1981 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1981 between Essendon and Collingwood during round eighteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Simon Madden captained the hosts. Peter Moore captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (12.16.88) defeated Collingwood (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Sunday 2 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 64,149

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 12.16.88 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 6 . 3 9 . 9 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Collingwood 3 . 5 7 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin ESSE by 3 COLL by 11 COLL by 2 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Collingwood

Captain: Peter Moore
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
M. Dye

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 1 3
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 4 0 4 2
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 1 0 3 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 1 16 7 9 7 10 2 3
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 5 0 3 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 7 1 1 0
47 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 4 14 12 2 1 0 0 0
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 1 1
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 3 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 3 0 1 4
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 12 4 3
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 6 12 1 2
12 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 21 11 10 3 1 3 2
14 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 3 0 12 7 5 0 0 1 3
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 4
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 7 2 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 6 2 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 3 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 16 263 180 83 58 49 39 37

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 4 0 1 3
38 Atkin, Stuart ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 2 1 2 2
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 1 2 16 8 8 3 0 4 3
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 1 0
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 1 0
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 0 1 1 0
11 Dreher, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 3 0 20 18 2 3 0 4 3
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 2 3 1 3
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 2
30 Moore, Peter (c) ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 1 22 3 8
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 4 1
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 0 1 32 23 9 4 0 3 1
50 Smith, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 4 3
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 1 2 0
28 Taylor, Michael ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 7 1 2 1
31 Weideman, Mark ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 1 4 2 3
21 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 2 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 15 249 183 66 44 35 37 39

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