1971 VFL Season: Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for Melbourne for the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (ten as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1971 VFL Season
Team:
Melbourne
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
7th (W-D-L: 11-1-10, P%: 109.5)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alves, Stan | #15 | 18 | 9 | R01-13, R17, R19-22 |
| Biffin, Ray | #19 | 19 | 0 | R01-19 |
| Bourke, Barry | #14 | 17 | 18 | R01-02, R07-15, R17-22 |
| Brown, Bruce | #37 | 6 | 0 | R02-03, R05, R20-22 |
| Burgmann, Lloyd | #10 | 15 | 23 | R01-11, R13, R16-18 |
| Callery, Paul | #35 | 22 | 38 | R01-22 |
| Carr, Ray | #22 | 6 | 9 | R01-03, R07, R13, R21 |
| Clark, Denis | #17 | 20 | 18 | R01-16, R18-20, R22 |
| Colcott, Russell | #39 | 3 | 5 | R04-06 |
| Collins, Mike | #28 | 3 | 1 | R12, R19, R21 |
| Davis, Frank | #6 | 21 | 0 | R01-07, R09-22 |
| Dillon, Ross | #24 | 7 | 4 | R14-16, R19-22 |
| Gallus, John | #5 | 20 | 31 | R01-13, R15-21 |
| Hardeman, Gary | #33 | 20 | 0 | R01-15, R17-20, R22 |
| Hodges, Barry | #32 | 4 | 1 | R15-18 |
| Jones, Brent | #34 | 2 | 0 | R19-20 |
| Keenan, Peter | #8 | 22 | 18 | R01-22 |
| Kerley, Stephen | #47 | 1 | 0 | R22 |
| Lakes, George | #9 | 13 | 2 | R01-04, R06-10, R15, R17-18, R22 |
| Lawrie, Gordon | #43 | 6 | 0 | R09-10, R14-17 |
| Leary, Noel | #29 | 3 | 0 | R13-14, R22 |
| McKenzie, Robert | #2 | 13 | 6 | R01-06, R08-12, R14, R16 |
| McSpeerin, Shane | #50 | 6 | 3 | R10, R15-16, R18-20 |
| Molloy, Graham | #21 | 22 | 14 | R01-22 |
| Osborne, Graham | #7 | 16 | 2 | R07-22 |
| Parke, Greg | #26 | 21 | 22 | R01-21 |
| Ritterman, Henry | #45 | 2 | 1 | R19-20 |
| Rollinson, Trevor | #3 | 9 | 0 | R01-05, R08, R11-12, R15 |
| Sinclair, Peter | #23 | 12 | 3 | R03-09, R11, R13-14, R16, R21 |
| Sullivan, Tony | #4 | 21 | 0 | R01-15, R17-22 |
| Tilbrook, Jim | #18 | 10 | 10 | R12-14, R16-22 |
| Townsend, John | #16 | 18 | 25 | R01-08, R11-18, R21-22 |
| Walker, Max | #1 | 13 | 3 | R04-06, R09-12, R14, R17-18, R20-22 |
| Weekes, Peter | #25 | 9 | 0 | R01-08, R16 |
| Wells, Greg | #11 | 18 | 11 | R01, R06-22 |
| Williamson, Peter | #54 | 2 | 0 | R21-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridley, Ian | 22 | 11 | -1- | 10 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/04/1971 | Round 1 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | MELB by 105 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 12/04/1971 | Round 2 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 44 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 17/04/1971 | Round 3 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | MELB by 27 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 24/04/1971 | Round 4 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | MELB by 35 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 01/05/1971 | Round 5 | Fitzroy | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 28 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 08/05/1971 | Round 6 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 55 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 15/05/1971 | Round 7 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | MELB by 45 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 22/05/1971 | Round 8 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 34 | Ian Ridley | Barry Bourke |
| 29/05/1971 | Round 9 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | MELB by 3 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 05/06/1971 | Round 10 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 31 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 14/06/1971 | Round 11 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 20 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 19/06/1971 | Round 12 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 31 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 26/06/1971 | Round 13 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 1 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 03/07/1971 | Round 14 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 16 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 10/07/1971 | Round 15 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 11 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 17/07/1971 | Round 16 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 15 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 24/07/1971 | Round 17 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 6 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 31/07/1971 | Round 18 | North Melbourne | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 07/08/1971 | Round 19 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | MELB by 63 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 14/08/1971 | Round 20 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 31 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 21/08/1971 | Round 21 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 21 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |
| 28/08/1971 | Round 22 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 59 | Ian Ridley | Frank Davis |