1984 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1984 between Essendon and Geelong during round eight of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Mick Turner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (19.19.133) defeated Geelong (14.6.90).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 19 May 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 39,926

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 19.19.133 - 14.6.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 8 . 6 12 . 13 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Geelong 2 . 1 7 . 2 9 . 4 14 . 6 14 . 6 (90)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Geelong

Captain: Mick Turner
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
John Mossop GEEL 10 3
Simon Madden ESSE 27 2
Paul Vander Haar ESSE 18 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 1 32 20 12 10 0 3 0
16 Banfield, Peter ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 2 0 2 0
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 0 1
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 5 0 1 1
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 1 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 2 18 12 6 8 0 1 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 2 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 4 17 11 6 5 0 0 2
19 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 1 0 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 3 3 23 16 7 7 0 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 5 2 17 11 6 11 23 2 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 2 3 1 0
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 4 9 0 3
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 1 0 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 1 19 15 4 8 0 0 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 3 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 26 12 14 3 0 1 2
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 2 22 17 5 8 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 19 337 227 110 89 37 26 24

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 1 1 1
43 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 2 22 15 7 10 0 2 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 1
2 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 2 1
34 Flynn, Basil ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 1
30 Jackson, Darren ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 6 0 10 8 2 5 0 1 4
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 2 18 11 7 7 3 3 6
6 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 3 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 13 22 3 0
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 2
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 2 0 18 13 5 8 1 3 0
13 Sarcevic, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 1 0 3
9 Turner, Mick (c) ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 10 0 1 0
6 Waddell, Rod ? ? 1 1 23 12 11 7 0 1 1
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 4 0 1 4
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 6 286 205 81 93 35 24 26

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