1971 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1971 between Essendon and Carlton during round thirteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Johnny Birt and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (13.6.84) were defeated by Carlton (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 26 June 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,853

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 13.6.84 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 4 . 4 7 . 5 13 . 6 13 . 6 (84)
Carlton 1 . 4 5 . 7 10 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin ESSE by 3 CARL by 9 CARL by 25 CARL by 14 CARL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 4 1 7 6 1 4 0 2 1
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 6 6
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 5 0 6 5
42 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 4 1 10 10 0 3 0 3 2
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 1 27 26 1 8 0 4 3
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 2 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 4 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 3 5 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 4 4
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 8 16 2 2
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 1 2 16 14 2 1 0 1 2
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 4
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 3 1 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 0 4 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 4 1 4 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 4
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 6 256 227 29 72 23 57 44

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 0 37 33 4 7 0 5 2
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 4 4
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 1 29 25 4 1 0 3 3
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 2
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 0 2
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 6 0 4 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 7 9 1 2
14 McLean, Ricky ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 4
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 6 14 4 2
50 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 2 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 3 9
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 2 0 1 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 6 2 4 4
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 6 0 2 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 1 1 1
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 4 18 15 3 7 0 3 5
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 0 17 15 2 3 0 5 1
46 Warden, John ? ? 0 2 25 17 8 4 0 1 7
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 14 291 241 50 71 26 44 58

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