1984 VFL Season Round 21: Sydney v Essendon

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

Sydney (23.17.155) defeated Essendon (14.15.99).

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

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Hammond (caretaker)

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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