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Essendon vs North Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 5-Jun-1971
Final Round 10
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: John Birt
96 13.18
63 8.15
North Melbourne Coach: Brian Dixon
North Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 33 ESS by 33
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 35 Ray Smith — · Position unavailable 38 Eddie Lake — · Position unavailable 11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 14 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 26 Paul Sproule — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable 27 Sandy Talbot — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 25 Ian Anderson — · Position unavailable 12 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 37 Stuart Barclay — · Position unavailable 3 Ian Payne — · Position unavailable
Away team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

8 Robert Peterson — · Position unavailable 4 Sam Kekovich — · Position unavailable 7 Garry Farrant — · Position unavailable 11 Mick Dowdle — · Position unavailable 2 Ray Taylor — · Position unavailable 12 Ken Montgomery — · Position unavailable 10 Barry Goodingham — · Position unavailable 27 Keith Greig — · Position unavailable 19 Phil Ryan — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Pagan — · Position unavailable 3 Kerry Haywood — · Position unavailable 25 Maurie Wood — · Position unavailable 26 Rob Smith — · Position unavailable 42 Leo Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 16 Doug Farrant — · Position unavailable 46 Gary Cowton — · Position unavailable 1 Bernie McCarthy — · Position unavailable 23 David Dench — · Position unavailable 21 John Perry — · Position unavailable 52 Vin Doolan — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.31.75.34.596
NTH2.33.22.41.663

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Ian AndersonESS
Behinds
3
4 tied leaders
Don GrossESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSNTH

Scoring / Attack

13Goals8
16Behinds12
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

328Disposals298
261Kicks222
67Handballs76

Clearance / Contest

31Hitouts21

Other

116Marks78

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat North Melbourne by 33 points, 96–63.

Essendon extended a 16-point three-quarter-time lead with a 29–12 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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