1981 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 16-0-6, P%: 127.6%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Fitzroy (Elimination Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Merv Neagle (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tony Buhagiar (41)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Neale Daniher

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Simon Madden
Vice-Captain(s): Ron Andrews

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Andrews, Ron #4 20 R01-R14, R18-R22, EF 12
Bennett, Peter #38 12 R01-R02, R04, R07-R08, R10-R13, R15-R17 4
Besanko, Neil #30 5 R01-R05 0
Buhagiar, Tony #20 22 R01-R15, R17-R22, EF 42
Burdett, Geoff #15 6 R03-R04, R12-R15 7
Carey, Stephen #17 17 R01-R14, R19, R22, EF 2
Carman, Phil #8 6 R01-R05, R07 5
Clarke, Neil #39 20 R01-R12, R16-R22, EF 0
Crow, Max #31 22 R01-R20, R22, EF 19
Daniher, Neale #6 21 R01-R21 11
Daniher, Terry #5 21 R01-R03, R06-R22, EF 20
Dunell, Frank #7 1 EF 0
Eustice, Mark #47 9 R05-R09, R18-R21 5
Fields, Neville #28 2 R21-R22 2
Foreman, Wayne #22 8 R04-R07, R15-R18 5
Foulds, Garry #10 22 R01-R06, R08-R22, EF 22
Fowler, Grant #23 22 R01-R12, R14-R22, EF 18
Hawker, Glenn #33 23 R01-R22, EF 17
Heard, Shane #9 7 R01-R03, R14, R21-R22, EF 5
Madden, Justin #44 17 R05-R18, R21-R22, EF 2
Madden, Simon #27 19 R01-R02, R07-R22, EF 36
Merrett, Roger #25 10 R01-R05, R07, R20-R22, EF 4
Morrison, Ian #12 3 R17-R19 0
Muir, Russell #42 8 R06-R09, R15-R17, R19 2
Neagle, Merv #1 22 R01-R08, R10-R22, EF 10
Reid, Alan #2 18 R01-R04, R06-R11, R13-R16, R19-R22 9
Scanlon, Denis #36 2 R02-R03 0
Schultz, Graeme #14 13 R10-R18, R20-R22, EF 30
Shaw, Robert #26 7 R04, R09-R13, R16 0
Stoneham, Alan #11 20 R03, R05-R22, EF 4
Taubert, Steven #16 14 R01, R03-R05, R11-R20 2
Thomson, Michael #34 10 R04-R06, R08-R09, R13-R15, R20, EF 8
Vander Haar, Paul #18 13 R01-R02, R08-R10, R16-R22, EF 19
Walsh, Kevin #41 1 R06 0
Watson, Tim #32 17 R05-R06, R09-R22, EF 15

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)
Sheedy, Kevin 23 16 -0- 7 R01-R22, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
28/03/1981 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 6 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
04/04/1981 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 12 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
11/04/1981 Round 3 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 4 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
20/04/1981 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 15 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
25/04/1981 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 21 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
02/05/1981 Round 6 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 8 Kevin Sheedy Ron Andrews
09/05/1981 Round 7 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 25 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
16/05/1981 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 57 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
23/05/1981 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 34 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
30/05/1981 Round 10 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 35 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
08/06/1981 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 28 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
13/06/1981 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 47 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
20/06/1981 Round 13 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 4 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
28/06/1981 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 18 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
04/07/1981 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 19 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
18/07/1981 Round 16 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 93 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
25/07/1981 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 17 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
02/08/1981 Round 18 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 19 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
08/08/1981 Round 19 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 44 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
15/08/1981 Round 20 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 1 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
22/08/1981 Round 21 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 111 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
29/08/1981 Round 22 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 8 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden
05/09/1981 Elimination Final Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 15 Kevin Sheedy Simon Madden