North Melbourne vs Essendon 20-May-1972 Lineups

Saturday 20-May-1972

Final Round 8

North Melbourne Coach: Brian Dixon

61 8.13

96 14.12

Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham

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

17 Denis Pagan — 18 Paul Feltham — 7 Vin Doolan — 12 Ken Montgomery — 22 Brian Mulvihill — 19 Phil Ryan — 27 Keith Greig — 33 Glenn Joseph — 4 Sam Kekovich — 31 Brian Hall — 35 Stan Mitchell — 3 Kerry Haywood — 23 David Dench — 11 John Douglas — 9 David Pretty — 1 Jeff Hopgood — 43 John Duthie — 29 Phil Baker — 13 Gary Cowton — 25 Bill Nunn —

Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

22 John Williams — 32 Barry Davis — 34 Laurie Moloney — 10 Alan Noonan — 1 Neville Fields — 19 Robin Close — 21 Ken Fletcher — 29 Ken Hogan — 8 Des Tuddenham — 36 Greg Perry — 6 Ken Roberts — 14 Wayne Headlam — 17 Darryl Gerlach — 11 Geoff Blethyn — 18 Barry Grinter — 9 John Cassin — 24 Don McKenzie — 27 Sandy Talbot — 33 Andrew Wilson — 28 Peter Daniel —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
NTH	2.4	1.2	3.6	2.1	61
ESS	1.3	9.4	4.1	0.4	96

Match Leaders

Goals

2 tied leaders

Wayne HeadlamESS

Behinds

2 tied leaders

Robin CloseESS

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

NTHESS

Scoring / Attack

8Goals14

11Behinds11

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

277Disposals277

219Kicks235

58Handballs42

Clearance / Contest

29Hitouts31

Other

53Marks89

How the match finished

Essendon beat North Melbourne by 35 points, 96–61.

Essendon took a 44-point lead into the last quarter. North Melbourne cut that back to 35 by the final siren, scoring 13 points to 4 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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