1974 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1974 between Essendon and St Kilda during round three of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at VFL Park. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. Barry Lawrence captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (16.14.110) defeated St Kilda (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 20 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 35,064

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 16.14.110 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 5 6 . 9 12 . 10 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
St Kilda 3 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 13 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin STKL by 3 STKL by 18 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

St Kilda

Captain: Barry Lawrence
Coach: Allan Jeans

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 8 7 1 2 ? 1 1
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 ? 4 2
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 2 22 12 10 3 ? 0 4
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 5 ? 1 4
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 1 20 19 1 6 ? 3 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 4 ? 2 1
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 2 ? 2 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 1 ? 2 3
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 ? 1 2
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 0 24 10 14 11 ? 0 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 8 ? 1 1
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 7 4 16 14 2 7 ? 3 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 4 ? 3 1
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 ? 3 2
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 ? 2 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 ? 0 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 ? 1 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 4 ? 1 2
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 2 24 23 1 4 ? 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 14 308 241 67 76 0+ 31 35

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
44 Bell, Peter ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 5 ? 0 2
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 ? 2 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 2 ? 4 3
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 0 ? 2 5
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 2 4 19 17 2 1 ? 4 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 1 28 22 6 7 ? 1 1
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 2 12 8 4 5 ? 2 2
35 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 0 ? 1 1
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 ? 2 1
5 Lawrence, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 ? 0 0
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 ? 3 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 ? 0 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 ? 3 4
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 2 22 20 2 8 ? 4 0
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 4 2 17 15 2 3 ? 2 3
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 8 ? 2 1
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 3 ? 1 1
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 ? 2 2
27 Young, George ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 1 ? 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 15 282 222 60 66 0+ 35 31

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