1971 VFL Season Round 22: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1971 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round twenty-two of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Barry Davis captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Johnny Birt and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Essendon (12.12.84) were defeated by Fitzroy (13.17.95).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 28 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 12,865

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 12.12.84 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 7 . 5 11 . 10 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Fitzroy 1 . 4 5 . 11 9 . 15 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 7 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Cassin, John ? ? 2 2 17 13 4 5 0 2 0
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 6 0 1 2
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 1 15 15 0 5 0 2 4
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 5 0 0 3
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 6 0 1 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 27 25 2 5 0 4 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 4 0 3 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 3 2
52 Graco, Allan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 1 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 1 1
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 14 1 5
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 8 1 4
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 0 0 3 3
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 4 10 10 0 6 0 3 4
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 2 1 20 18 2 11 0 1 4
39 Starbuck, David ? ? 2 0 21 18 3 4 0 3 2
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 10 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 12 268 235 33 85 22 34 49

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 5 15 4 5
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 2 0 17 15 2 9 17 2 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 6 0 0 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 1 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 3 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 7 0 4 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 3 2 26 23 3 8 0 5 5
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 3 2 0 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 4 31 22 9 5 0 4 0
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 3 0 5 4
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 3 1
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 3 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 2 1
47 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 3 25 18 7 11 0 2 1
38 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 2 3 12 8 4 4 0 1 2
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 3 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 3
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 4 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 17 305 245 60 87 34 49 34

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