1980 VFL Round 13: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1980 between Essendon and Richmond during round 13 of the 1980 VFL season. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Simon Madden captained the hosts. Bruce Monteath captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Essendon
S. Madden (capt.), P. Bennett, B. Besanko, D. Burke, N. Daniher, T. Daniher, K. Fletcher, W. Foreman, G. Fowler, S. Heard, J. Madden, K. Mansfield, I. Marsh, R. Merrett, R. Muir, M. Neagle, A. Stoneham, S. Taubert, P. Vander Haar, T. Watson

Richmond
B. Monteath (capt.), K. Bartlett, P. Bottams, F. Bourke, D. Cloke, D. Collins, J. Jess, M. Keane, G. Landy, M. Lee, M. Malthouse, M. Nugent, G. Raines, M. Roach, B. Rowlings, T. Smith, G. Strachan, B. Tempany, D. Weightman, B. Wood

Essendon (15.17.107) were defeated by Richmond (16.21.117).

Goalkickers
Essendon: W. Foreman (3), B. Besanko (2), T. Daniher (2), R. Merrett (2), P. Vander Haar (2), T. Watson (2), G. Fowler, K. Mansfield
Richmond: D. Cloke (5), B. Monteath (3), M. Roach (3), B. Tempany (3), K. Bartlett, B. Rowlings

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Richmond remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 21 June 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 24,107

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 15.17.107 - 16.21.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 6 9 . 10 11 . 15 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Richmond 4 . 6 8 . 10 10 . 16 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 5 RICH by 10 RICH by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Barry Davis (Essendon), Tony Jewell (Richmond)
Captains: Simon Madden (Essendon), Bruce Monteath (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Morgan, I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 1
49 Besanko, Barry ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 0 0 3 0
29 Burke, David ? ? 0 1 4 1 3 0 1 1 1
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 2 1 1 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 3 0
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 3 0 25 15 10 7 0 0 3
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 1 0 1 0
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 20 1 0
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 12 2 0
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 1 0 1 0
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 2 4
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 2 0 3 1
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 1 0
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 4 0 3 1
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 3 0
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 3 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 6 15 11 4 6 0 3 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 1 26 16 10 3 0 4 3
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 15 17 301 185 116 49 34 43 21

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 3 0 1 0
38 Bottams, Phillip ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 1 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 1 0 3 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 5 3 26 19 7 12 10 0 6
28 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 2 23 18 5 1 0 1 3
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 6 1 0 2
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 17 1 7
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 3
11 Monteath, Bruce (c) ? ? 3 1 13 12 1 3 0 2 6
37 Nugent, Michael ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 2 0 4 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 3 2 7 5 2 4 0 1 2
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 1 0 26 20 6 3 0 1 1
46 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 2 18 11 7 1 0 0 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 0
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 3 2 16 14 2 5 0 2 4
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 3 0 0 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 5 0 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 21 306 217 89 62 28 21 43

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