1983 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1983 between Essendon and Footscray during round six of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Ian Hampshire.

Essendon (27.19.181) defeated Footscray (7.7.49).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 April 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 26,387

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 27.19.181 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 11 . 14 17 . 16 27 . 19 27 . 19 (181)
Footscray 3 . 2 3 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 59 ESSE by 83 ESSE by 132 ESSE by 132
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Ian Hampshire

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 1 0 2 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 3 4 33 23 10 6 0 3 4
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 3 0 4 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 3 0 0 0
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 7 1 19 12 7 9 0 3 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 4 1 21 14 7 8 3 2 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 1 28 16 12 0 0 2 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 0 1
2 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 0 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 2 29 17 12 8 1 3 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 0 0 3 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 3 38 2 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 3 0 11 5 6 4 5 2 3
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 28 17 11 4 0 1 5
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 2 2 15 9 6 1 0 1 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 2 9 6 3 2 1 2 3
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 2 22 15 7 5 0 2 1
29 West, Tony ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 1 0 2 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 27 19 373 224 149 67 48 36 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 1 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 5 0 4 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 4 0 1 1
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 3 3
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 5 0 1 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 1 5
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 1 1 0
17 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 4 2 2
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 2 1 1 1
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 1 2 0
15 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 3
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 0 2
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 1 0 5 2
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 1 2 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 18 4 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 1 0 2 4
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 4 0 16 14 2 6 0 1 4
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 1 2 1
5 Williams, Ian ? ? 0 2 16 11 5 5 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 7 240 173 67 61 27 37 36

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