1979 Round 18: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, August 4th, 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,367
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 21.8.134 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 8 . 6 14 . 7 21 . 8 21 . 8 (134)
Essendon 3 . 4 5 . 7 10 . 9 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin ESS by 11 MEL by 17 MEL by 22 MEL by 29 MEL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Carl Ditterich (Melbourne), Barry Davis (Essendon)
Captain(s): Carl Ditterich (Melbourne), Ken Fletcher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Bill Deller, Paul Serong
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 21 12 9 10 15 3 4
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 1 10 3 7 5 3 1 5
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 1 2 0
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 3
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 0 34 24 10 10 0 2 2
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 3 0 1 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 6 0 4 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 8 0 0 3
45 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 4 3
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 14 0 3 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 4 0 2 6
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 0
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 1 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 4 1 15 12 3 8 1 1 2
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 2
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 9 1 14 12 2 7 0 2 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 4 3 29 24 5 9 0 3 1
22 Whitfort, Ken ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total 21 8 344 253 91 113 20 36 43

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
48 Barbary, Craig ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 5 0 2 1
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 5 0 4 5
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 1 0 3 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 6 5 1 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 4 2 12 9 3 7 0 2 2
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 2
3 Day, Barry ? ? 0 1 25 7 18 5 0 4 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 0 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 31 22 9 5 0 3 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 10 22 4 3
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 5 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 0 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 0
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 6 0 2 3
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 3 0 7 6 1 6 5 0 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 2 0 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 2 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total 16 9 316 211 105 78 34 43 36

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: Carl Ditterich
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Essendon Coach: Barry Davis

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