1984 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 22 September 1984 between Essendon and Collingwood in the preliminary final of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. In the absence of Mark Williams, deputy vice-captain Michael Taylor captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Cahill.

Essendon (28.6.174) defeated Collingwood (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 22 September 1984
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 73,550

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 28.6.174 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 8 . 1 17 . 6 21 . 6 28 . 6 28 . 6 (174)
Collingwood 2 . 4 3 . 6 4 . 9 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin ESSE by 33 ESSE by 84 ESSE by 99 ESSE by 133 ESSE by 133
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Collingwood

Captain: Michael Taylor (acting)
Coach: John Cahill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 6 2 20 15 5 6 0 1 1
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 3 1
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 1 0 1 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 19 9 10 0 0 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 3 0 25 18 7 12 0 0 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 2 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 0 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 4 1 18 18 0 5 0 3 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 0 2 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 10 3 7 3 33 2 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 9 4 1
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 0 5
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 12 0 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 5 1 17 13 4 9 3 1 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 3 0 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 1 26 17 9 5 0 0 2
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 2 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 4 1 31 21 10 5 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 28 6 377 255 122 87 48 29 26

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Abernethy, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 3 3
9 Andrews, Ron ? ? 3 2 7 6 1 6 0 0 2
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 7 0 1 2
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 6 0 2 1
14 Browne, Murray ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 0 0
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 1
23 Fellowes, Wes ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 13 2 1
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
25 McKeown, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 0
31 McMullin, Ian ? ? 0 3 8 7 1 3 0 0 2
42 Millane, Darren ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 6 0 2 1
7 Morwood, Shane ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0
3 Phillips, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 1 3 1
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 0 1 24 13 11 4 0 0 2
43 Shaw, Derek ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 4 1 3
11 Shaw, Gary ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
51 Shaw, Neville ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 2
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 1 0 29 20 9 7 0 3 3
28 Taylor, Michael (ac) ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 1 2
8 Twomey, David ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 5 11 281 193 88 72 18 26 29

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