1979 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1979 between Essendon and Melbourne during round seven of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Simon Madden as vice-captain. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

Essendon (23.18.156) defeated Melbourne (9.20.74).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,426

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 23.18.156 - 9.20.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 7 15 . 8 17 . 12 23 . 18 23 . 18 (156)
Melbourne 2 . 5 4 . 9 6 . 14 9 . 20 9 . 20 (74)
Margin ESSE by 32 ESSE by 65 ESSE by 64 ESSE by 82 ESSE by 82
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
K. Norris

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 3 2
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 0 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 0 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 2 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 7 3 18 15 3 11 0 2 5
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 2 5
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 5 0 2 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 3 0 0 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 6 18 2 0
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 11 12 0 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 2 0 4 1
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 6 0 3 6
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 2
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 3 0 16 14 2 5 0 0 1
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 2 0 23 18 5 13 0 4 3
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 4 30 25 5 6 0 2 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 0 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 6 0 1 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 20 18 2 9 1 2 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 3 24 14 10 5 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 18 329 247 82 116 31 31 43

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 6 6 2 3
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 0
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 2 1 14 8 6 4 18 2 2
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 3 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 25 12 13 6 0 0 3
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 5 0 6 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 3 0 18 14 4 1 0 1 0
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 1 1 0
26 Gull, Stewart ? ? 1 3 9 7 2 0 0 4 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 4 0 0 3
5 Hunnibell, Graham ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 6 5 1
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 4 0 3 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 5
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 3 18 14 4 3 0 3 0
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 0 4 19 10 9 2 0 3 1
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 0 0 2 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 3 23 20 3 2 0 2 1
27 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 1 1
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 20 282 196 86 54 31 43 31

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