1974 VFL Season Round 20: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1974 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round twenty of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. Barry Davis captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (14.14.98) were defeated by North Melbourne (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,229

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by North Melbourne
Score: 14.14.98 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 8 . 4 11 . 10 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
North Melbourne 3 . 6 7 . 10 10 . 11 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin NMLB by 4 level ESSE by 5 NMLB by 10 NMLB by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

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 6 ? 3 2
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 ? 0 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 2 25 19 6 2 ? 5 2
51 Fitzpatrick, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 1 ? 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 ? 1 2
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 5 ? 4 4
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 ? 4 1
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 ? 1 1
37 Lowe, Garry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 6 2 12 12 0 7 ? 5 0
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 ? 3 4
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 10 ? 2 4
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 4 4 11 11 0 5 ? 2 3
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 ? 3 2
56 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 ? 1 0
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 ? 3 3
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 3 ? 3 3
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 1 2 20 17 3 5 ? 6 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 30 27 3 2 ? 3 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 14 297 233 64 70 0+ 50 40

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 4 0 17 14 3 7 ? 2 4
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 0 0
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 8 ? 4 5
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 3 1 17 13 4 1 ? 2 4
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 0
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 0 17 6 11 4 ? 2 2
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 ? 1 4
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 ? 2 4
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 ? 1 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 6 ? 1 3
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 8 ? 0 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 ? 2 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 ? 3 5
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 2 0 18 16 2 7 ? 1 2
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 ? 4 2
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 0 ? 1 5
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 ? 5 3
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 5 ? 5 3
1 Smith, Brad ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 ? 2 1
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 6 12 10 2 5 ? 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 12 287 221 66 72 0+ 40 52

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