1971 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1971 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round ten of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Barry Goodingham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Johnny Birt and the visitors were coached by Brian Dixon.

Essendon (13.18.96) defeated North Melbourne (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 June 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,864

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 13.18.96 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 4 . 10 9 . 13 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
North Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 9 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin ESSE by 6 NMLB by 1 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Goodingham
Coach: Brian Dixon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 4 2 8 7 1 5 0 2 1
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 2 2 21 17 4 13 0 2 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 3 23 16 7 11 0 3 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 32 27 5 5 0 1 0
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 4 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 9 0 2 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 3 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 3 33 21 12 9 0 1 1
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 13 12 0 1
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 6 0 3 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 18 1 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 7 0 2 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 5 1 1 3
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 8 0 1 4
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 0 1
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 18 328 261 67 116 31 30 32

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
46 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 0 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 1
52 Doolan, Vin ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 1 3 20 15 5 4 0 1 2
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 4
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 8 0 1 2
10 Goodingham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 9 14 0 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 1 0 4 0
42 Groenewegen, Leo ? ? 1 3 12 8 4 3 0 2 1
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 3 1 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 1 29 15 14 6 3 4 2
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 1 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 1 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 0
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 1 0 2
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 3 2 32 30 2 3 0 5 4
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 6 0 1 0
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 9 0 2 2
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 2 1
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 5 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 15 298 222 76 78 21 32 30

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