1981 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1981 between Essendon and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Simon Madden captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

Essendon (22.21.153) defeated Footscray (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 18 July 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,088

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 22.21.153 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 1 10 . 10 15 . 15 22 . 21 22 . 21 (153)
Footscray 3 . 8 4 . 9 6 . 12 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 57 ESSE by 93 ESSE by 93
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Royce Hart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 5 8 0 0 0 2
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 4 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 7 4 1 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 3 0 21 16 5 7 0 3 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 2 26 17 9 10 0 1 4
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 1 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 29 26 3 5 0 3 5
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 4 0 22 17 5 3 0 1 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 3 23 17 6 7 0 2 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 24 4 3
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 2 3 13 10 3 9 9 2 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 0 2
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 1 27 14 13 6 0 0 4
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 3
14 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 5 2 15 14 1 3 0 2 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 6 0 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 4 4 16 14 2 8 0 1 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 2 20 13 7 4 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 21 336 234 102 92 37 31 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 5 0 3 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 1 0 3 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 5 3 0 4
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 5 0 2 1
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 0 0 4 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 3 11 8 3 7 0 0 2
50 Edwards, Bryan ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 0 0 1 2
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 2 2
41 Gallagher, Ross ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 2 36 5 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 2 0 22 11 11 1 0 1 4
13 Komp, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
36 McAllester, Jim ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 6 1
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 0
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 0 0 2 0
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 3 0 0 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 3 0
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 1 0 4 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 12 276 181 95 42 39 41 31

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