1979 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 12-1-9, P%: 105.1%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Fitzroy (Elimination Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Terry Daniher (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Terry Daniher (56)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Simon Madden

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain(s): Simon Madden

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Amos, Robert #11 2 R11-R12 0
Andrews, Ron #4 3 R16, R20, EF 2
Barbary, Craig #48 8 R04-R05, R17-R22 5
Bennett, Peter #38 23 R01-R22, EF 8
Besanko, Neil #30 8 R01-R04, R10-R12, R22 1
Boyd, Colin #17 4 R01-R02, R07-R08 0
Clarke, Neil #39 5 R06, R14-R15, R18-R19 2
Crow, Max #31 22 R01-R07, R09-R22, EF 12
Daniher, Neale #6 23 R01-R22, EF 9
Daniher, Terry #5 15 R01-R10, R18-R21, EF 57
Davis, Allan #29 15 R01-R05, R08, R13, R16-R22, EF 12
Day, Barry #3 11 R01-R03, R09-R13, R18-R20 7
Dunell, Frank #7 5 R11-R15 8
Fletcher, Ken #21 19 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R12, R15-R22, EF 1
Foulds, Garry #10 23 R01-R22, EF 8
Hawker, Glenn #33 10 R05-R06, R08-R10, R13-R14, R17, R21-R22 5
Heard, Shane #9 15 R04-R07, R09-R11, R14-R18, R21-R22, EF 6
Hyde, Robert #19 1 EF 0
Keenan, Peter #1 13 R03-R12, R15-R16, R19 8
Madden, Simon #27 23 R01-R22, EF 39
Mansfield, Ken #13 21 R02, R04-R22, EF 10
Marsh, Ian #37 22 R01-R13, R15-R22, EF 2
Merrett, Roger #25 4 R01-R02, R04, R14 1
Muir, Russell #42 16 R08-R22, EF 1
Neagle, Merv #34 10 R01-R08, R16-R17 5
Primmer, Wayne #15 10 R01, R03, R07-R08, R11-R15, R22 16
Reid, Alan #2 16 R01-R04, R06-R16, R18 3
Robins, Stephen #24 18 R03-R04, R06-R14, R16-R17, R19-R22, EF 23
Scanlon, Denis #36 17 R01-R08, R12-R15, R19-R22, EF 2
Shaw, Robert #26 16 R01-R07, R09, R13-R18, R22, EF 0
Sheldon, Michael #12 3 R20-R21, EF 0
Steel, Kelvin #20 6 R14, R16-R17, R19-R21 0
Taubert, Steven #16 14 R08-R10, R13-R22, EF 14
Vander Haar, Paul #18 15 R01-R03, R05-R13, R15, R17-R18 24
Watson, Tim #32 23 R01-R22, EF 34
Williams, Darren #45 1 R05 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Davis, Barry 23 12 -1- 10 R01-R22, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1979 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 20 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
16/04/1979 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 84 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
31/03/1979 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 21 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
28/04/1979 Round 4 Footscray AWAY DRAW drawn Barry Davis Simon Madden
05/05/1979 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 96 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
12/05/1979 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 34 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
19/05/1979 Round 7 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 82 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
26/05/1979 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 1 Barry Davis Simon Madden
02/06/1979 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 8 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
09/06/1979 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 16 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
18/06/1979 Round 11 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 24 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
23/06/1979 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 47 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
30/06/1979 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 39 Barry Davis Simon Madden
07/07/1979 Round 14 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 21 Barry Davis Simon Madden
14/07/1979 Round 15 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 43 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
21/07/1979 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 13 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
28/07/1979 Round 17 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 21 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
04/08/1979 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 29 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
11/08/1979 Round 19 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 40 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
18/08/1979 Round 20 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 4 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
25/08/1979 Round 21 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 19 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
01/09/1979 Round 22 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 59 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher
08/09/1979 Elimination Final Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 81 Barry Davis Ken Fletcher