1989 VFL Round 9: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1989 between Essendon and Collingwood during round 9 of the 1989 VFL season. Essendon hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Tony Shaw captained the visitors with, in the absence of Denis Banks, deputy vice-captain Peter Daicos as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

Essendon
T. Watson (capt.), G. Anderson, T. Antrobus, E. Considine, A. Daniher, T. Daniher, B. Duckworth, A. Ezard, M. Harvey, D. Johnston, M. Long, S. Madden, G. O'Donnell, B. Plain, P. Salmon, K. Sporn, A. Underwood, K. Walsh, M. Werner, D. Williams

Collingwood
T. Shaw (capt.), P. Daicos (vice-capt.), C. Alexander, G. Brown, D. Cloke, G. Crosisca, M. Gayfer, P. Hawke, C. Kelly, S. Kerrison, J. Manson, M. McGuane, D. Millane, S. Morwood, H. Shephard, C. Starcevich, B. Taylor, P. Tuddenham, J. Turner, G. Wright

Essendon (19.11.125) defeated Collingwood (7.16.58).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Salmon (5), T. Daniher (4), B. Plain (3), K. Sporn (2), G. Anderson, T. Antrobus, A. Ezard, M. Long, M. Werner
Collingwood: B. Taylor (3), C. Alexander, C. Kelly, D. Millane, J. Turner

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Collingwood were then 5th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 27 May 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 71,390

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 19.11.125 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 9 . 4 13 . 5 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Collingwood 3 . 7 5 . 9 6 . 13 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin COLL by 3 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 67 ESSE by 67
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Leigh Matthews (Collingwood)
Captains: Tim Watson (Essendon), Tony Shaw (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Essendon), Peter Daicos (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Mitchell, B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tim Watson ESSE 32 3
Andrew Underwood ESSE 9 2
Darren Williams ESSE 13 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 2 0 2 0 1
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 1 1
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 0 2 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 3 2 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 4 0 25 16 9 7 0 1 2 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 3 2 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 1 3
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 3 0 1 1 0
39 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 3 0 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 17 7 10 3 0 4 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 13 1 2 3
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 3 1 2
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 3 2 13 9 4 5 0 0 0 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 5 1 12 9 3 10 4 0 0 0
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 2 1 19 15 4 6 0 1 1 0
9 Underwood, Andrew ? ? 0 0 24 10 14 5 1 1 0 4
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 2 0 1 1 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 0 33 13 20 2 0 1 4 1
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 0 0 2 2 2
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 2 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 11 325 195 130 72 18 30 23 30

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
32 Alexander, Colin ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 0 0 0 2 2
26 Brown, Gavin ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 6 0 1 2 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 2 4 0 0 2
28 Crosisca, Gavin ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 12 0 1 2 2
35 Daicos, Peter (avc) ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 5 0 2 1 0
3 Gayfer, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 3 1 0
4 Hawke, Paul ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 0 0 1 4 0
23 Kelly, Craig ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 7 0 4 2 2
44 Kerrison, Shane ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 5 0 4 3 1
30 Manson, James ? ? 0 0 13 3 10 5 11 0 0 5
34 McGuane, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 0 2 0
42 Millane, Darren ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 9 0 2 0 3
7 Morwood, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 2 1
22 Shaw, Tony (c) ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 1 3 0
49 Shephard, Heath ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 1 1 3
27 Starcevich, Craig ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 6 0 1 1 1
9 Taylor, Brian ? ? 3 5 11 9 2 7 0 1 0 0
6 Tuddenham, Paul ? ? 0 2 26 20 6 7 0 0 2 0
24 Turner, Jamie ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 0 0 0 1 0
19 Wright, Graham ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 4 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 16 329 209 120 83 15 28 30 23

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s