1990 AFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1990 between Footscray and Essendon during round eight of the 1990 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (11.12.78) were defeated by Essendon (14.13.97).

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

Footscray

Captain: Doug Hawkins
Coach: Terry Wheeler

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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