1983 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 September 1983 between Fitzroy and Essendon in the first semi final of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at the MCG. Garry Wilson captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Fitzroy (12.14.86) were defeated by Essendon (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 September 1983
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 81,090

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 12.14.86 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 4 8 . 9 10 . 12 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Essendon 5 . 3 7 . 8 9 . 11 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin ESSE by 11 FITZ by 7 FITZ by 7 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 1 0 29 18 11 4 0 2 1
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 5
32 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 4 21 16 5 9 0 4 2
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 0 3
45 Gotch, Brad ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 3 0 7 3
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 4 1
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 3 3 10 9 1 4 0 3 2
25 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 1 17 9 8 2 0 1 1
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 1 0 1 1
27 Parish, Les ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 1 0 1 2
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 3 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 4 0 0 2
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 9 21 5 3
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 4 0 1 1
21 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 5 0 2 5
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 5 2
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 1 0 25 12 13 8 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 14 292 199 93 65 21 46 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 5
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 3 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 3 0 24 15 9 4 0 3 4
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 2
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 5 3 21 13 8 11 1 0 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 2 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 2
43 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 2 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 2 17 13 4 0 0 1 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 0 0 2 1
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 4 18 16 2 5 0 0 4
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 4 23 3 4
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 6 6 4 3
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 0 4 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 6 1 0 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 0 0 4 1
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 4 0 4 0
42 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 1 0 3 6
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 13 283 213 70 57 31 37 46

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