1993 AFL Qualifying Final: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1993 between Essendon and Carlton in the qualifying final of the 1993 AFL season. Essendon hosted Carlton at MCG. Stephen Kernahan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon
Back: G. Wanganeen, A. Daniher, T. Ridley
Half-back: D. Grenvold, M. Harvey, C. Daniher
Centre: M. Long, G. O'Donnell, P. Hills
Half-forward: R. Olarenshaw, T. Watson, M. Symons
Forward: D. Bewick, P. Salmon, D. Kickett
Follower: P. Somerville, M. Mercuri, S. Denham
Int.: D. Calthorpe, A. Ezard

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

Essendon (14.14.98) were defeated by Carlton (15.10.100).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Salmon (4), D. Bewick (3), T. Watson (3), M. Mercuri (2), M. Symons (2)
Carlton: S. Kernahan (6), B. Heaver (4), A. Gleeson (2), T. Powell (2), A. Christou

As a result of this match, Essendon faced West Coast in the first semi final and Carlton faced Adelaide in the second semi final.

Match Details

Season: 1993 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 4 September 1993
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 79,739

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 14.14.98 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 7 . 6 11 . 7 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Carlton 4 . 3 7 . 6 12 . 7 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin CARL by 5 level CARL by 6 CARL by 2 CARL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, A. Coates

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Bewick, Darren FPL ? 3 2 13 10 3 0 0 1 2 0
48 Calthorpe, David INT ? 0 2 10 7 3 2 0 3 0 1
6 Daniher, Anthony FB ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 2 0 1 0
7 Daniher, Chris HBFR ? 0 0 21 9 12 4 0 0 0 5
38 Denham, Sean RO ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 0 2
15 Ezard, Alan INT ? 0 0 23 18 5 8 0 1 0 0
29 Grenvold, David HBFL ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 1 2 2 0
1 Harvey, Mark CHB ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 0 1 1 1
11 Hills, Paul WR ? 0 1 23 13 10 1 0 0 1 1
9 Kickett, Derek FPR ? 0 2 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 2
13 Long, Michael WL ? 0 1 27 15 12 6 0 3 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark RR ? 2 0 28 17 11 7 0 4 1 3
10 O'Donnell, Gary C ? 0 0 25 13 12 2 0 2 3 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky HFFL ? 0 1 24 20 4 8 0 4 3 1
18 Ridley, Todd BPR ? 0 1 12 7 5 4 1 2 1 0
3 Salmon, Paul FF ? 4 0 7 5 2 4 2 1 1 2
19 Somerville, Peter RU ? 0 0 10 7 3 6 12 0 1 1
12 Symons, Michael HFFR ? 2 1 6 5 1 3 0 0 1 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin BPL ? 0 0 29 14 15 1 0 0 3 1
32 Watson, Tim CHF ? 3 1 17 6 11 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 14 334 211 123 71 18 27 21 21

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom WL ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 3 0 1
21 Bradley, Craig RR ? 0 0 25 17 8 3 1 0 0 0
20 Brown, Fraser HFFR ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 2 0 2
39 Christou, Ang HBFL ? 1 0 16 11 5 5 0 2 2 2
34 De Iulio, Ron HFFL ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Gleeson, Adrian RO ? 2 0 21 13 8 2 0 1 3 1
13 Hanna, Mil BPR ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 1 1 1
17 Heaver, Brent FPL ? 4 2 22 17 5 2 0 3 5 2
33 Hogg, Matthew INT ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 2
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) CHF ? 6 2 20 13 7 10 4 0 1 1
44 Madden, Justin RU ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 18 1 2 2
5 McKay, Andrew HBFR ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 0 0 2
22 Powell, Tim INT ? 2 2 16 9 7 4 0 1 0 1
7 Ratten, Brett BPL ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 0 1
14 Sexton, Michael FB ? 0 0 13 7 6 9 0 1 0 0
9 Sholl, Brett WR ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 1 0
1 Silvagni, Stephen FPR ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 3 1
11 Spalding, Earl CHB ? 0 0 22 10 12 7 1 1 1 1
38 Welsh, Rohan FF ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Williams, Greg C ? 0 0 32 18 14 4 0 3 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 10 310 201 109 79 24 24 21 21

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

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
7 B. Ratten 14 M. Sexton 13 M. Hanna 19 P. Somerville 48 D. Calthorpe
9 D. Kickett 3 P. Salmon 8 D. Bewick 2 M. Mercuri 15 A. Ezard
FORWARD 38 S. Denham

HALF-BACK



39 A. Christou 11 E. Spalding 5 A. McKay



12 M. Symons 32 T. Watson 47 R. Olarenshaw



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



31 T. Alvin 2 G. Williams 9 B. Sholl



11 P. Hills 10 G. O'Donnell 13 M. Long FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 J. Madden 33 M. Hogg
HALF-FORWARD 21 C. Bradley 22 T. Powell
34 R. De Iulio 4 S. Kernahan (c) 20 F. Brown 12 A. Gleeson

7 C. Daniher 1 M. Harvey 29 D. Grenvold



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



17 B. Heaver 38 R. Welsh 1 S. Silvagni



18 T. Ridley 6 A. Daniher 4 G. Wanganeen



BACK



Carlton Coach: David Parkin