1971 VFL Round 15: Essendon v Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1971 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 15 of the 1971 VFL season.
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
J. Williams (capt.), C. Payne (vice-capt.), S. Barclay, G. Blethyn, J. Cassin, P. Daniel, B. Dodson, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, A. Graco, G. Grainger, D. Gross, W. Headlam, K. Hogan, E. Lake, D. McKenzie, A. Noonan, G. Schultz, R. Smith
Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), R. Biffin, B. Bourke, P. Callery, D. Clark, R. Dillon, J. Gallus, G. Hardeman, B. Hodges, P. Keenan, G. Lakes, G. Lawrie, S. McSpeerin, G. Molloy, G. Osborne, G. Parke, T. Rollinson, T. Sullivan, J. Townsend, G. Wells
Essendon (11.12.78) were defeated by Melbourne (12.17.89).
Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Daniel (3), G. Schultz (3), B. Dodson, A. Graco, K. Hogan, A. Noonan, C. Payne
Melbourne: J. Gallus (3), P. Callery (2), R. Dillon (2), S. McSpeerin (2), D. Clark, G. Parke, J. Townsend
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 10th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.
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
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
Coaches:
Johnny Birt
(Essendon),
Ian Ridley
(Melbourne)
Captains:
John Williams
(Essendon),
Frank Davis
(Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Charlie Payne
(Essendon),
unknown
(Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||