1984 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1984 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round six of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Garry Wilson captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Fitzroy (13.15.93) were defeated by Essendon (22.12.144).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 May 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 20,274

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 13.15.93 - 22.12.144

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 5 8 . 6 12 . 13 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Essendon 4 . 3 8 . 7 14 . 8 22 . 12 22 . 12 (144)
Margin FITZ by 2 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 51 ESSE by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Madden ESSE 27 3
Roger Merrett ESSE 25 2
Leon Baker ESSE 4 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 1
26 Burke, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 4 4
2 Coates, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 0
32 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 10 2 4
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 5 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 1
45 Gotch, Brad ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 4 4
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 1
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 4 0 2 3
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 1 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 2 0 1 0
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 3 0
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 1 3 3
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 0
28 Reeves, Michael ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 1 2
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 4 0 2 2
23 Scott, Mark ? ? 3 2 9 8 1 6 1 0 0
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 5 0 4 5
49 Williamson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 5 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 1 2 19 12 7 7 0 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 15 269 187 82 61 17 38 35

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 2 0 24 17 7 7 0 1 3
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 4 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 1 24 21 3 3 0 5 0
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 2 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 6
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 3 14 10 4 1 0 1 1
19 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 0 0 1 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 1 10 6 4 1 0 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 0 2
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 5 0 3 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 5
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 0 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 7 36 1 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 5 8 2 4
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 8 3 14 13 1 8 7 2 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 1 0 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 3
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 7 0 1 0
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 12 290 209 81 60 51 35 38

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