1979 VFL Season Round 6: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1979 between Collingwood and Essendon during round six of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Ray Shaw captained the hosts with, in the absence of Kevin Morris, deputy vice-captain Rene Kink as vice-captain. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Collingwood (14.15.99) were defeated by Essendon (19.19.133).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 29,824

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Essendon
Score: 14.15.99 - 19.19.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 4 6 . 8 10 . 14 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Essendon 4 . 2 9 . 8 16 . 11 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Margin COLL by 2 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Ray Shaw
Vice-Captain: Rene Kink (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
17 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 0
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 0 0 2 2
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 0 3 12 11 1 2 0 1 0
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 2 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 1
36 Kink, Rene (avc) ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 2 0 1 3
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 5 0 2 1
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 2 15 2 0
23 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 7 2 3 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 3 3
4 Shaw, Derek ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 1 2 2
23 Shaw, Ray (c) ? ? 2 1 35 21 14 3 0 4 0
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 1 1 27 16 11 3 0 2 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 4 0 7 5 2 2 3 2 2
2 Valli, Bill ? ? 2 3 23 14 9 1 0 3 3
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 6 2
33 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 4 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 0 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 15 295 189 106 45 21 42 30

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 6 0 4 3
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 7 0 1 3
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 11 0 1 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 5 5 19 17 2 11 0 2 5
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 0 3 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 32 24 8 4 0 1 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 4 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 2 3 7 6 1 2 0 0 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 8 29 2 0
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 1 2 15 10 5 8 7 1 1
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 3 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 0 2
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 5 0 1 4
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 10 0 4 5
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 2 27 25 2 10 0 3 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 0 1
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 5 1 12 9 3 4 0 0 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 3 2 14 10 4 5 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 19 348 253 95 114 36 30 42

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