1971 VFL Season Round 11: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1971 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round eleven of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Johnny Birt.

Fitzroy (17.13.115) defeated Essendon (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Monday 14 June 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,212

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 17.13.115 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 2 6 . 6 8 . 7 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Essendon 3 . 2 4 . 3 7 . 7 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESSE by 6 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 58 FITZ by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hayes

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 5 13 0 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 3 21 1 4
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 2 30 25 5 6 1 3 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 1 4 2
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 2 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 2 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 3 2 27 27 0 6 0 7 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 2 0 3 1
27 Newton, Jack ? ? 4 1 7 7 0 5 0 1 6
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 1
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 1 2 29 27 2 14 0 4 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 7 0 0 3
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 1 28 21 7 6 0 3 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 14 0 1 6
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 1 0 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 0
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 0 17 8 9 2 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 13 324 264 60 102 37 38 40

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 2
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 2 6 5 1 2 0 1 0
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 2 18 11 7 8 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 1 23 20 3 10 0 1 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 3 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 2 2 25 17 8 3 0 4 3
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 7 2 3
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 3 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 10 5 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 2 4 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 7 0 0 4
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 1 21 13 8 3 0 1 3
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 6 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 9 0 3 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 1 26 25 1 7 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 9 275 226 49 79 19 40 38

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