1984 VFL Season Grand Final: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 1984 between Hawthorn and Essendon in the grand final of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at the MCG. Leigh Matthews captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Hawthorn (12.9.81) were defeated by Essendon (14.21.105).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 September 1984
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 92,685

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Essendon
Score: 12.9.81 - 14.21.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 6 . 1 8 . 6 10 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Essendon 2 . 4 3 . 11 5 . 15 14 . 21 14 . 21 (105)
Margin HWTH by 21 HWTH by 25 HWTH by 23 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
R. Sawers

Goal Umpires

A. Grant
B. Lowden

Boundary Umpires

P. Nicholls
L. Paterson

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Bill Duckworth ESSE 22 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 1
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 2 2 14 11 3 7 0 1 5
21 Byrne, Michael RU ? 0 0 10 7 3 6 10 1 3
25 Curran, Peter HFFR ? 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 3 3
26 Eade, Rodney INT ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0
29 Greene, Russell RO ? 0 0 22 19 3 3 0 2 3
1 Judge, Ken HFFL ? 1 1 13 7 6 0 0 2 1
6 Lester-Smith, Rod HBFR ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 3
22 Loveridge, Richard FPR ? 1 1 22 16 6 6 0 2 0
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FF ? 4 1 16 11 5 4 0 0 1
20 McCarthy, Michael FPL ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 6 2 1
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 1 1 1
8 O'Halloran, David FB ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 3 0
12 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 6 2 3
32 Robertson, Colin BPR ? 2 1 12 6 6 1 0 0 3
4 Russo, Peter WR ? 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 1 3
30 Schwab, Peter HBFL ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 0 2 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 0 1 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 9 272 189 83 63 23 30 38

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 4 1 20 18 2 7 0 4 1
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 6 0 0 0
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 3 0 2 4
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 8 1 0 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 2 1 19 11 8 6 0 0 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 2 0 0 5
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 7 0 1 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 6 0 2 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 3 0 5 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 5 24 2 0
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 5 10 6 4
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 4 0 1 5
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 5 3 2 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 3 22 18 4 8 0 1 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 0 5 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 2 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 21 327 231 96 89 38 38 30

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






21 M. Byrne 26 R. Eade
22 R. Loveridge 3 L. Matthews (c) 20 M. McCarthy 17 M. Tuck 12 I. Paton
FORWARD 29 R. Greene

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25 P. Curran 23 D. Brereton 1 K. Judge



HALF-FORWARD



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4 P. Russo 16 T. Wallace 9 R. DiPierdomenico FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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6 R. Lester-Smith 2 C. Mew 30 P. Schwab



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32 C. Robertson 8 D. O'Halloran 7 G. Ayres



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy