1990 AFL Season Round 18: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1990 between Geelong and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1990 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (14.8.92) were defeated by Essendon (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 August 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,796

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 14.8.92 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 4 5 . 5 12 . 8 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 6 7 . 11 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin GEEL by 20 ESSE by 1 GEEL by 27 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates
M. Sneddon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Trevor Poole GEEL 24 3
Gary O'Donnell ESSE 10 2
Gary Ablett GEEL 5 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 8 3 17 13 4 6 0 1 4 3
40 Brown, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 2 0 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 1 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 24 24 0 3 0 1 1 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 3 28 19 9 1 0 0 3 1
46 Forssman, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 0 0 0 0 0
25 Hamilton, Shane ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 3
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 1 20 9 11 1 0 1 2 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 4 0 3 0 1
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 0 2 2
50 Malakellis, Tony ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 2 1 3 1 0
49 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 7 0 1 3 1
55 Neeld, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 0 2
24 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 5 0 1 4 1
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sterrett, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 0 2 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 5 14 2 3 4
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 0 1 2
34 Welsby, David ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 4 0 0 0 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 8 303 199 104 56 15 19 27 26

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 6 0 0 0 1
13 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 6
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 4 17 15 2 1 0 2 2 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 0 1 0
36 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 2 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 1 0 1 0 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 2 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
39 Johnston, David ? ? 1 0 20 10 10 4 0 4 1 2
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 5 0 0 1 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 0 10 8 2 6 14 1 2 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 3 0 0 0 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 0 10 9 1 7 12 1 2 0
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 4 3
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 1 0 5 3 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 1 2 2
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 2 0 1 0 2
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 3 1 8 8 0 5 0 2 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 16 264 189 75 65 26 24 26 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