1978 Round 9: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, May 27th, 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park (Waverley Park)
Attendance: 28,231
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.12.60 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 5 5 . 5 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Essendon 3 . 0 7 . 3 11 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin MEL by 3 ESS by 16 ESS by 40 ESS by 42 ESS by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Dennis Jones (Melbourne), Barry Davis (Essendon)
Captain(s): Greg Wells (Melbourne), Ken Fletcher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Geoff Polites, Rowan Sawers
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 8 10 0 5
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 2 12 7 5 3 0 2 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 1 24 15 9 5 0 2 1
44 Code, David ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 3 23 16 7 3 0 2 4
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 26 12 14 1 0 6 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 4 0 2 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 4 0 9 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 2 4
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 3 3
5 Hunnibell, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 2 9 2 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 4 1
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 4 1 13 10 3 2 0 0 3
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 0 2 16 10 6 0 0 0 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 7 1 3 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 1
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 5 0 4 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 8 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total 8 12 341 228 113 65 20 43 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 27 12 15 4 0 2 1
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 8 0 1 5
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 7 0 2 3
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 4 2 17 17 0 8 0 0 7
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 1 30 20 10 5 0 6 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 6 2 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 2 15 9 6 5 1 3 1
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 3 0 23 18 5 4 0 2 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 6 0 3 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 1 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 4 3
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 4 6 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 4 9 2 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 2 0 2 2
8 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 3
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 1 1
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 2 0 1 2
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 10 4 4 5
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 2 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total 15 12 364 264 100 91 26 41 43

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Dennis Jones
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Essendon Coach: Barry Davis

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