1993 AFL Round 4: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1993 between Sydney and Essendon during round 4 of the 1993 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. Mark Thompson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Buckenara and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), M. Bayes, N. Brunton, P. Bryce, D. Carroll, E. Considine, D. Cresswell, J. Daniels, A. Dunkley, D. Holmes, D. Kappler, J. Lawson, D. Lewis, T. Malakellis, D. McRae, D. Murphy, R. Osborne, G. Stafford, S. Watters, M. Werner

Essendon
M. Thompson (capt.), S. Alessio, D. Bewick, C. Daniher, D. Fletcher, D. Grenvold, M. Harvey, P. Hills, J. Hird, D. Kickett, M. Long, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. O'Donnell, R. Olarenshaw, B. Plain, T. Ridley, P. Salmon, M. Symons, G. Wanganeen

Sydney (14.11.95) were defeated by Essendon (28.13.181).

Goalkickers
Sydney: M. Werner (6), P. Bryce (3), D. Cresswell (2), D. Kappler, D. Lewis, R. Osborne
Essendon: J. Hird (6), B. Plain (5), P. Salmon (5), T. Ridley (3), D. Bewick (2), M. Long (2), S. Alessio, P. Hills, J. Misiti, G. O'Donnell, M. Thompson

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 15th on the ladder and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1993 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 18 April 1993
Time: 1:15 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 9,023

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Essendon
Score: 14.11.95 - 28.13.181

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 4 6 . 7 9 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Essendon 8 . 3 17 . 5 23 . 9 28 . 13 28 . 13 (181)
Margin ESSE by 23 ESSE by 64 ESSE by 86 ESSE by 86 ESSE by 86
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gary Buckenara (Sydney), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Paul Kelly (Sydney), Mark Thompson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Bird, G. Dore

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Steven Alessio ESSE 27 3
James Hird ESSE 5 2
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 3 3 2 3
13 Brunton, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 0 0
21 Bryce, Paul ? ? 3 4 22 18 4 6 1 1 1 1
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 3 1 0 0 1
12 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 3 2 1 1 1
28 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 5 0 0 0 0
5 Daniels, Jayson ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 2 0 1 2 3
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 1 2
31 Holmes, Darren ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 2 2 1
11 Kappler, Darren ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 2 0 2 1 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 0 0 3 1 1
1 Lawson, Jamie ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 0 0 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 10 0 1 2 3
33 Malakellis, Tony ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 1 2 1
4 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 3 0 2 0 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 1 0 1 0 1
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 2 0 0 0 3
45 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 2 2 0 1 4
10 Watters, Scott ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 3 0 1 1 1
9 Werner, Michael ? ? 6 0 11 7 4 7 0 0 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 11 298 184 114 62 9 20 17 34

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 1 17 8 9 2 15 1 6 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 0 24 17 7 2 0 0 2 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 7 0 3 2 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 2 2 1 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 2 0 0 2 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 28 19 9 8 0 0 1 0
11 Hills, Paul ? ? 1 1 25 16 9 4 0 1 2 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 6 2 25 18 7 5 0 1 4 2
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 0 0 1
13 Long, Michael ? ? 2 0 19 7 12 3 0 3 1 3
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 8 0 2 2 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 1 37 31 6 9 0 2 3 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 1 0 30 18 12 1 0 6 3 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 0 0 0
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 5 1 18 15 3 2 0 1 0 3
18 Ridley, Todd ? ? 3 3 12 9 3 6 0 1 1 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 5 1 14 12 2 10 7 0 1 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 2 1 0
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 3 0 2 2 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 28 13 394 253 141 88 24 27 34 17

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