1978 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1978 between Melbourne and Essendon during round nine of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Greg Wells captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dennis Jones and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Melbourne (8.12.60) were defeated by Essendon (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 28,231

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.12.60 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 5 5 . 5 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Essendon 3 . 0 7 . 3 11 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin MELB by 3 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 8 10 0 5
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 2 12 7 5 3 0 2 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 1 24 15 9 5 0 2 1
44 Code, David ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 3 23 16 7 3 0 2 4
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 26 12 14 1 0 6 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 4 0 2 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 4 0 9 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 2 4
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 3 3
5 Hunnibell, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 2 9 2 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 4 1
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 4 1 13 10 3 2 0 0 3
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 0 2 16 10 6 0 0 0 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 7 1 3 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 1
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 5 0 4 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 8 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 12 341 228 113 65 20 43 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 27 12 15 4 0 2 1
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 8 0 1 5
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 7 0 2 3
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 4 2 17 17 0 8 0 0 7
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 1 30 20 10 5 0 6 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 6 2 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 2 15 9 6 5 1 3 1
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 3 0 23 18 5 4 0 2 3
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 6 0 3 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 1 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 4 3
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 4 6 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 4 9 2 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 2 0 2 2
8 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 3
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 1 1
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 2 0 1 2
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 10 4 4 5
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 2 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 12 364 264 100 91 26 41 43

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s