1971 VFL Round 14: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1971 between Collingwood and Essendon during round 14 of the 1971 VFL season. 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
T. Waters (capt.), W. Richardson (vice-capt.), A. Atkinson, J. Clifton, H. Coles, R. Dean, R. Dunne, J. Greening, B. Heard, G. Jenkin, L. Kaine, P. McKenna, B. McKenzie, D. O'Callaghan, P. Pettigrew, T. Potter, R. Rose, D. Salmon, D. Tuddenham, R. Wearmouth

Essendon
J. Williams (capt.), C. Payne (vice-capt.), I. Anderson, S. Barclay, G. Blethyn, P. Daniel, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, G. Grainger, D. Gross, W. Headlam, T. Heath, K. Hogan, E. Lake, D. McKenzie, A. Noonan, B. Pirouet, R. Smith, P. Sproule

Collingwood (30.20.200) defeated Essendon (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. McKenna (12), D. Tuddenham (4), W. Richardson (3), R. Dean (2), B. Heard (2), G. Jenkin (2), H. Coles, R. Dunne, J. Greening, P. Pettigrew, R. Rose
Essendon: C. Payne (3), I. Anderson, P. Daniel, G. Grainger, K. Hogan

As a result of this match, Collingwood remained 2nd on the ladder and Essendon remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Bob Rose (Collingwood), Johnny Birt (Essendon)
Captains: Terry Waters (Collingwood), John Williams (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), Charlie Payne (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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