1972 VFL Round 11: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1972 between Collingwood and Essendon during round 11 of the 1972 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Barry Price as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), B. Price (vice-capt.), A. Atkinson, C. Britt, J. Clifton, R. Dean, R. Dunne, D. Gott, J. Greening, P. McKenna, I. McOrist, R. Oborne, D. O'Callaghan, T. Potter, M. Richardson, D. Salmon, P. Stevens, L. Thompson, G. Tredrea, R. Wearmouth

Essendon
D. Tuddenham (capt.), B. Davis (vice-capt.), G. Blethyn, J. Cassin, R. Close, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, B. Grinter, W. Headlam, D. McKenzie, L. Moloney, A. Noonan, C. Payne, G. Perry, K. Roberts, G. Schultz, S. Talbot, J. Williams, A. Wilson

Collingwood (23.10.148) defeated Essendon (13.15.93).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. McKenna (13), D. Gott (3), M. Richardson (2), R. Wearmouth (2), J. Greening, I. McOrist, W. Richardson
Essendon: G. Blethyn (7), G. Schultz (3), A. Noonan (2), R. Close

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Monday 12 June 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 44,861

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 23.10.148 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 4 5 . 5 15 . 8 23 . 10 23 . 10 (148)
Essendon 2 . 2 7 . 9 8 . 12 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin COLL by 8 ESSE by 16 COLL by 38 COLL by 55 COLL by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neil Mann (Collingwood), Des Tuddenham (Essendon)
Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), Des Tuddenham (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: Barry Price (Collingwood), Barry Davis (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 1 0 3 2
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 3
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 3 3 3 4
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 1
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 3 2 9 7 2 3 1 1 3
22 Greening, John ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 4 0 1 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 13 2 18 17 1 13 0 2 4
23 McOrist, Ian ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 7 0 2 3
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 0 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 3
4 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 2
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 29 18 11 5 0 2 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 0 15 13 2 4 1 1 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 1 27 25 2 1 0 4 2
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 1 1
35 Stevens, Paul ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 11 37 4 2
24 Tredrea, Gary ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 2 1 20 16 4 2 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 23 10 301 247 54 72 42 31 43

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 7 4 12 12 0 5 0 1 2
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 3 0 2 2
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 0 4 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 4 0 1 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 7 0 4 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 4 0 5 2
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 4 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 8 2 4
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 0 2 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 3 11 9 2 3 0 1 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 2
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 9 4 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 0 7 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 3 2 11 11 0 2 0 1 0
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 3
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 5 0 3 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 15 241 216 25 61 21 43 31

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