1991 AFL Season Round 20: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1991 between Essendon and Sydney during round twenty of the 1991 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Sydney at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Col Kinnear.

Essendon (22.19.151) defeated Sydney (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Saturday 3 August 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,341

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 22.19.151 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 13 . 8 18 . 16 22 . 19 22 . 19 (151)
Sydney 2 . 3 6 . 8 8 . 9 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 67 ESSE by 67 ESSE by 67
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Col Kinnear

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
G. Forster

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Salmon ESSE 3 3
Alan Ezard ESSE 15 2
Paul Hills ESSE 49 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 2 23 17 6 3 0 1 2 2
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 0 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 5 13 2 0 4 1 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 0 5 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 26 22 4 8 0 1 2 0
34 Filandia, Peter ? ? 3 2 10 7 3 3 0 0 1 0
28 Flood, David ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 2 1 3 2
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 2 3 21 17 4 9 0 0 1 1
45 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 3 0 0
49 Hills, Paul ? ? 0 1 30 9 21 5 0 1 2 0
39 Johnston, David ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 3 0 1 1 0
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 4 0 0 4 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 7 2 15 13 2 10 5 0 3 1
35 McMullin, Ian ? ? 0 1 17 7 10 0 0 1 1 0
12 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 2 3 23 16 7 11 0 3 1 2
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 2 1
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 0 0 1 0 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 3 0 25 14 11 10 11 0 6 2
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 1 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 1 0 18 7 11 4 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 19 362 218 144 86 18 22 36 19

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Athorn, Mark ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 3 0 3 2 0
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 2 3 19 15 4 6 0 1 0 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 0 0 2 0 0
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 0 0 2
56 Clarkson, Justin ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 1 10 7 0 1 1 2
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 1 0
14 Kelly, Paul ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 2 0 0 2 4
39 Kerr, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1
37 Lawson, Jamie ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 0 0 1 3 2
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 3 1 4 1 3
32 Love, Jason ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 2 25 17 8 2 0 1 0 3
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 1 12 4 8 0 0 1 2 2
40 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 3 1 19 11 8 10 0 1 0 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1 3
48 Tunbridge, Brad ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 13 2 4 5
20 West, Jim ? ? 1 1 9 3 6 4 0 2 0 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 1 1 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 2 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 12 286 177 109 57 14 28 19 36

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