1990 AFL Semi Final 2: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 1990 between Essendon and Collingwood in the second semi final of the 1990 AFL season. Essendon hosted Collingwood at MCG. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Tony Shaw captained the visitors with Peter Daicos as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

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

Collingwood
T. Shaw (capt.), P. Daicos (vice-capt.), D. Banks, D. Barwick, G. Brown, M. Christian, G. Crosisca, T. Francis, M. Gayfer, C. Kelly, J. Manson, M. McGuane, D. Millane, D. Monkhorst, S. Morwood, A. Richardson, S. Russell, C. Starcevich, J. Turner, G. Wright

Essendon (7.12.54) were defeated by Collingwood (17.15.117).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Salmon (3), M. Harvey, D. Kickett, M. Thompson, P. Vander Haar
Collingwood: G. Brown (5), D. Barwick (3), P. Daicos (3), S. Russell (2), C. Starcevich (2), G. Crosisca, T. Francis

As a result of this match, Essendon faced West Coast in the preliminary final and Collingwood faced Essendon in the grand final.

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Sunday 23 September 1990
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 91,555

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Collingwood
Score: 7.12.54 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 7 7 . 10 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Collingwood 4 . 5 7 . 7 12 . 8 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin COLL by 14 COLL by 12 COLL by 28 COLL by 63 COLL by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Leigh Matthews (Collingwood)
Captains: Tim Watson (Essendon), Tony Shaw (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Essendon), Peter Daicos (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, B. Sheehan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 0 1 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 1 1 2
40 Burns, Adrian ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 6 0 2 3 2
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 1 1 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 3 4 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 1 0 4 3 4
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 1 1 2
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 1 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 3 16 15 1 5 0 0 1 0
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 1 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 3 7 1 2 2
41 Manning, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 3 0 2 0 4
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 1 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 3 1 20 13 7 12 9 0 0 3
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 3 0 1 1 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 7 1 4 1 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 0 0 3 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 12 263 179 84 68 20 29 23 28

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 2 2 1 2
17 Barwick, Doug ? ? 3 1 12 11 1 4 0 2 1 1
26 Brown, Gavin ? ? 5 4 17 13 4 10 0 4 0 2
21 Christian, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 2 1
28 Crosisca, Gavin ? ? 1 2 13 6 7 4 0 4 1 2
35 Daicos, Peter (vc) ? ? 3 2 18 14 4 2 0 5 2 2
2 Francis, Tony ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 4 0 4 3 3
3 Gayfer, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 1 1 0
23 Kelly, Craig ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 1 3 2 1
30 Manson, James ? ? 0 1 8 3 5 3 5 0 3 0
34 McGuane, Mick ? ? 0 0 31 24 7 3 0 1 2 0
42 Millane, Darren ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 9 0 3 1 1
1 Monkhorst, Damian ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 2 7 0 1 2
7 Morwood, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 1 1 2 0 0
13 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
29 Russell, Scott ? ? 2 1 20 12 8 3 0 4 3 2
22 Shaw, Tony (c) ? ? 0 2 26 21 5 3 0 3 1 0
27 Starcevich, Craig ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 5 3 0 0 1
24 Turner, Jamie ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 2 0
19 Wright, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 4 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 15 313 215 98 74 19 47 28 23

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