1991 AFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1991 between Geelong and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1991 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Andrew Bews captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (13.21.99) defeated Essendon (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Sunday 7 July 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 31,096

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 13.21.99 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 6 . 8 9 . 13 13 . 21 13 . 21 (99)
Essendon 2 . 5 4 . 9 9 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin GEEL by 9 GEEL by 11 level GEEL by 24 GEEL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Andrew Bews
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 3
Paul Couch GEEL 7 2
Damian Bourke GEEL 30 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 1 4 14 14 0 5 0 0 0 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 2 1 20 20 0 1 0 4 2 2
27 Bews, Andrew (c) ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 5 0 2
30 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 7 12 1 2 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 1 28 20 8 2 0 1 3 2
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 2 3 17 11 6 7 0 1 1 1
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 9 0 0 0
33 Forssman, Darren ? ? 2 1 20 9 11 4 0 0 2 2
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 0 1 3 2
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 3 2 26 14 12 3 0 2 1 2
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 1 0 19 8 11 3 0 2 1 2
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 1 2 23 10 13 5 0 1 3 1
43 Merriman, Russell ? ? 1 2 21 12 9 7 0 1 0 0
22 Neeld, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 5 0 5
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 1 1
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 1 1 2 2
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 1 2 2
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 2 2 1 0 2
45 Wills, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 21 297 203 94 63 24 28 24 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 1 24 10 14 2 0 1 2 2
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 4 0 1 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 2 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 1 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 2 0 2 1 0
34 Filandia, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 0 0 1 1 1
49 Hills, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 1 0 2 2 4
39 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 2 0 0 3 0
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 4 2 0
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 4 2 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 3 8 1 1 0
41 Manning, Andrew ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 6 0 2 1 0
35 McMullin, Ian ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 4 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 0 1 2
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 10 6 0 1 5
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 0 0 1 2 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 3 0 21 16 5 5 0 4 2 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 1 7 2 5 0 0 2 1 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 2 3 14 9 5 5 0 1 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 15 268 168 100 54 18 27 32 24

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