1973 Games · 1973 Player Statistics

Melbourne 71 – 81 Essendon

← · 1973 · Round 8 · 26/05/1973 2:10 · Waverley Park · Crowd 25392 · →

Melbourne 1.5.114.6.306.9.4510.11.71
Essendon 1.1.74.4.289.7.6112.9.81
Qrt margin ME by 4ME by 2ES by 16ES by 10
Qrt scores ME 11-7ES 21-19ES 33-15ME 26-20
Field umpires Bill Deller (84)

Melbourne Match Statistics (71) — Coach: Ian Ridley

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
15 Stan Alves 14 6 7 21 2 2
19 Ray Biffin 7 2 2 9 1 2 2 3
14 Barry Bourke 16 2 1 17 3 1
27 Ross Brewer 8 1 3 11 1 2
35 Paul Callery 16 1 16 3 2
17 Denis Clark 17 4 4 21 3
12 Mike Collins 8 3 8 1 1 1 3
6 Frank Davis 7 1 7 2 2
39 Peter Dilnot 14 6 14 2 2 2 3
10 Carl Ditterich 11 3 2 13 1 10 3 3
33 Gary Hardeman 16 9 2 18 1 2
8 Peter Keenan 6 2 6 1 9 3 2
9 Stephen Kerley 9 3 2 11 1
7 Graham Osborne 13 4 3 16 2 5 2 1
26 Greg Parke 9 9 5 14 2 4
22 Henry Ritterman 1 1 2 1
4 Tony Sullivan 6 2 3 9 3 2
36 Glenn Swan 2 2 2 1 1
18 John Tilbrook 8 4 8 1 2
11 Greg Wells 32 11 2 34 1 4 5 4
Totals 22075362561011244337
Opposition 2427431273128193743

Essendon Match Statistics (81) — Coach: Des Tuddenham

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
19 Robin Close 14 7 14 4 1 4 3
28 Peter Daniel 9 2 9 4 1
40 Hugh Delahunty 13 5 2 15 6
1 Neville Fields 21 2 6 27 1 5 2
21 Ken Fletcher 17 2 17 7 6
15 Don Gross 9 2 9 1
14 Wayne Headlam 7 3 7 2
24 Don McKenzie 5 1 5 1 1
34 Laurie Moloney 10 3 10 2 1
25 Graham Moss 8 8 6 14 1 6 3
10 Alan Noonan 14 7 1 15 1 1 1
5 Gary Parkes 13 1 1 14 1 1 2
16 Greg Perry 6 4 2 8 11 1 1
31 Geoff Pryor 12 3 3 15 2 2
6 Ken Roberts 7 3 2 9 2 1 2 5
35 Ray Smith 20 11 1 21 3 1
8 Des Tuddenham 5 2 7
39 Pat Wellington 11 5 11 1 2 4
22 John Williams 9 3 1 10 3
33 Andrew Wilson 32 2 4 36 2 3 4
Totals 2427431273128193743
Opposition 22075362561011244337

