1980 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1980 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Simon Madden captained the hosts. Ron Alexander captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Essendon (18.14.122) defeated Fitzroy (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 July 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,372

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.14.122 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 10 . 6 16 . 7 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Fitzroy 5 . 5 9 . 9 13 . 12 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin FITZ by 20 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. James

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 1
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 2 1
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 2 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 3 1
36 Davis, Michael ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 3 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 0 0 4 1
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 2 2 25 13 12 4 0 1 3
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 1 0 1 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 10 27 1 3
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 8 1 19 10 9 8 7 1 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 2 38 28 10 8 1 3 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 4 2 12 10 2 3 0 1 1
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 0
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 2 0 3 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 4 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 4 14 11 3 4 1 3 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 27 13 14 6 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 14 320 209 111 61 36 40 26

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 8 9 4 0
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 3 1 8 7 1 2 0 1 4
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 2 2 0 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 3 21 18 3 4 0 1 2
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 1
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 8 0 1
21 Marchesani, Frank ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 2 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 1 1 2 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 3 0 23 15 8 7 0 2 2
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 6 2 20 13 7 7 0 1 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 2 18 14 4 5 1 0 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 1 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 7 0 3 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 0 2
49 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1
53 Veal, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 3
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 1 0 1 4
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 0 27 21 6 5 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 17 14 297 212 85 72 22 26 40

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