1981 VFL Season Round 14: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1981 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at the Gabba. Leigh Matthews captained the hosts. Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Hawthorn (20.13.133) were defeated by Essendon (22.19.151).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Sunday 28 June 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 20,351

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Essendon
Score: 20.13.133 - 22.19.151

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 4 10 . 7 17 . 10 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Essendon 5 . 2 14 . 8 18 . 12 22 . 19 22 . 19 (151)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
M. Dye

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 0 18 15 3 2 0 3 0
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 4 3 16 10 6 6 4 1 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 2
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 1
19 Goad, Alan HFFL ? 0 3 16 11 5 1 0 2 2
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 1 0 17 16 1 2 0 4 1
29 Greene, Russell RR ? 1 1 14 7 7 0 0 0 1
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FF ? 3 3 24 12 12 4 0 4 4
46 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 0 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael INT ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 2 2 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 2 1
22 Murnane, Peter FPR ? 5 1 14 9 5 0 0 3 0
12 Paton, Ian BPR ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 11 1 0
10 Polkinghorne, David HFFR ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 2
32 Robertson, Colin HBFR ? 1 0 23 17 6 9 0 3 0
4 Russo, Peter INT ? 0 0 15 8 7 0 0 2 1
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 13 3 7
17 Tuck, Michael CHF ? 2 2 21 15 6 3 0 3 3
44 Turner, Mark BPL ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 3 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 13 287 197 90 43 30 43 33

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 3 0 1 1
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 4 0 0 3
15 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 3 1 15 11 4 2 0 2 3
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 7 4 2 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 7 0 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 3 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 3 0 3 4
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 0 0 4 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 1 3 20 15 5 6 37 10 4
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 7 0 13 9 4 5 14 1 2
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 27 20 7 1 0 0 4
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 0 3
14 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 5 2 20 16 4 4 0 0 3
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 2
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 2 2 1
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 2 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 19 279 207 72 57 57 33 43

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

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott 6 M. Moncrieff
22 P. Murnane 3 L. Matthews (c) 11 R. Davies 29 R. Greene 4 P. Russo
FORWARD 1 N. Goss

HALF-BACK













10 D. Polkinghorne 17 M. Tuck 19 A. Goad



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 26 R. Eade FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













32 C. Robertson 46 C. Mew 9 R. DiPierdomenico



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













12 I. Paton 15 K. Moore 44 M. Turner



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy