1975 VFL Round 3: Essendon v Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1975 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 3 of the 1975 VFL season.
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
D. Tuddenham (capt.), A. Noonan (vice-capt.), R. Amos, R. Andrews, S. Beaumont, G. Bell, R. Close, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, B. Grinter, D. Hartigan, G. Hatcher, P. Hickmott, S. Madden, L. Moloney, G. Moss, R. Newton, G. Parkes, R. Smith, P. Wellington
Melbourne
S. Alves (capt.), G. Baker, R. Brewer, T. Carroll, W. Delmenico, C. Ditterich, A. Dullard, R. Flower, L. Fowler, F. Giampaolo, G. Guy, G. Hardeman, P. Hurst, P. Keenan, M. Lyons, M. Owens, K. Smith, S. Smith, T. Sullivan, G. Wells
Essendon (16.21.117) defeated Melbourne (15.10.100).
Goalkickers
Essendon: A. Noonan (5), S. Madden (4), S. Beaumont (2), R. Close (2), K. Fletcher, R. Newton, G. Parkes
Melbourne: R. Brewer (5), G. Wells (4), F. Giampaolo (2), P. Hurst (2), R. Flower, K. Smith
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 2nd on the ladder and Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1975 VFL Season
Round:
Round 3
Teams:
Essendon
v
Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 19 April 1975
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
22,207
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 3 | . | 7 | 7 | . | 13 | 14 | . | 17 | 16 | . | 21 | 16 | . | 21 | (117) |
| Melbourne | 4 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 7 | 11 | . | 10 | 15 | . | 10 | 15 | . | 10 | (100) |
| Margin | MELB by 4 | MELB by 6 | ESSE by 25 | ESSE by 17 | ESSE by 17 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
Bob Skilton
(Melbourne)
Captains:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
Stan Alves
(Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Alan Noonan
(Essendon),
unknown
(Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
I. Robinson,
E:
M. Hindson
Umpire Replacement:
M. Hindson replaced
unknown
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Amos, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Andrews, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | ? | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Beaumont, Steve | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 3 | ? | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | Bell, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Close, Robin | ? | ? | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | ? | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | Fields, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | ? | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 4 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Grinter, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 41 | Hartigan, Dean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Hatcher, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Hickmott, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Madden, Simon | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Moloney, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Moss, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 11 | ? | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Newton, Rob | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | ? | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | Noonan, Alan (vc) | ? | ? | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Parkes, Gary | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | Smith, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | ? | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Tuddenham, Des (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 39 | Wellington, Pat | ? | ? | 0 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 6 | ? | 4 | 3 |
| Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 21 | 307 | 242 | 65 | 67 | 0+ | 40 | 39 | |||
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Alves, Stan (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Baker, Garry | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | ? | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Brewer, Ross | ? | ? | 5 | ? | 18 | 16 | 2 | 6 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 37 | Carroll, Ted | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Delmenico, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Ditterich, Carl | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | ? | 3 | 4 |
| 28 | Dullard, Anthony | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Flower, Robert | ? | ? | 1 | ? | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | Fowler, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 22 | 22 | 0 | 5 | ? | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | Giampaolo, Frank | ? | ? | 2 | ? | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Guy, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Hardeman, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Hurst, Paul | ? | ? | 2 | ? | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | ? | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Keenan, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Lyons, Marty | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 34 | Owens, Mal | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Smith, Kim | ? | ? | 1 | ? | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Smith, Steven | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Sullivan, Tony | ? | ? | 0 | ? | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ? | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Wells, Greg | ? | ? | 4 | ? | 26 | 20 | 6 | 3 | ? | 5 | 2 |
| Rushed | ? | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 10 | 270 | 200 | 70 | 40 | 0+ | 39 | 43 | |||