1981 Round 9: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, May 23rd, 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,769
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 10.10.70 - 14.20.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 6 . 7 9 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Essendon 2 . 4 4 . 9 8 . 18 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Margin MEL by 10 MEL by 10 ESS by 5 ESS by 34 ESS by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Ron Barassi (Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captain(s): Garry Baker (Melbourne), Simon Madden (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Tony Bryant, Ken Quinn
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 12 7 5 2 19 6 5
42 Barham, Jamie ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 5
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 7 0 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 1
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 5 0 0 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 3 5 36 32 4 3 0 6 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 0 4
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 1 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 1 22 12 10 3 0 1 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 3 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 2
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 7 0 1
36 Maynard, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 3 3
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 2
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 0 0 1 4
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 2 23 19 4 5 1 3 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 3 0
5 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 4
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 1 0 5 2
Rushed 2
Total 10 10 289 197 92 48 34 42 40

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 5 5 29 21 8 5 0 4 6
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 4 4
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 2 4
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 2 1 3
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 3 3 3 1
47 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 3 22 19 3 1 0 4 1
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 0 0 1 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 2 1 0 3
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 19 4 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 2 22 3 3
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 2 0
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 1 0 26 21 5 6 0 3 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 3 0 2 2
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 3 0 1 0
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 4 2 1 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 2 22 14 8 5 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total 14 20 292 207 85 50 49 40 42

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: Ron Barassi
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Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

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