1984 VFL Season Round 18: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1984 between Geelong and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (12.17.89) were defeated by Essendon (19.22.136).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 August 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 31,675

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 12.17.89 - 19.22.136

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 4 5 . 9 10 . 14 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Essendon 5 . 6 8 . 11 11 . 18 19 . 22 19 . 22 (136)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Sidebottom
K. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Kevin Walsh ESSE 30 3
Merv Neagle ESSE 1 2
Brian Peake GEEL 7 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 2 15 13 2 5 0 2 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 1 0 2 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 1 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 2 13 11 2 7 0 0 0
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 0 0 4 1
2 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 0
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 9 0 2 2
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 1
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 3 3 10 8 2 3 0 1 1
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 1 1
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 2 6 3 1 0 1
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 7 0 1 1
6 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 0
47 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 1 0 1 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 13 3 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 3 2
7 Peake, Brian ? ? 0 0 36 28 8 5 0 3 3
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 4 0 3 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 4 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 17 279 201 78 67 20 32 19

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 4 0 0 0
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 4 0 1 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 0 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 1 0 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 3 3 23 15 8 8 3 0 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 4 0 0 4
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 4 1 25 17 8 3 0 0 4
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 2 0 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 2 5 22 15 7 6 1 2 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 0 27 18 9 2 0 1 5
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 2 12 6 6 4 33 1 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 3 8 1 4
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 32 21 11 5 0 4 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 9 1 0 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 6 0 0 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 7 0 1 0
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 19 22 350 234 116 80 46 19 32

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