1971 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1971 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round seven of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Barry Goodingham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Brian Dixon.

Melbourne (22.17.149) defeated North Melbourne (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,069

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 22.17.149 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 10 . 5 14 . 12 22 . 17 22 . 17 (149)
North Melbourne 5 . 4 10 . 10 12 . 12 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin NMLB by 2 NMLB by 5 MELB by 12 MELB by 45 MELB by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Goodingham
Coach: Brian Dixon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 2 23 18 5 6 0 1 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 5 13 12 1 4 0 0 2
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 3 2 19 11 8 4 0 0 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 0 22 18 4 3 0 4 2
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 2 0 19 13 6 4 0 1 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 Gallus, John ? ? 4 5 20 20 0 12 6 1 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 0 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 3 0 9 8 1 5 16 1 4
9 Lakes, George ? ? 1 2 19 16 3 5 0 2 1
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 7 0 3 6
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 1 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 0 31 24 7 17 0 3 2
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 1 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 3 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 0 30 29 1 6 0 0 1
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 1 1 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 22 17 320 266 54 102 23 26 32

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 1
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
43 Duthie, John ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 2 9 1 2
20 Elliott, Rod ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 1 0 3 0
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 2 2 1 4
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 2 0 1 2
10 Goodingham, Barry (c) ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 8 17 2 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 5 0 1 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 3 4 19 14 5 7 1 0 4
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 5 0 1 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 0
32 Mulvihill, Brian ? ? 3 2 15 12 3 9 0 1 0
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 4 0
21 Perry, John ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 2
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 2 0 23 20 3 6 0 3 2
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 4 0
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 6 4 2 1
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 4 2 12 11 1 8 0 0 1
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 14 302 223 79 80 33 32 26

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