1993 AFL Season Preliminary Final: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 September 1993 between Adelaide and Essendon in the preliminary final of the 1993 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide "hosted" Essendon at the MCG. Chris McDermott captained the hosts. Mark Thompson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Cornes and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Adelaide (14.16.100) were defeated by Essendon (17.9.111).

Match Details

Season: 1993 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 September 1993
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 76,380

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Essendon
Score: 14.16.100 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Adelaide	7	.	4	12	.	12	13	.	14	14	.	16	14	.	16	(100)
Essendon	4	.	5	6	.	6	12	.	8	17	.	9	17	.	9	(111)
Margin	ADEL by 17			ADEL by 42			ADEL by 12			ESSE by 11			ESSE by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Chris McDermott
Coach: Graham Cornes

Essendon

Captain: Mark Thompson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Player Statistics

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
1	Anderson, Greg	WR	?	1	1	13	11	2	3	0	1	0	1
26	Bickley, Mark	C	?	0	0	18	8	10	4	0	3	0	2
21	Brown, David	INT	?	2	3	14	10	4	0	0	2	0	3
34	Hart, Ben	BPR	?	0	0	11	6	5	1	0	0	1	1
17	Hodges, Scott	INT	?	1	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
2	Jarman, Andrew	HFFL	?	0	2	24	10	14	3	0	4	1	2
13	Lee, Scott	BPL	?	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	Liptak, Matthew	FPL	?	1	2	20	11	9	2	0	0	1	3
18	Maynard, Rodney	CHB	?	0	0	15	5	10	2	0	2	2	1
10	McDermott, Chris (c)	RR	?	0	0	24	15	9	4	0	1	1	1
11	McGuinness, Tony	RO	?	0	1	28	19	9	4	0	3	1	2
6	Modra, Tony	FF	?	6	1	14	11	3	6	0	0	0	0
15	Pittman, David	FB	?	0	0	8	4	4	5	0	2	2	1
52	Rehn, Shaun	RU	?	0	1	21	10	11	8	14	5	1	1
32	Ricciuto, Mark	HBFL	?	0	0	20	17	3	4	0	3	3	3
7	Smart, Nigel	CHF	?	2	1	17	13	4	4	1	2	0	2
12	Tregenza, Simon	WL	?	0	0	23	14	9	0	0	3	0	1
49	Viska, Mark	HBFR	?	0	0	15	7	8	5	0	3	2	1
33	Weidemann, Wayne	HFFR	?	0	1	17	10	7	5	0	6	0	4
14	Wigney, Stuart	FPR	?	1	0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	2
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				14	16	315	190	125	64	16	40	15	32

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
8	Bewick, Darren	HFFR	?	6	1	14	12	2	1	0	1	4	1
48	Calthorpe, David	FPR	?	0	0	11	5	6	1	0	2	1	0
7	Daniher, Chris	INT	?	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	2	1	0
38	Denham, Sean	C	?	0	0	29	17	12	3	0	3	1	2
31	Fletcher, Dustin	FB	?	0	0	7	4	3	3	1	0	0	0
28	Flood, David	BPR	?	0	0	14	7	7	2	0	0	3	2
29	Grenvold, David	HBFR	?	0	0	9	7	2	3	0	4	2	0
11	Hills, Paul	WL	?	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1
5	Hird, James	CHF	?	1	0	13	10	3	6	2	1	0	3
9	Kickett, Derek	INT	?	1	0	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0
13	Long, Michael	RO	?	1	0	22	12	10	3	1	2	1	0
2	Mercuri, Mark	HFFL	?	1	0	14	8	6	5	0	2	0	2
24	Misiti, Joe	CHB	?	0	0	18	7	11	3	0	0	1	1
10	O'Donnell, Gary	RR	?	1	1	26	15	11	3	2	3	1	0
47	Olarenshaw, Ricky	WR	?	0	0	20	10	10	5	0	1	1	1
3	Salmon, Paul	FF	?	4	3	19	14	5	8	6	2	3	1
19	Somerville, Peter	RU	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	18	0	1	1
26	Thompson, Mark (c)	HBFL	?	0	0	26	17	9	4	1	3	0	0
4	Wanganeen, Gavin	BPL	?	0	1	22	18	4	3	0	3	8	0
32	Watson, Tim	FPL	?	2	1	18	11	7	3	0	5	3	0
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				17	9	308	188	120	62	31	36	32	15

