1971 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 5-1-16, P%: 66.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Keith Greig (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Sam Kekovich (35)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): David Dench

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Barry Goodingham

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baker, Phil #29 9 R13-R14, R16-R22 10
Beale, Ross #28 3 R16, R18-R19 0
Bloomfield, Alan #13 2 R01, R14 0
Bryant, Geoff #22 8 R01-R03, R08, R13, R16, R21-R22 2
Cowton, Gary #46 4 R05, R09-R11 0
Dench, David #23 22 R01-R22 3
Doolan, Vin #52 15 R04-R06, R08, R10, R12, R14-R22 4
Dowdle, Mick #11 8 R01-R03, R07, R09-R12 4
Duthie, John #43 4 R06-R08, R15 3
Elliott, Rod #20 5 R04-R08 1
Farrant, Doug #16 14 R01-R04, R09-R17, R21 9
Farrant, Garry #7 10 R01-R07, R09-R11 6
Feltham, Paul #18 20 R01-R09, R11-R15, R17-R22 13
Goodingham, Barry #10 22 R01-R22 6
Greig, Keith #27 19 R01-R04, R07-R15, R17-R22 11
Groenewegen, Leo #42 5 R08-R11, R15 2
Gumbleton, Frank #38 5 R03, R06-R07, R11-R12 4
Hall, Brian #31 4 R09, R12, R19-R20 0
Haywood, Kerry #3 20 R01-R05, R08-R22 0
Henshaw, Ross #34 8 R06, R11-R17 4
Hodgetts, Athol #14 8 R01-R05, R08, R13, R18 15
Hopgood, Jeff #1 2 R20, R22 1
Joseph, Glenn #33 17 R01-R06, R12-R22 2
Kekovich, Sam #4 15 R01-R02, R05, R07-R11, R13-R14, R16-R20 35
Lasslett, Ian #53 2 R21-R22 0
McCarthy, Bernie #1 6 R04-R08, R10 0
Mitchell, Stan #49 5 R15, R19-R22 2
Montgomery, Ken #12 20 R01-R18, R21-R22 0
Mulvihill, Brian #32 15 R04-R07, R09, R12-R21 16
Nunn, Bill #48 5 R18-R22 0
Pagan, Denis #17 16 R01-R15, R17 0
Perry, John #21 20 R01-R08, R10, R12-R22 14
Peterson, Robert #8 13 R01-R04, R06-R12, R16-R17 26
Pretty, David #9 12 R03-R08, R16-R21 0
Redenbach, Michael #24 7 R02-R03, R16-R19, R22 9
Ryan, Phil #19 17 R01-R07, R09-R11, R13-R17, R20, R22 7
Scholes, John #5 7 R13-R16, R18-R20 3
Smith, Rob #26 17 R01-R02, R05-R13, R15, R18-R22 16
Taylor, Ray #2 21 R01-R12, R14-R22 7
Wood, Maurie #25 8 R09-R14, R21-R22 5

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)
Dixon, Brian 22 5 -1- 16 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1971 Round 1 Carlton HOME WIN NOR by 26 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
12/04/1971 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 28 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
17/04/1971 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 34 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
24/04/1971 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 7 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
01/05/1971 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 40 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
08/05/1971 Round 6 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 62 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
15/05/1971 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 45 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
22/05/1971 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 95 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
29/05/1971 Round 9 Geelong HOME WIN NOR by 15 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
05/06/1971 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 33 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
14/06/1971 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 9 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
19/06/1971 Round 12 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 91 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
26/06/1971 Round 13 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 59 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
03/07/1971 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 7 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
10/07/1971 Round 15 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 92 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
17/07/1971 Round 16 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 15 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
24/07/1971 Round 17 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 90 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
31/07/1971 Round 18 Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
07/08/1971 Round 19 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 92 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
14/08/1971 Round 20 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 75 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
21/08/1971 Round 21 Essendon HOME WIN NOR by 31 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham
28/08/1971 Round 22 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 72 Brian Dixon Barry Goodingham