1990 AFL Round 8: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1990 between Footscray and Essendon during round 8 of the 1990 AFL season. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Doug Hawkins captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Terry Wheeler and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Footscray
D. Hawkins (capt.), S. Atkins, D. Baxter, L. Cameron, G. Coleman, M. Cullen, G. Eppelstun, P. Foster, C. Grant, T. Harrington, S. Kolyniuk, T. Liberatore, T. McGuinness, T. Moloney, K. Reynolds, B. Royal, M. Svilar, T. Wallace, S. Wigney, S. Wynd

Essendon
T. Watson (capt.), G. Anderson, D. Bewick, P. Cransberg, A. Daniher, T. Daniher, A. Ezard, D. Grenvold, P. Hamilton, D. Kickett, M. Long, S. Madden, A. Manning, C. O'Brien, G. O'Donnell, P. Salmon, K. Sporn, M. Thompson, P. Vander Haar, K. Walsh

Footscray (11.12.78) were defeated by Essendon (14.13.97).

Goalkickers
Footscray: D. Baxter (3), G. Coleman (3), S. Atkins, D. Hawkins, B. Royal, T. Wallace, S. Wigney
Essendon: M. Long (3), T. Watson (3), D. Kickett (2), K. Sporn (2), D. Bewick, S. Madden, C. O'Brien, P. Salmon

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Sunday 20 May 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 25,255

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 11.12.78 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 4 . 8 6 . 10 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Essendon 3 . 7 8 . 8 13 . 11 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Terry Wheeler (Footscray), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Doug Hawkins (Footscray), Tim Watson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Cransberg ESSE 23 3
David Grenvold ESSE 29 2
Tony Liberatore FOOT 39 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 1 0 21 10 11 3 0 2 1 1
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 3 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 1 0
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
20 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 3 1 10 7 3 5 1 1 1 2
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 3 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 10 0 2 2 1
29 Grant, Chris ? ? 0 3 10 7 3 7 0 0 1 0
30 Harrington, Tim ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug (c) ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 6 0 1 1 2
21 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 5 0 5 1 3
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 30 15 15 6 0 4 1 4
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 2 25 16 9 2 0 0 1 0
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 2 0
14 Reynolds, Keenan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 1 0 2 3
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 2 28 18 10 2 0 1 5 0
13 Svilar, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 0 3 2
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 5 0 0 1 2
6 Wigney, Stuart ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 9 0 1 1 1
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 3 11 4 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 12 313 207 106 76 13 23 31 27

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 31 25 6 9 0 2 2 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 2 22 12 10 1 0 0 0 1
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 0 2 2
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 3 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 1 0 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 4 0 2 0 5
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 1 30 17 13 9 0 2 1 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 2 0 1
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 5 0 2 3 2
4 Long, Michael ? ? 3 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 2 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 6 0 3 2
41 Manning, Andrew ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 2 0 0 0 1
12 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 5 0 0 2 4
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 2 0 0 1 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 6 13 0 2 1
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 2 1 23 18 5 4 0 0 0 3
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 3 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 3 2 21 13 8 6 0 1 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 13 328 225 103 80 20 15 27 31

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