1990 AFL Round 5: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1990 between Essendon and Geelong during round 5 of the 1990 AFL season. Essendon hosted Geelong at Waverley Park. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Andrew Bews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Essendon
T. Watson (capt.), T. Antrobus, D. Bewick, A. Burns, P. Cransberg, A. Daniher, T. Daniher, A. Ezard, D. Grenvold, P. Hamilton, D. Kickett, M. Long, S. Madden, A. Manning, G. O'Donnell, P. Salmon, K. Sporn, M. Thompson, A. Underwood, M. Werner

Geelong
A. Bews (capt.), G. Ablett, T. Bourke, B. Brownless, D. Cameron, P. Couch, T. Darcy, S. Denham, D. Flanigan, M. Gurrie, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, S. Malakellis, A. McCrabb, D. Morgan, T. Poole, A. Rogers, R. Scott, R. Sterrett, B. Stoneham

Essendon (11.15.81) were defeated by Geelong (12.17.89).

Goalkickers
Essendon: D. Bewick (2), P. Cransberg, D. Kickett, M. Long, S. Madden, A. Manning, G. O'Donnell, P. Salmon, K. Sporn, M. Werner
Geelong: R. Scott (3), G. Ablett (2), D. Cameron (2), B. Brownless, P. Couch, G. Hocking, S. Malakellis, B. Stoneham

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 5th on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 April 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Waverley Park
Attendance: 42,097

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 11.15.81 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 3 . 6 10 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Geelong 1 . 3 6 . 9 8 . 12 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin ESSE by 13 GEEL by 21 ESSE by 12 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Malcolm Blight (Geelong)
Captains: Tim Watson (Essendon), Andrew Bews (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Mitchell, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Andrew Bews GEEL 27 3
Robert Scott GEEL 8 2
Paul Salmon ESSE 3 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
13 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 4 3
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 3 21 17 4 5 0 2 1 1
40 Burns, Adrian ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 4 0 3 0 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 0 0
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 0 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 1 3 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 3 0
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0 4
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 3 3 3
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 4 0 2 0 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 1 0 1 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 2 4 0 0 0
41 Manning, Andrew ? ? 1 2 27 15 12 4 0 5 1 4
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 2 0 4 4 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 7 11 0 3 3
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 1 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 4 0 1
2 Underwood, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 2 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 8 0 0 2 2
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 1 2 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 15 276 194 82 65 15 34 28 27

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 5 16 14 2 3 0 1 2 2
27 Bews, Andrew (c) ? ? 0 1 26 18 8 3 0 1 2 2
31 Bourke, Tim ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 4 0 1 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 1 1 25 13 12 6 2 0 1 2
36 Cameron, David ? ? 2 2 11 8 3 2 0 3 1 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 21 9 12 0 0 4 1 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 1 0
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 7 13 1 0 7 3 2
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 5 13 2 1 1
48 Gurrie, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 1 2
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 3 26 19 7 3 0 2 3 2
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 4 11 1 0 2 2 0
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 1 1 25 16 9 3 0 1 3 1
38 McCrabb, Austin ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 3 3 4
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 0 0
24 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 0 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 3 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 0 5
9 Sterrett, Ray ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 2 0 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 4 0 2 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 17 322 200 122 50 19 33 27 28

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