1983 VFL Season Preliminary Final: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 September 1983 between North Melbourne and Essendon in the preliminary final of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Cable and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

North Melbourne (12.6.78) were defeated by Essendon (25.14.164).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 September 1983
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 63,785

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 12.6.78 - 25.14.164

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 1 9 . 2 10 . 3 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Essendon 8 . 2 12 . 5 17 . 10 25 . 14 25 . 14 (164)
Margin ESSE by 37 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 86 ESSE by 86
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Barry Cable

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Abernethy, Bruce ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 5 0 5 3
36 Atkins, Graeme ? ? 2 0 19 16 3 3 0 0 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 2
1 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 1 3 2
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 25 4 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 2
37 Fairley, Ian ? ? 4 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 5 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 0
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 4 0 4 3
11 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 0 0
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 2 1 14 9 5 4 1 1 6
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 4 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 2 5 1
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 4 1 4
30 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 2
39 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 6 1 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 12 6 242 189 53 66 34 39 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 1 2 19 12 7 7 0 1 1
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 1 23 10 13 3 0 1 5
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 4 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 3 2 22 16 6 8 0 1 3
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 1 0 6 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 6 0 0 0
43 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 2 0 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 34 20 14 4 0 4 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 0 0 0 2
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 5 0 2 5
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 6 27 2 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 4 1 16 10 6 5 5 4 7
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 2 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 10 0 0 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 7 0 2 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 5 0 19 15 4 3 0 3 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 4 0 0 2
42 Williams, Darren ? ? 2 3 21 18 3 6 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 25 14 349 239 110 89 32 39 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