1973 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1973 between Melbourne and Essendon during round eight of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Melbourne (10.11.71) were defeated by Essendon (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 25,392

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 10.11.71 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 4 . 6 6 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Essendon 1 . 1 4 . 4 9 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 2 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 2 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 2 0 2 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 3 1
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 1 0 3 2
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 3 0
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 3 0 1 3
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 2 2
39 Dilnot, Peter ? ? 2 2 14 14 0 6 0 2 3
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 10 3 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 9 0 1 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 9 3 2
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 4 5 2 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 9 0 2 4
22 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 3 2
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 4 0 2 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 4 34 32 2 11 0 5 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 11 256 220 36 75 24 43 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Close, Robin ? ? 4 1 14 14 0 7 0 4 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 4 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 0 6
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 27 21 6 2 0 5 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 2 0 7 6
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 0
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 2 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 1
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 8 6 0 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 7 0 1 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 1 0 1 2
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 11 1 1
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 3 0 2 5
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 11 0 3 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 5 0 0 4
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 3 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 3 36 32 4 2 0 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 9 273 242 31 74 19 37 43

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