1983 VFL Season Round 21: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1983 between Geelong and Essendon during round twenty-one of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (12.11.83) were defeated by Essendon (26.9.165).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 August 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 20,110

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 12.11.83 - 26.9.165

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 2 . 8 5 . 10 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Essendon 8 . 4 13 . 5 20 . 6 26 . 9 26 . 9 (165)
Margin ESSE by 44 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 86 ESSE by 82 ESSE by 82
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Carbines
B. Hood

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 1 5
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 0 0
43 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 0 5 2 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 4 0 2 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 26 22 4 5 0 3 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 1 4 0
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 1 31 25 6 9 1 3 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 5
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 2 0 4 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 1 3 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 6 25 3 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 4 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 1 0 0 2
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 1 0 2
7 Peake, Brian ? ? 1 2 20 12 8 3 1 1 3
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 2 0 11 7 4 2 1 0 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 3 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 3
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 2 0 3 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 8 0 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 11 300 207 93 69 36 42 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 23 6 17 5 0 2 3
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 1 0
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 1 33 12 21 8 0 2 0
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 0 0 2 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 2 0 3 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 5 0 0 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 6 1 19 16 3 7 0 3 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 0 1 4 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 3
43 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 1 0 1 4
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 3 2 26 17 9 8 0 1 4
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 1 0 1 1
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 4 1 10 9 1 2 0 0 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 4 0 14 9 5 8 23 3 4
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 6 12 0 4
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 31 22 9 2 0 2 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 2 1 1 4
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 5 3
42 Williams, Darren ? ? 2 0 8 3 5 0 0 1 0
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 0 0 5 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 26 9 345 209 136 63 37 37 42

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