1981 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1981 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round four of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Ron Andrews captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (11.13.79) were defeated by Hawthorn (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Monday 20 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 29,597

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 11.13.79 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 4 . 3 8 . 5 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Hawthorn 3 . 4 8 . 10 11 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin HWTH by 9 HWTH by 31 HWTH by 25 HWTH by 15 HWTH by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (c) ? ? 3 0 15 13 2 3 0 7 3
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 2 1
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 1 3
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 1 0 3 4
15 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 2 2
8 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 4 1 2 3
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 3 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 1 6 6 0 3 9 2 3
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 4 0
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 4 14 11 3 2 0 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 0 0 0 1
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 6
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 1 0 3 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 4 6 4
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 3 3
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 2 3
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 17 2 3
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 11 13 260 191 69 43 31 47 45

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Considine, Paul INT ? 1 1 10 6 4 2 0 1 1
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 3 0 10 7 3 4 6 1 2
26 Eade, Rodney HBFL ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 1 0
19 Goad, Alan FPR ? 0 1 16 11 5 2 0 1 2
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 0 2 17 15 2 1 0 2 4
29 Greene, Russell BPL ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 2
25 Hendrie, John INT ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0
28 Hoyer, Craig WL ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
34 Kennedy, John HFFL ? 0 2 10 6 4 2 2 0 6
20 McCarthy, Michael HFFR ? 0 0 15 6 9 1 6 3 1
46 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 1 21 17 4 3 2 4 0
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 5 1 10 8 2 3 1 3 7
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 1 0
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 3 1
32 Robertson, Colin WR ? 2 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 4
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 19 12 7 6 24 7 8
17 Tuck, Michael CHF ? 1 2 17 13 4 6 5 2 3
44 Turner, Mark RR ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 3 27 22 5 2 0 8 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 16 270 197 73 54 47 45 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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 R. Greene 15 K. Moore 8 D. O'Halloran













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



26 R. Eade 46 C. Mew 10 D. Polkinghorne













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 C. Hoyer 16 T. Wallace 32 C. Robertson









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 36 P. Considine
HALF-FORWARD 44 M. Turner 25 J. Hendrie
34 J. Kennedy 17 M. Tuck 20 M. McCarthy 1 N. Goss











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 R. Davies 6 M. Moncrieff 19 A. Goad













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans