1980 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1980 between Essendon and Footscray during round nineteen of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Simon Madden captained the hosts. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

Essendon (18.8.116) defeated Footscray (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 9 August 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,952

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 18.8.116 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 11 . 4 14 . 6 18 . 8 18 . 8 (116)
Footscray 2 . 1 3 . 5 7 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Royce Hart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Carbines
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 4 1
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 0 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 4 0 17 12 5 6 8 3 1
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 3 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 6 0 3 1
28 Flanegan, Greg ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 1 0 3 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 3 1 3 2
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 0 0 3 1
19 Light, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 18 3 3
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 5 11 1 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 2 2 19 12 7 4 0 2 2
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 24 12 12 1 0 3 2
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 3 1 5 4
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 2
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 2 1 26 16 10 2 0 2 4
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 4 0 3 4
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 0 21 11 10 5 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 8 316 203 113 57 39 47 39

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 2 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 4 2
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 3 0 4 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 28 18 10 0 0 1 4
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 9 0 0 5
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 4
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 17 7 10 0 17 5 4
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 1 0 0 2
24 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 0 27 16 11 3 0 3 2
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 2 1 21 13 8 2 0 3 2
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 1
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 0 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 7 0 4
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 2 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 1 20 18 2 9 3 3 4
17 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 5 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 2 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 8 292 192 100 44 28 39 47

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