1990 AFL Round 4: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1990 between Richmond and Essendon during round 4 of the 1990 AFL season. Richmond hosted Essendon at MCG. Michael Pickering captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Bartlett and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Richmond
M. Pickering (capt.), A. Banik, S. Bowden, B. Bower, D. Cloke, T. Free, B. Gale, A. Goodwin, G. Hamilton, D. Keighran, M. Knights, C. Lambert, M. Lee, B. Leys, M. Mitchell, T. Nichols, R. Nixon, T. Powell, D. Ryan, S. Ryan

Essendon
T. Watson (capt.), G. Anderson, D. Bewick, P. Cransberg, A. Daniher, N. Daniher, T. Daniher, B. Duckworth, A. Ezard, D. Flood, P. Hamilton, D. Kickett, M. Long, S. Madden, A. Manning, C. O'Brien, G. O'Donnell, P. Salmon, M. Thompson, M. Werner

Richmond (6.13.49) were defeated by Essendon (18.19.127).

Goalkickers
Richmond: B. Gale (2), G. Hamilton, M. Mitchell, T. Powell, S. Ryan
Essendon: T. Daniher (4), D. Bewick (2), N. Daniher (2), S. Madden (2), M. Werner (2), P. Cransberg, A. Ezard, A. Manning, C. O'Brien, G. O'Donnell, P. Salmon

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 14th on the ladder and Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 April 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,975

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 6.13.49 - 18.19.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 5 3 . 7 5 . 9 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Essendon 5 . 3 9 . 9 14 . 16 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 61 ESSE by 78 ESSE by 78
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Michael Pickering (Richmond), Tim Watson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink, S. Harris

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Terry Daniher ESSE 5 3
Paul Salmon ESSE 3 2
Mark Thompson ESSE 26 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
45 Banik, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 0 0
11 Bowden, Sean ? ? 0 2 13 12 1 7 0 2 0 2
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 2 0
16 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 4 1 1 2
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 3 0 0 3 0
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 2 2 11 7 4 5 0 1 1 1
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 2 1
19 Hamilton, Greg ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 1 0 0 0 0
14 Keighran, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 0 2 26 16 10 3 0 0 2 1
4 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 2 0 3 3 3
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 1 12 5 7 5 2 0 1 0
26 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 2 2 4
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 1 2 16 10 6 1 0 3 0 2
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 8 0 1 2 2
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 6 0 2 1 1
35 Pickering, Michael (c) ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 9 0 0 5 2
21 Powell, Tim ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 1 0
32 Ryan, Des ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 1 1 0
48 Ryan, Stephen ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 1 0 1 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 6 13 271 189 82 66 6 22 27 23

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 0 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 1 24 19 5 4 0 0 1 3
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 6 0 1 0 0
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 2 1
36 Daniher, Neale ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 3 1 0 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 4 2 23 16 7 4 0 2 3 3
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 0 1 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 4 0 4 1 0
28 Flood, David ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 0 1 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 0 0 3
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 1 27 13 14 11 0 1 0 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 1 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 7 7 1 3 0
41 Manning, Andrew ? ? 1 1 18 8 10 7 0 1 1 3
12 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 1 2 16 14 2 5 0 2 1 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 1 0 27 21 6 3 0 3 0 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 3 19 15 4 11 9 1 3 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 7 0 1 1 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 0 0 3 3
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 2 2 7 7 0 3 0 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 18 19 344 229 115 100 17 18 23 27

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