1984 VFL Round 3: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1984 between Essendon and Collingwood during round 3 of the 1984 VFL season. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Mark Williams captained the visitors with David Cloke as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Cahill.

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

Collingwood
M. Williams (capt.), D. Cloke (vice-capt.), B. Abernethy, G. Allan, R. Andrews, R. Barham, M. Beers, W. Fellowes, J. McAllester, P. McCormack, D. McLaine, G. Miles, S. Morwood, G. Phillips, G. Raines, A. Russell, N. Shaw, T. Shaw, M. Taylor, D. Twomey

Essendon (26.13.169) defeated Collingwood (16.10.106).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Salmon (8), F. Dunell (3), D. Williams (3), T. Elshaug (2), G. Hawker (2), P. Bradbury, T. Buhagiar, N. Clarke, S. Madden, R. Merrett, M. Neagle, P. Vander Haar, T. Watson
Collingwood: T. Shaw (4), S. Morwood (2), A. Russell (2), M. Williams (2), B. Abernethy, R. Andrews, M. Beers, J. McAllester, D. McLaine, N. Shaw

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Collingwood were then 6th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 14 April 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 28,120

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 26.13.169 - 16.10.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 12 . 8 20 . 12 26 . 13 26 . 13 (169)
Collingwood 3 . 5 5 . 7 10 . 8 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 64 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), John Cahill (Collingwood)
Captains: Terry Daniher (Essendon), Mark Williams (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Essendon), David Cloke (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Nash, I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Salmon ESSE 3 3
Simon Madden ESSE 27 2
Peter Bradbury ESSE 36 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 7 0 0 1
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 0 23 13 10 2 0 3 4
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 0 0 4 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 1 1 3 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 8 1 2 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 3 2 10 9 1 5 0 0 2
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 1 0 2 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 2 0 2 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 2 20 15 5 2 0 3 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 16 6 10 10 31 3 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 1 18 5 13 5 8 3 4
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 0 26 20 6 3 0 5 3
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 8 2 12 11 1 10 10 1 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 3 22 15 7 6 0 3 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 4 3
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 3 0 19 12 7 1 0 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 26 13 327 206 121 73 51 41 40

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Abernethy, Bruce ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 2 0 2 0
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 1 0 1 2
9 Andrews, Ron ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 1 1 3 6
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 3 24 15 9 8 0 0 3
40 Beers, Mark ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 3 0 2 2
33 Cloke, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 14 3 0
23 Fellowes, Wes ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 1
46 McAllester, Jim ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 1 3
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 0
45 McLaine, Darren ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 0 0 2 4
29 Miles, Geoff ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 1 0 1 0
7 Morwood, Shane ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 6 0 3 1
3 Phillips, Greg ? ? 0 1 20 8 12 5 0 4 4
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 3 3
42 Russell, Anthony ? ? 2 1 5 4 1 0 0 2 0
51 Shaw, Neville ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 5 0 1 4
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 4 0 25 15 10 6 0 3 3
28 Taylor, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 4 0
8 Twomey, David ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 5 0 1 1
21 Williams, Mark (c) ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 4 1 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 10 281 183 98 58 18 40 41

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