1983 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1983 between Essendon and Melbourne during round nine of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (22.17.149) defeated Melbourne (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 May 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,955

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 22.17.149 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 11 . 4 20 . 9 22 . 17 22 . 17 (149)
Melbourne 5 . 3 9 . 4 12 . 9 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin MELB by 19 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
J. Russo

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Beddison, Wayne ? ? 2 1 7 4 3 2 0 0 3
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 3 23 13 10 1 0 2 3
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 2 3
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 0 0 0 0
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 2
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 6 2 15 12 3 8 0 3 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 7 0 2 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 1 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 29 15 14 6 0 2 0
2 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 3 0 2 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 3 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 18 8 10 5 45 6 5
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 3 1 1 0
15 Otway, Wayne ? ? 4 2 21 15 6 2 0 1 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 7 2 1
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 27 13 14 3 0 2 1
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 1 0 26 18 8 7 0 0 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 5 0 17 17 0 7 2 1 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 24 18 6 9 0 1 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 17 342 225 117 75 55 30 29

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 2 16 11 5 2 0 0 5
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 34 21 13 9 0 2 0
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 1 23 16 7 4 0 3 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 3 1 25 19 6 9 0 2 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 0 4
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 5 0 1 2
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 3 2 27 13 14 9 0 3 0
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 6 0 1 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 8 10 6 6
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 0 21 10 11 6 0 1 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 3
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 1 0 1 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 0
44 Sutcliffe, Scott ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 3 8 7 1 4 2 0 2
21 Tossol, Peter ? ? 2 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 3
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 13 311 214 97 82 13 29 30

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