1979 VFL Round 22: Essendon v Richmond
This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1979 between Essendon and Richmond during round 22 of the 1979 VFL season.
Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill.
Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Simon Madden as vice-captain.
Kevin Bartlett captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.
Essendon
K. Fletcher (capt.), S. Madden (vice-capt.), C. Barbary, P. Bennett, N. Besanko, M. Crow, N. Daniher, A. Davis, G. Foulds, G. Hawker, S. Heard, K. Mansfield, I. Marsh, R. Muir, W. Primmer, S. Robins, D. Scanlon, R. Shaw, S. Taubert, T. Watson
Richmond
K. Bartlett (capt.), P. Bottams, F. Bourke, D. Cloke, E. Dunne, D. Freame, B. Heard, J. Jess, M. Keane, G. Landy, P. Laughlin, B. Monteath, G. Raines, M. Roach, G. Robertson, B. Rowlings, I. Scrimshaw, B. Tempany, D. Weightman, B. Wood
Essendon (8.15.63) were defeated by Richmond (18.14.122).
Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Robins (3), G. Foulds (2), N. Besanko, K. Mansfield, D. Scanlon
Richmond: M. Roach (7), D. Cloke (3), P. Laughlin (2), B. Monteath (2), I. Scrimshaw (2), K. Bartlett, B. Rowlings
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 5th on the ladder and Richmond remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the day.
Match Details
Season:
1979 VFL Season
Round:
Round 22
Teams:
Essendon
v
Richmond
Date:
Saturday 1 September 1979
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
22,659
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 2 | . | 6 | 4 | . | 7 | 7 | . | 13 | 8 | . | 15 | 8 | . | 15 | (63) |
| Richmond | 4 | . | 4 | 8 | . | 9 | 12 | . | 9 | 18 | . | 14 | 18 | . | 14 | (122) |
| Margin | RICH by 10 | RICH by 26 | RICH by 26 | RICH by 59 | RICH by 59 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Barry Davis
(Essendon),
Tony Jewell
(Richmond)
Captains:
Ken Fletcher
(Essendon),
Kevin Bartlett
(Richmond)
Vice-Captains:
Simon Madden
(Essendon),
unknown
(Richmond)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Deller,
K. Norris
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Barbary, Craig | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Bennett, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | Besanko, Neil | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Crow, Max | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Daniher, Neale | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Davis, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Foulds, Garry | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 33 | Hawker, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Heard, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Madden, Simon (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 13 | Mansfield, Ken | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 37 | Marsh, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 42 | Muir, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Primmer, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Robins, Stephen | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Scanlon, Denis | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Shaw, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Taubert, Steven | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 32 | Watson, Tim | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 8 | 15 | 278 | 212 | 66 | 73 | 29 | 50 | 29 | |||
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Bartlett, Kevin (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 38 | Bottams, Phillip | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | Bourke, Francis | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Cloke, David | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Dunne, Emmett | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | Freame, Daryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Heard, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | Jess, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Keane, Merv | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Landy, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Laughlin, Peter | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Monteath, Bruce | ? | ? | 2 | 3 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Raines, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Roach, Michael | ? | ? | 7 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Robertson, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Rowlings, Barry | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 36 | Scrimshaw, Ian | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Tempany, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Weightman, Dale | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | Wood, Bryan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 18 | 14 | 321 | 214 | 107 | 66 | 30 | 29 | 50 | |||