1979 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1979 between Melbourne and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Melbourne (21.8.134) defeated Essendon (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,367

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 21.8.134 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 8 . 6 14 . 7 21 . 8 21 . 8 (134)
Essendon 3 . 4 5 . 7 10 . 9 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin ESSE by 11 MELB by 17 MELB by 22 MELB by 29 MELB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
P. Serong

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 10 15 3 4
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 1 10 3 7 5 3 1 5
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 1 2 0
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 3
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 0 34 24 10 10 0 2 2
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 3 0 1 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 6 0 4 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 8 0 0 3
45 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 4 3
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 14 0 3 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 4 0 2 6
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 0
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 1 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 4 1 15 12 3 8 1 1 2
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 2
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 9 1 14 12 2 7 0 2 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 4 3 29 24 5 9 0 3 1
22 Whitfort, Ken ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 8 344 253 91 113 20 36 43

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
48 Barbary, Craig ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 5 0 2 1
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 5 0 4 5
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 1 0 3 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 6 5 1 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 4 2 12 9 3 7 0 2 2
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 2
3 Day, Barry ? ? 0 1 25 7 18 5 0 4 4
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 0 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 31 22 9 5 0 3 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 10 22 4 3
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 5 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 0 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 0
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 6 0 2 3
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 3 0 7 6 1 6 5 0 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 2 0 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 2 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 9 316 211 105 78 34 43 36

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