1974 VFL Season Round 9: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1974 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round nine of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Barry Goodingham as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

North Melbourne (11.15.81) were defeated by Essendon (16.15.111).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 1 June 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 20,027

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 11.15.81 - 16.15.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 8 7 . 12 10 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Essendon 6 . 5 10 . 8 14 . 11 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: Barry Goodingham (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hedger

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 3 2 18 15 3 7 ? 1 1
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 6 ? 3 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 ? 3 5
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 9 ? 5 0
35 Dawson, Mark ? ? 2 1 15 15 0 2 ? 3 3
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 ? 2 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 2 ? 3 5
10 Goodingham, Barry (avc) ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 12 ? 2 6
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 4 4
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 ? 3 3
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 2 ? 3 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 ? 1 0
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 1 ? 1 0
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 ? 2 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 2 7 3 4 3 ? 0 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 4 ? 6 0
1 Smith, Brad ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 ? 2 0
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 ? 0 1
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 2 8 8 0 4 ? 3 6
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 15 264 225 39 72 0+ 47 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 4 ? 2 2
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 ? 2 4
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 ? 1 2
43 Crow, Max ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 5 ? 1 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 2 22 20 2 6 ? 2 1
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 6 ? 0 2
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 9 ? 0 5
37 Lowe, Garry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 ? 2 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 ? 2 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 ? 2 4
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 6 5 17 15 2 9 ? 4 0
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 ? 1 5
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 ? 5 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 2 ? 2 3
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 ? 1 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 ? 2 4
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 2 ? 3 2
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 3 2 16 11 5 7 ? 2 3
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 0 25 22 3 7 ? 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 15 263 221 42 85 0+ 37 51

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