1971 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1971 between Melbourne and Essendon during round four of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Johnny Birt.

Melbourne (10.18.78) defeated Essendon (6.7.43).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 27,368

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 10.18.78 - 6.7.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 6 3 . 8 6 . 11 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 6 6 . 7 6 . 7 (43)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9 MELB by 5 MELB by 35 MELB by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 11 0 4 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 0 0 0
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 4 0 1 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 2 27 21 6 3 0 1 3
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 5 0 2 3
39 Colcott, Russell ? ? 0 2 21 18 3 9 0 5 7
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 6 0 3 2
5 Gallus, John ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 6 9 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 0 1 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 11 0 4
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 1
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 1 26 22 4 9 0 3 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 7 0 3 4
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 2 19 13 6 8 0 2 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 1 1 1
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 5 0 2 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 3 2 27 17 10 5 0 3 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 18 335 264 71 101 22 34 42

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 1 31 27 4 15 0 4 4
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 3 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 6 5
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 25 25 0 7 0 6 4
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 7 5 2 1
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 6 0 0 3
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 0 2 1
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 13 14 0 3
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 8 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 4 16 13 3 8 0 0 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 2 2 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 2 0 5 0
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 3 3
43 Thompson, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 10 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 7 283 245 38 94 29 42 34

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