1971 Games · 1971 Player Statistics

Sydney 86 – 96 Essendon

← · 1971 · Round 18 · 31/07/1971 2:10 · Lake Oval · Crowd 7938 · →

Sydney 4.4.286.4.409.5.5913.8.86
Essendon 1.2.88.10.589.12.6613.18.96
Qrt margin SY by 20ES by 18ES by 7ES by 10
Qrt scores SY 28-8ES 50-12SY 19-8ES 30-27
Field umpires Ray Sleeth (95)

Sydney Match Statistics (86) — Coach: Norm Smith

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
31 Ray Ball 8 2 1 9 2 5
11 Peter Bedford 10 3 3 13 4 2 1
32 Peter Brown 10 4 10 1 4
37 Bruce Davis 13 3 3 16 1 4
28 Robert Doyle 12 5 2 14 12 3 2
15 David Droscher 12 1 6 18 2 2 4 2
27 Reg Gleeson 13 10 3 16 1 1
50 Tony Haenen 7 4 11 1 1 1
44 Robert Hay 15 5 1 16 1
26 Steve Hoffman 17 1 4 21 3 2 4 3
22 Peter McCracken 5 1 5 1 1
36 Russell McHenry 14 1 4 18 1 4
6 John Murphy 11 1 3 14 1 3 4
23 Mick Pavone
21 John Pitura 22 6 4 26 2 1 3 4
19 Jim Prentice 6 1 6 1 2 4
5 John Rantall 15 5 3 18 4 3
14 Bob Skilton 24 3 2 26 1 8 2
10 Wayne Walsh 16 8 2 18 4
30 Fred Way 6 1 2 8 22 2
Totals 2366147283137344647
Opposition 24080402801316204746

Essendon Match Statistics (96) — Coach: John Birt

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
37 Stuart Barclay 11 2 11 6 1
19 Robin Close 10 6 6 16 2 2 1 2
28 Peter Daniel 2 2 2 1 1
32 Barry Davis 16 5 4 20 2 1 2 2
1 Neville Fields 21 4 1 22 3 4 3
21 Ken Fletcher 18 4 18 2 3
52 Allan Graco 14 4 14 4 3
4 Gary Grainger 3 4 5 8 1 3
2 Bob Greenwood 21 6 3 24 1 1 3 3
14 Wayne Headlam 9 6 2 11 5 1 5
38 Eddie Lake 12 3 4 16 3 2
24 Don McKenzie 13 5 13 1 14 4 4
8 Bruce Neish 12 6 1 13 3 2 2 5
10 Alan Noonan 8 3 2 10 3 3 1
5 Gary Parkes
3 Ian Payne 14 5 2 16 1 3
45 Ken Roberts 10 2 3 13 4 1
12 Graeme Schultz 7 2 4 11 2 1 4 2
39 David Starbuck 15 4 1 16 3 1
22 John Williams 24 9 2 26 2 1
Totals 24080402801316204746
Opposition 2366147283137344647

