1984 VFL Round 2: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1984 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 2 of the 1984 VFL season. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

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

Hawthorn
Back: G. Ayres, D. O'Halloran, P. Schwab
Half-back: J. Kennedy, C. Mew, R. Eade
Centre: C. Langford, T. Wallace, R. DiPierdomenico
Half-forward: K. Judge, D. Brereton, P. Knights
Forward: M. McCarthy, P. Curran, L. Matthews (capt.)
Follower: M. Byrne, M. Tuck, R. Greene
Int.: I. Paton, D. Polkinghorne

Essendon (16.14.110) were defeated by Hawthorn (17.14.116).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Salmon (7), T. Daniher (2), L. Baker, T. Buhagiar, A. Ezard, S. Madden, R. Merrett, M. Neagle, D. Williams
Hawthorn: D. Brereton (4), C. Langford (4), P. Curran (2), L. Matthews (2), R. Greene, K. Judge, J. Kennedy, P. Knights, M. McCarthy

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 5th on the ladder and Hawthorn remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 7 April 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,841

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 16.14.110 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 8 . 5 10 . 8 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Hawthorn 2 . 4 6 . 7 13 . 10 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 10 HWTH by 20 HWTH by 6 HWTH by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Allan Jeans (Hawthorn)
Captains: Terry Daniher (Essendon), Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bryant, P. Cameron

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Salmon ESSE 3 3
Dermott Brereton HWTH 23 2
Chris Langford HWTH 28 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 4 1 0 2
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 3 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 2 26 12 14 4 0 2 3
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 0 24 15 9 10 0 0 4
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 4 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 2 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 1 2 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 1 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 8 32 4 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 5 1 5 2
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 3 0 5 4
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 7 4 18 16 2 11 10 1 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 3 18 17 1 4 0 3 4
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 3 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 14 288 206 82 64 45 42 32

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 0 1 3
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 4 4 20 16 4 8 0 3 2
21 Byrne, Michael RU ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 4 2 1
25 Curran, Peter FF ? 2 2 9 7 2 7 0 0 3
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WR ? 0 1 20 9 11 5 0 3 3
26 Eade, Rodney HBFR ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 1 2
29 Greene, Russell RO ? 1 0 24 18 6 6 0 3 3
1 Judge, Ken HFFL ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 2 4
34 Kennedy, John HBFL ? 1 0 21 9 12 2 0 4 3
24 Knights, Peter HFFR ? 1 0 7 5 2 4 0 1 2
28 Langford, Chris WL ? 4 1 9 7 2 2 1 0 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FPR ? 2 2 16 12 4 5 0 1 1
20 McCarthy, Michael FPL ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 8 1 3
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 2 2
8 O'Halloran, David FB ? 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 1 4
12 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 1 0
10 Polkinghorne, David INT ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 0
30 Schwab, Peter BPR ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 1
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 1 28 16 12 3 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 14 310 216 94 68 14 32 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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
7 G. Ayres 8 D. O'Halloran 30 P. Schwab













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



34 J. Kennedy 2 C. Mew 26 R. Eade













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 C. Langford 16 T. Wallace 9 R. DiPierdomenico









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 21 M. Byrne 12 I. Paton
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 10 D. Polkinghorne
1 K. Judge 23 D. Brereton 24 P. Knights 29 R. Greene











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



20 M. McCarthy 25 P. Curran 3 L. Matthews (c)













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans