1984 VFL Round 20: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1984 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 20 of the 1984 VFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Trevor Barker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Graeme Gellie.

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), L. Baker, P. Bradbury, T. Buhagiar, S. Carey, N. Clarke, B. Duckworth, F. Dunell, A. Ezard, M. Harvey, G. Hawker, S. Heard, S. Madden, R. Merrett, M. Neagle, M. Thompson, K. Walsh, C. Waterson, P. Weston, B. Wood

St Kilda
T. Barker (capt.), G. Brown, G. Burns, D. Cowie, P. Cronan, A. Cross, G. Cunningham, R. Elphinstone, J. Favier, S. Foschini, D. Frawley, P. Kiel, G. Lane, T. Lockett, R. Mace, P. Morwood, G. Odgers, M. Roberts, A. Sidebottom, T. Smith

Essendon (22.6.138) defeated St Kilda (13.5.83).

Goalkickers
Essendon: T. Daniher (4), F. Dunell (4), M. Harvey (3), R. Merrett (3), L. Baker (2), G. Hawker (2), P. Bradbury, A. Ezard, S. Madden, M. Neagle
St Kilda: T. Lockett (4), T. Barker (3), P. Kiel (2), G. Burns, R. Elphinstone, S. Foschini, P. Morwood

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and St Kilda remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 18 August 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,842

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 22.6.138 - 13.5.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 2 10 . 4 19 . 6 22 . 6 22 . 6 (138)
St Kilda 2 . 1 4 . 2 8 . 2 13 . 5 13 . 5 (83)
Margin ESSE by 25 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 70 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Graeme Gellie (St Kilda)
Captains: Terry Daniher (Essendon), Trevor Barker (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Leon Baker ESSE 4 3
Mark Harvey ESSE 38 2
Merv Neagle ESSE 1 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 7 0 3 2
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 2 0 1 0
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 1 0 1 1
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 3
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 4 0 30 19 11 5 4 3 3
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 4 1 20 14 6 1 0 1 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 3 1 20 18 2 7 1 2 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 1 29 19 10 4 0 3 5
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 4
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 6 33 4 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 7 8 2 7
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 2 0 4 5
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 1 1 4 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 2
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 2 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 0
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 22 6 329 219 110 58 47 37 45

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor (c) ? ? 3 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 0
19 Brown, Glen ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 5 3
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 1 0 28 20 8 6 0 3 5
20 Cowie, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 5 2 2
3 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 0 0 0 3
25 Cross, Andrew ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 1
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 24 9 15 6 0 2 1
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 7 2 3 1
43 Favier, John ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 5 1
6 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 2 0 1 2
49 Frawley, Danny ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 0
17 Kiel, Peter ? ? 2 0 25 15 10 1 1 2 3
15 Lane, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 1
14 Lockett, Tony ? ? 4 0 5 5 0 3 6 0 3
7 Mace, Robert ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 6 0 4 4
4 Morwood, Paul ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 1
29 Odgers, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 3 2
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 0 4 2
2 Sidebottom, Allan ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 1 13 1 3
30 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 5 285 192 93 51 27 46 38

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