1971 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1971 between Geelong and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. In the absence of Barry Davis, vice-captain John Williams captained the visitors with Charlie Payne as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Johnny Birt.

Geelong (13.7.85) were defeated by Essendon (16.18.114).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 9,012

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 13.7.85 - 16.18.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 1 10 . 2 10 . 6 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Essendon 8 . 5 8 . 8 13 . 14 16 . 18 16 . 18 (114)
Margin ESSE by 28 GEEL by 6 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Adams, Robert ? ? 2 1 17 15 2 1 0 5 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 4 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 2 23 22 1 8 0 3 4
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 3 1 22 22 0 4 0 2 1
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 2 0 1
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 0 5 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 3
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 0 3 4
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 2 0 1 2
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 1 2
37 Linke, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 3 3
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 1 5 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 4
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 3 3 2
20 Stephenson, Doug ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 0 0 2 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 3 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 2 0 3 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 3 1
39 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 6 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 7 270 235 35 53 16 48 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 2 24 20 4 2 0 2 4
42 Cassin, John ? ? 2 0 23 16 7 4 0 4 4
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 3 0 3 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 1 0 4 4
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 2 22 21 1 5 0 4 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 6 0 2 5
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 1
52 Graco, Allan ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 4 0 3 4
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 2 22 14 8 7 2 1 4
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 12 1 2
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 1 2 13 8 5 2 0 2 4
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 18 4 5
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 5 3 15 12 3 3 0 1 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Payne, Charlie (avc) ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 3 0 2 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 3 1 18 14 4 7 0 2 1
22 Williams, John (ac) ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 18 299 234 65 69 32 41 48

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