1981 VFL Season Elimination Final: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 1981 between Essendon and Fitzroy in the elimination final of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. Simon Madden captained the hosts. Garry Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Essendon (13.16.94) were defeated by Fitzroy (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 September 1981
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 58,598

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.16.94 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 5 4 . 8 11 . 11 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 7 . 7 12 . 11 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin FITZ by 17 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 3 1 10 9 1 3 0 0 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 0 29 17 12 7 0 2 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 2
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 5 20 15 5 12 2 0 3
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 6 1 1 3
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 2 0 22 19 3 3 0 3 2
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 3 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 3 0 1 6
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 2 0 2 1
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 20 0 2
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 2 11 0 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 3 2 0 0
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 2 2
14 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 2 7 4 3 1 0 0 0
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 2
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 4 1 2 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 8 0 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 16 285 207 78 75 37 24 40

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 3 35 3 2
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 3
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 3 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 4 3
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 5 0 2 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 2 2
26 Herbert, Des ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 1
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 1
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 3 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 4 0 2 2
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0
25 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 2
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 3 0 1 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 1 17 13 4 5 0 3 1
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 2 5 1 0
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 2 0
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 2 2 33 23 10 7 0 5 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 16 13 281 199 82 58 43 40 24

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