1981 VFL Season Round 8: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1981 between Collingwood and Essendon during round eight of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Peter Moore captained the hosts. Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Collingwood (14.3.87) were defeated by Essendon (21.18.144).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 79,326

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Essendon
Score: 14.3.87 - 21.18.144

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 2 7 . 3 13 . 3 14 . 3 14 . 3 (87)
Essendon 6 . 3 11 . 9 15 . 14 21 . 18 21 . 18 (144)
Margin ESSE by 25 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 57 ESSE by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Peter Moore
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 0 2 1
17 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 5 2 1
20 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 0
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 1
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 2
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 3 0 19 16 3 5 2 3 0
57 Evans, Barry ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 1 0 1 0
4 Hannebery, Mark ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 3
26 Herbert, Des ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 7
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 3
30 Moore, Peter (c) ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 22 1 4
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 3 1 12 10 2 0 0 2 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 4 1
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 3 0 6 1
50 Smith, Andrew ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0
28 Taylor, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 2 2 8 0
37 Twomey, David ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 1 1 2
31 Weideman, Mark ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 4 8 2 1
18 Young, David ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 3 230 174 56 42 40 43 29

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 1 3 2
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 4
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 2 30 26 4 10 0 2 4
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 3 1
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 3 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 7 1 1 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 5
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 3 1 1 2
47 Eustice, Mark ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 3 0 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 32 27 5 5 0 2 1
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 6 0 1 4
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 3 4 22 17 5 4 0 1 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 37 5 2
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 7 3 18 13 5 8 2 1 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 2 0 7 3 4 0 0 1 2
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 0 5
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 2 0 3 1
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 0 1
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 2 1 1 5
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 21 18 314 226 88 73 43 30 44

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