1983 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1983 between Footscray and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Hampshire and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Footscray (16.11.107) were defeated by Essendon (18.17.125).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 July 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,708

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 16.11.107 - 18.17.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 3 6 . 8 13 . 9 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Essendon 6 . 4 9 . 10 14 . 12 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Ian Hampshire

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Carbines
G. Sidebottom

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
26 Anderson, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 5 4 11 10 1 6 1 3 2
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 2 0 1 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 3 0 1 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 1
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 2 1 19 12 7 9 0 3 7
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1
17 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 4
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 1 1 0
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 7 0 0 3
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 1 2 9 9 0 5 0 2 3
21 Klomp, Robbert ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 1
15 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 0 0 5 5
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 0
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 2 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 21 5 4
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 0 0 0 2
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 2 2 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 1 15 7 8 3 0 1 0
42 Walpole, Gary ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 11 266 178 88 57 25 36 36

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 3 0
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 2 25 13 12 3 0 2 1
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 1 4
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 3 0 0 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 4 1 14 11 3 9 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 0 1 5 5
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 1 4
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 2 0 0 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 2 26 21 5 8 0 0 4
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 1 24 18 6 9 34 2 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 4 0 12 7 5 2 3 6 3
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 4 1 3 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 2 1
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 1 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 24 15 9 8 1 1 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 3 0 4 3
42 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 2 17 10 7 3 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 18 17 317 214 103 68 40 36 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