1981 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1981 between Footscray and Essendon during round six of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Ron Andrews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Footscray (13.13.91) defeated Essendon (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,624

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 13.13.91 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 5 4 . 9 6 . 11 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Essendon 2 . 4 4 . 5 8 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin ESSE by 5 FOOT by 4 ESSE by 10 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Royce Hart

Essendon

Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
M. Dye

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 4 2 7 6 1 3 6 2 4
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 0
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 2 0 7 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 3
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 6 1 3 1
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 3 2
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 2 0 27 19 8 3 0 4 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 4 3
6 Ford, Alister ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 4 26 7 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 21 11 10 2 1 1 4
54 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 2
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 1 0 2 1
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 1 1 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 0 4
52 Sait, Kevin ? ? 2 2 23 15 8 1 0 2 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 0 0 2 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 0 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 13 298 188 110 39 37 45 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (c) ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 4 0 2 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 2 0 1 3
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 0 0 2 1
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 2 3 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 5 4
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 3 1 15 10 5 7 0 2 4
47 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 4 0 2 1
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 5 0 2 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 3
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 0 0 2 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 4
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 35 8 5
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 1
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 2 4
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 5 0 2 2
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 2 0 2 0
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 3 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 2
41 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 11 261 191 70 53 37 39 45

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