1984 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1984 between Melbourne and Essendon during round four of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne (14.7.91) were defeated by Essendon (17.24.126).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 April 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 31,535

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 14.7.91 - 17.24.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 5 . 2 7 . 2 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Essendon 3 . 11 8 . 15 12 . 22 17 . 24 17 . 24 (126)
Margin ESSE by 16 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 50 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
B. Woodhead

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Bradbury ESSE 36 3
Tony Buhagiar ESSE 20 2
Leon Baker ESSE 4 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 0 0 1 3
27 Boland, Glenn ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 3 0 1 1
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 2 1
44 Fidge, John ? ? 4 0 23 13 10 6 2 0 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 4 0 24 18 6 4 0 5 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 4 1 2 0
18 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 2 29 15 14 6 0 1 0
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 3 1 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 7 23 2 6
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 1 0 2 1
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 1
46 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 0
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 4 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 Thorne, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 0
21 Tossol, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 3 1
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 7 285 186 99 49 29 34 21

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 8 0 0 1
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 5 0 1 6
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 4 5 25 18 7 3 0 2 3
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 2 0 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 1 2 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 5 0 1 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 3 0 0 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 2 2 13 13 0 4 0 1 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 5 24 18 6 5 0 0 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 3 26 6 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 8 5 0 3
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 4 7 16 15 1 12 7 1 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 6 1 1 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 33 24 9 8 0 3 3
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 6 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 24 321 226 95 87 40 21 34

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