1986 VFL Round 18: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1986 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 18 of the 1986 VFL season. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Michael Tuck captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), L. Baker, S. Clark, N. Clarke, E. Considine, B. Duckworth, F. Dunell, T. Elshaug, A. Ezard, G. Foulds, P. Hamilton, M. Harvey, G. Hawker, S. Madden, R. Merrett, G. Raines, M. Richardson, P. Salmon, M. Thompson, K. Walsh

Hawthorn
Back: G. Ayres, C. Langford, R. Greene
Half-back: R. Lester-Smith, C. Mew, G. Howard
Centre: C. Robertson, T. Wallace, R. DiPierdomenico
Half-forward: G. Buckenara, D. Brereton, K. Judge
Forward: P. Abbott, P. Curran, J. Platten
Follower: G. Dear, M. Tuck (capt.), R. Loveridge
Int.: J. Dunstall, M. McCarthy

Essendon (21.11.137) defeated Hawthorn (6.14.50).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. Ezard (7), G. Hawker (4), T. Daniher (3), M. Richardson (3), S. Clark, T. Elshaug, S. Madden, R. Merrett
Hawthorn: D. Brereton (3), G. Buckenara, K. Judge, R. Lester-Smith

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Hawthorn remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 2 August 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,223

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 21.11.137 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 6 . 3 14 . 6 21 . 11 21 . 11 (137)
Hawthorn 0 . 4 4 . 9 6 . 10 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Margin ESSE by 22 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 87 ESSE by 87
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Allan Jeans (Hawthorn)
Captains: Terry Daniher (Essendon), Michael Tuck (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Clayton, P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Alan Ezard ESSE 15 3
Glenn Hawker ESSE 33 2
Simon Madden ESSE 27 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 0 0 0 3
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 3 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 3 2
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 3 0 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 3 0 18 12 6 10 0 2 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 1 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 1 0 0 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 7 1 19 15 4 3 0 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 1 0 2 0
40 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 5 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 4 1 25 20 5 8 1 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 5 21 3 5
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 7 0 2 1
6 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 4 0 1 2
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 3 0 13 11 2 4 1 0 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 2 6 0 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 0 0 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 21 11 298 212 86 71 29 25 25

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
39 Abbott, Paul FPL ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 1 0 1
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 0 21 15 6 1 1 3 0
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 3 1 7 6 1 3 1 1 9
11 Buckenara, Gary HFFL ? 1 1 25 12 13 4 0 0 1
25 Curran, Peter FF ? 0 2 8 5 3 1 0 1 1
14 Dear, Greg RU ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 11 4 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WR ? 0 0 23 11 12 3 0 0 5
19 Dunstall, Jason INT ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
29 Greene, Russell BPR ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 0
13 Howard, Glenn HBFR ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0
1 Judge, Ken HFFR ? 1 1 9 7 2 1 0 0 0
28 Langford, Chris FB ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 1 2 0
6 Lester-Smith, Rod HBFL ? 1 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 0
22 Loveridge, Richard RO ? 0 2 30 20 10 3 0 1 1
20 McCarthy, Michael INT ? 0 1 11 5 6 1 3 2 1
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 2
44 Platten, John FPR ? 0 1 18 13 5 1 0 2 1
32 Robertson, Colin WL ? 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 0 0
17 Tuck, Michael (c) RR ? 0 2 15 8 7 2 0 3 0
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 1 28 18 10 5 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 14 272 170 102 44 18 25 25

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 28 C. Langford 29 R. Greene













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



6 R. Lester-Smith 2 C. Mew 13 G. Howard













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



32 C. Robertson 16 T. Wallace 9 R. DiPierdomenico









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 G. Dear 19 J. Dunstall
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck (c) 20 M. McCarthy
11 G. Buckenara 23 D. Brereton 1 K. Judge 22 R. Loveridge











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



39 P. Abbott 25 P. Curran 44 J. Platten













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans