1978 VFL Season Round 20: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1978 between Essendon and Melbourne during round twenty of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. In the absence of Ken Fletcher, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden captained the hosts. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Dennis Jones.

Essendon (19.16.130) were defeated by Melbourne (21.10.136).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 11,872

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 19.16.130 - 21.10.136

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 3 11 . 10 13 . 14 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Melbourne 7 . 2 10 . 3 15 . 7 21 . 10 21 . 10 (136)
Margin MELB by 5 ESSE by 13 MELB by 5 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden (acting)
Coach: Barry Davis

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 4 0
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 2
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 2 1 21 15 6 3 0 5 4
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 2
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 3 1 14 11 3 2 0 3 1
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 2 2
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 2 17 10 7 0 0 3 3
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 2 1 3
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 3 4 14 12 2 6 0 2 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 3 1
27 Madden, Simon (ac) ? ? 4 1 16 10 6 7 16 4 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 1 0 0 3
43 McDonald, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 6 0
8 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 2
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 2 1 27 24 3 4 0 5 2
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 7 13 4 4
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 10 4 6 5 0 0 1
1 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 3 0 4 4
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 16 279 208 71 57 31 53 42

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 15 18 5 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 4 2 2 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 3 0 20 16 4 5 0 2 3
36 Cooke, Gary ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 4 0 3 3
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 5 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 4 0 18 16 2 5 0 3 7
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 3 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 2 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 3 3
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 4 0 2 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 4 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 4
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 4 0 0 3
10 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 3 17 14 3 4 0 3 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 0 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 4
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 6 0 3 2
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 5 0 1 2
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 3 0 7 6 1 4 2 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 10 284 236 48 87 22 42 53

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