1981 VFL Season Round 21: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1981 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Simon Madden captained the hosts. Barry Round captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Essendon (26.23.179) defeated South Melbourne (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,787

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 26.23.179 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 7 15 . 10 21 . 19 26 . 23 26 . 23 (179)
South Melbourne 3 . 0 6 . 4 7 . 5 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 98 ESSE by 111 ESSE by 111
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

South Melbourne

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
K. Dargavel

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 1 0 1
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 3 3 35 15 20 5 0 2 3
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 0 1
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 1 0 0
47 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 0 0
28 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 4 0 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 4 0 26 19 7 5 0 2 0
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 2 0 18 12 6 4 0 4 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 4 0 1 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 2 2 18 11 7 6 0 0 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 55 3 0
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 4 4 14 11 3 10 13 2 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 4 3 1 1
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 26 14 12 6 1 0 2
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 2 2
14 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 3 2 15 10 5 1 0 0 0
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 25 12 13 2 0 1 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 4 1 20 18 2 13 1 2 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 0 29 20 9 6 0 0 0
Rushed 7
Total (20 players) 26 23 371 233 138 85 75 21 17

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 0 0
14 Allender, Stephen ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 3 1 26 19 7 2 0 3 0
40 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 0 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 1 1 1
48 Conlen, Bernie ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 0 2
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
46 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 2 0
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 2 0 1 1
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 3
27 James, Max ? ? 5 4 16 14 2 7 1 1 0
33 Moir, Phillip ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 0 0 1 1
2 Plumb, Phillip ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 0 4 2 2
17 Roberts, Ian ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 1 0 0 1
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 6 6 2 0
38 Scott, Brett ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 3
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 0 1
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 2 4 0 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 8 240 153 87 39 19 17 21

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