1973 VFL Round 13: Essendon v South Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1973 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round 13 of the 1973 VFL season.
Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill.
In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain John Williams captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain.
Peter Bedford captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.
Essendon
J. Williams (capt.), A. Noonan (vice-capt.), R. Amos, J. Cassin, R. Close, P. Daniel, H. Delahunty, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, D. Gross, W. Headlam, L. Moloney, G. Moss, G. Parkes, G. Perry, G. Pryor, K. Roberts, R. Smith, A. Wilson, R. Wright
South Melbourne
P. Bedford (capt.), V. Aanensen, R. Ball, B. Beecroft, G. Brice, B. Davis, G. Dempster, R. Doyle, R. Gleeson, N. Goss, S. Gull, G. Harley, S. Hoffman, G. Lambert, D. McLeish, J. Pitura, J. Prentice, R. Quade, I. Thomson, B. Woodman
Essendon (20.19.139) defeated South Melbourne (16.14.110).
Goalkickers
Essendon: A. Noonan (7), K. Roberts (5), R. Close (3), N. Fields (2), R. Amos, D. Gross, G. Moss
South Melbourne: N. Goss (3), J. Pitura (3), R. Quade (3), S. Gull (2), S. Hoffman (2), P. Bedford, G. Brice, J. Prentice
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 5th on the ladder and South Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1973 VFL Season
Round:
Round 13
Teams:
Essendon
v
South Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 30 June 1973
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
13,042
Match Results
Outcome:
Essendon
def.
South Melbourne
Score:
20.19.139 - 16.14.110
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 6 | . | 2 | 7 | . | 7 | 15 | . | 12 | 20 | . | 19 | 20 | . | 19 | (139) |
| South Melbourne | 4 | . | 4 | 8 | . | 10 | 10 | . | 11 | 16 | . | 14 | 16 | . | 14 | (110) |
| Margin | ESSE by 10 | SMLB by 9 | ESSE by 31 | ESSE by 29 | ESSE by 29 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
Graeme John
(South Melbourne)
Captains:
John Williams
(Essendon),
Peter Bedford
(South Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Alan Noonan
(Essendon),
unknown
(South Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
J. Sutcliffe
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Amos, Robert | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Cassin, John | ? | ? | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | Close, Robin | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | Daniel, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Delahunty, Hugh | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Fields, Neville | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Gross, Don | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Headlam, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | Moloney, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Moss, Graham | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Noonan, Alan (avc) | ? | ? | 7 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Parkes, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Perry, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Pryor, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Roberts, Ken | ? | ? | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 35 | Smith, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 22 | Williams, John (ac) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Wilson, Andy | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 55 | Wright, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 20 | 19 | 267 | 216 | 51 | 74 | 39 | 47 | 48 | |||
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Aanensen, Vic | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 31 | Ball, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Bedford, Peter (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Beecroft, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Brice, Gary | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Davis, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 45 | Dempster, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Doyle, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| 27 | Gleeson, Reg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | Goss, Norm | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 34 | Gull, Stewart | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | Harley, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Hoffman, Steve | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | Lambert, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | McLeish, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Pitura, John | ? | ? | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Prentice, Jim | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Quade, Ricky | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Thomson, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Woodman, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 14 | 279 | 218 | 61 | 78 | 15 | 41 | 47 | |||