1971 VFL Season Round 6: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1971 between St Kilda and Essendon during round six of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Moorabbin Oval. Ross Smith captained the hosts with Bob Murray as vice-captain. Barry Davis captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Johnny Birt.

St Kilda (14.25.109) defeated Essendon (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 21,604

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Essendon
Score: 14.25.109 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 6 . 11 9 . 12 12 . 20 14 . 25 14 . 25 (109)
Essendon 2 . 0 6 . 6 7 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin STKL by 35 STKL by 24 STKL by 43 STKL by 44 STKL by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Vice-Captain: Bob Murray
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Antonie, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Bonney, John ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 4 0 2 5
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 3 26 14 12 7 0 1 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 4 1
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 3 5 15 13 2 5 0 2 3
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 2 1 19 10 9 6 10 0 3
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 9 0 0 2
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 4 0
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 2 4 25 18 7 7 0 1 0
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 3 0
6 Murray, Bob (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 8 0 0 2
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 24 1 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 5 3 1
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 5 4
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 4 26 23 3 9 0 0 6
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 3 1 38 36 2 5 1 6 1
33 Smythe, Keith ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
32 Stephens, John ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 3 0 2 0
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 2 21 12 9 6 0 3 2
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 25 352 284 68 93 40 40 38

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 5 0 1 4
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 3 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 33 28 5 14 0 4 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 4
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 4 0 1 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 8 0 4 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 0
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 1 5
36 Hampson, Roger ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 5 3
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 8 6 1 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 5 15 14 1 6 0 2 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 3 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 4 0 1 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 1 20 16 4 2 0 1 1
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 2 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 11 282 228 54 84 9 38 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