1992 AFL Round 3: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1992 between Footscray and Essendon during round 3 of the 1992 AFL season. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Doug Hawkins captained the hosts. Mark Thompson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Terry Wheeler and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Footscray
D. Hawkins (capt.), S. Atkins, J. Ballantyne, D. Baxter, T. Campbell, J. Charles, G. Coleman, S. Corcoran, P. Foster, C. Grant, M. Hunter, N. Kellett, S. Kolyniuk, T. Liberatore, S. MacPherson, B. Sexton, R. Smith, B. Toohey, S. Wallis, S. Wynd

Essendon
M. Thompson (capt.), G. Anderson, D. Bewick, B. Bower, A. Daniher, C. Daniher, T. Daniher, D. Flood, B. Fox, D. Grenvold, P. Hamilton, M. Harvey, D. Kickett, M. Long, S. Madden, G. O'Donnell, P. Salmon, K. Sporn, M. Symons, D. Wallis

Footscray (9.15.69) were defeated by Essendon (13.13.91).

Goalkickers
Footscray: J. Ballantyne (2), S. Kolyniuk (2), J. Charles, D. Hawkins, T. Liberatore, S. MacPherson, B. Toohey
Essendon: D. Flood (4), M. Long (2), K. Sporn (2), D. Wallis (2), G. Anderson, A. Daniher, P. Hamilton

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Essendon were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1992 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Sunday 5 April 1992
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,569

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 9.15.69 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 4 5 . 6 6 . 10 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Essendon 3 . 5 7 . 9 11 . 11 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Carland, C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Long ESSE 13 3
Darren Bewick ESSE 8 2
Gary O'Donnell ESSE 10 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 1 26 14 12 3 0 4 2 1
50 Ballantyne, Jon ? ? 2 1 6 6 0 3 0 2 0 1
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 1 0 0
6 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 2 0 2
1 Charles, Justin ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 5 2 2 0 2
20 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 1 2 0
11 Corcoran, Shannon ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 7 0 0 6 1
29 Grant, Chris ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 6 0 5 0 3
7 Hawkins, Doug (c) ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 1 1 2 1 5
10 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 0 0
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 2 0 0 1 1
21 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 5 0 2 0 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 1 0 4 1 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 0 27 21 6 5 0 3 1 0
34 Sexton, Ben ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 0
31 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 1 2
8 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 6 0 1 1 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 1 0 0
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 22 4 1 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 9 15 303 214 89 63 25 35 19 24

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 4 24 20 4 7 0 0 2 1
36 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 0 3 2 5
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 10 0 3 0 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 1 0 6 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 1 2 1
28 Flood, David ? ? 4 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 2
25 Fox, Brad ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 3 0
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 1 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 1 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 1
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 1 2 0
13 Long, Michael ? ? 2 0 28 15 13 5 0 4 2 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 4 0 3 2
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 1 1 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 8 8 2 2 0
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 2 1 25 22 3 4 0 0 0 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 0 0
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 31 25 6 2 0 5 2 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 2 2 11 8 3 5 0 1 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 13 13 327 230 97 76 12 36 24 19

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