1973 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1973 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round seven of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Barry Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (20.24.144) defeated North Melbourne (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 26,906

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 20.24.144 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 10 9 . 16 15 . 20 20 . 24 20 . 24 (144)
North Melbourne 5 . 1 7 . 4 8 . 8 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 70 ESSE by 70
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Des Tuddenham

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Goal Umpires

J. Bell

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 12 12 0 0 0 5 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 3
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 2 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 2 0 6 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 6 0 1 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 7 1 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 3 1
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 4 17 12 5 9 10 5 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 5 17 13 4 6 1 1 4
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 4 0 2 3
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 8 8 1 2
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 1 0 1 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 6 3 15 11 4 5 0 2 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 3
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 2 0 3 5
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 1 3 14 14 0 7 0 2 6
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 2 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 3 1 24 24 0 4 0 2 1
55 Wright, Ross ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 24 262 224 38 69 26 42 46

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 5 1 0 3
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 5
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 1 5 3
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 3 2
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 3 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 4 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 29 3 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 0 2 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 3 2 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 3
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 2 13 12 1 2 6 5 4
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 4 2
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 2
25 Nunn, Bill ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 4 0 3 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 4 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 4 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 4 0 2 2
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 6 0 6 6 0 3 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 8 226 188 38 49 44 46 42

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