1975 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1975 between Essendon and Melbourne during round three of the 1975 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 (16.21.117) defeated Melbourne (15.10.100).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 16.21.117 - 15.10.100

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

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
E: M. Hindson

Umpire Replacements

M. Hindson replaced an unknown umpire.

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

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