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Essendon defeated by Melbourne
Round 15, Windy Hill, Attendance: 14093
Saturday, 10th July 1971, 2:10 PM AEST
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3.1 4.5 7.11 11.12 78
Melbourne 4.5 6.8 9.13 12.17 89
Essendon Player StatsMelbourne Player StatsMatch Head to Head StatsScoring Breakdown
  Essendon Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: John Birt  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Wayne Headlam 23 4 27 13 0 0 15 6 1
Geoff Blethyn 22 4 26 11 0 0 0 2 4
Ken Fletcher 21 3 24 8 0 0 0 3 3
Don Gross 19 3 22 4 0 1 0 5 0
Neville Fields 15 1 16 4 0 1 0 3 1
Darryl Gerlach 14 2 16 7 0 0 0 3 1
Charlie Payne 15 1 16 7 1 4 0 4 1
John Williams 13 2 15 5 0 0 0 4 0
Peter Daniel 10 5 15 9 3 0 0 1 1
Eddie Lake 14 1 15 5 0 0 0 0 3
Don McKenzie 13 1 14 2 0 0 8 5 4
Allan Graco 9 5 14 1 1 0 0 0 3
Graeme Schultz 12 1 13 6 3 1 0 2 0
Stuart Barclay 10 2 12 6 0 0 0 2 0
Alan Noonan 7 4 11 6 1 3 0 0 1
John Cassin 6 4 10 1 0 0 0 3 7
Bruce Dodson 7 3 10 3 1 0 0 2 3
Ken Hogan 8 0 8 1 1 1 0 1 3
Gary Grainger 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1
Ray Smith 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Melbourne Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: Ian Ridley  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Greg Wells 20 4 24 7 0 2 0 3 3
John Townsend 16 7 23 5 1 1 0 2 0
Paul Callery 19 3 22 2 2 1 0 4 1
Shane McSpeerin 18 3 21 4 2 2 0 4 5
Barry Bourke 15 5 20 4 0 1 0 2 4
Frank Davis 17 3 20 6 0 0 0 4 4
Graham Osborne 18 1 19 5 0 1 0 4 0
Graham Molloy 13 6 19 5 0 0 0 1 2
Ray Biffin 16 1 17 5 0 0 0 2 0
Trevor Rollinson 15 2 17 2 0 0 0 1 1
Gordon Lawrie 16 1 17 5 0 0 0 3 1
Greg Parke 12 4 16 14 1 3 0 0 2
Peter Keenan 8 5 13 7 0 1 22 0 5
Tony Sullivan 11 2 13 2 0 0 0 1 2
Denis Clark 8 5 13 1 1 1 0 3 2
John Gallus 10 3 13 9 3 1 2 1 5
Ross Dillon 10 2 12 6 2 3 0 2 5
Gary Hardeman 8 1 9 5 0 0 0 1 4
George Lakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Barry Hodges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Head to Head
Essendon Statistic Melbourne
242 Kicks 250
47 Handballs 58
289 Disposals 308
5.15 Kick to Handball Ratio 4.31
100 Marks 94
23 Hitouts 24
47 Frees For 38
38 Frees Against 47
11 Goals Kicked 12
11 Behinds Kicked 17
1 Rushed Behinds 0
23 Scoring Shots 29
47.8% Conversion 41.4%
26.27 Disposals Per Goal 25.67
12.57 Disps Per Scoring Shot 10.62
Quarter by Quarter Scoring Breakdown
Essendon First Quarter Melbourne
3.1 19 Score 4.5 29
4 Scoring Shots 9
75.0% Conversion 44.4%
Lost quarter by 10 Result Won quarter by 10
Trailing by 10 End of Quarter Leading by 10
Essendon Second Quarter Melbourne
1.4 10 Score 2.3 15
5 Scoring Shots 5
20.0% Conversion 40.0%
Lost quarter by 5 Result Won quarter by 5
Trailing by 15 Halftime Leading by 15
Essendon Third Quarter Melbourne
3.6 24 Score 3.5 23
9 Scoring Shots 8
33.3% Conversion 37.5%
Won quarter by 1 Result Lost quarter by 1
Trailing by 14 End of Quarter Leading by 14
Essendon Final Quarter Melbourne
4.1 25 Score 3.4 22
5 Scoring Shots 7
80.0% Conversion 42.9%
Won quarter by 3 Result Lost quarter by 3
Lost game by 11 End of Game Won game by 11
Scoring Breakdown For Each Half
Essendon First Half Melbourne
4.5 29 Score 6.8 44
9 Scoring Shots 14
44.4% Conversion 42.9%
Lost half by 15 Result Won half by 15
Trailing by 15 Halftime Leading by 15
Essendon Second Half Melbourne
7.7 49 Score 6.9 45
14 Scoring Shots 15
50.0% Conversion 40.0%
Won half by 4 Result Lost half by 4
Lost game by 11 End of Game Won game by 11
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