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Melbourne defeats Essendon
Round 4, Waverley Park, Attendance: 27368
Saturday, 24th April 1971, 2:10 PM AEST
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1.6 3.8 6.11 10.18 78
Essendon 3.3 5.5 6.6 6.7 43
Melbourne Player StatsEssendon Player StatsMatch Head to Head StatsScoring Breakdown
  Melbourne Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: Ian Ridley  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Paul Callery 21 6 27 3 2 2 0 1 3
John Townsend 17 10 27 5 3 2 0 3 1
Robert McKenzie 22 4 26 9 0 1 0 3 4
Frank Davis 23 2 25 6 0 0 0 3 2
Gary Hardeman 18 6 24 2 0 0 0 1 1
Denis Clark 18 6 24 5 0 1 0 2 3
Stan Alves 18 5 23 11 0 1 0 4 3
Graham Molloy 14 7 21 7 1 1 0 3 4
Russell Colcott 18 3 21 9 0 2 0 5 7
Greg Parke 13 6 19 8 1 2 0 2 1
Peter Sinclair 15 4 19 5 0 2 0 2 3
Tony Sullivan 14 2 16 3 0 0 0 2 0
Trevor Rollinson 12 3 15 4 0 0 1 1 1
Lloyd Burgmann 10 4 14 4 1 2 0 1 3
Ray Biffin 12 0 12 6 0 0 0 0 0
George Lakes 6 1 7 3 0 0 0 1 1
John Gallus 7 0 7 6 2 0 9 0 1
Peter Keenan 3 1 4 2 0 1 11 0 4
Peter Weekes 3 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
Max Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Essendon Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: John Birt  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Geoff Blethyn 27 4 31 15 0 1 0 4 4
John Williams 24 2 26 10 0 0 0 3 1
Ken Fletcher 25 0 25 7 0 0 0 6 4
Don Gross 18 4 22 3 0 0 0 2 1
Wayne Headlam 19 3 22 13 1 1 14 0 3
Barry Davis 15 4 19 3 0 0 0 3 1
Hugh Delahunty 16 2 18 3 0 0 0 6 5
Paul Sproule 13 4 17 2 1 1 0 5 0
Alan Noonan 13 3 16 8 1 4 0 0 1
Charlie Payne 13 2 15 6 0 0 2 2 0
Gary Grainger 11 4 15 7 1 0 5 2 1
Bob Greenwood 12 1 13 6 1 0 0 0 3
Graeme Schultz 6 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 1
Sandy Talbot 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 3
Robert Thompson 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 1
Don McKenzie 6 0 6 2 0 0 8 2 2
Bruce Dodson 5 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 1
Ken Hogan 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
Barry Grinter 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1
Peter Daniel 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
Head to Head
Melbourne Statistic Essendon
264 Kicks 245
71 Handballs 38
335 Disposals 283
3.72 Kick to Handball Ratio 6.45
101 Marks 94
22 Hitouts 29
34 Frees For 42
42 Frees Against 34
10 Goals Kicked 6
17 Behinds Kicked 7
1 Rushed Behinds 0
28 Scoring Shots 13
35.7% Conversion 46.2%
33.50 Disposals Per Goal 47.17
11.96 Disps Per Scoring Shot 21.77
Quarter by Quarter Scoring Breakdown
Melbourne First Quarter Essendon
1.6 12 Score 3.3 21
7 Scoring Shots 6
14.3% Conversion 50.0%
Lost quarter by 9 Result Won quarter by 9
Trailing by 9 End of Quarter Leading by 9
Melbourne Second Quarter Essendon
2.2 14 Score 2.2 14
4 Scoring Shots 4
50.0% Conversion 50.0%
Draw Result Draw
Trailing by 9 Halftime Leading by 9
Melbourne Third Quarter Essendon
3.3 21 Score 1.1 7
6 Scoring Shots 2
50.0% Conversion 50.0%
Won quarter by 14 Result Lost quarter by 14
Leading by 5 End of Quarter Trailing by 5
Melbourne Final Quarter Essendon
4.7 31 Score 0.1 1
11 Scoring Shots 1
36.4% Conversion 0%
Won quarter by 30 Result Lost quarter by 30
Won game by 35 End of Game Lost game by 35
Scoring Breakdown For Each Half
Melbourne First Half Essendon
3.8 26 Score 5.5 35
11 Scoring Shots 10
27.3% Conversion 50.0%
Lost half by 9 Result Won half by 9
Trailing by 9 Halftime Leading by 9
Melbourne Second Half Essendon
7.10 52 Score 1.2 8
17 Scoring Shots 3
41.2% Conversion 33.3%
Won half by 44 Result Lost half by 44
Won game by 35 End of Game Lost game by 35
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