1990 AFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1990 between Melbourne and Essendon during round three of the 1990 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Brett Lovett captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne (18.14.122) defeated Essendon (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Monday 16 April 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 59,894

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 18.14.122 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 9 . 5 17 . 7 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Essendon 4 . 3 8 . 6 9 . 8 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin level MELB by 5 MELB by 47 MELB by 27 MELB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Brett Lovett
Coach: John Northey

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Graeme Yeats MELB 8 3
Andrew Obst MELB 29 2
Steven O'Dwyer MELB 1 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 4 6 12 11 1 9 0 0 1 3
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 4 0 0 1 4
32 Clark, Steven ? ? 3 2 15 8 7 2 0 4 4 2
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 3 0 1 0 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 5 0 4 1 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 1 2 0 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 3 0 20 14 6 3 0 3 4 1
17 Lovett, Brett (c) ? ? 1 0 27 11 16 10 0 3 5 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 1 0 0
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 3 0 3 1 0
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 7 1 3 1 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 3 0 14 10 4 5 12 0 1 4
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 2 0 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 2 24 15 9 8 10 1 1 2
15 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 3 0 3
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 24 14 10 7 1 0 2 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 5 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 14 313 216 97 86 26 35 24 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 0 0 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 3 0 2 1 1
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 1 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 7 0 2 1 1
36 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 1 15 6 9 2 0 1 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 3 1 15 11 4 5 0 0 3 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 3 0
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 2 0 1 0 3
4 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 0 4 2 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 0 3 2 3 1
41 Manning, Andrew ? ? 2 1 23 10 13 6 0 1 2 2
38 Moore, Brendon ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 3 3
12 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 3 0 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 0 0 1
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 0 0 0 2 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 1 15 12 3 7 12 1 2 1
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 3 1 2
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 2 0 0 5 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 7 0 1 1 2
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 3 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 11 319 208 111 75 15 31 31 22

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