1984 VFL Round 1: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 1984 between St Kilda and Essendon during round 1 of the 1984 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Moorabbin Oval. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

St Kilda
G. Brown, G. Burns, D. Chiron, D. Cowie, P. Cronan, A. Cross, M. Crow, D. Cunningham, G. Cunningham, R. Elphinstone, S. Foschini, P. Kiel, T. Lockett, R. Mace, P. Morwood, R. Muir, P. Narkle, G. Sharp, A. Sidebottom, P. Temay

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), L. Baker, P. Bradbury, T. Buhagiar, S. Carey, D. Cox, B. Duckworth, F. Dunell, A. Ezard, G. Foulds, G. Hawker, S. Heard, S. Madden, M. Neagle, P. Salmon, P. Vander Haar, K. Walsh, T. Watson, P. Weston, D. Williams

St Kilda (14.13.97) were defeated by Essendon (19.20.134).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: T. Lockett (7), G. Burns, D. Chiron, A. Cross, D. Cunningham, G. Cunningham, S. Foschini, P. Narkle
Essendon: P. Salmon (7), T. Daniher (3), A. Ezard (2), P. Vander Haar (2), D. Williams (2), F. Dunell, S. Madden, T. Watson

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 8th on the ladder and Essendon were then 5th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 March 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 26,019

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 14.13.97 - 19.20.134

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 2 9 . 7 12 . 8 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Essendon 5 . 5 9 . 10 14 . 13 19 . 20 19 . 20 (134)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tony Jewell (St Kilda), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Terry Daniher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Carbines, G. Sidebottom

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Salmon ESSE 3 3
Tony Lockett STKL 14 2
Terry Daniher ESSE 5 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Brown, Glen ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 1
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 7 0 5 1
38 Chiron, Dean ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 2
20 Cowie, Darryl ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 2 10 6 2
3 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 3
25 Cross, Andrew ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 4
9 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 5 3 3
26 Cunningham, Daryl ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 3 0 2 3
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 5 0 3 3
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 4 0 6 1
6 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 5 0 3 0
17 Kiel, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 0
14 Lockett, Tony ? ? 7 4 15 12 3 8 0 3 0
7 Mace, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 1
4 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 6 0 1 4
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 4 0 0 3
8 Narkle, Phil ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 4 0 4 1
22 Sharp, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 8 0 1 2
2 Sidebottom, Allan ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 10 3 3
40 Temay, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 13 239 189 50 70 25 48 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 5 0 0 3
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 7 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 0 1 4 5
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 2
21 Cox, Doug ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 3 0 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 3 4 17 15 2 12 5 1 4
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 0 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 2 9 9 0 4 0 2 4
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 6 0 2 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 1 0 3 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 7 25 3 1
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 7 6 16 15 1 9 7 4 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 0 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 4 0 2 3
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 2 1 17 15 2 1 0 1 9
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 20 291 213 78 72 38 39 48

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