1973 VFL Round 8: Melbourne v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1973 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 8 of the 1973 VFL season.
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
S. Alves (capt.), R. Biffin, B. Bourke, R. Brewer, P. Callery, D. Clark, M. Collins, F. Davis, P. Dilnot, C. Ditterich, G. Hardeman, P. Keenan, S. Kerley, G. Osborne, G. Parke, H. Ritterman, T. Sullivan, G. Swan, J. Tilbrook, G. Wells
Essendon
D. Tuddenham (capt.), J. Williams (vice-capt.), R. Close, P. Daniel, H. Delahunty, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, D. Gross, W. Headlam, D. McKenzie, L. Moloney, G. Moss, A. Noonan, G. Parkes, G. Perry, G. Pryor, K. Roberts, R. Smith, P. Wellington, A. Wilson
Melbourne (10.11.71) were defeated by Essendon (12.9.81).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: P. Dilnot (2), G. Osborne (2), R. Biffin, M. Collins, P. Keenan, G. Swan, J. Tilbrook, G. Wells
Essendon: R. Close (4), K. Roberts (2), A. Wilson (2), N. Fields, G. Moss, A. Noonan, P. Wellington
As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.
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
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
Coaches:
Ian Ridley
(Melbourne),
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon)
Captains:
Stan Alves
(Melbourne),
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Melbourne),
John Williams
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||