1980 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1980 between Richmond and Essendon during round two of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Bruce Monteath captained the hosts. Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Richmond (17.15.117) were defeated by Essendon (17.22.124).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 April 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,548

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 17.15.117 - 17.22.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 6 9 . 10 15 . 14 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Essendon 4 . 4 11 . 7 12 . 15 17 . 22 17 . 22 (124)
Margin RICH by 2 ESSE by 9 RICH by 17 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bruce Monteath
Coach: Tony Jewell

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
J. Moss

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 2 22 21 1 3 0 1 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 2 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 3 2 14 12 2 3 3 1 2
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 6 3 0 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 1 0 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 1 0 0 2
41 Kershaw, Kim ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 12 3 0
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 3 17 0 1
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 0 3 1
11 Monteath, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 3 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 2 21 14 7 3 0 4 3
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 7 1 11 9 2 8 0 0 0
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 3 1 25 19 6 4 0 3 2
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 0
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 1
43 Wall, Matthew ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 2
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 4 17 10 7 3 0 1 0
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 3 1
9 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 15 283 200 83 57 36 29 28

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 1 1 1
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 2
8 Carman, Phil ? ? 2 4 26 15 11 5 0 2 4
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 6 1 1 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 2 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
3 Day, Barry ? ? 3 0 23 15 8 6 0 3 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 3 4 19 16 3 3 0 3 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 1 0 2 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 4 18 14 4 2 0 0 1
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 7 13 2 2
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 2 2 6 5 1 3 8 0 1
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 1 1 24 17 7 3 0 1 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 4 2
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 6 1 0 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 5 6 3 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 1 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 22 294 212 82 58 30 28 29

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