1993 AFL Grand Final: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 September 1993 between Carlton and Essendon in the grand final of the 1993 AFL season. Carlton "hosted" Essendon at MCG. Stephen Kernahan captained the hosts. Mark Thompson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Carlton
Back: B. Ratten, S. Silvagni, A. McKay
Half-back: A. Christou, M. Sexton, M. Hanna
Centre: B. Sholl, G. Williams, F. Brown
Half-forward: T. Alvin, E. Spalding, T. Powell
Forward: R. Welsh, S. Kernahan (capt.), B. Heaver
Follower: J. Madden, C. Bradley, A. Gleeson
Int.: M. Athorn, M. Hogg

Essendon
Back: G. Wanganeen, D. Fletcher, D. Wallis
Half-back: D. Grenvold, M. Harvey, M. Thompson (capt.)
Centre: R. Olarenshaw, S. Denham, P. Hills
Half-forward: M. Mercuri, J. Hird, J. Misiti
Forward: T. Watson, P. Salmon, M. Long
Follower: P. Somerville, G. O'Donnell, D. Bewick
Int.: D. Calthorpe, C. Daniher

Carlton (13.11.89) were defeated by Essendon (20.13.133).

Goalkickers
Carlton: S. Kernahan (7), R. Welsh (2), T. Alvin, C. Bradley, B. Heaver, G. Williams
Essendon: P. Salmon (5), M. Mercuri (3), J. Hird (2), M. Long (2), D. Bewick, D. Calthorpe, C. Daniher, S. Denham, M. Harvey, J. Misiti, D. Wallis, G. Wanganeen

As a result of this match, Essendon were the premiers and Carlton were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1993 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 September 1993
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 96,862

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Essendon
Score: 13.11.89 - 20.13.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 2 5 . 2 10 . 5 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Essendon 5 . 8 10 . 9 16 . 11 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Margin ESSE by 30 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Parkin (Carlton), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Stephen Kernahan (Carlton), Mark Thompson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, D. Goldspink
Goal Umpire: D. Flegg, D. Gourlay, E: C. Clark
Boundary Umpire: I. Green, P. McDonald, E: A. Wheeler

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Michael Long ESSE 13 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom HFFL ? 1 0 16 12 4 3 0 0 2 2
25 Athorn, Mark INT ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 3 0 3
21 Bradley, Craig RR ? 1 0 25 16 9 1 0 1 1 2
20 Brown, Fraser WR ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 1
39 Christou, Ang HBFL ? 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 5 3 0
12 Gleeson, Adrian RO ? 0 1 19 7 12 5 0 1 3 0
13 Hanna, Mil HBFR ? 0 0 9 3 6 3 1 0 0 2
17 Heaver, Brent FPR ? 1 0 14 9 5 0 0 1 1 0
33 Hogg, Matthew INT ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 0 1
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) FF ? 7 4 17 16 1 10 0 0 0 2
44 Madden, Justin RU ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 13 2 2 0
5 McKay, Andrew BPR ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 2 2 1
22 Powell, Tim HFFR ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 3
7 Ratten, Brett BPL ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 2 0
14 Sexton, Michael CHB ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 0 0 0 1
9 Sholl, Brett WL ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 1 1
1 Silvagni, Stephen FB ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 2
11 Spalding, Earl CHF ? 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 0 3 1
38 Welsh, Rohan FPL ? 2 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 2 0
2 Williams, Greg C ? 1 1 28 13 15 1 0 2 3 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 11 285 175 110 61 14 20 25 22

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Bewick, Darren RO ? 1 0 14 7 7 0 0 1 2 0
48 Calthorpe, David INT ? 1 0 18 5 13 3 0 3 1 0
7 Daniher, Chris INT ? 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 0 0
38 Denham, Sean C ? 1 0 12 5 7 1 0 6 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 1 1 0 0
29 Grenvold, David HBFL ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 1 1 2
1 Harvey, Mark CHB ? 1 1 22 18 4 5 0 1 2 0
11 Hills, Paul WR ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 0 1 2
5 Hird, James CHF ? 2 0 16 11 5 7 0 2 0 3
13 Long, Michael FPR ? 2 0 33 20 13 8 0 1 3 1
2 Mercuri, Mark HFFL ? 3 1 23 13 10 5 0 2 2 2
24 Misiti, Joe HFFR ? 1 1 20 15 5 4 0 2 1 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary RR ? 0 2 33 24 9 9 1 0 3 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky WL ? 0 1 22 16 6 5 0 2 1 2
3 Salmon, Paul FF ? 5 2 19 13 6 10 6 1 2 5
19 Somerville, Peter RU ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 5 3 0 0
26 Thompson, Mark (c) HBFR ? 0 0 25 16 9 6 0 2 2 0
21 Wallis, Dean BPR ? 1 2 10 6 4 4 0 1 1 4
4 Wanganeen, Gavin BPL ? 1 1 20 13 7 7 0 0 0 1
32 Watson, Tim FPL ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 4 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 13 351 217 134 90 13 34 22 25

