1981 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1981 between Essendon and St Kilda during round seven of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Simon Madden captained the hosts. Alex Jesaulenko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Essendon (14.17.101) defeated St Kilda (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 9 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,828

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 14.17.101 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 8 6 . 10 11 . 13 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
St Kilda 4 . 0 7 . 5 9 . 7 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin ESSE by 2 STKL by 1 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

St Kilda

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 6 0
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 0 1 1 1
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 3 33 20 13 4 0 2 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 1 4
8 Carman, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 3 4
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 3 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 3 14 14 0 3 0 6 3
47 Eustice, Mark ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 1 0 2 0
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 2 5
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 0 0 2 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 2 0 3 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 33 5 4
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 3 8 3 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 1
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 3 0 2 5
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 2 23 17 6 3 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 17 270 200 70 33 44 45 42

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 5 3
34 Bennett, John ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 0 1
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 2
15 Bromberg, Mordy ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 0 0 2 2
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 1 0 1 2
7 Cox, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 5 1
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 1 1 21 10 11 6 0 3 4
8 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 1 0 3 3
9 Faletic, Milan ? ? 4 3 15 11 4 6 0 2 3
13 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 0 14 2 2
36 Fidler, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 4 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 2 4 2
28 Meehan, Simon ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 1
47 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 3 0 2 2
29 Odgers, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 1
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 0 0 1 3
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 8 2 5
6 Sartori, Ian ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 3 0 1 1
18 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 10 260 169 91 36 24 42 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