1983 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1983 between Richmond and Essendon during round seven of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Barry Rowlings captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Francis Bourke and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Richmond (16.16.112) were defeated by Essendon (21.11.137).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 May 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,707

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 16.16.112 - 21.11.137

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 9 . 7 12 . 12 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Essendon 7 . 3 11 . 5 16 . 6 21 . 11 21 . 11 (137)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Barry Rowlings
Coach: Francis Bourke

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
G. Morrow

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Ablett, Geoff ? ? 3 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 2
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 5 2 5 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 3 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 0 0 6 2
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 3 0 15 11 4 4 1 2 4
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 6 21 5 4
33 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 6 0
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 3
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 0 0 5 0
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1
41 Rolfe, Michael ? ? 1 2 23 16 7 2 0 4 5
22 Rowlings, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 1 0 3 3
25 Sartori, Ian ? ? 1 2 24 19 5 6 1 4 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 0
21 Taylor, Brian ? ? 3 3 8 8 0 6 0 0 4
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 2 1 20 9 11 3 0 2 5
31 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 4
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
42 Winton, Brian ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 6 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 16 275 192 83 52 25 51 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 18 5 13 8 0 4 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 4 0 23 13 10 6 0 1 3
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 2 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 1 0
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 0 0
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 1 1 13 6 7 5 0 0 4
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 4 2 24 16 8 10 0 4 3
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 1 0 2 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 3 0 0 3
2 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 5 0 2 5
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 34 25 9 5 1 2 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 1 17 8 9 7 28 5 9
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 5 2 3
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 4 0 1 2
15 Otway, Wayne ? ? 3 0 22 15 7 0 0 3 1
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 3 9 6 3 2 0 1 4
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 1 17 8 9 3 0 4 2
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 11 349 211 138 75 34 39 51

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