1974 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1974 between Essendon and Richmond during round seven of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (15.15.105) were defeated by Richmond (16.19.115).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 15.15.105 - 16.19.115

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

Essendon

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

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett (acting)
Vice-Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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