1992 AFL Round 6: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1992 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 6 of the 1992 AFL season. Essendon hosted Melbourne at MCG. Mark Thompson captained the hosts. Garry Lyon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Essendon
M. Thompson (capt.), G. Anderson, E. Considine, A. Daniher, C. Daniher, T. Daniher, S. Denham, A. Ezard, D. Flood, D. Grenvold, M. Harvey, P. Hills, D. Kickett, G. Kilpatrick, M. Long, P. Salmon, P. Somerville, K. Sporn, D. Wallis, G. Wanganeen

Melbourne
G. Lyon (capt.), L. Beveridge, P. Bryce, D. Cuthbertson, S. Febey, A. Goodwin, G. Healy, A. Lamprill, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, M. Pickering, P. Rohde, D. Schwarz, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, C. Sullivan, S. Tingay, T. Viney, G. Williams, G. Yeats

Essendon (18.16.124) defeated Melbourne (19.9.123).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Salmon (7), P. Somerville (3), T. Daniher (2), G. Wanganeen (2), A. Ezard, D. Flood, M. Long, D. Wallis
Melbourne: G. Lyon (5), C. Sullivan (3), M. Pickering (2), J. Stynes (2), G. Williams (2), L. Beveridge, D. Cuthbertson, G. Healy, B. Lovett, D. Schwarz

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1992 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 April 1992
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,405

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 18.16.124 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 9 10 . 14 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Melbourne 7 . 3 14 . 6 18 . 7 19 . 9 19 . 9 (123)
Margin MELB by 30 MELB by 45 MELB by 41 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: Mark Thompson (Essendon), Garry Lyon (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Russo, M. Viney

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Long ESSE 13 3
Paul Salmon ESSE 3 2
Paul Bryce MELB 15 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 1 29 16 13 5 0 1 0 0
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 1 1 2 2
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 7 0 2 2 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 19 8 11 2 0 3 2 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 2 0 0 0 1
28 Flood, David ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 5 0 2 0 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 1 2 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 2 0 2 0 0
33 Hills, Paul ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 1
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 0 3 1
42 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 0 0
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 28 15 13 6 0 3 2 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 7 2 24 18 6 11 10 0 2 2
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 3 0 13 10 3 8 3 0 0 1
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 0 2 29 18 11 7 0 1 1 1
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 0 1 0 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 5 1 3 0 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 2 3 16 12 4 2 0 8 4 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 18 16 335 221 114 79 15 30 20 20

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 2 0 1 0 1
15 Bryce, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 7 0 1 1 1
9 Cuthbertson, Darren ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 8 0 4 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 1 2 1 2
32 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 1 2 25 17 8 7 0 3 1 3
37 Lamprill, Andrew ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 7 0 2 0 1
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 9 0 1 1 1
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 5 1 25 17 8 7 2 0 3 0
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 2 0 28 13 15 7 1 1 2 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 1 4 0
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 5 1 2 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 3 1 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 2 0 28 19 9 7 14 0 1 1
4 Sullivan, Chris ? ? 3 1 13 8 5 2 0 1 0 0
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 1 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 2 1 0
36 Williams, Grant ? ? 2 2 15 10 5 4 0 1 0 3
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 2 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 9 315 225 90 80 24 29 20 20

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