AFL Match Statistics : Melbourne defeated by Essendon at MCG Round 20 Saturday, 13th August 1983

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Melbourne defeated by Essendon

Round 20, MCG, Attendance: 38620

Saturday, 13th August 1983, 2:10 PM AEST

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Melbourne	6.5	11.7	16.8	19.10	124
Essendon	4.1	10.5	16.9	21.15	141

Melbourne Player Stats ❘ Essendon Player Stats ❘ Match Head to Head Stats ❘ Scoring Breakdown

Melbourne Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals)

Coach: Ron Barassi

Player	K	HB	D	M	G	B	HO	FF	FA
Adrian Battiston	19	8	27	0	0	1	0	4	0
Alan Johnson	19	7	26	8	0	3	0	3	0
Kelly O'Donnell	15	11	26	3	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Connolly	16	6	22	1	1	0	0	0	2
Rodney Wright	10	10	20	2	0	0	0	1	2
Brian Wilson	10	8	18	6	5	1	0	3	4
Dale Dickson	13	5	18	4	0	0	0	1	2
Shane Zantuck	12	6	18	5	0	0	0	3	2
Robert Flower	10	7	17	5	6	2	0	1	0
Peter Moore	11	5	16	7	1	0	8	4	3
Michael Seddon	10	6	16	1	1	0	0	3	1
Steven Smith	11	4	15	4	0	0	1	3	1
David Williams	8	4	12	7	3	1	0	2	2
Stephen Icke	10	2	12	3	0	0	0	2	1
Ted Fidge	6	5	11	1	1	2	0	3	3
Glenn Boland	8	3	11	2	0	0	1	0	2
Roger Ellingworth	6	3	9	4	1	0	0	0	3
Glenn McLean	4	3	7	1	0	0	10	1	0
David Cordner	5	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2
Russell Richards	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Essendon Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals)

Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Player	K	HB	D	M	G	B	HO	FF	FA
Tim Watson	20	7	27	3	1	0	0	6	1
Bryan Wood	16	8	24	7	1	1	0	2	2
Tony Buhagiar	10	13	23	3	1	0	0	1	2
Merv Neagle	12	10	22	4	2	0	1	0	4
Glenn Hawker	16	5	21	2	0	0	0	1	2
Roger Merrett	13	5	18	7	4	3	10	3	3
Terry Daniher	14	3	17	6	3	2	1	1	0
Darren Williams	12	5	17	4	0	1	0	1	1
Alan Ezard	13	3	16	4	1	2	0	0	1
Stephen Carey	13	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ron Andrews	7	9	16	1	0	0	0	5	2
Stephen Richardson	8	8	16	1	2	0	0	1	1
Frank Dunell	8	7	15	1	0	0	0	2	2
Rene Kink	12	3	15	8	5	3	0	0	1
Neil Clarke	8	6	14	5	0	0	0	2	1
Simon Madden	9	3	12	5	1	1	33	2	3
Paul Weston	5	5	10	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cameron Clayton	8	2	10	3	0	0	0	3	2
Stephen Copping	4	4	8	1	0	0	1	1	1
Bill Duckworth	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	1

Head to Head
	Melbourne	Statistic	Essendon
	206	Kicks	210
	103	Handballs	111
	309	Disposals	321
	2.00	Kick to Handball Ratio	1.89
	65	Marks	71
	20	Hitouts	46
	34	Frees For	31
	31	Frees Against	34
	19	Goals Kicked	21
	10	Behinds Kicked	13
	0	Rushed Behinds	2
	29	Scoring Shots	36
	65.5%	Conversion	58.3%
	16.26	Disposals Per Goal	15.29
	10.66	Disps Per Scoring Shot	8.92

Quarter by Quarter Scoring Breakdown


	Melbourne	First Quarter	Essendon

	6.5 41	Score	4.1 25
	11	Scoring Shots	5
	54.5%	Conversion	80.0%
	Won quarter by 16	Result	Lost quarter by 16
	Leading by 16	End of Quarter	Trailing by 16


	Melbourne	Second Quarter	Essendon

	5.2 32	Score	6.4 40
	7	Scoring Shots	10
	71.4%	Conversion	60.0%
	Lost quarter by 8	Result	Won quarter by 8
	Leading by 8	Halftime	Trailing by 8


	Melbourne	Third Quarter	Essendon

	5.1 31	Score	6.4 40
	6	Scoring Shots	10
	83.3%	Conversion	60.0%
	Lost quarter by 9	Result	Won quarter by 9
	Trailing by 1	End of Quarter	Leading by 1


	Melbourne	Final Quarter	Essendon

	3.2 20	Score	5.6 36
	5	Scoring Shots	11
	60.0%	Conversion	45.5%
	Lost quarter by 16	Result	Won quarter by 16
	Lost game by 17	End of Game	Won game by 17

Scoring Breakdown For Each Half


	Melbourne	First Half	Essendon

	11.7 73	Score	10.5 65
	18	Scoring Shots	15
	61.1%	Conversion	66.7%
	Won half by 8	Result	Lost half by 8
	Leading by 8	Halftime	Trailing by 8


	Melbourne	Second Half	Essendon

	8.3 51	Score	11.10 76
	11	Scoring Shots	21
	72.7%	Conversion	52.4%
	Lost half by 25	Result	Won half by 25
	Lost game by 17	End of Game	Won game by 17

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