1982 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 1982 between Essendon and Footscray during round one of the 1982 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Ron Andrews captained the hosts. Kelvin Templeton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

Essendon (29.16.190) defeated Footscray (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1982 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 27 March 1982
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 26,456

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 29.16.190 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 8 . 4 14 . 6 20 . 11 29 . 16 29 . 16 (190)
Footscray 1 . 5 4 . 8 10 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin ESSE by 41 ESSE by 58 ESSE by 59 ESSE by 109 ESSE by 109
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Footscray

Captain: Kelvin Templeton
Coach: Royce Hart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
G. Morrow

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 6
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 4 2 29 18 11 4 0 2 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 1 0 1 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 2 3
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 2 0 20 6 14 5 0 1 5
31 Crow, Max ? ? 3 1 17 12 5 10 0 2 3
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 3 1
19 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 1 0 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 2 0 1 2
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 1 0 3 4
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 2 27 20 7 4 0 1 3
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 2 31 2 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 3 23 0 0
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 24 9 15 1 0 0 5
15 Otway, Wayne ? ? 5 1 28 19 9 1 0 0 6
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 1 0
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 5 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 2 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 3 3 32 26 6 2 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 29 16 351 229 122 49 54 28 48

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 0 2 4 2 2 3 0 0 1
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 4 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 3 0 2 2
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 1 0 2 2
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 9 0 5
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 0 0 2 5
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 4 13 12 1 3 0 2 4
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 5 0
6 Ford, Alister ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 6 1 0
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 1 0 3 1
15 Jennings, Allan ? ? 5 0 18 17 1 4 0 2 2
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 0
19 Love, Terry ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 1 2 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 3 1
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 1 0 6 0
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 0 0 3 1
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin (c) ? ? 2 4 15 12 3 9 1 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 15 258 176 82 48 17 48 28

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