1972 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1972 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. David Dench captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Brian Dixon.

Essendon (21.14.140) defeated North Melbourne (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,454

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 21.14.140 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 16 . 10 18 . 12 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
North Melbourne 3 . 4 3 . 5 7 . 6 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 83 ESSE by 72 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench
Coach: Brian Dixon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 5 3 12 12 0 5 0 4 0
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 5 4
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 3 0 3 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 6 0 4 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 29 27 2 6 0 6 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 27 26 1 7 0 2 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 0
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 3 2 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 14 3 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 2 18 10 8 7 0 2 5
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 5 0 3 7
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 6 1 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 2 0 2 5
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 5 1 16 15 1 4 0 0 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 3
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 2 3 11 11 0 2 0 2 0
56 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 14 277 246 31 72 23 47 42

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 5 0 1 2
41 Dawson, Mark ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 2 1 3 3
23 Dench, David (c) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 5 3
15 Doherty, Phil ? ? 3 0 9 9 0 5 0 1 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 3 1 24 22 2 2 0 2 2
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 11 11 3 6
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 0 26 20 6 5 0 1 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 2 3
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 6 1 6
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 5 3 2 5
35 Mitchell, Stan ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 4 0 2 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 3 3
25 Nunn, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 3 2
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 1 3
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 7 0 2 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 2 31 29 2 4 0 4 2
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 3 0 4 1
52 Robinson, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 3
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 3 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 11 296 253 43 74 24 42 47

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