1971 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1971 between Essendon and Richmond during round nine of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at VFL Park. Barry Davis captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Johnny Birt and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (13.11.89) were defeated by Richmond (17.11.113).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 29 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 16,345

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 13.11.89 - 17.11.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 4 . 6 7 . 9 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Richmond 8 . 2 9 . 3 13 . 6 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Margin RICH by 42 RICH by 27 RICH by 33 RICH by 24 RICH by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 5 12 2 3
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 5 0 18 13 5 7 0 2 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 2 1 20 18 2 8 0 3 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 2 27 24 3 6 0 6 2
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 7
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 1 0 3 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 4 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 0 0 4 0
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 5
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 3 0 4 1
20 McFarlane, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 10 5 1
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 4 0 3 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 3
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 2 19 12 7 0 0 0 2
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 5 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 11 277 232 45 62 22 49 40

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 5 1 15 11 4 7 1 4 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 3 21 20 1 1 0 1 3
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 2 2
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 8 6 1 7
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 0 0 6 1
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Davenport, Don ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 3 0 1 5
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 6 0 2 4
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 2 3 24 22 2 11 0 4 2
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 1 1 17 17 0 2 1 5 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 2
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 1
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 5 15 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 3
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 27 22 5 8 0 3 4
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 4
35 Tschirpig, Bruce ? ? 2 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 11 270 225 45 73 23 40 49

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