1974 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1974 between Melbourne and Essendon during round eleven of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Melbourne (10.10.70) were defeated by Essendon (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 June 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 21,396

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 10.10.70 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 4 9 . 5 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Essendon 5 . 5 7 . 7 12 . 10 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 ? 4 2
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 6 ? 1 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 ? 1 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 5 1 19 14 5 3 ? 1 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 ? 0 0
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 ? 1 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 ? 1 0
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 7 ? 4 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 3 0 10 8 2 5 ? 2 2
43 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 ? 3 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 ? 3 2
51 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 ? 2 0
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 5 ? 1 2
38 Slade, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 2 ? 2 6
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 6 ? 1 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 ? 5 7
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 ? 1 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 29 26 3 6 ? 6 0
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 1 2 6 4 2 2 ? 0 1
27 Wood, Greg ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 ? 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 10 264 211 53 77 0+ 40 42

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 ? 0 0
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 6 ? 2 7
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 ? 5 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 2 ? 4 3
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 ? 3 2
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 ? 1 3
37 Lowe, Garry ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 ? 2 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 ? 1 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 ? 0 2
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 1 12 5 7 5 ? 2 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 3 0 13 12 1 9 ? 1 0
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 5 6 18 17 1 11 ? 4 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 4 ? 4 2
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 ? 0 1
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 10 ? 1 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 ? 1 2
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 6 ? 0 0
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 29 24 5 3 ? 3 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 4 ? 3 4
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 3 3 27 24 3 7 ? 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 15 275 225 50 92 0+ 38 39

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