1980 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1980 between Footscray and Essendon during round eight of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Footscray (10.11.71) were defeated by Essendon (22.16.148).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 May 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 21,851

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 10.11.71 - 22.16.148

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 10 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Essendon 4 . 0 8 . 5 12 . 11 22 . 16 22 . 16 (148)
Margin FOOT by 16 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 77 ESSE by 77
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Royce Hart

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Dargavel
B. Deller

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 0 0 3 0
12 Anderson, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 2 0
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 0 3
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 1
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 3 0 1 3
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 3 0 4 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 30 20 10 3 0 3 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 1 19 12 7 6 0 1 4
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 2 4 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 28 4 3
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 2 0 1 0
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 1 0 1 0
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 0 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 1 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 5 23 20 3 8 2 2 3
17 Towns, Greg ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 1 0 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 0 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 1 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 11 300 193 107 45 33 33 28

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 1 1 1
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 5
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 1 3
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 7 0 12 10 2 6 0 2 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 6 0 2 1
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 3 17 15 2 6 0 2 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 0
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 5 0 1 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 3 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 2 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 8 20 1 2
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 5 1 16 13 3 9 8 2 1
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 2
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 1 25 18 7 7 0 1 2
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 2 0 1 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 3 3 36 22 14 6 0 3 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 22 16 307 213 94 86 29 28 33

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