| Venue: VFL Park - Waverley | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date: Monday June 14, 1971 | Result: Lost by 85 points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Umpire: D.Jolley | Crowd: 50,246 Receipts: $ 28,092.70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: D.McKay 4, I.Robertson 2, B.Barrot 2, A.Jesaulenko 1, A.Gallagher 1, V.Waite 1. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Best: D.McKay, I.Robertson, J.Warden, P.Pinnell, R.Walls, B.Barrott. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: D.McKay (allegedly striking P.Eakins during third quarter) No charge mistaken indentity. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: B.Armstrong (twisted knee), J.Nicholls (injured ankle), T.Keogh (bruised thigh), S.Jackson (cut eye & cut finger). | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Trailling by 96 points at three-quarter time, a 100 point thrashing seemed inevitable. A 7 goal final term averted that degradation but it was little consolation.
The performance was probably typified by Swan McKay, a genial man reported on this day for striking, who also suffered the ignominy of bursting from a pack, setting sail goalwards and hoofing the ball 50 metres in the wrong direction.
Team
| B: | 19 Ian Collins | 20 Geoff Southby | 30 Vin Waite |
| HB: | 15 Phil Pinnell | 43 David McKay | 21 Barry Gill |
| C: | 8 Trevor Keogh | 24 Bill Barrot | 46 John Warden |
| HF: | 5 Syd Jackson | 42 Robert Walls (vc) | 34 Ian Robertson |
| F: | 3 Kevin Hall | 25 Alex Jesaulenko | 12 Barry Armstrong |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 1 Serge Silvagni | 10 Adrian Gallagher |
| Res: | 16 Gary Lawson-Smith | 50 John O'Connell | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
Note : Gary Smith had changed his name to Lawson-Smith at the start of 1971.
Milestones
Last Game : Gary Lawson-SmithRound 10 | Round 12