1984 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1984 between Richmond and Essendon during round five of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Barry Rowlings captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Richmond (12.14.86) were defeated by Essendon (20.15.135).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Wednesday 25 April 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 55,141

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 12.14.86 - 20.15.135

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 3 9 . 7 10 . 11 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Essendon 4 . 3 11 . 8 18 . 11 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Margin RICH by 6 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Barry Rowlings
Coach: Mike Patterson

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
K. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tim Watson ESSE 32 3
Mark Harvey ESSE 38 2
Peter Bradbury ESSE 36 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Annear, John ? ? 0 2 34 15 19 8 0 4 1
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 3
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 6 0 1 2
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 3 1 3 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 2 1 16 7 9 2 2 1 1
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 1
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 2 0 22 14 8 3 0 3 2
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 4 29 5 5
44 Lovett, Wally ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 1 30 10 20 6 0 7 1
24 Peart, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 2
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 2 4 3 1 2 0 1 0
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 0 1 17 9 8 4 1 2 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2
22 Rowlings, Barry (c) ? ? 2 0 20 13 7 3 0 0 2
32 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 2 1
21 Taylor, Brian ? ? 2 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 1
16 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 1 25 18 7 4 0 2 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 0 26 11 15 5 0 4 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 12 14 328 191 137 67 34 40 34

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 2 25 22 3 8 0 3 1
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 0 0 2 1
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 1 25 17 8 6 0 2 3
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 5 1 0 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 1 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 0
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 3 0 0 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 0 3
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 4 1 17 12 5 5 0 2 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 2 23 17 6 3 0 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 6 27 5 5
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 1 1 2 4
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 5 3 11 11 0 8 5 2 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 5 0 4 2
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 2 0 23 18 5 9 0 1 4
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 5 0 2 5
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 9 0 3 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 15 318 229 89 83 34 34 40

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