1971 VFL Season Round 21: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1971 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round twenty-one of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Barry Goodingham captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brian Dixon and the visitors were coached by Johnny Birt.

North Melbourne (15.13.103) defeated Essendon (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 8,732

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 15.13.103 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 6 . 4 10 . 7 12 . 8 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Essendon 2 . 3 3 . 5 6 . 11 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin NMLB by 25 NMLB by 44 NMLB by 33 NMLB by 31 NMLB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Goodingham
Coach: Brian Dixon

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 7 3 14 11 3 7 0 0 0
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 4 4
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 5 2
52 Doolan, Vin ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 3 1 3 3
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 2 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 2 1 37 29 8 7 0 3 5
10 Goodingham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 9 16 3 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 2 2 4
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 8 5 6 4
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 1 4
53 Lasslett, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
49 Mitchell, Stan ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 1 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 4
32 Mulvihill, Brian ? ? 3 1 14 9 5 4 0 2 0
48 Nunn, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 4
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 2
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 2 4
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 2 1 25 18 7 11 0 3 5
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 2 0 3 2
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 13 325 251 74 88 24 46 51

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 0 2
42 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 2 6
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 5 0 2 2
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 0 3 15 13 2 6 0 6 4
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 6 0 4 5
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 6 0 4 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 0
52 Graco, Allan ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 5 0 2 2
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 2 25 21 4 4 0 4 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 4 0 10 2
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 7 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 18 1 3
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 4 0 2 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 2 8 7 1 4 0 1 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 2 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 2
39 Starbuck, David ? ? 0 1 18 18 0 8 0 4 3
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 9 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 12 280 241 39 86 25 51 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