1971 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1971 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round six of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. In the absence of Terry Waters, vice-captain Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Barry Price as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Melbourne (10.12.72) were defeated by Collingwood (18.19.127).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 8 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 80,231

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 10.12.72 - 18.19.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 5 . 3 7 . 6 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Collingwood 6 . 4 12 . 8 15 . 13 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Margin COLL by 13 COLL by 47 COLL by 55 COLL by 55 COLL by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 11 0 3 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 8 0 3 1
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 5 4 22 16 6 5 0 2 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 1 0 5 4
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 2 0 0 3
39 Colcott, Russell ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 5 1
5 Gallus, John ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 3 6 3 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 9 0 2 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 17 2 0
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 4 5
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 0 0 4
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 8 0 2 0
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 3 0 0 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 1 5
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 7 0 0 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 3 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 12 269 214 55 85 25 39 38

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 2 0 2 2
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 1 4
4 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 2 0 2 5
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 7 2 1 1
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 34 29 5 14 1 4 2
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 16 26 2 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 10 2 20 16 4 13 0 2 2
32 O'Brien, Denis ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 1
17 Parkinson, John ? ? 0 2 21 14 7 1 0 4 2
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 5 2
5 Price, Barry (avc) ? ? 0 0 28 15 13 2 0 0 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 2 25 14 11 3 0 3 2
2 Richardson, Wayne (ac) ? ? 0 1 30 22 8 6 0 1 2
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 1
19 Stevens, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 4 4 24 17 7 15 21 1 4
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 2 2 41 34 7 12 0 6 4
35 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 19 370 276 94 108 50 38 39

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