1975 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 1975 between Melbourne and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Alan Noonan captained the visitors with Graham Moss as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Melbourne (19.20.134) defeated Essendon (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 July 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,040

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 19.20.134 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 9 15 . 14 19 . 20 19 . 20 (134)
Essendon 3 . 5 6 . 7 10 . 11 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin ESSE by 2 MELB by 8 MELB by 33 MELB by 25 MELB by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Essendon

Captain: Alan Noonan (acting)
Vice-Captain: Graham Moss (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 5 ? 2 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 ? 1 3
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 ? 0 0
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 3 0 11 8 3 6 ? 1 5
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 ? 1 0
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 ? 1 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 0 ? 4 2
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 3 3 31 26 5 10 ? 5 1
50 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 ? 2 1
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 0 2 17 10 7 5 ? 1 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 5 6 15 14 1 4 ? 2 7
20 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 ? 2 3
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 ? 2 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 11 ? 2 1
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 ? 3 2
25 Ough, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
43 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 ? 2 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 6 1 15 13 2 4 ? 2 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 3 24 23 1 4 ? 5 4
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 2 ? 4 7
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 19 20 275 226 49 73 0+ 42 45

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 1 20 20 0 5 0 1 1
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 3 0 6 2
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 3 3 9 8 1 2 0 2 3
20 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 1
9 Demetriou, Jim ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 6 6 2 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 26 23 3 3 1 6 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 3 3 24 23 1 5 0 2 4
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 8 5
16 Hatcher, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
25 Moss, Graham (avc) ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 6 5 1 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 3 0 0 3
10 Noonan, Alan (ac) ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 5
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 1 1 1
17 Tyler, Trevor ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 1 18 17 1 3 0 2 2
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 4 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 4 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 13 242 204 38 58 13 45 42

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