1982 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1982 between Essendon and Melbourne during round nine of the 1982 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Ron Andrews captained the hosts. Steven Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (19.19.133) defeated Melbourne (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1982 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 May 1982
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,437

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 19.19.133 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 8 . 9 12 . 16 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Melbourne 3 . 1 6 . 8 8 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Steven Smith
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
V. Vasilou

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 3 5
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 4 3 33 14 19 5 0 2 4
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 1
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 3 0 4 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 2 6 2 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 0 26 13 13 6 0 3 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 4 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 2 24 21 3 2 0 3 2
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 2 0 2 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 1 28 22 6 7 0 1 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 29 16 13 5 0 1 0
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 24 3 5
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 2 9 8 1 2 4 1 1
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 3 16 12 4 1 0 2 5
15 Otway, Wayne ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 2 0 0 4
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 3
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 2 1 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 5 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 19 337 230 107 57 36 37 43

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 1 26 20 6 2 0 6 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 3
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 2 4
34 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 2 0 16 10 6 6 0 0 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 5 3 14 12 2 5 0 2 3
18 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 4 1
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 2 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 2 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 2 1 20 12 8 2 0 1 1
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 16 4 4
52 McCarthy, Stephen ? ? 1 1 10 2 8 1 0 1 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 5 2 4
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 0 0 1 0
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 3 3
35 Smith, Steven (c) ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 7 0 3 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 3 28 20 8 10 0 5 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 13 292 193 99 55 21 43 37

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