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Essendon vs Melbourne

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Round: 7   Venue: Windy Hill   Date: Sat, 19-05-1979 2:10 pm   Crowd: 21,426  
Essendon 7.7.4915.8.9817.12.11423.18.156 C:  Barry Davis
Melbourne 2.5.174.9.336.14.509.20.74 C:  Carl Ditterich
  ESS by 32ESS by 65ESS by 64ESS by 82  

Match Report

Melbourne were fined $500 for playing Robert Elliott in the #8 jumper normally worn by his brother Glenn who was late out.

Match stats

Essendon Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
38 Bennett, Peter 7 2 4 11 0 0 0 3 2 22y 192d 34 10
17 Boyd, Colin 6 5 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 24y 296d 43 0
31 Crow, Max 3 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 23y 132d 75 89
6 Daniher, Neale 12 7 5 17 0 0 0 2 2 18y 93d 7 2
5 Daniher, Terry 15 11 3 18 7 3 0 2 5 21y 277d 46 102
21 Fletcher, Ken 18 4 4 22 0 0 0 2 5 31y 118d 240 52
10 Foulds, Garry 15 5 3 18 0 1 0 2 0 23y 6d 83 43
9 Heard, Shane 7 3 2 9 2 1 0 0 0 20y 295d 30 8
1 Keenan, Peter 10 6 2 12 1 0 18 2 0 28y 42d 157 106
27 Madden, Simon 10 11 7 17 2 1 12 0 2 21y 140d 94 166
13 Mansfield, Ken 11 2 8 19 2 0 0 4 1 20y 254d 25 15
37 Marsh, Ian 21 6 6 27 0 0 0 3 6 23y 208d 34 4
34 Neagle, Merv 7 4 5 12 2 0 0 1 2 21y 73d 28 9
15 Primmer, Wayne 14 5 2 16 3 0 0 0 1 20y 130d 33 64
2 Reid, Alan 18 13 5 23 2 0 0 4 3 23y 110d 6 2
24 Robins, Stephen 25 6 5 30 0 4 0 2 3 22y 83d 54 32
36 Scanlon, Denis 7 5 1 8 0 0 0 0 2 25y 44d 50 5
26 Shaw, Robert 9 6 3 12 0 1 0 1 3 24y 133d 30 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul 18 9 2 20 2 1 1 2 3 21y 73d 41 64
32 Watson, Tim 14 5 10 24 0 3 0 1 1 17y 310d 42 39
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 247 116 82 329 23 18 31   31 43 22y 278d 1152 815
Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
14 Byrne, Michael 8 6 5 13 1 0 6 2 3 20y 168d 14 12
7 Denny, Barry 7 4 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 26y 9d 20 3
10 Ditterich, Carl 8 4 6 14 2 1 18 2 2 33y 221d 262 195
8 Elliott, Robert 12 1 4 16 0 0 0 3 1 26y 20d 65 19
2 Flower, Robert 12 6 13 25 0 1 0 0 3 23y 287d 119 108
9 Fowler, Laurie 17 5 7 24 0 0 0 6 1 27y 141d 131 24
20 Gaunt, Graham 14 1 4 18 3 0 0 1 0 25y 290d 38 14
17 Grambeau, Shane 8 2 3 11 0 0 1 1 0 26y 214d 108 47
26 Gull, Stewart 7 0 2 9 1 3 0 4 2 27y 329d 88 152
30 Hamilton, Peter 7 3 2 9 0 0 0 1 2 22y 214d 29 1
39 Healy, Gerard 7 4 0 7 0 1 0 0 3 18y 79d 7 2
5 Hunnibell, Graham 3 1 4 7 0 0 6 5 1 24y 137d 8 2
24 Martyn, Tony 6 4 7 13 0 1 0 3 2 22y 71d 6 0
29 Moir, Andrew 3 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 5 20y 136d 30 26
23 O'Donnell, Kelly 14 3 4 18 0 3 0 3 0 18y 184d 4 4
40 Thorne, Peter 10 2 9 19 0 4 0 3 1 19y 115d 9 9
16 Walters, Robert 6 0 3 9 1 1 0 2 0 23y 187d 8 15
11 Wells, Greg 20 2 3 23 1 3 0 2 1 28y 347d 197 231
27 Whitford, Don 13 3 5 18 0 0 0 1 1 22y 185d 46 10
18 Wingate, Maurice 14 2 0 14 0 0 0 3 3 21y 212d 26 6
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 196 54 86 282 9 20 31   43 31 23y 359d 1215 880

Match highlights

Terry Daniher kicked 7 goals for Essendon against Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
Stephen Robins had 25 kicks for Essendon vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
Terry Daniher kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Essendon vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.