1990 AFL Season: Essendon
Season Team Details
Season:
1990 AFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Home Ground:
Windy Hill
Team Results
Ladder Position:
1st (W-D-L: 17-0-5, P%: 139.2%)
Finals Performance:
Runners-Up
Players:
37
Brownlow Leader(s):
Greg Anderson, Darren Bewick (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away):
Darren Bewick, Paul Salmon (36)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s):
Mark Thompson
Team Leaders
Captain(s): Tim Watson
Player Results
| Player | Guernsey(s) | Match(es) | Round(s) | Goal(s) | Brownlow |
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| Anderson, Greg | #11 | 23 | R01-R04, R07-R22, SF, PF, GF | 17 | 13 |
| Antrobus, Tony | #13 | 8 | R01, R05, R11-R12, R17-R19, R21 | 5 | 0 |
| Barnes, John | #20 | 2 | R14-R15 | 2 | 0 |
| Bewick, Darren | #8 | 25 | R01-R22, SF, PF, GF | 37 | 13 |
| Burns, Adrian | #40 | 8 | R05-R06, R11, R15-R16, R21-R22, SF | 6 | 0 |
| Considine, Ed | #37 | 6 | R01-R02, R11, R14-R16 | 1 | 0 |
| Cransberg, Peter | #23 | 25 | R01-R22, SF, PF, GF | 22 | 4 |
| Daniher, Anthony | #6 | 19 | R01-R14, R21-R22, SF, PF, GF | 1 | 2 |
| Daniher, Chris | #7 | 5 | R11-R12, R22, PF, GF | 1 | 0 |
| Daniher, Neale | #36 | 7 | R03-R04, R06-R07, R17-R18, R22 | 9 | 0 |
| Daniher, Terry | #5 | 23 | R03-R22, SF, PF, GF | 9 | 7 |
| Duckworth, Bill | #22 | 4 | R04, R10, R20-R21 | 1 | 0 |
| Ezard, Alan | #15 | 22 | R01-R02, R04-R20, SF, PF, GF | 15 | 3 |
| Flood, David | #28 | 2 | R04, R16 | 3 | 0 |
| Grenvold, David | #29 | 23 | R01-R02, R05-R22, SF, PF, GF | 3 | 6 |
| Hamilton, Paul | #16 | 25 | R01-R22, SF, PF, GF | 1 | 2 |
| Harvey, Mark | #1 | 13 | R10-R15, R17, R19-R21, SF, PF, GF | 16 | 0 |
| Johnston, David | #39 | 6 | R17-R22 | 2 | 0 |
| Kickett, Derek | #9 | 19 | R01-R10, R13-R18, SF, PF, GF | 24 | 2 |
| Long, Michael | #4 | 25 | R01-R22, SF, PF, GF | 13 | 5 |
| Madden, Simon | #27 | 23 | R01-R05, R08-R22, SF, PF, GF | 30 | 4 |
| Manning, Andrew | #41 | 18 | R01-R10, R13-R17, R20, SF, PF | 17 | 2 |
| McMullin, Ian | #35 | 5 | R09-R10, R12-R13, R22 | 5 | 0 |
| Moore, Brendon | #38 | 2 | R03, R13 | 0 | 0 |
| O'Brien, Craig | #12 | 8 | R03-R04, R07-R09, R20-R22 | 7 | 0 |
| O'Donnell, Gary | #10 | 25 | R01-R22, SF, PF, GF | 11 | 10 |
| Plain, Bradley | #14 | 4 | R01-R03, R06 | 6 | 0 |
| Salmon, Paul | #3 | 21 | R01-R08, R10-R13, R16-R21, SF, PF, GF | 43 | 11 |
| Somerville, Peter | #19 | 4 | R06-R07, R22, GF | 5 | 0 |
| Sporn, Kieran | #17 | 14 | R02-R03, R05-R09, R18-R22, PF, GF | 11 | 0 |
| Stubbs, Justin | #45 | 1 | R17 | 2 | 0 |
| Thompson, Mark | #26 | 24 | R01-R06, R08-R22, SF, PF, GF | 7 | 3 |
| Underwood, Andrew | #2 | 1 | R05 | 0 | 0 |
| Vander Haar, Paul | #18 | 17 | R01-R03, R08-R17, R19, SF, PF, GF | 18 | 3 |
| Walsh, Kevin | #30 | 8 | R07-R09, R18-R20, R22, SF | 0 | 0 |
| Watson, Tim | #32 | 21 | R01-R16, R18-R19, SF, PF, GF | 19 | 5 |
| Werner, Michael | #24 | 14 | R01-R02, R04-R07, R12, R14-R16, R18-R21 | 27 | 0 |
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Coach Results
| Coach | Match(es) (W-D-L) | Round(s) | |||
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| Sheedy, Kevin | 25 | 18 | -0- | 7 | R01-R22, SF, PF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
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| 31/03/1990 | Round 1 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | ESS by 81 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 08/04/1990 | Round 2 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | ESS by 62 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 16/04/1990 | Round 3 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MEL by 27 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 21/04/1990 | Round 4 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 78 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 28/04/1990 | Round 5 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEE by 8 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 05/05/1990 | Round 6 | Collingwood | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 26 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 12/05/1990 | Round 7 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CAR by 20 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 20/05/1990 | Round 8 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 19 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 26/05/1990 | Round 9 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | ESS by 11 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 03/06/1990 | Round 10 | Sydney | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 90 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 09/06/1990 | Round 11 | West Coast | HOME | WIN | ESS by 39 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 16/06/1990 | Round 12 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | ESS by 30 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 23/06/1990 | Round 13 | Brisbane Bears | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 54 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 07/07/1990 | Round 14 | Fitzroy | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 83 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 14/07/1990 | Round 15 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 75 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 21/07/1990 | Round 16 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MEL by 8 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 28/07/1990 | Round 17 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | ESS by 79 | Kevin Sheedy | unknown |
| 04/08/1990 | Round 18 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 2 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 12/08/1990 | Round 19 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | ESS by 6 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 18/08/1990 | Round 20 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CAR by 20 | Kevin Sheedy | unknown |
| 25/08/1990 | Round 21 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | ESS by 24 | Kevin Sheedy | unknown |
| 01/09/1990 | Round 22 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 35 | Kevin Sheedy | unknown |
| 23/09/1990 | Semi Final | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COL by 63 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 29/09/1990 | Preliminary Final | West Coast | HOME | WIN | ESS by 63 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
| 06/10/1990 | Grand Final | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COL by 48 | Kevin Sheedy | Tim Watson |
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