1974 VFL Round 7: Essendon v Richmond
This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1974 between Essendon and Richmond during round 7 of the 1974 VFL season.
Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill.
Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain.
In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the visitors with Francis Bourke as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.
Essendon
D. Tuddenham (capt.), A. Noonan (vice-capt.), R. Andrews, J. Cassin, M. Crow, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, B. Grinter, D. Gross, G. Jenkin, L. Moloney, G. Moss, G. Parkes, G. Perry, G. Pryor, K. Roberts, R. Smith, P. Wellington, A. Wilson, R. Wright
Richmond
K. Bartlett (capt.), F. Bourke (vice-capt.), M. Brown, D. Clay, D. Cloke, L. Fowler, M. Green, R. Hunt, M. Keane, R. McGhie, K. Morris, B. Nettlefold, S. Parsons, S. Rae, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, W. Walsh, B. Wood
Essendon (15.15.105) were defeated by Richmond (16.19.115).
Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Crow (4), K. Roberts (4), A. Noonan (3), N. Fields (2), D. Gross, L. Moloney
Richmond: I. Stewart (5), K. Sheedy (3), P. Sproule (3), K. Bartlett, R. Hunt, K. Morris, B. Roberts, B. Wood
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 6th on the ladder and Richmond were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1974 VFL Season
Round:
Round 7
Teams:
Essendon
v
Richmond
Date:
Saturday 18 May 1974
Time:
2:00 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
24,376
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 5 | . | 7 | 7 | . | 10 | 11 | . | 12 | 15 | . | 15 | 15 | . | 15 | (105) |
| Richmond | 5 | . | 3 | 9 | . | 8 | 13 | . | 12 | 16 | . | 19 | 16 | . | 19 | (115) |
| Margin | ESSE by 4 | RICH by 10 | RICH by 12 | RICH by 10 | RICH by 10 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
Tom Hafey
(Richmond)
Captains:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
Kevin Bartlett
(Richmond)
Vice-Captains:
Alan Noonan
(Essendon),
Francis Bourke
(Richmond)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
M. Henry
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Andrews, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Cassin, John | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Crow, Max | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | Fields, Neville | ? | ? | 2 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 4 | ? | 7 | 3 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | Grinter, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Gross, Don | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Jenkin, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 34 | Moloney, Laurie | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Moss, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 4 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | Noonan, Alan (vc) | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Parkes, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | Perry, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Pryor, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | ? | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Roberts, Ken | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | ? | 3 | 4 |
| 35 | Smith, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Tuddenham, Des (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | ? | 2 | 4 |
| 39 | Wellington, Pat | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | Wilson, Andy | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | Wright, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 15 | 282 | 224 | 58 | 59 | 0+ | 37 | 42 | |||
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Bartlett, Kevin (ac) | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | ? | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Bourke, Francis (avc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1 | ? | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | Brown, Mal | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | ? | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Clay, Dick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Cloke, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Fowler, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | ? | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | Green, Mike | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Hunt, Rex | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | Keane, Merv | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | ? | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | McGhie, Robbie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Morris, Kevin | ? | ? | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 51 | Nettlefold, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Parsons, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ? | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Rae, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Roberts, Brian | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Sheedy, Kevin | ? | ? | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2 | ? | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Sproule, Paul | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | ? | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Stewart, Ian | ? | ? | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Walsh, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 4 | ? | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Wood, Bryan | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | ? | 4 | 5 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 19 | 294 | 233 | 61 | 50 | 0+ | 42 | 37 | |||