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South Melbourne vs Essendon

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Round: 18   Venue: Lake Oval   Date: Sat, 31-07-1971 2:10 pm   Crowd: 7,938  
South Melbourne 4.4.286.4.409.5.5913.8.86 C:  Norm Smith
Essendon 1.2.88.10.589.12.6613.18.96 C:  John Birt
  SM by 20ESS by 18ESS by 7ESS by 10  

Match stats

South Melbourne
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
31 Ball, Ray 8 2 1 9 0 0 0 2 5 22y 161d 16 0
11 Bedford, Peter 10 3 3 13 4 0 0 2 1 24y 111d 75 132
32 Brown, Peter 10 4 0 10 0 0 0 1 4 18y 356d 4 0
37 Davis, Bruce 13 3 3 16 0 0 0 1 4 18y 127d 9 1
28 Doyle, Robert 12 5 2 14 0 0 12 3 2 20y 198d 20 4
15 Droscher, David 12 1 6 18 2 2 0 4 2 21y 4d 1 2
27 Gleeson, Reg 13 10 3 16 0 0 0 1 1 21y 91d 36 2
50 Haenen, Tony 7 0 4 11 1 0 0 1 1 25y 98d 89 26
44 Hay, Robert 15 5 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 16y 313d 4 0
26 Hoffman, Steve 17 1 4 21 3 2 0 4 3 19y 313d 33 62
22 McCracken, Peter 5 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 21y 242d 16 1
36 McHenry, Russell 14 1 4 18 0 0 0 1 4 21y 101d 7 7
6 Murphy, John 11 1 3 14 0 1 0 3 4 26y 200d 37 19
23 Pavone, Mick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20y 206d 10 9
21 Pitura, John 22 6 4 26 2 1 0 3 4 20y 313d 51 18
19 Prentice, Jim 6 1 0 6 1 0 0 2 4 21y 215d 11 8
5 Rantall, John 15 5 3 18 0 0 0 4 3 27y 234d 148 8
14 Skilton, Bob 24 3 2 26 0 1 0 8 2 32y 265d 233 409
10 Walsh, Wayne 16 8 2 18 0 0 0 4 0 25y 85d 57 3
30 Way, Fred 6 1 2 8 0 0 22 0 2 27y 172d 78 9
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 236 61 47 283 13 8 34   46 47 22y 263d 935 720
Essendon
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
37 Barclay, Stuart 11 2 0 11 0 0 0 6 1 21y 300d 28 0
19 Close, Robin 10 6 6 16 2 2 0 1 2 21y 270d 49 86
28 Daniel, Peter 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 23y 317d 64 51
32 Davis, Barry 16 5 4 20 2 1 0 2 2 27y 319d 192 58
1 Fields, Neville 21 4 1 22 0 3 0 4 3 19y 252d 18 7
21 Fletcher, Ken 18 4 0 18 0 0 0 2 3 23y 191d 85 6
52 Graco, Allan 14 4 0 14 0 0 0 4 3 23y 183d 4 1
4 Grainger, Gary 3 4 5 8 0 0 1 0 3 21y 310d 25 19
2 Greenwood, Bob 21 6 3 24 1 1 0 3 3 24y 129d 60 69
14 Headlam, Wayne 9 6 2 11 0 0 5 1 5 22y 221d 40 13
38 Lake, Eddie 12 3 4 16 0 0 0 3 2 20y 36d 35 13
24 McKenzie, Don 13 5 0 13 0 1 14 4 4 32y 130d 214 23
8 Neish, Bruce 12 6 1 13 3 2 0 2 5 20y 342d 17 11
10 Noonan, Alan 8 3 2 10 3 3 0 0 1 23y 291d 83 182
5 Parkes, Gary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20y 29d 5 1
3 Payne, Ian 14 5 2 16 0 0 0 1 3 24y 131d 44 11
45 Roberts, Ken 10 2 3 13 0 0 0 4 1 19y 79d 3 0
12 Schultz, Graeme 7 2 4 11 2 1 0 4 2 18y 75d 14 24
39 Starbuck, David 15 4 1 16 0 0 0 3 1 21y 49d 9 0
22 Williams, John 24 9 2 26 0 0 0 2 1 24y 14d 113 13
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 240 80 40 280 13 18 20   47 46 22y 275d 1102 588

Match highlights

Bob Skilton, Jnr received 8 frees for South Melbourne vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.