1993 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1993 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 13-1-6, P%: 119.1%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Gavin Wanganeen (18)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Paul Salmon (48)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Gary O'Donnell

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Mark Thompson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alessio, Steven #27 12 R01-R06, R08-R10, R13, R15, R19 8 3
Bewick, Darren #8 24 R01-R06, R08-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 52 5
Calthorpe, David #48 11 R13-R15, R17-R20, QF, SF, PF, GF 10 0
Cransberg, Peter #23 4 R01-R03, R05 5 0
Daniher, Anthony #6 8 R02-R03, R08-R12, QF 0 0
Daniher, Chris #7 15 R01-R06, R11-R15, QF, SF, PF, GF 1 0
Delaney, Tony #30 4 R01-R02, R05, R11 2 0
Denham, Sean #38 22 R01-R03, R06, R08-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 7 2
Ezard, Alan #15 4 R06, R14-R15, QF 0 0
Fletcher, Dustin #31 17 R02, R04, R06, R08-R09, R12-R18, R20-R21, SF, PF, GF 0 4
Flood, David #28 4 R08, R10, SF, PF 4 0
Grenvold, David #29 24 R01-R06, R08-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 7 0
Harvey, Mark #1 22 R01-R06, R08-R21, QF, GF 7 5
Hills, Paul #11 20 R01-R06, R08-R10, R13, R15-R18, R20-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 3 0
Hird, James #5 16 R01-R06, R08-R12, R16, R21, SF, PF, GF 31 6
Kickett, Derek #9 23 R01-R06, R08-R21, QF, SF, PF 38 3
Kilpatrick, Glenn #20 2 R01, R14 0 0
Long, Michael #13 18 R01, R04, R09-R13, R15-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 12 1
Manton, Glenn #37 7 R01, R13-R14, R18-R21 0 0
Mercuri, Mark #2 20 R01-R06, R08-R12, R17-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 25 3
Misiti, Joe #24 23 R01-R06, R08-R21, SF, PF, GF 13 1
O'Donnell, Gary #10 24 R01-R06, R08-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 14 6
Olarenshaw, Ricky #47 16 R03-R04, R06, R08-R10, R16-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 5 0
Plain, Bradley #14 7 R04-R05, R12-R16 23 0
Ridley, Todd #18 4 R01, R04-R05, QF 5 0
Salmon, Paul #3 20 R03-R06, R10-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 65 4
Somerville, Peter #19 18 R03, R06, R08-R09, R11-R12, R14-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 13 0
Sporn, Kieran #17 5 R01-R03, R05, R20 4 0
Symons, Michael #12 19 R04-R06, R08-R21, QF, SF 23 1
Thompson, Mark #26 21 R02-R06, R08-R21, PF, GF 2 5
Wallis, Dean #21 8 R02, R11, R16-R17, R19-R21, GF 2 0
Wanganeen, Gavin #4 22 R01-R06, R08-R14, R16-R19, R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 4 18
Watson, Tim #32 16 R08-R19, QF, SF, PF, GF 26 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Gavin Wanganeen Dustin Fletcher David Flood
Half-Back: David Grenvold Mark Harvey Mark Thompson
Centre: Ricky Olarenshaw Sean Denham Paul Hills
Half-Forward: Mark Mercuri James Hird Joe Misiti
Forward: Tim Watson Paul Salmon Michael Long
Follower: Peter Somerville Gary O'Donnell Darren Bewick
Interchange: David Calthorpe Chris Daniher

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Sheedy, Kevin 24 16 -1- 7 R01-R06, R08-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
28/03/1993 Round 1 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 13 Kevin Sheedy unknown
03/04/1993 Round 2 Carlton HOME DRAW drawn Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
12/04/1993 Round 3 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 30 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
18/04/1993 Round 4 Sydney AWAY WIN ESS by 86 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
24/04/1993 Round 5 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 46 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
01/05/1993 Round 6 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 24 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
Round 7 BYE
15/05/1993 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 58 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
22/05/1993 Round 9 Adelaide HOME WIN ESS by 46 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
28/05/1993 Round 10 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 4 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
14/06/1993 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 30 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
19/06/1993 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 34 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
26/06/1993 Round 13 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 78 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
03/07/1993 Round 14 Brisbane Bears HOME WIN ESS by 116 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
09/07/1993 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 38 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
18/07/1993 Round 16 West Coast HOME WIN ESS by 2 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
24/07/1993 Round 17 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 21 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
30/07/1993 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 68 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
06/08/1993 Round 19 Sydney HOME WIN ESS by 21 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
14/08/1993 Round 20 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 13 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
21/08/1993 Round 21 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 32 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
Round 22 BYE
04/09/1993 Qualifying Final Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 2 Kevin Sheedy unknown
12/09/1993 Semi Final West Coast HOME WIN ESS by 32 Kevin Sheedy Paul Salmon
18/09/1993 Preliminary Final Adelaide AWAY WIN ESS by 11 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson
25/09/1993 Grand Final Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 44 Kevin Sheedy Mark Thompson