1983 VFL Season Round 8: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1983 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round eight of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Leigh Matthews captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Hawthorn (20.17.137) defeated Essendon (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 May 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 21,835

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Essendon
Score: 20.17.137 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 5 9 . 10 15 . 13 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 3 11 . 8 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin HWTH by 20 HWTH by 25 HWTH by 29 HWTH by 42 HWTH by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 1 0 8 2 6 2 5 1 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 1 18 10 8 5 0 2 1
26 Eade, Rodney BPL ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 1 1
29 Greene, Russell WL ? 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 4 1
34 Kennedy, John HFFR ? 1 1 21 12 9 5 0 1 2
24 Knights, Peter FPL ? 2 2 17 11 6 6 4 1 2
22 Loveridge, Richard FPR ? 1 1 19 15 4 0 0 3 4
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) RO ? 2 1 25 21 4 4 0 4 3
20 McCarthy, Michael INT ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 5 0 1
46 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 2 1 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 9 3 17 14 3 8 0 3 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 4 2
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 2
12 Paton, Ian RU ? 0 0 14 5 9 1 9 3 3
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 1 1
30 Schwab, Peter INT ? 1 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 2
33 Shields, Russell HFFL ? 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 1 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 2 3 25 20 5 1 0 3 4
44 Turner, Mark WR ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 1 32 27 5 3 0 4 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 20 17 322 219 103 59 25 41 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 2 26 16 10 5 0 2 3
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 0 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 3 0 3 2
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 1 3
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 1 3 18 10 8 4 0 3 4
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 9 1 2 4
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 2 0 3 2
2 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 0 0 4 4
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 20 7 13 5 47 4 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 2 2 2 2
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 4
15 Otway, Wayne ? ? 2 0 20 10 10 4 0 0 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 6 0 11 9 2 7 4 3 1
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 3 0
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 3 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 2 24 18 6 7 0 0 2
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 11 309 186 123 64 54 39 41

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






12 I. Paton 20 M. McCarthy
22 R. Loveridge 6 M. Moncrieff 24 P. Knights 17 M. Tuck 30 P. Schwab
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (c)

HALF-BACK













34 J. Kennedy 23 D. Brereton 33 R. Shields



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













44 M. Turner 16 T. Wallace 29 R. Greene FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













10 D. Polkinghorne 46 C. Mew 9 R. DiPierdomenico



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 15 K. Moore 26 R. Eade



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy