1992 AFL Round 11: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1992 between Essendon and Sydney during round 11 of the 1992 AFL season. Essendon hosted Sydney at MCG. Mark Thompson captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Gary Buckenara.

Essendon
M. Thompson (capt.), S. Alessio, G. Anderson, D. Bewick, A. Daniher, T. Daniher, S. Denham, A. Ezard, M. Harvey, P. Hills, D. Kickett, G. Kilpatrick, M. Long, S. Madden, G. O'Donnell, T. Ridley, P. Somerville, K. Sporn, D. Wallis, G. Wanganeen

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Bayes, N. Brunton, N. Cordy, A. Dunkley, L. Higgins, D. Kappler, P. Kelly, J. Lawson, J. Love, T. Luff, A. McGovern, S. Minton-Connell, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, C. Nettelbeck, G. Rose, G. Stevens, D. Strooper, B. Tunbridge

Essendon (16.20.116) defeated Sydney (10.13.73).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Somerville (3), D. Bewick (2), A. Ezard (2), T. Ridley (2), K. Sporn (2), G. Anderson, D. Kickett, M. Long, G. O'Donnell, D. Wallis
Sydney: C. Nettelbeck (3), D. Kappler (2), B. Mitchell (2), B. Tunbridge (2), J. Love

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Sydney were then 11th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1992 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Sunday 31 May 1992
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,476

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 16.20.116 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 7 6 . 8 9 . 15 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Sydney 0 . 5 4 . 7 5 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin ESSE by 20 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Gary Buckenara (Sydney)
Captains: Mark Thompson (Essendon), Dennis Carroll (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen, A. Coates

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Hills ESSE 33 3
Mark Harvey ESSE 1 2
Gary O'Donnell ESSE 10 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
44 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 5 1 2 0
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 3 0 4 2 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 2 16 8 8 1 0 2 0 0
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 2 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 2 0 2 2 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 3 16 12 4 9 0 2 1 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 35 25 10 5 0 5 1 1
33 Hills, Paul ? ? 0 0 31 13 18 7 0 3 5 2
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 2 15 9 6 5 0 1 0 2
42 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 0 1 0
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 4 0 4 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 7 1 1 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 1 2 28 16 12 5 0 3 2 1
18 Ridley, Todd ? ? 2 1 24 15 9 6 1 3 3 2
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 3 1 11 9 2 7 4 3 0 1
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 2 2 21 12 9 4 0 1 1 1
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 6 0 1 0 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 3 0 2 0 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 3 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 20 369 224 145 82 17 42 28 14

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 1 1 1
13 Brunton, Neil ? ? 0 0 30 18 12 6 0 0 0 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 0
40 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 1 1 2
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 4 0 4 0 3
11 Kappler, Darren ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 2 0 3 1 1
14 Kelly, Paul ? ? 0 1 24 14 10 2 0 4 4 2
1 Lawson, Jamie ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 2 0 1 0 1
32 Love, Jason ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 2 1 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 0 0 0
16 McGovern, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 7 1 0
8 Minton-Connell, Simon ? ? 0 3 7 3 4 3 0 2 0 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 2 0 33 20 13 1 0 4 2 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 7 0 5 1 1
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 3 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 1 3
22 Rose, Gavin ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 5 0 0 2
41 Stevens, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
15 Strooper, David ? ? 0 2 23 13 10 7 1 2 1 1
2 Tunbridge, Brad ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 3 12 3 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 13 307 195 112 68 18 43 14 28

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