1972 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1972 between Essendon and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Barry Davis captained the hosts. Barry Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Essendon (21.14.140) defeated Melbourne (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,318

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 21.14.140 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 13 . 6 16 . 11 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 2 10 . 9 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin MELB by 5 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Barry Davis (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Melbourne

Captain: Barry Bourke
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 3
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 5 3 11 11 0 6 0 1 1
49 Brown, Bruce ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
9 Cassin, John ? ? 3 2 27 24 3 5 0 5 5
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 4 2
32 Davis, Barry (ac) ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 0 1 2
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 3 0 4 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 2 0 4 6
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 1
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 9 3 1 3
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 12 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 12 2 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 1 18 15 3 8 0 3 0
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 19 19 0 3 0 2 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 4 3 12 11 1 4 0 4 5
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 3 0 1 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 2 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 0 17 17 0 5 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 14 266 236 30 68 28 44 46

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 2 0 21 19 2 7 0 4 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 4 2
14 Bourke, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 2 2
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 4 0 2 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 2 23 21 2 3 0 6 6
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 4 0 1 2
34 Clennett, John ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 6 11 0 1
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
38 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 2 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 0 2 5
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 3 0 8 7 1 5 18 1 4
41 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 4 1
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 4 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 4 2 11 9 2 6 0 3 3
20 Queay, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 4 0 1 4
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 3 0 4 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 1 22 21 1 5 0 5 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 11 250 225 25 78 31 46 44

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