1974 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 1974 between Collingwood and Essendon during round one of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Collingwood (17.15.117) defeated Essendon (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 30,493

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 17.15.117 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 5 10 . 7 12 . 11 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 6 13 . 9 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin COLL by 15 COLL by 25 ESSE by 4 COLL by 17 COLL by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Neil Mann

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bisset, George ? ? 3 0 25 21 4 3 ? 6 5
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 ? 0 0
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 ? 1 1
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 ? 4 3
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 6 ? 4 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 6 ? 4 1
9 Dunstan, Graeme ? ? 2 1 11 10 1 3 ? 1 3
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 ? 0 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 3 1 6 6 0 4 ? 1 3
40 Holmes, Allan ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 4 ? 4 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 ? 3 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 2 5 8 8 0 6 ? 1 1
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 4 0 17 17 0 4 ? 3 4
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 4 ? 3 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 ? 5 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 0 30 28 2 3 ? 3 5
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 1 ? 4 7
7 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 5 ? 2 2
14 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 ? 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 15 266 236 30 58 0+ 53 44

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 ? 2 4
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 ? 1 1
9 Cassin, John ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 3 ? 2 4
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 2 11 10 1 7 ? 1 6
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 ? 5 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 3 ? 4 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 3 1 17 13 4 2 ? 4 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 ? 0 4
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 ? 3 3
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 3 0 14 9 5 7 ? 3 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 2 ? 1 2
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 5 ? 0 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 3 ? 0 3
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 ? 3 1
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 ? 4 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 0 ? 2 2
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 3 0 21 16 5 2 ? 4 7
17 Tyler, Trevor ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 ? 3 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 1 24 21 3 3 ? 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 10 270 209 61 52 0+ 44 53

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