1974 VFL Season Round 22: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1974 between Essendon and Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Essendon (20.17.137) defeated Melbourne (15.13.103).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,561

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 20.17.137 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 4 12 . 6 17 . 9 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Melbourne 5 . 2 5 . 6 10 . 12 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 ? 1 4
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 ? 0 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 2 24 19 5 4 ? 4 2
51 Fitzpatrick, Gary ? ? 1 5 22 16 6 2 ? 0 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 2 ? 3 2
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 3 1 15 13 2 4 ? 3 4
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 ? 1 1
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 ? 2 2
37 Lowe, Garry ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 ? 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 2 13 11 2 6 ? 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 ? 7 3
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 0 21 5 16 6 ? 3 2
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 3 2 16 13 3 6 ? 2 1
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 ? 1 2
56 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 2 ? 0 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 3 25 20 5 3 ? 0 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 ? 6 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 0 26 16 10 8 ? 3 4
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 2 0 25 17 8 5 ? 4 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 1 25 20 5 2 ? 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 17 309 231 78 70 0+ 45 38

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 2 15 12 3 4 ? 1 2
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 ? 0 3
31 Barham, Billy ? ? 1 2 20 18 2 6 ? 5 5
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 ? 4 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 3 1 10 10 0 6 ? 1 3
14 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 ? 0 3
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 3 ? 3 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 3 1 13 8 5 8 ? 2 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 ? 0 0
43 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 2 3 25 21 4 3 ? 10 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 1 ? 1 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 7 ? 3 2
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 ? 0 2
40 McMullin, Neil ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 ? 0 2
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 ? 0 2
54 Power, Mike ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 4 ? 1 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 1 ? 1 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 28 26 2 2 ? 5 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 1 26 24 2 8 ? 4 2
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 13 265 215 50 71 0+ 41 44

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