1971 VFL Season Round 2: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 April 1971 between Carlton and Essendon during round two of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Johnny Birt.

Carlton (20.9.129) defeated Essendon (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 31,275

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 20.9.129 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 3 9 . 4 11 . 5 20 . 9 20 . 9 (129)
Essendon 1 . 2 3 . 5 7 . 12 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin CARL by 25 CARL by 35 CARL by 17 CARL by 60 CARL by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 3 2
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 1 2 2
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 4 3 31 29 2 5 0 8 1
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 4 2 28 23 5 11 0 1 4
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 1 0 5 2
16 Lawson-Smith, Gary ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
49 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 1 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 12 0 2 2
14 McLean, Ricky ? ? 4 3 15 12 3 6 0 2 3
35 Mulcair, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 2 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 5 21 1 3
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 8 0 2 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 1 2 2
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 5 1 2 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 1 2
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 7 7 3 1
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 2 0 11 11 0 7 1 1 5
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 9 310 251 59 88 33 40 35

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 1
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 6 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 1 1 0 1
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 1 5
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 6 0 1 1
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 4 1 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 21 19 2 2 0 3 2
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 10 8 2 5
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
20 McFarlane, Rod ? ? 1 3 14 13 1 4 0 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 8 1 5
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 7 0 4 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 4 0 4 3
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 2 0 1 1
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 3 3
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 3 0 2 0
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 2
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 3 0 5 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 15 267 237 30 71 21 35 40

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