1984 VFL Season 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 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at the 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 (15.15.105) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.17.113).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
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

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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