1971 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1971 between Essendon and St Kilda during round seventeen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Ross Smith captained the visitors with Bob Murray as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Johnny Birt and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (7.8.50) were defeated by St Kilda (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 24 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,273

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 7.8.50 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 3 3 . 6 5 . 8 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
St Kilda 4 . 7 8 . 11 10 . 12 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin STKL by 28 STKL by 35 STKL by 34 STKL by 49 STKL by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Johnny Birt

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Vice-Captain: Bob Murray
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 2
42 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 2 15 14 1 8 0 2 5
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 4 0 1 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 7 0 2 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 6 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 0 0 5 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 5 0 4 0
52 Graco, Allan ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 2 4
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 0 1
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 12 9 2 0
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 1 0 4 0
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 10 6 4
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 2
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 2 0 2 3
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 2
39 Starbuck, David ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 3
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 10 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 8 284 235 49 73 19 47 39

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 3 3
1 Bonney, John ? ? 1 1 24 19 5 5 0 1 3
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 2 23 18 5 8 0 4 0
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 3
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 2 18 10 8 6 0 4 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 4 14 1 4
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 1 2
34 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 3 0
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 3 1 6
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 4 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 2
6 Murray, Bob (vc) ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 9 0 2 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 1 26 1 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 7 1 1 4
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 0 5 4
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 1 3 26 24 2 7 0 2 3
25 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 1 1 27 23 4 3 0 4 6
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 4 23 16 7 4 0 2 0
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 0 34 33 1 5 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 15 334 270 64 81 45 39 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