1990 AFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 1990 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round one of the 1990 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Paul Roos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Rod Austin.

Essendon (20.21.141) defeated Fitzroy (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 31 March 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,960

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 20.21.141 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 4 13 . 11 17 . 15 20 . 21 20 . 21 (141)
Fitzroy 3 . 1 5 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin ESSE by 27 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 73 ESSE by 81 ESSE by 81
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Fitzroy

Captain: Paul Roos
Coach: Rod Austin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Forster
S. McDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Anderson ESSE 11 3
Andrew Manning ESSE 41 2
Alan Ezard ESSE 15 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 3 27 23 4 5 0 2 3 1
13 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 1 5 27 26 1 3 0 1 4 3
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 4 0 15 11 4 2 0 0 4 1
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 0 5
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 2 0 0 1 2
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 2 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 2 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 2 14 9 5 2 0 1 1 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 0 0 3
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 1 22 13 9 2 0 1 2 2
4 Long, Michael ? ? 1 1 26 14 12 5 0 6 3 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 6 5 0 1 1
41 Manning, Andrew ? ? 0 0 23 6 17 6 0 2 0 4
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 25 23 2 2 0 2 1 2
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 0 0 4 0 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 5 10 1 0 2
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 7 0 0 1 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 17 16 1 8 0 1 0 2
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 3 2
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 5 1 9 8 1 5 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 20 21 331 232 99 79 15 23 29 37

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
32 Baldwin, Jason ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 0 0 3 5 3
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 0 1 0
41 Bourke, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
5 Brockhurst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 0 2 1
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 5 0 3 1 1
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 8 0 1 0 2
4 Delaney, Roger ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Dilena, Carl ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 3 0 1 1 0
6 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 1 5 0 3 2
12 Kickett, Dale ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 1 3 2
27 Lupson, Dean ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 5 0 0 0 2
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 5 0 1 1 2
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0
16 Matera, Wally ? ? 2 2 22 16 6 2 0 3 7 3
22 McCormack, Brendan ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 3 2
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 5 5 1 1 0
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 1 3 18 14 4 5 0 2 1 2
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 0 4 2
30 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 1 3 3
34 Woods, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 2 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 12 281 187 94 67 10 23 37 29

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