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

Adelaide							Coach: Graham Cornes
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	4	G. Wanganeen	31	D. Fletcher	28	D. Flood	52	S. Rehn	21	D. Brown
	14	S. Wigney	6	T. Modra	27	M. Liptak	10	C. McDermott (c)	17	S. Hodges
FORWARD							11	T. McGuinness
HALF-BACK
	26	M. Thompson (c)	24	J. Misiti	29	D. Grenvold
	33	W. Weidemann	7	N. Smart	2	A. Jarman
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	11	P. Hills	38	S. Denham	47	R. Olarenshaw
	1	G. Anderson	26	M. Bickley	12	S. Tregenza	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							19	P. Somerville	7	C. Daniher
HALF-FORWARD							10	G. O'Donnell	9	D. Kickett
	2	M. Mercuri	5	J. Hird	8	D. Bewick	13	M. Long
	49	M. Viska	18	R. Maynard	32	M. Ricciuto
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	32	T. Watson	3	P. Salmon	48	D. Calthorpe
	34	B. Hart	15	D. Pittman	13	S. Lee
BACK
Essendon							Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Matthew Liptak goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	??:??
	ESSE	Tim Watson goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	??:??
	ESSE	Paul Salmon goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	??:??
	ESSE	Paul Salmon behind	1.0.6	-	2.1.13	??:??
	ESSE	Darren Bewick behind	1.0.6	-	2.2.14	??:??
	ADEL	David Brown goal	2.0.12	-	2.2.14	??:??
	ADEL	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	2.2.14	??:??
	ADEL	David Brown goal	3.1.19	-	2.2.14	??:??
	ESSE	Paul Salmon goal	3.1.19	-	3.2.20	??:??
	ADEL	Nigel Smart goal	4.1.25	-	3.2.20	??:??
	ADEL	unknown behind	4.2.26	-	3.2.20	??:??
	ADEL	unknown behind	4.3.27	-	3.2.20	??:??
	ESSE	Michael Long goal	4.3.27	-	4.2.26	??:??
	ESSE	Paul Salmon behind	4.3.27	-	4.3.27	??:??
	ADEL	Matthew Liptak behind	4.4.28	-	4.3.27	??:??
	ADEL	Tony Modra goal	5.4.34	-	4.3.27	??:??
	ADEL	Tony Modra goal	6.4.40	-	4.3.27	??:??
	ESSE	Gavin Wanganeen behind	6.4.40	-	4.4.28	??:??
	ADEL	Scott Hodges goal	7.4.46	-	4.4.28	??:??
	ESSE	unknown behind	7.4.46	-	4.5.29	??:??
Q2	ADEL	Nigel Smart goal	8.4.52	-	4.5.29	??:??
	ADEL	Tony Modra goal	9.4.58	-	4.5.29	??:??
	ADEL	unknown behind	9.5.59	-	4.5.29	??:??
	ADEL	Nigel Smart behind	9.6.60	-	4.5.29	??:??
	ADEL	David Brown behind	9.7.61	-	4.5.29	??:??
	ADEL	Scott Hodges behind	9.8.62	-	4.5.29	??:??
	ADEL	Tony Modra goal	10.8.68	-	4.5.29	??:??
	ADEL	Greg Anderson behind	10.9.69	-	4.5.29	??:??
	ESSE	Derek Kickett goal	10.9.69	-	5.5.35	??:??
	ADEL	Tony Modra behind	10.10.70	-	5.5.35	??:??
	ESSE	unknown behind	10.10.70	-	5.6.36	??:??
	ESSE	Darren Bewick goal	10.10.70	-	6.6.42	??:??
	ADEL	Tony Modra goal	11.10.76	-	6.6.42	??:??
	ADEL	Shaun Rehn behind	11.11.77	-	6.6.42	??:??
	ADEL	unknown behind	11.12.78	-	6.6.42	??:??
	ADEL	Greg Anderson goal	12.12.84	-	6.6.42	??:??
Q3	ESSE	Paul Salmon behind	12.12.84	-	6.7.43	??:??
	ESSE	unknown behind	12.12.84	-	6.8.44	??:??
	ESSE	Darren Bewick goal	12.12.84	-	7.8.50	??:??
	ESSE	Paul Salmon goal	12.12.84	-	8.8.56	??:??
	ESSE	Darren Bewick goal	12.12.84	-	9.8.62	??:??
	ESSE	Mark Mercuri goal	12.12.84	-	10.8.68	??:??
	ADEL	Stuart Wigney goal	13.12.90	-	10.8.68	??:??
	ADEL	unknown behind	13.13.91	-	10.8.68	??:??
	ESSE	Paul Salmon goal	13.13.91	-	11.8.74	??:??
	ESSE	Darren Bewick goal	13.13.91	-	12.8.80	??:??
	ADEL	Andrew Jarman behind	13.14.92	-	12.8.80	??:??
Q4	ESSE	Darren Bewick goal	13.14.92	-	13.8.86	??:??
	ESSE	Darren Bewick goal	13.14.92	-	14.8.92	??:??
	ESSE	Gary O'Donnell goal	13.14.92	-	15.8.98	??:??
	ESSE	Tim Watson behind	13.14.92	-	15.9.99	??:??
	ADEL	Tony Modra goal	14.14.98	-	15.9.99	??:??
	ESSE	James Hird goal	14.14.98	-	16.9.105	??:??
	ADEL	David Brown behind	14.15.99	-	16.9.105	??:??
	ESSE	Tim Watson goal	14.15.99	-	17.9.111	??:??
	ADEL	unknown behind	14.16.100	-	17.9.111	??:??

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1993 AFL Season Preliminary Final: Adelaide v Essendon

Match Details

Match Results

Quarter Breakdown

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Essendon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

Goal Umpires

Boundary Umpires

Player Statistics

Adelaide

Essendon

Legend

Player Line-Up

Score Timeline

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