1979 Games · 1979 Player Statistics

Essendon 156 – 74 Melbourne

← · 1979 · Round 7 · 19/05/1979 2:10 · Windy Hill · Crowd 21426 · →

Essendon 7.7.4915.8.9817.12.11423.18.156
Melbourne 2.5.174.9.336.14.509.20.74
Qrt margin ES by 32ES by 65ES by 64ES by 82
Qrt scores ES 49-17ES 49-16ME 17-16ES 42-24
Field umpires Mike Dye (75), Kenneth Norris (6)

Essendon Match Statistics (156) — Coach: Barry Davis

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
38 Peter Bennett 7 2 4 11 3 2
17 Colin Boyd 6 5 3 9
31 Max Crow 3 1 2 5 1 2
6 Neale Daniher 12 7 5 17 2 2
5 Terry Daniher 15 11 3 18 7 3 2 5
21 Ken Fletcher 18 4 4 22 2 5
10 Garry Foulds 15 5 3 18 1 2
9 Shane Heard 7 3 2 9 2 1
1 Peter Keenan 10 6 2 12 1 18 2
27 Simon Madden 10 11 7 17 2 1 12 2
13 Ken Mansfield 11 2 8 19 2 4 1
37 Ian Marsh 21 6 6 27 3 6
34 Merv Neagle 7 4 5 12 2 1 2
15 Wayne Primmer 14 5 2 16 3 1
2 Alan Reid 18 13 5 23 2 4 3
24 Stephen Robins 25 6 5 30 4 2 3
36 Denis Scanlon 7 5 1 8 2
26 Robert Shaw 9 6 3 12 1 1 3
18 Paul Vander Haar 18 9 2 20 2 1 1 2 3
32 Tim Watson 14 5 10 24 3 1 1
Totals 247116823292316313143
Opposition 1965486282918314331

Melbourne Match Statistics (74) — Coach: Carl Ditterich

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
14 Michael Byrne 8 6 5 13 1 6 2 3
7 Barry Denny 7 4 4 11
10 Carl Ditterich 8 4 6 14 2 1 18 2 2
6 Robert Elliott 12 1 4 16 3 1
2 Robert Flower 12 6 13 25 1 3
9 Laurie Fowler 17 5 7 24 6 1
20 Graham Gaunt 14 1 4 18 3 1
17 Shane Grambeau 8 2 3 11 1 1
26 Stewart Gull 7 2 9 1 3 4 2
30 Peter Hamilton 7 3 2 9 1 2
39 Gerard Healy 7 4 7 1 3
5 Graham Hunnibell 3 1 4 7 6 5 1
24 Tony Martyn 6 4 7 13 1 3 2
29 Andrew Moir 3 1 1 4 1 5
23 Kelly ODonnell 14 3 4 18 3 3
40 Peter Thorne 10 2 9 19 4 3 1
16 Robert Walters 6 3 9 1 1 2
11 Greg Wells 20 2 3 23 1 3 2 1
27 Don Whitford 13 3 5 18 1 1
18 Maurice Wingate 14 2 14 3 3
Totals 1965486282918314331
Opposition 247116823292316313143

