1991 AFL Round 15: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1991 between Footscray and Essendon during round 15 of the 1991 AFL season. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Doug Hawkins captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Terry Wheeler and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Footscray
D. Hawkins (capt.), S. Atkins, D. Baxter, L. Cameron, G. Coleman, S. Corcoran, R. Cousins, G. Eppelstun, M. Ford, P. Foster, C. Grant, M. Hogg, M. Hunter, N. Kellett, R. Kennedy, T. Liberatore, S. MacPherson, K. Reynolds, B. Royal, S. Wynd

Essendon
G. Anderson, D. Bewick, P. Cransberg, A. Daniher, T. Daniher, A. Ezard, P. Filandia, P. Hills, M. Long, S. Madden, A. Manning, I. McMullin, P. Morrish, C. O'Brien, G. O'Donnell, P. Salmon, K. Sporn, M. Thompson, G. Wanganeen, M. Werner

Footscray (11.23.89) defeated Essendon (6.7.43).

Goalkickers
Footscray: B. Royal (5), P. Foster (2), S. Atkins, L. Cameron, C. Grant, S. MacPherson
Essendon: S. Madden (2), P. Cransberg, P. Filandia, I. McMullin, G. Wanganeen

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 11th on the ladder and Essendon were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 June 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,536

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 11.23.89 - 6.7.43

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Footscray	0	.	5	1	.	10	8	.	15	11	.	23	11	.	23	(89)
Essendon	2	.	2	4	.	3	5	.	4	6	.	7	6	.	7	(43)
Margin	ESSE by 9			ESSE by 11			FOOT by 29			FOOT by 46			FOOT by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Terry Wheeler (Footscray), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Doug Hawkins (Footscray), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, T. Garrett

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Scott Wynd	FOOT	15	3
Simon Atkins	FOOT	23	2
Darren Baxter	FOOT	35	1

Player Statistics

Footscray

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
23	Atkins, Simon	?	?	1	1	38	21	17	0	0	2	2	0
35	Baxter, Darren	?	?	0	2	37	26	11	7	0	2	2	0
18	Cameron, Leon	?	?	1	4	23	19	4	6	0	0	2	0
20	Coleman, Glenn	?	?	0	1	23	13	10	12	0	1	0	1
11	Corcoran, Shannon	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	0	0	0
2	Cousins, Richard	?	?	0	0	4	3	1	4	0	1	0	0
12	Eppelstun, Greg	?	?	0	0	15	8	7	3	0	2	2	1
45	Ford, Michael	?	?	0	2	19	12	7	4	0	1	3	0
32	Foster, Peter	?	?	2	3	24	19	5	14	0	0	3	2
29	Grant, Chris	?	?	1	1	17	11	6	7	0	1	0	0
7	Hawkins, Doug (c)	?	?	0	3	13	11	2	7	0	3	1	0
43	Hogg, Matthew	?	?	0	0	18	10	8	4	0	2	3	0
10	Hunter, Mark	?	?	0	0	26	20	6	3	0	1	1	1
4	Kellett, Nigel	?	?	0	1	28	18	10	4	0	1	1	2
8	Kennedy, Rick	?	?	0	0	8	3	5	1	0	1	2	3
39	Liberatore, Tony	?	?	0	0	29	11	18	1	0	6	3	1
27	MacPherson, Stephen	?	?	1	0	6	4	2	2	0	2	0	0
14	Reynolds, Keenan	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	3	0	1	1	0
33	Royal, Brian	?	?	5	2	24	20	4	6	0	1	2	2
15	Wynd, Scott	?	?	0	0	30	7	23	12	7	4	6	1
Rushed					3
Total (20 players)				11	23	403	250	153	103	7	32	34	14

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
11	Anderson, Greg	?	?	0	0	24	19	5	5	0	0	1	0
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	0	1	26	16	10	4	0	0	1	3
23	Cransberg, Peter	?	?	1	0	15	8	7	3	0	2	0	0
6	Daniher, Anthony	?	?	0	0	17	7	10	3	0	2	0	1
5	Daniher, Terry	?	?	0	1	30	15	15	9	0	0	1	1
15	Ezard, Alan	?	?	0	0	22	15	7	3	0	1	2	3
34	Filandia, Peter	?	?	1	0	22	9	13	1	0	2	0	2
49	Hills, Paul	?	?	0	0	10	3	7	1	0	1	0	2
13	Long, Michael	?	?	0	0	27	9	18	2	0	1	0	2
27	Madden, Simon	?	?	2	0	6	4	2	2	6	0	2	1
41	Manning, Andrew	?	?	0	0	18	5	13	1	0	0	1	3
35	McMullin, Ian	?	?	1	2	17	8	9	6	0	1	0	3
47	Morrish, Paul	?	?	0	0	17	6	11	1	0	0	1	2
12	O'Brien, Craig	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	1	0	3
10	O'Donnell, Gary	?	?	0	0	22	12	10	3	0	2	0	1
3	Salmon, Paul	?	?	0	0	17	11	6	9	12	1	1	5
17	Sporn, Kieran	?	?	0	0	25	13	12	7	0	1	0	0
26	Thompson, Mark	?	?	0	0	21	13	8	3	0	0	3	0
4	Wanganeen, Gavin	?	?	1	2	15	10	5	5	0	0	1	2
24	Werner, Michael	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				6	7	364	191	173	70	18	15	14	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

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