1973 VFL Season Round 18: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1973 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

North Melbourne (13.13.91) were defeated by Essendon (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 21,071

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 13.13.91 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 3 9 . 5 12 . 8 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Essendon 5 . 4 7 . 4 12 . 5 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin ESSE by 19 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 3 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 30 26 4 7 0 0 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 1 2
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 1 25 22 3 2 2 4 3
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 3 2
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 2 0 2 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 1 3
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 8 20 3 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 3 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 1 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 3 1 13 11 2 5 5 1 6
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 1 14 5 9 2 2 5 4
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 1 3
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 0 0 3 2
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 3 29 24 5 3 1 2 5
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 3 15 11 4 6 0 4 1
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 1 11 7 4 5 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 13 311 244 67 67 31 37 46

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1
49 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 0 0 3 3
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 2 0 4 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 2 28 22 6 3 0 4 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 4 0 3 2
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 3 1 3
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 1 0 1 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 1 0 5 0
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 8 7 3 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 3 11 8 3 5 0 1 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 1
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 12 0 2
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 3 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 2 14 10 4 3 0 2 3
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 2
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 4
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 4 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 3 0 23 18 5 2 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 10 263 212 51 50 22 46 37

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