1971 VFL Round 22: Essendon v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1971 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round 22 of the 1971 VFL season.
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
B. Davis (capt.), J. Williams (vice-capt.), J. Cassin, P. Daniel, H. Delahunty, B. Dodson, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, A. Graco, B. Greenwood, D. Gross, W. Headlam, D. McKenzie, L. Moloney, B. Neish, A. Noonan, G. Parkes, C. Payne, D. Starbuck
Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), N. Brown, R. Crow, W. Irwin, T. Lloyd, H. Merrigan, S. Molloy, J. Murphy, B. Padley, D. Rhodes, L. Richards, A. Ruscuklic, R. Sault, D. Searl, R. Serafini, P. Shanahan, B. Sykes, A. Thompson, D. Wall, N. Zunneberg
Essendon (12.12.84) were defeated by Fitzroy (13.17.95).
Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Cassin (2), A. Noonan (2), C. Payne (2), D. Starbuck (2), B. Davis, H. Delahunty, N. Fields, L. Moloney
Fitzroy: N. Brown (3), J. Murphy (3), R. Crow (2), B. Padley (2), P. Shanahan (2), A. Thompson
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 11th on the ladder and Fitzroy were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.
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
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
Coaches:
Johnny Birt
(Essendon),
Graham Donaldson
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Barry Davis
(Essendon),
Kevin Murray
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
John Williams
(Essendon),
unknown
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||