1971 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1971 between Essendon and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. In the absence of Barry Davis, vice-captain John Williams captained the hosts with Charlie Payne as vice-captain. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Johnny Birt and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Essendon (11.12.78) were defeated by Melbourne (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,093

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.12.78 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 4 . 5 7 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 13 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 15 MELB by 14 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 2 0
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 11 0 2 4
42 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 7
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 3 0 15 10 5 9 0 1 1
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 4 0 3 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 8 0 3 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 3 1
52 Graco, Allan ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 1 0 0 3
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 4 0 5 0
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 13 15 6 1
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 1 0 1 3
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 0 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 8 5 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 3 11 7 4 6 0 0 1
7 Payne, Charlie (avc) ? ? 1 4 16 15 1 7 0 4 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 3 1 13 12 1 6 0 2 0
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
22 Williams, John (ac) ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 12 289 242 47 100 23 47 38

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 2 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 4 0 2 4
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 2 0 4 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 1 0 3 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 0 4 4
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 2 3 12 10 2 6 0 2 5
5 Gallus, John ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 9 2 1 5
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 4
32 Hodges, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 7 22 0 5
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
43 Lawrie, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 3 1
50 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 2 2 21 18 3 4 0 4 5
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 1 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 5 0 4 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 3 16 12 4 14 0 0 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 1 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 5 0 2 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 2 24 20 4 7 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 17 308 250 58 94 24 38 47

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