1971 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1971 between Essendon and Footscray during round nineteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Johnny Birt and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Essendon (7.23.65) were defeated by Footscray (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,862

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 7.23.65 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 17 7 . 23 7 . 23 (65)
Footscray 0 . 2 4 . 7 8 . 8 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin ESSE by 8 FOOT by 1 ESSE by 3 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
49 Bates, Mick ? ? 0 2 5 5 0 2 1 2 2
42 Cassin, John ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 4 0 1 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 9 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 2 7 36 30 6 12 0 0 4
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 3 0 14 14 0 8 0 1 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 4 18 16 2 3 0 1 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 6 0 4 4
52 Graco, Allan ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 0 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 3 3
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 6 2 2 6
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 3 6 3 4
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 9 2 3
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 1 2 20 18 2 5 0 3 0
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 0 4 3
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 3
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Starbuck, David ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 4 0 3 2
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 0 3 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 23 296 257 39 73 18 43 48

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 3 28 25 3 4 0 2 4
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 9 0 6 0
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 5 1
48 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 2 18 12 6 7 10 2 3
41 Joniec, Tad ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 4 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 3 12 12 0 5 0 2 3
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 2 3
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 1 0 1 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 2 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 5 0 3 3
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 4 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 8 4 0 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 2 4 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 6
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 3 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 32 27 5 7 0 4 5
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 2 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 12 301 241 60 81 18 48 43

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