1986 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1986 between Essendon and Melbourne during round four of the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Essendon (27.8.170) defeated Melbourne (17.6.108).

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 April 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,265

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 27.8.170 - 17.6.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 3 15 . 4 16 . 7 27 . 8 27 . 8 (170)
Melbourne 5 . 2 10 . 4 13 . 4 17 . 6 17 . 6 (108)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 62 ESSE by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
M. Westgarth

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Roger Merrett ESSE 25 3
Bryan Wood ESSE 2 2
Terry Daniher ESSE 5 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 2 0
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 1 0 3 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 5 1 23 15 8 8 0 2 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 0 25 10 15 2 0 1 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 5 1 18 15 3 1 0 2 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 2 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 3 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 26 14 12 2 0 1 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 22 2 0
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 6 1 24 17 7 7 2 4 3
6 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 24 11 13 3 0 3 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 4 0 13 9 4 4 10 1 0
40 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 3 2 11 7 4 6 0 1 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 6 0 2 4
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 1 1 20 10 10 2 0 1 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 0 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 0 0 2 4
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 1
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 4 0 5 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 27 8 350 225 125 59 34 39 24

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Allday, David ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 2 5 0 1
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 2 0 2 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 1 0 0 1
23 Bourke, Daryl ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 0 0 1 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 0 1
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 2 4
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 2 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 4 0 24 14 10 2 0 4 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 4
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 2 0 13 13 0 4 0 1 3
46 Louttit, Darren ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 5 0 2 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 3 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 3 0 2 3
21 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 1 0 3 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 1 2
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 6 2 6
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 1 1 2
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 6 255 186 69 41 12 24 39

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