1980 VFL Season Round 21: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1980 between Melbourne and Essendon during round twenty-one of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Melbourne (14.17.101) were defeated by Essendon (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 August 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,530

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 14.17.101 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 5 8 . 7 11 . 10 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Essendon 5 . 7 9 . 9 14 . 12 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin MELB by 4 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 2 21 12 9 9 10 3 2
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 1 18 7 11 5 16 1 4
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 1 2
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 3 1
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 5 0 0 2
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 3 24 20 4 2 0 3 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 4 0 1 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 9 0 2 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 8 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 2 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 2
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 2 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 2 0 3 1
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 1 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 3 4 21 11 10 1 0 1 0
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 5 0 0 2
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 0 0 1 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 9 2 1 1
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 17 337 215 122 74 28 35 35

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 1 1
29 Burke, David ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 6 2 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 3 6 1 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 27 11 16 6 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 1 0 2 1
47 Eustice, Mark ? ? 1 2 9 6 3 0 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 0 0 3 3
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 2 9 4 5 1 0 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 2 0 0 1
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 2 1 27 22 5 1 0 1 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 4 1 16 11 5 4 6 5 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 3 0 1 3
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 2 35 28 7 6 0 3 0
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 1 0 1 1
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 3 0 3 2
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 25 14 11 2 0 0 6
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 5 11 4 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 3 1 25 11 14 4 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 14 358 236 122 48 29 35 35

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