1990 AFL Round 16: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1990 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 16 of the 1990 AFL season. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Essendon
T. Watson (capt.), G. Anderson, D. Bewick, A. Burns, E. Considine, P. Cransberg, T. Daniher, A. Ezard, D. Flood, D. Grenvold, P. Hamilton, D. Kickett, M. Long, S. Madden, A. Manning, G. O'Donnell, P. Salmon, M. Thompson, P. Vander Haar, M. Werner

Melbourne
G. Healy (capt.), D. Bennett, T. Campbell, S. Eishold, S. Febey, D. Flintoff, B. Heaver, D. Hughes, R. Jackson, B. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. O'Dwyer, P. Rohde, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney, B. Wilson, G. Yeats

Essendon (15.16.106) were defeated by Melbourne (17.12.114).

Goalkickers
Essendon: D. Flood (3), G. Anderson (2), D. Kickett (2), D. Bewick, A. Burns, P. Cransberg, T. Daniher, S. Madden, P. Salmon, P. Vander Haar, M. Werner
Melbourne: D. Bennett (5), R. Jackson (4), T. Campbell (2), D. Flintoff (2), S. Eishold, G. Healy, G. Lyon, T. Viney

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 July 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,945

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.16.106 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 6 9 . 8 13 . 12 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 9 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin ESSE by 16 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 27 MELB by 8 MELB by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: Tim Watson (Essendon), Greg Healy (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ball, D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Long ESSE 4 3
Ricky Jackson MELB 45 2
Peter Rohde MELB 41 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 2 0 22 20 2 2 0 1 2 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 2 0
40 Burns, Adrian ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 1 4
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 3 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 0 3 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 11 0 4 2 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 2 1
28 Flood, David ? ? 3 2 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1 2
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 2 1
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 2 1 13 7 6 4 0 1 2 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 1 0 2 2 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 2 9 1 2 7
41 Manning, Andrew ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 6 0 3 1 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 2 0 1 3 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 7 10 1 0 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 7 0 0 0 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 3 0 1 4 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 4 16 10 6 2 0 3 0 1
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 1 3 8 7 1 3 0 1 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 16 265 192 73 67 19 23 34 25

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 5 2 13 12 1 7 1 0 1 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 2 0 1 0 0
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 2 5
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 2 0 28 16 12 6 0 2 1 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 3 0 2 1 2
54 Heaver, Brent ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 5 1 2
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 4 1 26 20 6 3 0 0 3 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 1 28 19 9 7 0 3 2 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 1 27 20 7 11 2 2 1 4
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 17 1 4 3
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 4 0 1
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 0 0 2 1 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 2 3
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 5 4 3 0
15 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 1 0 1 1 3
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 5 0 6 1 4
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 12 290 201 89 64 25 38 25 34

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