North Melbourne vs Essendon 21-Aug-1971 Lineups

Saturday 21-Aug-1971

Final Round 21

North Melbourne Coach: Brian Dixon

103 15.13

72 10.12

Essendon Coach: John Birt

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

18 Paul Feltham — 26 Rob Smith — 3 Kerry Haywood — 27 Keith Greig — 33 Glenn Joseph — 9 David Pretty — 16 Doug Farrant — 2 Ray Taylor — 52 Vin Doolan — 49 Stan Mitchell — 12 Ken Montgomery — 23 David Dench — 10 Barry Goodingham — 29 Phil Baker — 32 Brian Mulvihill — 48 Bill Nunn — 22 Geoff Bryant — 21 John Perry — 25 Maurie Wood — 53 Ian Lasslett —

Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

2 Bob Greenwood — 21 Ken Fletcher — 15 Don Gross — 32 Barry Davis — 22 John Williams — 17 Darryl Gerlach — 39 David Starbuck — 1 Neville Fields — 42 John Cassin — 41 Bruce Dodson — 37 Stuart Barclay — 52 Allan Graco — 5 Gary Parkes — 8 Bruce Neish — 10 Alan Noonan — 14 Wayne Headlam — 12 Graeme Schultz — 7 Charlie Payne — 24 Don McKenzie — 34 Laurie Moloney —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
NTH	6.4	4.3	2.1	3.5	103
ESS	2.3	1.2	3.6	4.1	72

Match Leaders

Goals

Phil BakerNTH

Behinds

2 tied leaders

Phil BakerNTH

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

NTHESS

Scoring / Attack

15Goals10

11Behinds10

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

325Disposals280

251Kicks241

74Handballs39

Clearance / Contest

24Hitouts25

Other

88Marks86

How the match finished

North Melbourne beat Essendon by 31 points, 103–72.

North Melbourne took a 33-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 31 by the final siren, scoring 25 points to 23 in the 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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