1984 VFL Season Round 14: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1984 between Essendon and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (14.15.99) defeated Melbourne (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 June 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 46,753

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 14.15.99 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 5 . 6 9 . 9 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Melbourne 4 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 9 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin MELB by 11 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Morrow
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Roger Merrett ESSE 25 3
Mark Harvey ESSE 38 2
Darren Williams ESSE 13 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 3 2
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 2 21 11 10 1 0 6 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 2
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 2 23 18 5 11 2 3 4
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 2
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 3 23 18 5 4 0 1 3
19 Eustice, Mark ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 4 0 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 4 2 18 12 6 4 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 5 17 1 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 3 15 3 2
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 3 0 0 4
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 2 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 3
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 0 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 5 1 1 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 2 19 18 1 6 1 1 5
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 5 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 15 296 212 84 66 36 33 43

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 2 15 8 7 2 0 2 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 2 0 3 2
28 Cordner, David ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 4 0 2 1
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 7 0 0 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 3
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 2 0 6 3
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 1 2 22 19 3 4 0 4 2
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 1 1 4
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 4 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 3 16 9 7 4 0 0 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 6 19 3 4
46 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 5 0 3 5
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 0 2 4 4 0 1 1 2 1
21 Tossol, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 3
12 Williams, David ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 8 0 2 0
45 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 4 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 14 289 197 92 59 21 43 33

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