1984 VFL Semi Final 2: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 1984 between Essendon and Hawthorn in the second semi final of the 1984 VFL season. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at MCG. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

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

Hawthorn
Back: G. Ayres, D. O'Halloran, C. Robertson
Half-back: P. Schwab, C. Mew, R. Lester-Smith
Centre: R. DiPierdomenico, P. Russo, C. Langford
Half-forward: K. Judge, D. Brereton, P. Curran
Forward: M. McCarthy, L. Matthews (capt.), R. Loveridge
Follower: M. Byrne, M. Tuck, R. Greene
Int.: R. Eade, T. Wallace

Essendon (15.15.105) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.17.113).

Goalkickers
Essendon: L. Baker (3), T. Daniher (2), S. Madden (2), M. Neagle (2), T. Watson (2), A. Ezard, P. Vander Haar, P. Weston, D. Williams
Hawthorn: R. DiPierdomenico (4), K. Judge (3), L. Matthews (3), D. Brereton (2), R. Eade, R. Loveridge, P. Russo, T. Wallace

As a result of this match, Essendon faced Collingwood in the preliminary final and Hawthorn faced Essendon in the grand final.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Sunday 16 September 1984
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 76,514

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 15.15.105 - 16.17.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 8 . 10 13 . 14 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Hawthorn 5 . 6 9 . 8 13 . 13 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Margin HWTH by 14 HWTH by 4 ESSE by 1 HWTH by 8 HWTH by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Allan Jeans (Hawthorn)
Captains: Terry Daniher (Essendon), Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson, J. Russo

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 3 1 10 7 3 4 0 1 0
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 0 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 0 18 16 2 8 0 1 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 8 0 1 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 3 0 3 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 1 0 1 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 3 0 0 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 2 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 0 0 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 2 9 6 3 6 31 0 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 2 10 6 4 4 16 2 4
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 2 0 20 12 8 2 0 1 3
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 3 0 2 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 3 0 0 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 3 30 24 6 9 0 1 1
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 2
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 15 287 201 86 68 47 19 21

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 3 1
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 2 3 13 10 3 3 1 1 0
21 Byrne, Michael RU ? 0 1 12 7 5 3 28 2 2
25 Curran, Peter HFFR ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 0 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 4 4 24 17 7 7 0 3 3
26 Eade, Rodney INT ? 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 0
29 Greene, Russell RO ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 0 0
1 Judge, Ken HFFL ? 3 2 13 10 3 4 0 1 1
28 Langford, Chris WR ? 0 2 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
6 Lester-Smith, Rod HBFR ? 0 0 23 13 10 4 0 1 1
22 Loveridge, Richard FPR ? 1 0 16 10 6 1 0 1 0
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FF ? 3 2 15 8 7 4 0 2 1
20 McCarthy, Michael FPL ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 4 1 2
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 0
8 O'Halloran, David FB ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 0 1
32 Robertson, Colin BPR ? 0 0 26 12 14 1 0 1 1
4 Russo, Peter C ? 1 0 26 15 11 2 0 1 2
30 Schwab, Peter HBFL ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 0
16 Wallace, Terry INT ? 1 2 21 11 10 2 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 17 300 186 114 58 33 21 19

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
7 G. Ayres 8 D. O'Halloran 32 C. Robertson













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



30 P. Schwab 2 C. Mew 6 R. Lester-Smith













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 R. DiPierdomenico 4 P. Russo 28 C. Langford









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 21 M. Byrne 26 R. Eade
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 16 T. Wallace
1 K. Judge 23 D. Brereton 25 P. Curran 29 R. Greene











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



20 M. McCarthy 3 L. Matthews (c) 22 R. Loveridge













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans