1971 VFL Season Round 18: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1971 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Johnny Birt.

South Melbourne (13.8.86) were defeated by Essendon (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 7,938

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 13.8.86 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 4 9 . 5 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Essendon 1 . 2 8 . 10 9 . 12 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin SMLB by 20 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 5
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 4 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 1
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 4
37 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 1 4
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 12 3 2
15 Droscher, David ? ? 2 2 18 12 6 1 0 4 2
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 10 0 1 1
50 Haenen, Tony ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 1
44 Hay, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 1 0
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 3 2 21 17 4 1 0 4 3
22 McCracken, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 1 4
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 1 0 3 4
23 Pavone, Mick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Pitura, John ? ? 2 1 26 22 4 6 0 3 4
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 4 3
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 0 1 26 24 2 3 0 8 2
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 8 0 4 0
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 22 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 8 283 236 47 61 34 46 47

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 6 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 2 16 10 6 6 0 1 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 2 1 20 16 4 5 0 2 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 3 22 21 1 4 0 4 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 0 2 3
52 Graco, Allan ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 4 3
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 3
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 1 24 21 3 6 0 3 3
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 5 1 5
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 3 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 5 14 4 4
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 3 2 13 12 1 6 0 2 5
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 3 10 8 2 3 0 0 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 3
45 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 4 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 1 11 7 4 2 0 4 2
39 Starbuck, David ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 3 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 9 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 18 280 240 40 80 20 47 46

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