1991 AFL Season Round 5: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1991 between Sydney and Essendon during round five of the 1991 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Essendon at the SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney (19.16.130) were defeated by Essendon (24.17.161).

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Friday 19 April 1991
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 13,140

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Essendon
Score: 19.16.130 - 24.17.161

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 6 . 4 8 . 11 17 . 12 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Essendon 4 . 6 10 . 9 13 . 15 24 . 17 24 . 17 (161)
Margin SYDN by 10 ESSE by 10 SYDN by 21 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Col Kinnear

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Carland
J. Van Beek

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bradley Plain ESSE 14 3
Michael Long ESSE 13 2
Leon Higgins SYDN 47 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Athorn, Mark ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 2
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 4 1 18 14 4 9 1 1 0 2
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 2 4 9 9 0 5 0 0 2 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 1 3 22 16 6 1 0 2 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 1 2 0
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 6 0 1 1 0
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 2 0 21 16 5 3 0 2 1 0
19 John, Gareth ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 6 0 0 1
14 Kelly, Paul ? ? 1 2 17 10 7 3 0 4 2 0
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 2 17 11 6 5 0 0 0 1
32 Love, Jason ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 3 0 1 3 1
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 4 7 0 0 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 0 31 15 16 2 0 2 3 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 2 0 2 1 0
40 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 0 0 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 6 0 0 0 2
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 0 22 5 17 2 0 4 0 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 0 19 13 6 1 0 2 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 16 300 198 102 63 14 22 16 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 1 2 1 0
40 Burns, Adrian ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 1 0 0 1 1
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 0 1 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 5 0 0 0 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 3 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 1 26 20 6 6 0 0 0 2
34 Filandia, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 0 1
28 Flood, David ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 6 0 0 0 2
45 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 0 1
13 Long, Michael ? ? 2 1 21 15 6 3 0 2 3 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 4 0 13 9 4 8 8 0 1 1
41 Manning, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 0 0
35 McMullin, Ian ? ? 3 1 19 13 6 3 0 1 1 1
12 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 1 2 20 16 4 7 0 3 1 2
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 0 0 0
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 8 1 21 15 6 9 0 1 1 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 6 11 0 0 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 1 0 4 1 0
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 24 17 278 196 82 67 20 19 15 16

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