1971 VFL Season Round 14: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1971 between Collingwood and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Terry Waters captained the hosts with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. In the absence of Barry Davis, vice-captain John Williams captained the visitors with Charlie Payne as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Johnny Birt.

Collingwood (30.20.200) defeated Essendon (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 26,829

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 30.20.200 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 5 13 . 10 23 . 15 30 . 20 30 . 20 (200)
Essendon 2 . 5 3 . 9 5 . 10 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin COLL by 18 COLL by 61 COLL by 113 COLL by 147 COLL by 147
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Terry Waters
Vice-Captain: Wayne Richardson
Coach: Bob Rose

Essendon

Captain: John Williams (acting)
Vice-Captain: Charlie Payne (acting)
Coach: Johnny Birt

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Marks

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 2 21 16 5 6 0 0 1
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 1
4 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 3 21 20 1 3 0 3 3
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 2 1 27 21 6 9 1 5 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 7 4 0 0
22 Greening, John ? ? 1 0 29 21 8 14 0 1 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 11 17 0 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 2 2 24 16 8 11 40 3 2
11 Kaine, Laurie ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 12 5 21 19 2 11 0 4 2
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 0
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 3 1
30 Pettigrew, Peter ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 4 0 2 3
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 0
2 Richardson, Wayne (vc) ? ? 3 1 47 36 11 4 0 4 3
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 1 2 16 11 5 4 0 1 1
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 4 1
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 4 2 40 27 13 14 0 1 1
1 Waters, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 1
35 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 30 20 380 287 93 120 62 35 24

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 1 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 0
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 6
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 3 19 16 3 8 0 2 0
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 8 0 0 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 0 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 5 0 4 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 2 0
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 6 7 0 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 8 11 1 3
58 Heath, Trevor ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 0 0 3 3
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 5 1 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 4 0 0 0
7 Payne, Charlie (avc) ? ? 3 0 13 11 2 4 0 2 2
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 2 0 0 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 1 0 2 2
22 Williams, John (ac) ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 11 230 187 43 69 23 24 35

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