1972 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1972 between Melbourne and Essendon during round six of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Melbourne (16.13.109) defeated Essendon (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,357

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 16.13.109 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 3 8 . 6 8 . 9 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Essendon 5 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 7 ESSE by 8 MELB by 24 MELB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 8 0 2 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 1 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 2 6
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 1 19 17 2 2 0 1 3
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 0 3 1
34 Clennett, John ? ? 3 1 15 15 0 10 7 0 1
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 3 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 0 3
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 5 0 5 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 3 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 3 1 11 9 2 10 24 1 3
50 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 0 2 19 19 0 7 0 2 1
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 0 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 4 13 8 5 6 0 2 0
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 0 1 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 3 1 22 19 3 3 0 1 7
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 7 5 2 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 3 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 13 269 239 30 83 36 30 43

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 5 2 10 10 0 2 0 5 0
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 5 0 2 3
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 0 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 3 0 1 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 2 0 4 2
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
44 Halley, Len ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 4 2 2 1
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 1 0 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 14 5 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 1 1 24 22 2 7 0 1 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 4 0 3 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 3
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 3 8 2 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 2
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 2 0 2 0
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 4 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 8 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 13 229 211 18 59 24 43 30

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