1972 VFL Season Round 8: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1972 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round eight of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. David Dench captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brian Dixon and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

North Melbourne (8.13.61) were defeated by Essendon (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,091

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.13.61 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 4 3 . 6 6 . 12 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Essendon 1 . 3 10 . 7 14 . 8 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin NMLB by 7 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench
Coach: Brian Dixon

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 1 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 2 0 1
23 Dench, David (c) ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 4 0
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 1 0 1 0
11 Douglas, John ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 5 0 0 2
43 Duthie, John ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 3 7 1 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 3 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 3 0 4 1
31 Hall, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 0 1
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 4 4 0
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 6 9 1 9
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 2 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 0 4 2 5
35 Mitchell, Stan ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 1 0 1 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 1 2
22 Mulvihill, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 3 1
25 Nunn, Bill ? ? 0 1 6 2 4 1 0 0 0
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 4 0 5 1
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 3
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 3 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 13 277 219 58 53 29 39 36

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 3 3 10 10 0 5 0 0 4
9 Cassin, John ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 3 0 1 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 3 19 14 5 12 0 0 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 7 0 1 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 3 0 4 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 3 0 2 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 3 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 3 2 4
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 3 0 12 12 0 4 10 7 4
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 2 0 3 5
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 4 2 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 0 1 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 9 0 2 2
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 9 14 0 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 3 2
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 28 24 4 13 0 2 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 12 277 235 42 89 31 36 39

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