1986 VFL Round 9: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1986 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round 9 of the 1986 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Matthew Rendell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Fitzroy
M. Rendell (capt.), D. Barwick, J. Blakey, S. Clayton, M. Coates, M. Conlan, J. Cooper, L. Harris, G. Keane, P. Knight, G. Lawrie, C. McGrath, S. McIvor, G. Osborne, R. Osborne, T. Pekin, B. Quinlan, P. Roos, D. Turner, J. Wynd

Essendon
L. Baker, N. Clarke, B. Duckworth, F. Dunell, T. Elshaug, A. Ezard, D. Flood, G. Foulds, P. Hamilton, M. Harvey, G. Hawker, S. Heard, S. Madden, B. Phillips, G. Raines, M. Richardson, T. Spencer, M. Thompson, K. Walsh, B. Wood

Fitzroy (18.7.115) defeated Essendon (10.10.70).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: M. Conlan (5), G. Keane (5), R. Osborne (5), D. Barwick, P. Roos, J. Wynd
Essendon: T. Spencer (4), B. Duckworth (2), B. Phillips (2), G. Hawker, S. Madden

As a result of this match, Fitzroy remained 5th on the ladder and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 May 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 14,979

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 18.7.115 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 5 . 4 9 . 6 18 . 7 18 . 7 (115)
Essendon 1 . 3 6 . 4 10 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 7 FITZ by 45 FITZ by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Parkin (Fitzroy), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Matthew Rendell (Fitzroy), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Clayton, P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mick Conlan FITZ 12 3
Glenn Hawker ESSE 33 2
Phillip Knight FITZ 36 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 5 0 0 3
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 1
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 1 2
2 Coates, Michael ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 5 0 22 18 4 1 0 3 3
27 Cooper, Jamie ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 0 1 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 4 2
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 5 2 12 9 3 6 1 0 3
36 Knight, Phillip ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 1
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 2 9 9 0 3 0 3 0
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 8 0 2 0
17 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 2 2
19 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 1 4
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 5 0 16 14 2 9 0 0 3
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
9 Rendell, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 12 3 2
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 4 0 4 1
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 4 1
58 Wynd, Jim ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 4 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 7 285 203 82 71 13 37 31

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 2 0 3 3
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 5 0 1 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 3 0 1 5
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 6 0 3 2
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 1 0 2 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 3 24 15 9 9 0 2 2
28 Flood, David ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 1 2
40 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 4 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 3 15 13 2 5 0 2 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 33 22 11 5 0 3 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 3 0 2 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 9 22 2 0
19 Phillips, Brenton ? ? 2 0 21 12 9 3 0 0 4
6 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 5 0 3 3
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 0 2
40 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 12 0 0 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 1 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 0 4
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 10 333 209 124 85 22 31 37

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