Essendon Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Essendon Games (W-D-L W%) Essendon Goals (Ave.)
38 Peter Bennett 22y 192d 34 (14-1-19 42.65%) 10 (0.29) 21 (7-1-13 35.71%) 5 (0.24)
17 Colin Boyd 24y 296d 43 (15-2-26 37.21%) 33 (13-1-19 40.91%)
31 Max Crow 23y 132d 75 (26-1-48 35.33%) 89 (1.19) ← ←
6 Neale Daniher 18y 93d 7 (3-1-3 50.00%) 2 (0.29) ← ←
5 Terry Daniher 21y 277d 46 (21-2-23 47.83%) 102 (2.22) 27 (11-1-15 42.59%) 80 (2.96)
21 Ken Fletcher 31y 118d 240 (107-5-128 45.63%) 52 (0.22) ← ←
10 Garry Foulds 23y 6d 83 (31-2-50 38.55%) 43 (0.52) ← ←
9 Shane Heard 20y 295d 30 (11-2-17 40.00%) 8 (0.27) ← ←
1 Peter Keenan 28y 42d 157 (72-2-83 46.50%) 106 (0.68) 5 (2-1-2 50.00%) 2 (0.40)
27 Simon Madden 21y 140d 94 (38-2-54 41.49%) 166 (1.77) ← ←
13 Ken Mansfield 20y 254d 25 (11-1-13 46.00%) 15 (0.60) ← ←
37 Ian Marsh 23y 208d 34 (11-1-22 33.82%) 4 (0.12) ← ←
34 Merv Neagle 21y 73d 28 (12-1-15 44.64%) 9 (0.32) ← ←
15 Wayne Primmer 20y 130d 33 (11-1-21 34.85%) 64 (1.94) ← ←
2 Alan Reid 23y 110d 6 (3-1-2 58.33%) 2 (0.33) ← ←
24 Stephen Robins 22y 83d 54 (21-2-31 40.74%) 32 (0.59) ← ←
36 Denis Scanlon 25y 44d 50 (16-2-32 34.00%) 5 (0.10) ← ←
26 Robert Shaw 24y 133d 30 (11-1-18 38.33%) 3 (0.10) ← ←
18 Paul Vander Haar 21y 73d 41 (13-1-27 32.93%) 64 (1.56) ← ←
32 Tim Watson 17y 310d 42 (16-2-24 40.48%) 39 (0.93) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 22y 279d 1152 (463-33-656 41.62%) 815 (0.71)
C Barry Davis 35y 246d 29 (11-1-17 39.66%) ←

Melbourne Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Melbourne Games (W-D-L W%) Melbourne Goals (Ave.)
14 Michael Byrne 20y 168d 14 (2-0-12 14.29%) 12 (0.86) ← ←
7 Barry Denny 26y 9d 20 (5-0-15 25.00%) 3 (0.15) ← ←
10 Carl Ditterich 33y 221d 262 (133-3-126 51.34%) 195 (0.74) 59 (17-0-42 28.81%) 39 (0.66)
6 Robert Elliott 26y 20d 65 (21-3-41 34.62%) 19 (0.29) 5 (0-0-5 0.00%) 4 (0.80)
2 Robert Flower 23y 287d 119 (37-0-82 31.09%) 108 (0.91) ← ←
9 Laurie Fowler 27y 141d 131 (67-0-64 51.15%) 24 (0.18) 82 (31-0-51 37.80%) 17 (0.21)
20 Graham Gaunt 25y 290d 38 (18-1-19 48.68%) 14 (0.37) 19 (5-0-14 26.32%) 6 (0.32)
17 Shane Grambeau 26y 214d 108 (43-0-65 39.81%) 47 (0.44) 57 (15-0-42 26.32%) 8 (0.14)
26 Stewart Gull 27y 329d 88 (33-2-53 38.64%) 152 (1.73) 1 (0-0-1 0.00%) 1 (1.00)
30 Peter Hamilton 22y 214d 29 (10-0-19 34.48%) 1 (0.03) ← ←
39 Gerard Healy 18y 79d 7 (2-0-5 28.57%) 2 (0.29) ← ←
5 Graham Hunnibell 24y 137d 8 (2-0-6 25.00%) 2 (0.25) ← ←
24 Tony Martyn 22y 71d 6 (2-0-4 33.33%) ← ←
29 Andrew Moir 20y 136d 30 (7-0-23 23.33%) 26 (0.87) ← ←
23 Kelly ODonnell 18y 184d 4 (0-0-4 0.00%) 4 (1.00) ← ←
40 Peter Thorne 19y 115d 9 (3-0-6 33.33%) 9 (1.00) ← ←
16 Robert Walters 23y 187d 8 (3-0-5 37.50%) 15 (1.88) ← ←
11 Greg Wells 28y 347d 197 (66-1-130 33.76%) 231 (1.17) ← ←
27 Don Whitford 22y 185d 46 (13-0-33 28.26%) 10 (0.22) 4 (1-0-3 25.00%) 2 (0.50)
18 Maurice Wingate 21y 212d 26 (6-0-20 23.08%) 6 (0.23) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 23y 360d 1215 (473-10-732 39.34%) 880 (0.72)
C Carl Ditterich 33y 221d 7 (2-0-5 28.57%) ←

Blank stat cells: not recorded that season, or zero. Player Details careers are as of this game; “←” in a club column means the player's whole career was with this club. Coach row (C) shows the coaching record through this game.