1984 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1984 between Footscray and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Footscray (3.14.32) were defeated by Essendon (4.10.34).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 July 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,771

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 3.14.32 - 4.10.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 3 0 . 7 0 . 8 3 . 14 3 . 14 (32)
Essendon 0 . 6 0 . 7 3 . 9 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Margin ESSE by 3 level ESSE by 19 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. Morrow

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Bradbury ESSE 36 3
Robert Groenewegen FOOT 14 2
Alan Ezard ESSE 15 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 3 2
13 Bennett, John ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 2 0 2 4
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 0 0 4 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 0 2 1
38 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 0 0
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 2 0 1 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 3
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 1 3 3
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 2 0 6
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 9 0 1 4
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 2 4 4
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 2 2
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 4 20 13 7 6 0 7 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 2 0 1 2
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 1 5
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 5 9 12 3
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 2 0 2 3
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 3 14 265 208 57 51 14 50 48

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 1 29 24 5 6 0 3 2
16 Banfield, Peter ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 1 0 1 0
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 8 0 2 4
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 2 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 4 2 0 4
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 5 4
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 2 6
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 2 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 2 18 15 3 1 0 2 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 1 0 5 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 19 1 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 7 14 3 4
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 2 0 6 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 2 22 15 7 3 0 5 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 2 5 5 4
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 4 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 1 0 0 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 4 10 305 232 73 51 40 48 50

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

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