1981 Elimination Final: Essendon v Fitzroy

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday, September 5th, 1981
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park (Waverley Park)
Attendance: 58,598
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.16.94 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 5 4 . 8 11 . 11 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 7 . 7 12 . 11 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin FIT by 17 FIT by 17 FIT by 6 FIT by 15 FIT by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Robert Walls (Fitzroy)
Captain(s): Simon Madden (Essendon), Garry Wilson (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Neville Nash, Kevin Smith
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 3 1 10 9 1 3 0 0 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 0 29 17 12 7 0 2 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 2
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 5 20 15 5 12 2 0 3
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 6 1 1 3
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 2 0 22 19 3 3 0 3 2
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 3 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 3 0 1 6
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 2 0 2 1
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 20 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 2 11 0 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 3 2 0 0
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 2 2
14 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 2 7 4 3 1 0 0 0
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 2
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 4 1 2 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 8 0 2 3
Rushed 3
Total 13 16 285 207 78 75 37 24 40

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 3 35 3 2
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 3
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 3 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 4 3
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 5 0 2 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 2 2
26 Herbert, Des ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 1
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 1
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 3 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 4 0 2 2
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0
25 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 2
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 3 0 1 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 1 17 13 4 5 0 3 1
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 2 5 1 0
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 2 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 2 33 23 10 7 0 5 1
Rushed 5
Total 16 13 281 199 82 58 43 40 24

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

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
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Fitzroy Coach: Robert Walls

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