Melbourne Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Melbourne Games (W-D-L W%) Melbourne Goals (Ave.)
15 Stan Alves 27y 4d 153 (54-0-99 35.29%) 90 (0.59) ← ←
19 Ray Biffin 24y 20d 65 (29-1-35 45.38%) 17 (0.26) ← ←
14 Barry Bourke 29y 254d 162 (73-1-88 45.37%) 154 (0.95) ← ←
27 Ross Brewer 19y 285d 25 (11-0-14 44.00%) 28 (1.12) ← ←
35 Paul Callery 23y 38d 62 (27-1-34 44.35%) 82 (1.32) ← ←
17 Denis Clark 23y 34d 69 (23-1-45 34.06%) 39 (0.57) ← ←
12 Mike Collins 20y 21d 18 (8-0-10 44.44%) 8 (0.44) ← ←
6 Frank Davis 28y 274d 157 (64-1-92 41.08%) 2 (0.01) ← ←
39 Peter Dilnot 20y 201d 4 (1-0-3 25.00%) 2 (0.50) ← ←
10 Carl Ditterich 27y 228d 161 (101-1-59 63.04%) 124 (0.77) 8 (3-0-5 37.50%) 1 (0.13)
33 Gary Hardeman 23y 89d 114 (43-1-70 38.16%) 52 (0.46) ← ←
8 Peter Keenan 22y 49d 60 (24-1-35 40.83%) 54 (0.90) ← ←
9 Stephen Kerley 20y 121d 23 (10-0-13 43.48%) 2 (0.09) ← ←
7 Graham Osborne 25y 330d 88 (28-1-59 32.39%) 42 (0.48) ← ←
26 Greg Parke 25y 38d 106 (40-1-65 38.21%) 159 (1.50) ← ←
22 Henry Ritterman 21y 248d 18 (10-0-8 55.56%) 6 (0.33) ← ←
4 Tony Sullivan 24y 128d 93 (33-1-59 36.02%) 1 (0.01) ← ←
36 Glenn Swan 20y 237d 3 (1-0-2 33.33%) 1 (0.33) ← ←
18 John Tilbrook 26y 350d 27 (11-1-15 42.59%) 21 (0.78) ← ←
11 Greg Wells 22y 354d 70 (27-1-42 39.29%) 82 (1.17) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 23y 311d 1478 (618-13-847 42.25%) 966 (0.65)
C Ian Ridley 39y 100d 52 (24-1-27 47.12%) ←

Essendon Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Essendon Games (W-D-L W%) Essendon Goals (Ave.)
19 Robin Close 23y 204d 69 (41-0-28 59.42%) 115 (1.67) ← ←
28 Peter Daniel 25y 251d 90 (39-2-49 44.44%) 54 (0.60) ← ←
40 Hugh Delahunty 23y 332d 32 (13-1-18 42.19%) 15 (0.47) ← ←
1 Neville Fields 21y 186d 51 (24-0-27 47.06%) 48 (0.94) ← ←
21 Ken Fletcher 25y 125d 119 (56-4-59 48.74%) 17 (0.14) ← ←
15 Don Gross 26y 55d 116 (61-3-52 53.88%) 102 (0.88) ← ←
14 Wayne Headlam 24y 155d 52 (19-1-32 37.50%) 19 (0.37) ← ←
24 Don McKenzie 34y 64d 245 (144-6-95 60.00%) 23 (0.09) ← ←
34 Laurie Moloney 24y 28d 22 (14-0-8 63.64%) 5 (0.23) ← ←
25 Graham Moss 23y 12d 8 (6-0-2 75.00%) 5 (0.63) ← ←
10 Alan Noonan 25y 225d 113 (65-4-44 59.29%) 241 (2.13) ← ←
5 Gary Parkes 21y 328d 27 (14-0-13 51.85%) 12 (0.44) ← ←
16 Greg Perry 24y 117d 30 (18-0-12 60.00%) 28 (0.93) ← ←
31 Geoff Pryor 27y 186d 102 (61-2-39 60.78%) 8 (0.08) ← ←
6 Ken Roberts 21y 13d 32 (21-0-11 65.63%) 48 (1.50) ← ←
35 Ray Smith 24y 245d 28 (12-0-16 42.86%) ← ←
8 Des Tuddenham 30y 117d 198 (129-2-67 65.66%) 265 (1.34) 29 (19-0-10 65.52%) 31 (1.07)
39 Pat Wellington 19y 301d 10 (7-0-3 70.00%) 17 (1.70) ← ←
22 John Williams 25y 313d 146 (77-4-65 54.11%) 13 (0.09) ← ←
33 Andrew Wilson 21y 243d 27 (16-0-11 59.26%) 28 (1.04) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 24y 267d 1517 (837-29-651 56.13%) 1063 (0.70)
C Des Tuddenham 30y 117d 31 (20-0-11 64.52%) ←

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.