1971 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1971 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round seven of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Johnny Birt and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (12.17.89) were defeated by South Melbourne (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,055

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by South Melbourne
Score: 12.17.89 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 6 7 . 8 9 . 12 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
South Melbourne 4 . 1 6 . 5 11 . 8 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin SMLB by 7 ESSE by 9 SMLB by 8 SMLB by 16 SMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hayes

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 13 0 0 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 2 20 20 0 10 0 2 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 0 0
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 8 0 1 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 3 0 3 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 7 0 2 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 2 2
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 2 10 3 2
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 3 2 17 15 2 3 0 3 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 1 21 20 1 4 0 6 2
44 Halley, Len ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 8 10 5 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 4 11 9 2 2 0 2 0
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 4 0 0 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 1 8 0
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 1 5
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 3 0 1 6
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 4 0
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 17 278 249 29 93 21 46 36

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 8 0 1 3
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 3 2 20 19 1 2 0 0 3
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 2 21 14 7 3 0 2 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 7 0 1 3
50 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 4 2 4
1 Haines, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 3
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 3 0 20 17 3 0 1 2 5
2 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 6 0 0 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 0 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 3 0 4 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 5 0 12 11 1 7 0 2 4
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 4 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 1 0 1 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 2 1 15 13 2 6 0 1 6
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 7 0 4 3
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 2 2 25 20 5 3 0 2 2
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 5 0 6 4
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 35 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 9 299 256 43 77 40 36 48

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