1986 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 1986 between Melbourne and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne (8.12.60) were defeated by Essendon (27.20.182).

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 July 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,560

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.12.60 - 27.20.182

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 8 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Essendon 7 . 4 15 . 8 19 . 13 27 . 20 27 . 20 (182)
Margin ESSE by 32 ESSE by 64 ESSE by 77 ESSE by 122 ESSE by 122
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Castle
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Alan Ezard ESSE 15 3
Leon Baker ESSE 4 2
Paul Salmon ESSE 3 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Allday, David ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 2 10 3 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 1
40 Campbell, Tony ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 1
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 7 0 3 2
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 1
44 Fidge, John ? ? 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 3 20 11 9 5 0 2 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 1 1 4
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 3 20 14 6 3 0 2 0
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 5 5 1 2
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 3 4 2 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 1 1
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 3 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 1 0 1 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 8 0 2 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 12 239 178 61 55 20 28 19

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 2 0 0 1
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 2 1 35 22 13 3 0 1 0
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 3 6 17 10 7 1 0 1 2
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 10 0 0 3
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 2 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 3 2 25 23 2 6 0 2 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 6 2 31 19 12 7 0 2 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 4 0 2 0
40 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 2 0 0 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 0 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 0 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 9 26 2 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 7 6 1 4
19 Phillips, Brenton ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 1 1 34 17 17 5 0 1 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 8 4 17 15 2 11 0 2 2
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 7 0 0 1
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 2 0 1 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 27 20 394 241 153 89 32 19 28

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