1983 VFL Season Round 20: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1983 between Melbourne and Essendon during round twenty of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne (19.10.124) were defeated by Essendon (21.15.141).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 13 August 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,620

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 19.10.124 - 21.15.141

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 5 11 . 7 16 . 8 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Essendon 4 . 1 10 . 5 16 . 9 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 8 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
G. Sidebottom

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 1 27 19 8 0 0 4 0
45 Boland, Glenn ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 1 0 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 1 0 0 2
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 2
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 1 2
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 3
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 1 2 11 6 5 1 0 3 3
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 6 2 17 10 7 5 0 1 0
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 3 26 19 7 8 0 3 0
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 10 1 0
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 7 8 4 3
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 3 0 0 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 1 0 3 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 1 3 1
12 Williams, David ? ? 3 1 12 8 4 7 0 2 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 5 1 18 10 8 6 0 3 4
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 1 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 10 309 206 103 65 20 34 31

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 1 0 5 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 0 23 10 13 3 0 1 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 0 0 0 3
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 2 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 2
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 1 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 3 2 17 14 3 6 1 1 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 2
43 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 4 0 0 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 1 2
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 5 3 15 12 3 8 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 5 33 2 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 4 3 18 13 5 7 10 3 3
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 2 0 22 12 10 4 1 0 4
38 Richardson, Steve ? ? 2 0 16 8 8 1 0 1 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 27 20 7 3 0 6 1
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 0 1
42 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 4 0 1 1
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 7 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 15 321 210 111 71 46 31 34

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