1991 AFL Round 5: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1991 between Sydney and Essendon during round 5 of the 1991 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Athorn, M. Bayes, W. Capper, N. Cordy, M. Eustice, W. Henwood, L. Higgins, G. John, P. Kelly, D. Lewis, J. Love, W. McKenzie, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, C. Nettelbeck, I. Roberts, B. Toohey, G. Williams, S. Wright

Essendon
G. Anderson, A. Burns, E. Considine, P. Cransberg, A. Daniher, A. Ezard, P. Filandia, D. Flood, P. Hamilton, M. Harvey, S. Heard, M. Long, S. Madden, A. Manning, I. McMullin, C. O'Brien, G. O'Donnell, B. Plain, P. Somerville, G. Wanganeen

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

Goalkickers
Sydney: M. Bayes (4), W. Capper (2), L. Higgins (2), S. Wright (2), D. Carroll, P. Kelly, D. Lewis, J. Love, W. McKenzie, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, C. Nettelbeck, B. Toohey
Essendon: B. Plain (8), S. Madden (4), I. McMullin (3), M. Long (2), G. Wanganeen (2), A. Burns, P. Cransberg, M. Harvey, C. O'Brien, P. Somerville

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 12th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Essendon remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Col Kinnear (Sydney), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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