1993 AFL Round 9: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1993 between Essendon and Adelaide during round 9 of the 1993 AFL season. Essendon hosted Adelaide at MCG. Mark Thompson captained the hosts. Chris McDermott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Graham Cornes.

Essendon
M. Thompson (capt.), S. Alessio, D. Bewick, A. Daniher, S. Denham, D. Fletcher, D. Grenvold, M. Harvey, P. Hills, J. Hird, D. Kickett, M. Long, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. O'Donnell, R. Olarenshaw, P. Somerville, M. Symons, G. Wanganeen, T. Watson

Adelaide
C. McDermott (capt.), G. Anderson, M. Bickley, C. Groom, B. Hart, R. Jameson, A. Jarman, S. Lee, M. Liptak, R. Maynard, T. McGuinness, M. Mickan, T. Modra, P. Patterson, S. Rehn, M. Ricciuto, S. Rowe, N. Smart, S. Tregenza, W. Weidemann

Essendon (16.15.111) defeated Adelaide (10.5.65).

Goalkickers
Essendon: D. Bewick (4), J. Hird (3), D. Kickett (3), M. Mercuri (3), S. Denham (2), R. Olarenshaw
Adelaide: T. Modra (3), M. Liptak (2), S. Rowe (2), R. Maynard, T. McGuinness, N. Smart

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Adelaide were then 9th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1993 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 22 May 1993
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,372

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Adelaide
Score: 16.15.111 - 10.5.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 10 . 5 11 . 10 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Adelaide 2 . 1 6 . 2 9 . 3 10 . 5 10 . 5 (65)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 46 ESSE by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Graham Cornes (Adelaide)
Captains: Mark Thompson (Essendon), Chris McDermott (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates, D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gavin Wanganeen ESSE 4 3
Mark Thompson ESSE 26 2
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 4 6 2 2 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 4 1 18 14 4 5 0 1 1 3
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 4 1 2 0 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 2 0
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 2 24 12 12 4 0 0 2 2
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 31 23 8 9 0 1 0 0
11 Hills, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 3 2 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 3 3 16 12 4 6 0 2 1 0
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 3 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 3
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 2 2 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 3 0 19 14 5 1 0 6 2 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 30 19 11 5 0 3 2 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 7 0 3 1 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 1 1 28 14 14 6 0 1 2 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 3 12 5 7 7 10 0 3 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 1 0 1
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 31 24 7 7 0 0 2 2
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 33 28 5 5 0 4 7 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 5 0 2 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 15 396 255 141 93 17 35 34 21

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 2 0 3
26 Bickley, Mark ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 4 0 2 3 1
50 Groom, Chris ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 1 0
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 1 0 2
2 Jarman, Andrew ? ? 0 0 27 9 18 1 0 4 0 5
13 Lee, Scott ? ? 0 0 30 18 12 8 0 0 2 0
27 Liptak, Matthew ? ? 2 1 18 9 9 6 0 3 1 5
18 Maynard, Rodney ? ? 1 0 32 13 19 4 0 2 4 0
10 McDermott, Chris (c) ? ? 0 0 30 17 13 1 0 2 0 3
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 1 38 29 9 4 0 2 2 0
25 Mickan, Mark ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 8 7 0 0 1
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 3 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 2
46 Patterson, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 0
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 0 0 14 2 12 7 12 3 4 4
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 4 3 1
3 Rowe, Stephen ? ? 2 1 22 14 8 3 0 1 0 2
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 1 0 22 10 12 0 0 3 1 3
12 Tregenza, Simon ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 9 0 1 0 1
33 Weidemann, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 5 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 5 393 222 171 74 19 37 21 34

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