01-R11, R13, R16-R18 23
Callery, Paul #35 22 R01-R22 38
Carr, Ray #22 6 R01-R03, R07, R13, R21 9
Clark, Denis #17 20 R01-R16, R18-R20, R22 18
Colcott, Russell #39 3 R04-R06 5
Collins, Mike #28 3 R12, R19, R21 1
Davis, Frank #6 21 R01-R07, R09-R22 0
Dillon, Ross #24 7 R14-R16, R19-R22 4
Gallus, John #5 20 R01-R13, R15-R21 31
Hardeman, Gary #33 20 R01-R15, R17-R20, R22 0
Hodges, Barry #32 4 R15-R18 1
Jones, Brent #34 2 R19-R20 0
Keenan, Peter #8 22 R01-R22 18
Kerley, Stephen #47 1 R22 0
Lakes, George #9 13 R01-R04, R06-R10, R15, R17-R18, R22 2
Lawrie, Gordon #43 6 R09-R10, R14-R17 0
Leary, Noel #29 3 R13-R14, R22 0
McKenzie, Robert #2 13 R01-R06, R08-R12, R14, R16 6
McSpeerin, Shane #50 6 R10, R15-R16, R18-R20 3
Molloy, Graham #21 22 R01-R22 14
Osborne, Graham #7 16 R07-R22 2
Parke, Greg #26 21 R01-R21 22
Ritterman, Henry #45 2 R19-R20 1
Rollinson, Trevor #3 9 R01-R05, R08, R11-R12, R15 0
Sinclair, Peter #23 12 R03-R09, R11, R13-R14, R16, R21 3
Sullivan, Tony #4 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 0
Tilbrook, Jim #18 10 R12-R14, R16-R22 10
Townsend, John #16 18 R01-R08, R11-R18, R21-R22 25
Walker, Max #1 13 R04-R06, R09-R12, R14, R17-R18, R20-R22 3
Weekes, Peter #25 9 R01-R08, R16 0
Wells, Greg #11 18 R01, R06-R22 11
Williamson, Peter #54 2 R21-R22 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Ridley, Ian 22 11 -1- 10 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1971 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 105 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
12/04/1971 Round 2 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 44 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
17/04/1971 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 27 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
24/04/1971 Round 4 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 35 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
01/05/1971 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 28 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
08/05/1971 Round 6 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 55 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
15/05/1971 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 45 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
22/05/1971 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 34 Ian Ridley Barry Bourke
29/05/1971 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 3 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
05/06/1971 Round 10 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 31 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
14/06/1971 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 20 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
19/06/1971 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 31 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
26/06/1971 Round 13 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 1 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
03/07/1971 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 16 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
10/07/1971 Round 15 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 11 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
17/07/1971 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 15 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
24/07/1971 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 6 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
31/07/1971 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn Ian Ridley Frank Davis
07/08/1971 Round 19 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 63 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
14/08/1971 Round 20 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 31 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
21/08/1971 Round 21 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 21 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
28/08/1971 Round 22 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 59 Ian Ridley Frank Davis