1981 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1981 between Melbourne and Essendon during round nine of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Garry Baker captained the hosts. Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne (10.10.70) were defeated by Essendon (14.20.104).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,769

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 10.10.70 - 14.20.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 6 . 7 9 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Essendon 2 . 4 4 . 9 8 . 18 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 10 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Baker
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry (c) ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 19 6 5
42 Barham, Jamie ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 5
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 7 0 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 1
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 5 0 0 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 3 5 36 32 4 3 0 6 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 0 4
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 1 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 1 22 12 10 3 0 1 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 3 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 2
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 7 0 1
36 Maynard, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 3 3
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 2
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 0 0 1 4
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 2 23 19 4 5 1 3 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 3 0
5 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 4
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 1 0 5 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 10 289 197 92 48 34 42 40

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 5 5 29 21 8 5 0 4 6
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 4 4
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 2 4
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 2 1 3
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 3 3 3 1
47 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 3 22 19 3 1 0 4 1
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 0 0 1 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 2 1 0 3
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 19 4 3
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 2 22 3 3
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 2 0
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 1 0 26 21 5 6 0 3 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 3 0 2 2
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 3 0 1 0
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 4 2 1 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 2 22 14 8 5 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 20 292 207 85 50 49 40 42

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