Sydney Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Sydney Games (W-D-L W%) Sydney Goals (Ave.)
31 Ray Ball 22y 161d 16 (9-0-7 56.25%) 4 (1-0-3 25.00%)
11 Peter Bedford 24y 111d 75 (28-1-46 38.00%) 132 (1.76) ← ←
32 Peter Brown 18y 356d 4 (0-0-4 0.00%) ← ←
37 Bruce Davis 18y 127d 9 (1-0-8 11.11%) 1 (0.11) ← ←
28 Robert Doyle 20y 198d 20 (5-0-15 25.00%) 4 (0.20) ← ←
15 David Droscher 21y 4d 1 (0-0-1 0.00%) 2 (2.00) ← ← debut
27 Reg Gleeson 21y 91d 36 (12-0-24 33.33%) 2 (0.06) ← ←
50 Tony Haenen 25y 98d 89 (32-2-55 37.08%) 26 (0.29) ← ←
44 Robert Hay 16y 313d 4 (0-0-4 0.00%) ← ←
26 Steve Hoffman 19y 313d 33 (12-0-21 36.36%) 62 (1.88) ← ←
22 Peter McCracken 21y 242d 16 (4-0-12 25.00%) 1 (0.06) ← ←
36 Russell McHenry 21y 101d 7 (0-0-7 0.00%) 7 (1.00) ← ←
6 John Murphy 27y 200d 37 (15-0-22 40.54%) 19 (0.51) ← ←
23 Mick Pavone 20y 206d 10 (5-0-5 50.00%) 9 (0.90) ← ← final game
21 John Pitura 20y 313d 51 (20-0-31 39.22%) 18 (0.35) ← ←
19 Jim Prentice 21y 215d 11 (0-0-11 0.00%) 8 (0.73) ← ←
5 John Rantall 27y 234d 148 (49-1-98 33.45%) 8 (0.05) ← ←
14 Bob Skilton 32y 265d 233 (87-3-143 37.98%) 409 (1.76) ← ←
10 Wayne Walsh 25y 85d 57 (21-0-36 36.84%) 3 (0.05) 51 (18-0-33 35.29%) 3 (0.06)
30 Fred Way 27y 172d 78 (27-0-51 34.62%) 9 (0.12) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 22y 282d 935 (327-7-601 35.35%) 720 (0.77)
C Norm Smith 56y 252d 426 (250-7-169 59.51%) 61 (23-0-38 37.70%)

Essendon Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Essendon Games (W-D-L W%) Essendon Goals (Ave.)
37 Stuart Barclay 21y 300d 28 (12-0-16 42.86%) ← ←
19 Robin Close 21y 270d 49 (27-0-22 55.10%) 86 (1.76) ← ←
28 Peter Daniel 23y 317d 64 (25-2-37 40.63%) 51 (0.80) ← ←
32 Barry Davis 27y 319d 192 (115-6-71 61.46%) 58 (0.30) ← ←
1 Neville Fields 19y 252d 18 (5-0-13 27.78%) 7 (0.39) ← ←
21 Ken Fletcher 23y 191d 85 (37-4-44 45.88%) 6 (0.07) ← ←
52 Allan Graco 23y 183d 4 (2-0-2 50.00%) 1 (0.25) ← ←
4 Gary Grainger 21y 310d 25 (6-1-18 26.00%) 19 (0.76) ← ←
2 Bob Greenwood 24y 129d 60 (30-1-29 50.83%) 69 (1.15) ← ←
14 Wayne Headlam 22y 221d 40 (12-1-27 31.25%) 13 (0.33) ← ←
38 Eddie Lake 20y 36d 35 (14-1-20 41.43%) 13 (0.37) ← ←
24 Don McKenzie 32y 130d 214 (127-6-81 60.75%) 23 (0.11) ← ←
8 Bruce Neish 20y 342d 17 (4-0-13 23.53%) 11 (0.65) ← ←
10 Alan Noonan 23y 291d 83 (46-4-33 57.83%) 182 (2.19) ← ←
5 Gary Parkes 20y 29d 5 (2-0-3 40.00%) 1 (0.20) ← ←
3 Ian Payne 24y 131d 44 (22-2-20 52.27%) 11 (0.25) ← ←
45 Ken Roberts 19y 79d 3 (1-0-2 33.33%) ← ←
12 Graeme Schultz 18y 75d 14 (4-1-9 32.14%) 24 (1.71) ← ←
39 David Starbuck 21y 49d 9 (2-0-7 22.22%) ← ←
22 John Williams 24y 14d 113 (58-4-51 53.10%) 13 (0.12) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 22y 275d 1102 (551-33-518 51.50%) 588 (0.53)
C John Birt 34y 183d 18 (4-1-13 25.00%) ←

Blank stat cells: not recorded that season, or zero. Player Details careers are as of this game; “←” in a club column means the player's whole career was with this club. Coach row (C) shows the coaching record through this game.