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

Player Line-Up

Carlton Coach: David Parkin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 G. Wanganeen 31 D. Fletcher 21 D. Wallis 44 J. Madden 25 M. Athorn
17 B. Heaver 4 S. Kernahan (c) 38 R. Welsh 21 C. Bradley 33 M. Hogg
FORWARD 12 A. Gleeson

HALF-BACK



29 D. Grenvold 1 M. Harvey 26 M. Thompson (c)



22 T. Powell 11 E. Spalding 31 T. Alvin



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



47 R. Olarenshaw 38 S. Denham 11 P. Hills



20 F. Brown 2 G. Williams 9 B. Sholl FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 P. Somerville 48 D. Calthorpe
HALF-FORWARD 10 G. O'Donnell 7 C. Daniher
2 M. Mercuri 5 J. Hird 24 J. Misiti 8 D. Bewick

13 M. Hanna 14 M. Sexton 39 A. Christou



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



32 T. Watson 3 P. Salmon 13 M. Long



5 A. McKay 1 S. Silvagni 7 B. Ratten



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Paul Salmon goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 ??:??
ESSE Joe Misiti behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 ??:??
ESSE Gary O'Donnell behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 ??:??
ESSE Ricky Olarenshaw behind 0.0.0 - 1.3.9 ??:??
CARL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 ??:??
ESSE Michael Long goal 0.1.1 - 2.3.15 ??:??
CARL Stephen Kernahan goal 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 ??:??
ESSE Paul Salmon goal 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 ??:??
ESSE Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 3.4.22 ??:??
ESSE Gary O'Donnell behind 1.1.7 - 3.5.23 ??:??
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 1.1.7 - 3.6.24 ??:??
ESSE Sean Denham goal 1.1.7 - 4.6.30 ??:??
ESSE Paul Salmon behind 1.1.7 - 4.7.31 ??:??
ESSE James Hird goal 1.1.7 - 5.7.37 ??:??
CARL Stephen Kernahan behind 1.2.8 - 5.7.37 ??:??
ESSE Dean Wallis behind 1.2.8 - 5.8.38 ??:??
Q2 ESSE Michael Long goal 1.2.8 - 6.8.44 ??:??
ESSE Dean Wallis goal 1.2.8 - 7.8.50 ??:??
ESSE Paul Salmon behind 1.2.8 - 7.9.51 ??:??
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 1.2.8 - 8.9.57 ??:??
CARL Rohan Welsh goal 2.2.14 - 8.9.57 ??:??
CARL Stephen Kernahan goal 3.2.20 - 8.9.57 ??:??
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 3.2.20 - 9.9.63 ??:??
ESSE Darren Bewick goal 3.2.20 - 10.9.69 ??:??
CARL Stephen Kernahan goal 4.2.26 - 10.9.69 ??:??
CARL Stephen Kernahan goal 5.2.32 - 10.9.69 ??:??
Q3 CARL Rohan Welsh behind 5.3.33 - 10.9.69 ??:??
ESSE Paul Salmon goal 5.3.33 - 11.9.75 ??:??
CARL Stephen Kernahan behind 5.4.34 - 11.9.75 ??:??
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 5.4.34 - 12.9.81 ??:??
CARL Rohan Welsh goal 6.4.40 - 12.9.81 ??:??
ESSE Chris Daniher goal 6.4.40 - 13.9.87 ??:??
CARL Stephen Kernahan goal 7.4.46 - 13.9.87 ??:??
ESSE Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 13.10.88 ??:??
ESSE Gavin Wanganeen behind 7.4.46 - 13.11.89 ??:??
ESSE Mark Harvey goal 7.4.46 - 14.11.95 ??:??
CARL Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 14.11.95 ??:??
CARL Stephen Kernahan goal 8.5.53 - 14.11.95 ??:??
CARL Stephen Kernahan goal 9.5.59 - 14.11.95 ??:??
CARL Tom Alvin goal 10.5.65 - 14.11.95 ??:??
ESSE David Calthorpe goal 10.5.65 - 15.11.101 ??:??
ESSE Joe Misiti goal 10.5.65 - 16.11.107 ??:??
Q4 ESSE Paul Salmon goal 10.5.65 - 17.11.113 ??:??
ESSE Dean Wallis behind 10.5.65 - 17.12.114 ??:??
ESSE James Hird goal 10.5.65 - 18.12.120 ??:??
ESSE Paul Salmon goal 10.5.65 - 19.12.126 ??:??
CARL Stephen Silvagni behind 10.6.66 - 19.12.126 ??:??
CARL Greg Williams behind 10.7.67 - 19.12.126 ??:??
CARL Craig Bradley goal 11.7.73 - 19.12.126 ??:??
CARL Stephen Kernahan behind 11.8.74 - 19.12.126 ??:??
CARL Stephen Kernahan behind 11.9.75 - 19.12.126 ??:??
ESSE Mark Harvey behind 11.9.75 - 19.13.127 ??:??
CARL Greg Williams goal 12.9.81 - 19.13.127 ??:??
CARL Brent Heaver goal 13.9.87 - 19.13.127 ??:??
CARL Rushed behind 13.10.88 - 19.13.127 ??:??
CARL Adrian Gleeson behind 13.11.89 - 19.13.127 ??:??
ESSE Gavin Wanganeen goal 13.11.89 - 20.13.133 ??:??