1973 VFL Round 17: Essendon v St Kilda
This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1973 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 17 of the 1973 VFL season.
Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill.
Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain.
Stuart Trott captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.
Essendon
D. Tuddenham (capt.), J. Williams (vice-capt.), R. Andrews, R. Close, H. Delahunty, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, D. Gross, W. Headlam, D. McKenzie, L. Moloney, G. Moss, R. Newton, A. Noonan, G. Parkes, G. Perry, G. Pryor, G. Schultz, R. Smith, A. Wilson
St Kilda
S. Trott (capt.), N. Besanko, B. Breen, G. Colling, A. Davis, G. Elliott, R. Galt, I. George, W. Judson, B. Lawrence, M. Malthouse, J. Manzie, J. Moran, B. Mynott, K. Neale, V. Perovic, R. Reynolds, J. Sarau, J. Stephens, S. Theodore
Essendon (15.12.102) defeated St Kilda (10.19.79).
Goalkickers
Essendon: R. Close (5), W. Headlam (2), R. Newton (2), A. Noonan (2), A. Wilson (2), N. Fields, G. Parkes
St Kilda: J. Stephens (3), R. Galt (2), G. Colling, A. Davis, J. Manzie, K. Neale, V. Perovic
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 4th on the ladder and St Kilda remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1973 VFL Season
Round:
Round 17
Teams:
Essendon
v
St Kilda
Date:
Saturday 28 July 1973
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
21,469
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 2 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 9 | 9 | . | 10 | 15 | . | 12 | 15 | . | 12 | (102) |
| St Kilda | 4 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 10 | 7 | . | 13 | 10 | . | 19 | 10 | . | 19 | (79) |
| Margin | STKL by 14 | STKL by 1 | ESSE by 9 | ESSE by 23 | ESSE by 23 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
Allan Jeans
(St Kilda)
Captains:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
Stuart Trott
(St Kilda)
Vice-Captains:
John Williams
(Essendon),
unknown
(St Kilda)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
I. Robinson
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Andrews, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Close, Robin | ? | ? | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | Delahunty, Hugh | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | Fields, Neville | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Gross, Don | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Headlam, Wayne | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | McKenzie, Don | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| 34 | Moloney, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Moss, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 48 | Newton, Rob | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Noonan, Alan | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Parkes, Gary | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 16 | Perry, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | Pryor, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Schultz, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Smith, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Tuddenham, Des (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 22 | Williams, John (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 33 | Wilson, Andy | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 12 | 257 | 224 | 33 | 58 | 29 | 50 | 44 | |||
St Kilda
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Besanko, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Breen, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Colling, Gary | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | Davis, Allan | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Elliott, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Galt, Rod | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| 46 | George, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Judson, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Lawrence, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Malthouse, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | Manzie, John | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Moran, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Mynott, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Neale, Kevin | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 32 | Perovic, Val | ? | ? | 1 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Reynolds, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 30 | Sarau, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Stephens, John | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Theodore, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Trott, Stuart (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 10 | 19 | 274 | 225 | 49 | 60 | 21 | 44 | 50 | |||