1981 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1981 between Essendon and Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Simon Madden captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (14.20.104) defeated Melbourne (9.6.60).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,365

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 14.20.104 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 9 5 . 12 9 . 19 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Melbourne 0 . 2 3 . 4 3 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 50 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher
J. Ryan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 1 4
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 3 2 21 12 9 5 0 3 4
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 1
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 3 0 14 9 5 5 15 1 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 1 1 28 20 8 6 0 0 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 4 0 0 1
47 Eustice, Mark ? ? 1 0 20 10 10 1 0 3 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 3
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 3 26 16 10 2 0 3 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 3 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 2
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 0 3 14 11 3 7 24 2 3
12 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 1 0 1
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 3 1 2 4
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 3 1 1 0
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 4 0 7 0
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 6 2 1 6
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 25 12 13 0 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 20 330 224 106 60 45 32 35

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Braddy, Shane ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 5 3 0 3
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 0 25 22 3 2 0 2 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 31 21 10 6 0 2 3
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 3 2
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 1 0 5 3
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 2 1
11 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 1
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 3 2 9 7 2 2 3 2 2
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 27 3 2
54 Korn, Trevor ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 1 0 2 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 1 2
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 0 0
40 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 4 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 6 0 2 1
47 O'Dwyer, Des ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 4 0 1 2
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 2
50 Todd, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 6 276 184 92 52 33 35 32

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