1976 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1976 between Essendon and Melbourne during round three of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Graham Moss captained the hosts with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Essendon (15.8.98) were defeated by Melbourne (20.13.133).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Monday 19 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,167

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.8.98 - 20.13.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 4 9 . 4 11 . 5 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Melbourne 2 . 1 8 . 4 15 . 8 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Margin ESSE by 27 ESSE by 6 MELB by 27 MELB by 35 MELB by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Graham Moss
Vice-Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 ? ?
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 3 0 ? ?
7 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 6 1 8 8 0 3 0 ? ?
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 2 18 17 1 10 0 ? ?
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 ? ?
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 ? ?
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 ? ?
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 ? ?
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 3 0 ? ?
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 2 7 6 1 1 0 ? ?
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 ? ?
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 ? ?
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 6 16 ? ?
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 5 0 ? ?
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ? ?
8 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 ? ?
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 1 0 ? ?
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 2 0 ? ?
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 ? ?
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 0 ? ?
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 8 248 209 39 59 16 0+ 0+

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 0 19 9 10 4 0 ? ?
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ?
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 ? ?
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 4 5 14 14 0 8 0 ? ?
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 ? ?
14 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 ? ?
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 2 0 ? ?
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 1 0 ? ?
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 ? ?
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ?
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 3 0 ? ?
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 ? ?
31 Goss, Paul ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 0 0 ? ?
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 8 0 ? ?
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 3 0 ? ?
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 2 0 ? ?
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 2 2 13 11 2 6 0 ? ?
7 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 ? ?
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 4 12 ? ?
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 5 0 31 27 4 6 0 ? ?
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 13 297 237 60 64 12 0+ 0+

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