1971 VFL Season Round 20: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1971 between Richmond and Essendon during round twenty of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Johnny Birt.

Richmond (18.18.126) defeated Essendon (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,388

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 18.18.126 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 7 10 . 11 13 . 14 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Essendon 2 . 2 3 . 4 8 . 6 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin RICH by 17 RICH by 49 RICH by 38 RICH by 54 RICH by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 2 23 20 3 6 0 2 4
16 Beard, Colin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 2 1
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 2 0 5 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 8 0 5 3
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 2 2 22 14 8 4 1 3 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 2 0 1 2
54 Craig, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 2 13 7 6 2 0 1 1
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 3
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 1 0 0 2
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 5 0 0 3
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 15 0 1 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 2 0 10 5 5 3 16 3 1
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 3 0
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 7 1 18 12 6 6 0 2 4
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 2 2 13 9 4 5 9 3 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 4 0
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 1 33 27 6 7 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 18 314 235 79 77 26 41 35

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 1 3 14 10 4 5 0 3 0
49 Bates, Mick ? ? 1 2 6 6 0 2 0 1 2
42 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 7
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 3 30 23 7 6 1 4 3
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 0 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 9 0 0 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 8 0 1 0
52 Graco, Allan ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 4 0 3 4
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 3 0 2 0
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 3 0 1 1
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 5 0 3
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 5 0 5 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 8 3 4
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 2 16 9 7 9 0 0 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 30 28 2 7 0 5 4
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 4 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
39 Starbuck, David ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 6 0 1 2
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 5 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 12 304 245 59 91 14 35 41

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