1971 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1971 between Essendon and Collingwood during round three of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. In the absence of Terry Waters, vice-captain Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Barry Price as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Johnny Birt and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Essendon (9.12.66) drew with Collingwood (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 17 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,421

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon drew with Collingwood
Score: 9.12.66 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 4 . 7 6 . 8 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Collingwood 2 . 3 5 . 3 8 . 6 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin COLL by 7 COLL by 2 COLL by 10 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson (acting)
Vice-Captain: Barry Price (acting)
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 2 21 18 3 7 0 5 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 5 0 1 0
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 4
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 6 0 2 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 3 7
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 7 0 2 2
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 2 5 2 7
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 3 0 0 3
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 5 0 2 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 4 0 2 2
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 10 9 1 4
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 7 0 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 3 11 9 2 6 0 1 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 5 1 3 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 1 15 15 0 3 0 1 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 0 5 2
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 3 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 6 0 5 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 12 294 247 47 85 22 40 45

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 2
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 0 2 3
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 1 3
4 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 0 19 17 2 2 0 4 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 13 0 0 5
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 3 2
22 Greening, John ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 0 4 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 4 1 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 10 25 1 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 3 2 8 8 0 2 0 1 3
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 2 0 5 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 0
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 2 1
5 Price, Barry (avc) ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 2 1 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 3 37 26 11 6 1 3 3
2 Richardson, Wayne (ac) ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 2 0 2 0
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 0
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 3 3 3 4
24 Tredrea, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 0
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 2 2 36 29 7 5 1 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 12 303 255 48 74 36 45 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