1983 VFL Season Elimination Final: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 1983 between Essendon and Carlton in the elimination final of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Mike Fitzpatrick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon (17.12.114) defeated Carlton (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 3 September 1983
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 65,881

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 17.12.114 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 7 . 5 14 . 5 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Carlton 3 . 3 8 . 4 11 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin ESSE by 6 CARL by 5 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Carlton

Captain: Mike Fitzpatrick
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 3 0 0 0
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 1 0
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 2 11 6 5 2 0 1 4
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 4 1 12 10 2 4 0 2 3
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 2
43 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 1 0 1 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 0 25 17 8 7 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 1 0 1 1
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 4 0 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 2 29 5 5
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 3 2 17 8 9 6 10 2 4
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 0 0 2 4
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 2 12 12 0 6 2 3 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 30 20 10 7 0 0 2
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 2 2
42 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 2 3
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 12 307 214 93 62 41 28 41

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 2 0 22 17 5 5 0 2 1
10 Buckley, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 3 2
19 Burke, Rohan ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 1 1 1
8 Ditchburn, Ross ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 5 3 1 1
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 0
27 English, Des ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 1
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike (c) ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 9 32 2 5
32 Glascott, David ? ? 2 0 14 7 7 0 0 2 0
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 3
12 Howell, Scott ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 5 1 18 11 7 8 0 3 2
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
28 Kourkoumelis, Spiro ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 1 0 4 1
25 Marchesani, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 2 4
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 0 3 17 10 7 6 0 3 0
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 3 2 1 3
18 Montgomery, Allan ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 8 1 2 1
15 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 1 2 0
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 1 0 23 21 2 6 0 2 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 1 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 9 267 189 78 67 41 41 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