1984 VFL Round 21: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1984 between Sydney and Essendon during round 21 of the 1984 VFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Hammond and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney
D. Ackerly, M. Browning, W. Capper, R. Carter, A. Daniher, B. Evans, P. Hawke, B. Mitchell, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, B. Picken, C. Potter, D. Rhys-Jones, I. Roberts, B. Round, B. Scott, G. Smith, S. Taubert, M. Whitzell, S. Wright

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

Sydney (23.17.155) defeated Essendon (14.15.99).

Goalkickers
Sydney: W. Capper (4), T. Morwood (4), P. Hawke (3), B. Mitchell (3), B. Round (3), B. Evans (2), A. Daniher, D. Murphy, D. Rhys-Jones, B. Scott
Essendon: T. Daniher (3), A. Ezard (2), R. Merrett (2), T. Buhagiar, F. Dunell, M. Harvey, G. Hawker, S. Madden, M. Thompson, K. Walsh

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 10th on the ladder and Essendon remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 26 August 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 12,173

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 23.17.155 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 5 . 1 10 . 5 15 . 11 23 . 17 23 . 17 (155)
Essendon 5 . 4 8 . 8 12 . 13 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin ESSE by 3 SYDN by 9 SYDN by 16 SYDN by 56 SYDN by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Hammond (Sydney), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Terry Daniher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Bulluss, I. Clayton

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Barry Mitchell SYDN 49 3
David Murphy SYDN 35 2
Warwick Capper SYDN 39 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 1
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 5 0 4 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 4 3 17 15 2 6 3 6 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 2 2
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 5 0 1 0
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 5 0 3 1
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 3 2 25 15 10 7 0 6 3
49 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 3 3 25 13 12 4 0 2 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 4 1 14 11 3 13 0 3 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 6 0 2 1
14 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 1
37 Potter, Craig ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 0 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 3 1 9 7 2 2 8 0 0
6 Scott, Brett ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 6 0 3 1
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 2 0
24 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 7 30 3 1
36 Whitzell, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 2 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 17 317 220 97 87 41 44 20

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 1 0 0 3
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 1 0 1 7
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 1 0 1 0
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 3
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 3 2 14 11 3 5 0 1 3
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 0 3
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 2 0 3 3
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 1 0 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 2 3
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 4 0 1 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 0 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 1 0 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 5 42 1 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 5 4 1 1
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 5
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 2 0 1 3
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 1 2 15 10 5 5 1 0 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 2 1 1
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 15 260 173 87 42 49 20 44

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