1975 VFL Round 1: Essendon v St Kilda
This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1975 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 1 of the 1975 VFL season.
Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill.
Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain.
Barry Lawrence captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.
Essendon
D. Tuddenham (capt.), A. Noonan (vice-capt.), R. Amos, R. Andrews, S. Beaumont, G. Bell, R. Close, J. Demetriou, R. Ellen, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, B. Grinter, D. Hartigan, S. Madden, L. Moloney, G. Moss, R. Newton, G. Parkes, R. Smith, P. Wellington
St Kilda
B. Lawrence (capt.), N. Besanko, B. Breen, P. Callery, G. Colling, A. Davis, B. Duperouzel, G. Elliott, S. Grambeau, R. Greene, W. Judson, M. Malthouse, B. Mildenhall, R. Muir, B. Mynott, K. Neale, R. Reynolds, J. Sarau, L. Thomas, G. Young
Essendon (21.10.136) defeated St Kilda (9.13.67).
Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Madden (5), A. Noonan (4), R. Close (3), R. Amos (2), R. Newton (2), S. Beaumont, J. Demetriou, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, P. Wellington
St Kilda: B. Breen (2), P. Callery (2), B. Duperouzel (2), A. Davis, B. Lawrence, B. Mildenhall
As a result of this match, Essendon were then 1st on the ladder and St Kilda were then 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1975 VFL Season
Round:
Round 1
Teams:
Essendon
v
St Kilda
Date:
Saturday 5 April 1975
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
19,165
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 7 | . | 2 | 16 | . | 4 | 16 | . | 7 | 21 | . | 10 | 21 | . | 10 | (136) |
| St Kilda | 3 | . | 1 | 4 | . | 5 | 7 | . | 8 | 9 | . | 13 | 9 | . | 13 | (67) |
| Margin | ESSE by 25 | ESSE by 71 | ESSE by 53 | ESSE by 69 | ESSE by 69 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
Allan Jeans
(St Kilda)
Captains:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
Barry Lawrence
(St Kilda)
Vice-Captains:
Alan Noonan
(Essendon),
unknown
(St Kilda)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
M. Henry
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Amos, Robert | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Andrews, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | ? | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Beaumont, Steve | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Bell, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ? | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Close, Robin | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Demetriou, Jim | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | Ellen, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Fields, Neville | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | ? | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 6 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Grinter, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | ? | 4 | 2 |
| 41 | Hartigan, Dean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | Madden, Simon | ? | ? | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Moloney, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Moss, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Newton, Rob | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Noonan, Alan (vc) | ? | ? | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Parkes, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | ? | 3 | 3 |
| 43 | Smith, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Tuddenham, Des (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| 39 | Wellington, Pat | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 21 | 10 | 268 | 222 | 46 | 59 | 0+ | 38 | 36 | |||
St Kilda
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Besanko, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Breen, Barry | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | Callery, Paul | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 1 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | Colling, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | Davis, Allan | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 6 | ? | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | Duperouzel, Bruce | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 1 | ? | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Elliott, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | Grambeau, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Greene, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ? | 2 | 4 |
| 42 | Judson, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Lawrence, Barry (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Malthouse, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Mildenhall, Bill | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1 | ? | 4 | 2 |
| 32 | Muir, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Mynott, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ? | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Neale, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Reynolds, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Sarau, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | ? | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | Thomas, Lindsay | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Young, George | ? | ? | 0 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 5 | ? | 3 | 0 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 9 | 13 | 298 | 224 | 74 | 54 | 0+ | 40 | 38 | |||