1971 VFL Season Round 17: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1971 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Terry Waters captained the hosts with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Collingwood (12.12.84) defeated Melbourne (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 27,243

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 12.12.84 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 3 4 . 5 8 . 9 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 4 7 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 11 COLL by 6 COLL by 6 COLL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 0 2 2
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 4 1
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 5 1 15 11 4 4 3 1 1
10 Eakins, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 1 2 1
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 8 0 3 5
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 22 0 2
11 Kaine, Laurie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 2 3 8 8 0 3 0 1 1
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 4 1
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 3 4
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 31 17 14 3 0 2 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 3 1
2 Richardson, Wayne (vc) ? ? 1 2 44 34 10 6 0 8 4
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 7 0 1 4
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 1 1 29 21 8 4 1 6 2
1 Waters, Terry (c) ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 12 0 2 2
35 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 2 20 14 6 3 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 12 355 265 90 85 27 48 38

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 7 0 1 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 6 0 1 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 5 0 1 3
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 4 0 1 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 2 0 5 7
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 3 3
5 Gallus, John ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 6 8 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 6 2 2 5
32 Hodges, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 9 24 2 0
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 2
43 Lawrie, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 2 3
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 3 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 3 8 8 0 4 0 1 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 8 0 5 2
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 2 14 14 0 5 0 3 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 4 0 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 12 243 207 36 90 34 38 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