1982 VFL Season Round 19: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1982 between Melbourne and Essendon during round nineteen of the 1982 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne (14.17.101) were defeated by Essendon (20.17.137).

Match Details

Season: 1982 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 August 1982
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 28,379

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 14.17.101 - 20.17.137

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 7 9 . 9 13 . 15 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Essendon 2 . 4 7 . 10 12 . 13 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Margin MELB by 21 MELB by 11 MELB by 8 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Morrow
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 2 22 16 6 2 0 4 5
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 2 2
34 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 2 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 2 11 11 0 1 0 4 0
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 3 23 16 7 6 0 4 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 4 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 4 4 13 11 2 7 0 0 1
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 23 6 17 2 0 1 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 6 0 8 7 1 2 0 4 5
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 2 0 2 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 2 0 2 1
49 McKenzie, Stuart ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 14 2 2
40 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 3 0 1 2
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 2 24 17 7 7 0 2 2
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 1 1 1
44 Sutcliffe, Scott ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 3 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 17 282 195 87 56 16 39 30

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 0 23 10 13 4 0 1 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 4
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 0
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 3 0 4 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 3 1 10 9 1 6 0 2 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 7 0 2 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 31 24 7 5 0 1 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 1 37 20 17 6 0 1 4
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 1 1 10 5 5 3 30 2 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 2 19 10 9 11 20 1 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 2
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 3 29 21 8 3 0 2 3
15 Otway, Wayne ? ? 1 2 25 18 7 6 0 3 4
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 6 0 0 3
14 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 2
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 4 0 2 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 2 2
47 Waterson, Chris ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 2
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 3 1 29 25 4 7 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 17 344 235 109 88 50 30 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