1971 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1971 between Essendon and Geelong during round five of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Johnny Birt and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

Essendon (21.15.141) defeated Geelong (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 1 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,429

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 21.15.141 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 8 . 4 13 . 5 18 . 9 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Geelong 2 . 0 10 . 2 14 . 7 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin ESSE by 40 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 5 5 16 15 1 6 0 6 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 0 4
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 8 1 1 6
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 20 20 0 3 0 3 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 4 3
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 4 11 1 5
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 5 0 27 22 5 3 0 6 0
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
36 Hampson, Roger ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 1 3
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 12 1 4
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 5 2 13 11 2 7 0 2 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 7 0 1 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 3 3 21 14 7 3 0 1 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 5 0 0 4
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 15 285 237 48 81 24 34 45

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Brown, Peter ? ? 2 1 25 17 8 2 0 5 4
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 0 0 5 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 4 0 3 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 3
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 1 26 20 6 2 0 4 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 15 3 1
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 4 0 1 3
21 Martella, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 1 20 14 6 6 0 2 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 4 4 1 1
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 0 5
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 2 3 21 14 7 6 2 2 4
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 1 4 3
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 5 1 4 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 4 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 0 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 2 10 8 2 6 0 2 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 2 0 21 17 4 2 0 3 2
39 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 7 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 12 314 239 75 63 30 45 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