1971 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1971 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round one of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. David Parkin captained the visitors with Peter Crimmins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Johnny Birt and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Essendon (10.12.72) were defeated by Hawthorn (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 3 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,214

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 10.12.72 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 6 5 . 7 8 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Hawthorn 4 . 3 8 . 11 11 . 15 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin HWTH by 9 HWTH by 22 HWTH by 23 HWTH by 24 HWTH by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Johnny Birt

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Vice-Captain: Peter Crimmins
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Goal Umpires

B. Jones

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 3 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 2 1 4 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 26 25 1 12 0 3 2
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 5 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 2 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 6 0 5 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 2 4
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 4 2 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 3 2 20 19 1 5 0 5 2
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 0
20 McFarlane, Rod ? ? 0 2 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 12 2 5
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 2 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 6 2
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 4 4
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 2
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 4 2 20 18 2 5 0 2 3
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 0
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 7 0 1 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 10 12 272 233 39 78 19 52 33

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bremner, Ian HBFL ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 0 2
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 0 4
36 Chiron, Gene C ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 3
5 Crimmins, Peter (vc) RO ? 1 2 27 25 2 1 0 3 4
7 Grummisch, Charlie RR ? 0 0 25 17 8 9 2 2 4
18 Hawken, Les SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heath, Kevin FPR ? 3 2 29 27 2 10 2 4 2
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 5 2 13 11 2 6 0 0 0
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 1 4 16 16 0 6 0 4 3
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 2
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 1 18 16 2 3 5 3 4
32 Matthews, Leigh FPL ? 2 3 19 18 1 8 0 1 3
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 3 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 2 0
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 0 2 2
9 Porter, Michael HFFR ? 1 0 16 16 0 8 0 1 2
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 26 18 8 6 8 4 8
22 Smith, Geoff WR ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 3
1 Stubbs, Ron BPR ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 11 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 18 311 267 44 84 28 33 52

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Johnny Birt
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin (c) 15 K. Moore 1 R. Stubbs













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



20 I. Bremner 24 P. Knights 16 N. Bussell













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 36 G. Chiron 22 G. Smith









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 33 G. Angus
HALF-FORWARD 7 C. Grummisch 18 L. Hawken
2 B. Keddie 14 A. Martello 9 M. Porter 5 P. Crimmins (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



32 L. Matthews 26 P. Hudson 8 K. Heath













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy