1975 VFL Round 13: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1975 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round 13 of the 1975 VFL season. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Alan Noonan captained the hosts with Graham Moss as vice-captain. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Essendon
A. Noonan (capt.), G. Moss (vice-capt.), R. Amos, R. Andrews, S. Beaumont, R. Close, N. Fields, G. Fitzpatrick, K. Fletcher, G. Foulds, B. Grinter, D. Hartigan, G. Hatcher, S. Madden, L. Moloney, R. Newton, R. Shaw, T. Tyler, B. Walsh, A. Wilson

South Melbourne
P. Bedford (capt.), B. Beecroft, G. Brice, P. Brown, M. Browning, P. Carlton, R. Cook, G. Dempster, T. Franklin, R. Gleeson, N. Goss, S. Gull, F. Jackson, D. McLeish, G. Miller, B. Roberts, M. Robertson, M. Stilo, G. Teasdale, B. Woodman

Essendon (19.18.132) defeated South Melbourne (17.12.114).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. Wilson (4), S. Beaumont (3), A. Noonan (3), R. Close (2), N. Fields (2), K. Fletcher, G. Foulds, S. Madden, R. Shaw, B. Walsh
South Melbourne: N. Goss (4), M. Browning (3), M. Stilo (2), B. Woodman (2), P. Bedford, G. Dempster, T. Franklin, S. Gull, F. Jackson, G. Teasdale

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and South Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 June 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,117

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 19.18.132 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 5 9 . 10 11 . 11 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
South Melbourne 7 . 4 8 . 6 15 . 9 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin SMLB by 11 ESSE by 10 SMLB by 22 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Des Tuddenham (Essendon), Graeme John (South Melbourne)
Captains: Alan Noonan (Essendon), Peter Bedford (South Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Graham Moss (Essendon), unknown (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Henry

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 ? 1 2
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 1 3
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 3 2 14 11 3 3 ? 3 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 3 ? 2 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 2 23 21 2 4 ? 6 3
7 Fitzpatrick, Gary ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 1 ? 3 5
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 1 ? 0 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 ? 2 2
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 ? 1 0
16 Hatcher, Graeme ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 ? 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 2 5 5 0 3 ? 2 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 ? 1 2
25 Moss, Graham (avc) ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 6 ? 3 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 3 12 11 1 3 ? 1 2
10 Noonan, Alan (ac) ? ? 3 4 13 11 2 6 ? 2 5
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 5 ? 2 3
17 Tyler, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 ? 0 1
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 1 28 23 5 2 ? 3 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 4 2 26 26 0 1 ? 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 18 286 230 56 60 0+ 35 38

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 1 ? 2 0
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 ? 4 3
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 ? 0 0
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 ? 2 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 3 2 8 7 1 1 ? 1 1
30 Carlton, Phil ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 ? 0 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 ? 0 1
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 4 ? 2 0
14 Franklin, Tony ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 ? 0 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 0 ? 1 0
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 4 3 32 26 6 1 ? 7 4
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 1 1 4 2 2 1 ? 1 1
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 0 ? 4 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 1 2
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 ? 4 2
25 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 8 ? 3 2
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 ? 1 2
42 Stilo, Michael ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 3 ? 3 3
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 0 ? 1 1
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 2 0 24 17 7 3 ? 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 12 245 182 63 39 0+ 38 34

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