1983 VFL Season Round 1: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 1983 between Sydney and Essendon during round one of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Essendon at the SCG. Barry Round captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ricky Quade and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney (17.9.111) defeated Essendon (15.20.110).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 27 March 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 11,916

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 17.9.111 - 15.20.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 8 . 2 10 . 4 14 . 7 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Essendon 0 . 2 7 . 9 12 . 15 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Margin SYDN by 48 SYDN by 13 SYDN by 4 SYDN by 1 SYDN by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ricky Quade

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Morrow
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 8 0 0 1
12 Braddy, Craig ? ? 4 0 10 8 2 5 1 1 2
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 1
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 1 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 7 2
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 1 2 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 6 0 3 2
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Kruse, Max ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 1
28 Lucas, Jack ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 3 1 19 14 5 3 0 1 1
22 Reid, John ? ? 1 1 11 3 8 0 0 1 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 0
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 6 9 1 4
6 Scott, Brett ? ? 2 0 22 18 4 4 0 2 3
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 1 3 25 18 7 5 0 1 3
24 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 4 6 1 0
10 Vernon, Daryl ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 2 0 2 1
17 Winbanks, David ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 3 0 3 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 1 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 9 291 203 88 64 17 31 27

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 4 1
16 Beddison, Wayne ? ? 2 3 12 9 3 4 0 1 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 1 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 2
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 0
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 3 0 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 4
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 1 23 13 10 2 0 2 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 5 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 2 9 5 4 5 31 2 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 2 1 4 2
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 4 0 0 4
15 Otway, Wayne ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 2 0 1 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 5 6 2 4
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 3 17 13 4 6 0 2 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 2 2
29 West, Tony ? ? 4 4 21 16 5 4 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 20 289 203 86 63 38 27 31

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