1973 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1973 between Essendon and Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with John Williams as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Essendon (17.13.115) defeated Melbourne (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,008

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 17.13.115 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 3 11 . 7 15 . 11 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Melbourne 3 . 4 9 . 6 11 . 7 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin ESSE by 23 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 2
49 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 0 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 1 16 11 5 5 0 3 2
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 4 0 5 6
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 3 0 4 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 6 0 1 2
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 2 4 3 1
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 2 20 13 7 6 0 2 5
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 2 0
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 13 10 1 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 7 2 14 13 1 4 0 4 3
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 3 7 2 1
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 6 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 4 1 15 13 2 2 0 3 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 2
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 2
43 Tyler, Trevor ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 0 2 2
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 7 0 5 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 0 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 13 271 228 43 77 25 50 43

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 6 0 3 5
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 0 0 2 4
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 1 27 23 4 0 0 3 2
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 5 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 5 18 3 4
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 6 11 2 4
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 3
45 MacDonald, Greg ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 3 0 0 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 2 2 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 6 0 4 2
22 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 2 1 18 17 1 3 0 3 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 1
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 3 0 1 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 2 0 4 5
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 22 21 1 4 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 11 254 219 35 63 31 43 50

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