1979 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1979 between Essendon and Collingwood during round seventeen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Simon Madden as vice-captain. Ray Shaw captained the visitors with Kevin Morris as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (9.17.71) were defeated by Collingwood (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 28 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 31,583

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Collingwood
Score: 9.17.71 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 4 . 5 7 . 11 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Collingwood 4 . 2 8 . 3 11 . 4 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin COLL by 12 COLL by 22 COLL by 17 COLL by 21 COLL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Collingwood

Captain: Ray Shaw
Vice-Captain: Kevin Morris
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
48 Barbary, Craig ? ? 2 2 16 12 4 1 0 4 2
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 2 36 19 17 7 2 4 4
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 7 2 3 3
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 3 2
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 28 24 4 5 0 6 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 3 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 3 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 2 8 4 4 2 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 26 16 10 5 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 1 1 16 6 10 8 16 5 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 5 7
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 5 0 1 3
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 3 1
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 2 22 11 11 2 0 4 3
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 2 8 5 3 2 0 0 3
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 3 2
20 Steel, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 2 3
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 7 8 0 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 3 4 1 4
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 3 0 0 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 17 335 222 113 72 32 51 49

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 2 0 1 0
17 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 1 0 5 2
20 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 12 4 8 2 0 1 6
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 0 0 0 2
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 4 0 10 10 0 6 0 0 2
8 Edwards, Allan ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 2 0 4 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 3 0 17 13 4 4 0 3 4
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 5 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 13 3 5
14 Morris, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 0 0 1 1
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 1 1 5
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 6 3
23 Shaw, Ray (c) ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 4 3
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 1 2 14 6 8 6 9 0 2
2 Valli, Bill ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 0 0 3 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 2 1 20 12 8 1 0 5 4
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 1 2
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 1 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 8 293 205 88 45 26 49 51

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