1972 VFL Round 22: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1972 between Essendon and Collingwood during round 22 of the 1972 VFL season. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Barry Price as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

Essendon
D. Tuddenham (capt.), B. Davis (vice-capt.), G. Blethyn, P. Daniel, H. Delahunty, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, B. Grinter, D. Gross, L. Halley, D. McKenzie, A. Noonan, G. Parkes, C. Payne, K. Roberts, G. Schultz, R. Smith, J. Williams, A. Wilson

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), B. Price (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, A. Atkinson, C. Britt, J. Clifton, R. Dean, R. Dunne, D. Gott, B. Heard, W. McGaw, P. McKenna, R. Oborne, D. O'Callaghan, P. Pettigrew, T. Potter, M. Richardson, D. Salmon, L. Thompson, R. Wearmouth

Essendon (17.15.117) defeated Collingwood (17.10.112).

Goalkickers
Essendon: G. Blethyn (5), K. Roberts (3), D. Tuddenham (3), H. Delahunty (2), N. Fields (2), G. Schultz (2)
Collingwood: P. McKenna (8), B. Heard (4), D. Gott (2), B. Price, M. Richardson, W. Richardson

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Collingwood remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 2 September 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 35,030

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 17.15.117 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 4 10 . 7 13 . 11 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Collingwood 5 . 3 8 . 4 15 . 7 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 15 COLL by 8 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 5 1 10 10 0 3 0 2 0
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 6 0 0 3
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 2 0
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 6 0 1 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 1 17 16 1 3 0 7 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 0 5 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 5 3 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 3 1 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 6 14 1 6
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 0 0 0 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 4 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 3 3 20 18 2 5 0 9 5
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 2 13 11 2 2 0 3 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 3
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 3 0 17 15 2 1 0 2 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 8 0 3 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 2 23 20 3 4 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 15 255 217 38 69 20 47 29

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 3 3
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 2
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 1 5
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 7 0 2 1
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 6 1 1 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 1 2 4
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 4 2 3 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 4 2 10 9 1 6 4 1 0
39 McGaw, Wes ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 4
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 8 4 15 13 2 5 0 2 0
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 1 4
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3
30 Pettigrew, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
4 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 7 0 0 4
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 1 0 1 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 6 0 0 1
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 1 21 21 0 4 0 4 3
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 4
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 18 3 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 10 238 207 31 75 26 29 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