1984 VFL Round 9: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1984 between Essendon and Carlton during round 9 of the 1984 VFL season. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Wayne Johnston captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), L. Baker, P. Banfield, P. Bradbury, T. Buhagiar, S. Carey, B. Duckworth, F. Dunell, T. Elshaug, M. Eustice, G. Foulds, G. Hawker, S. Madden, R. Merrett, P. Salmon, M. Thompson, P. Vander Haar, K. Walsh, T. Watson, B. Wood

Carlton
W. Johnston (capt.), R. Ashman, R. Austin, W. Blackwell, J. Buckley, B. Doull, D. English, D. Glascott, D. Honybun, K. Hunter, M. MacLure, J. Madden, P. Maylin, P. McConville, P. Meldrum, A. Montgomery, V. Perovic, W. Ralph, S. Robertson, G. Southby

Essendon (16.17.113) defeated Carlton (9.12.66).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Salmon (7), P. Vander Haar (2), P. Bradbury, T. Daniher, T. Elshaug, M. Eustice, G. Foulds, R. Merrett, T. Watson
Carlton: W. Ralph (2), W. Blackwell, K. Hunter, W. Johnston, J. Madden, P. Maylin, P. Meldrum, S. Robertson

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 2nd on the ladder and Carlton were then 6th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 26 May 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 27,346

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 16.17.113 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 6 8 . 8 13 . 13 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Carlton 5 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin CARL by 17 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), David Parkin (Carlton)
Captains: Terry Daniher (Essendon), Wayne Johnston (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, K. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Madden ESSE 27 3
Leon Baker ESSE 4 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 1 17 13 4 3 0 2 1
16 Banfield, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 3 10 0 0 2 2
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 4 0 5 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 3 16 10 6 2 0 3 3
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 3 0 2 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 4 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 0 0 3
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 1 32 30 2 4 0 1 0
19 Eustice, Mark ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 2 0 4 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 1 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 2 15 8 7 10 22 2 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 4 2 4 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 7 0 11 8 3 6 7 3 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 3 21 15 6 11 3 2 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 2 21 16 5 5 0 6 2
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 17 306 207 99 69 34 45 31

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 3 2
8 Blackwell, Wayne ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 4 0 3 3
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 1 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 1 2 1
27 English, Des ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 7 0 1 3
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 2
3 Honybun, David ? ? 0 2 3 3 0 3 10 0 1
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 5 0 2 1
7 Johnston, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 1 0 2 6
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 2 2 4
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 2 15 3 5
13 Maylin, Phil ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 3 0 0 2
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 1
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 1
18 Montgomery, Allan ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 3 4
15 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 2 1
22 Ralph, Warren ? ? 2 1 6 6 0 4 0 0 3
38 Robertson, Shane ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 9 12 226 184 42 68 28 31 45

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