1983 VFL Round 10: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1983 between Essendon and Geelong during round 10 of the 1983 VFL season. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), R. Andrews, W. Beddison, T. Buhagiar, S. Carey, N. Clarke, C. Clayton, F. Dunell, G. Foulds, G. Hawker, S. Heard, S. Madden, R. Merrett, M. Neagle, W. Otway, A. Stoneham, M. Thomson, P. Vander Haar, T. Watson, P. Weston

Geelong
I. Nankervis (capt.), A. Bews, R. Card, T. Darcy, D. Drum, D. Flanigan, P. Jeffreys, M. Kol, D. Lenaghan, G. Malarkey, J. Mossop, B. Nankervis, B. Peake, M. Reed, A. Reid, S. Reynoldson, B. Toohey, R. Waddell, M. Witcombe, M. Yeates

Essendon (15.19.109) defeated Geelong (15.7.97).

Goalkickers
Essendon: R. Merrett (3), P. Vander Haar (3), T. Daniher (2), W. Beddison, T. Buhagiar, F. Dunell, G. Hawker, W. Otway, T. Watson, P. Weston
Geelong: T. Darcy (5), B. Peake (3), A. Bews, R. Card, D. Drum, D. Flanigan, M. Kol, J. Mossop, M. Reed

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 3rd on the ladder and Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 May 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,793

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 15.19.109 - 15.7.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 6 5 . 10 12 . 15 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Geelong 3 . 4 7 . 6 12 . 6 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Margin ESSE by 8 GEEL by 8 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Tom Hafey (Geelong)
Captains: Terry Daniher (Essendon), Ian Nankervis (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, S. Nolan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 5 4
16 Beddison, Wayne ? ? 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 1 27 15 12 3 0 2 3
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 3 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 3 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 3
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 4 0 1 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 2 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 3 25 15 10 1 0 6 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 2 20 8 12 1 0 1 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 11 39 3 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 3 0 9 3 6 5 7 1 5
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 0 2
15 Otway, Wayne ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 1 0 4 4
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 1 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 4 14 12 2 7 4 3 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 2 31 25 6 7 0 3 2
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 3 1 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 19 311 204 107 57 51 41 45

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 1 0 1 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 5 0 10 7 3 7 0 0 0
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 1 0 3 3
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 6 22 4 1
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 0 3
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1
8 Lenaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 4
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 5 2
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 13 2 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 1 2 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 5
7 Peake, Brian ? ? 3 2 13 8 5 2 0 2 2
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 1 0 3 0
30 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 5 0 2 3
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 6 0 2 4
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 7 1
6 Waddell, Rod ? ? 0 1 15 6 9 2 0 4 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 2 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 7 259 183 76 60 36 45 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