1993 AFL Round 20: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1993 between Essendon and Footscray during round 20 of the 1993 AFL season. Essendon hosted Footscray at MCG. Mark Thompson captained the hosts. Doug Hawkins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Terry Wheeler.

Essendon
M. Thompson (capt.), D. Bewick, D. Calthorpe, S. Denham, D. Fletcher, D. Grenvold, M. Harvey, P. Hills, D. Kickett, M. Long, G. Manton, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. O'Donnell, R. Olarenshaw, P. Salmon, P. Somerville, K. Sporn, M. Symons, D. Wallis

Footscray
D. Hawkins (capt.), S. Atkins, G. Barrow, L. Cameron, S. Corcoran, A. Darcy, D. Del-Re, C. Grant, I. Grgic, M. Hunter, N. Kellett, T. Liberatore, B. Nicholson, P. Quill, B. Royal, B. Standfield, A. Thorpe, B. Toohey, S. West, S. Wynd

Essendon (14.14.98) defeated Footscray (12.13.85).

Goalkickers
Essendon: D. Kickett (8), D. Bewick (2), P. Salmon (2), S. Denham, P. Somerville
Footscray: C. Grant (3), S. Atkins (2), D. Hawkins (2), L. Cameron, A. Darcy, I. Grgic, T. Liberatore, S. West

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and Footscray remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1993 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 14 August 1993
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 40,229

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 14.14.98 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	3	9	.	7	12	.	11	14	.	14	14	.	14	(98)
Footscray	4	.	3	8	.	5	11	.	9	12	.	13	12	.	13	(85)
Margin	FOOT by 6			ESSE by 8			ESSE by 8			ESSE by 13			ESSE by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Terry Wheeler (Footscray)
Captains: Mark Thompson (Essendon), Doug Hawkins (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen, A. Coates, E: D. McCauley
Boundary Umpire: M. Owen
Umpire Replacement: D. McCauley replaced M. Owen

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Scott West	FOOT	14	3
Derek Kickett	ESSE	9	2
Leon Cameron	FOOT	18	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	2	1	17	11	6	3	0	0	1	3
48	Calthorpe, David	?	?	0	1	11	3	8	1	0	0	0	2
38	Denham, Sean	?	?	1	0	25	11	14	1	0	4	1	2
31	Fletcher, Dustin	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	2	2	0
29	Grenvold, David	?	?	0	0	19	13	6	5	0	0	1	1
1	Harvey, Mark	?	?	0	0	24	18	6	6	0	0	1	1
11	Hills, Paul	?	?	0	1	16	8	8	0	0	3	2	2
9	Kickett, Derek	?	?	8	3	17	15	2	6	0	2	4	0
13	Long, Michael	?	?	0	1	30	19	11	3	0	1	1	2
37	Manton, Glenn	?	?	0	0	8	1	7	4	0	0	0	0
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	0	1	33	14	19	7	1	1	1	3
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	0	2	21	10	11	4	0	0	0	0
10	O'Donnell, Gary	?	?	0	0	20	14	6	6	0	2	1	0
47	Olarenshaw, Ricky	?	?	0	1	18	14	4	7	0	1	3	1
3	Salmon, Paul	?	?	2	0	22	13	9	9	22	1	2	4
19	Somerville, Peter	?	?	1	1	6	5	1	6	5	0	0	3
17	Sporn, Kieran	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	0	0	0
12	Symons, Michael	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	7	1	3
26	Thompson, Mark (c)	?	?	0	0	23	14	9	2	0	0	0	2
21	Wallis, Dean	?	?	0	1	12	10	2	6	1	1	0	0
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				14	14	356	215	141	82	29	25	21	29

Footscray

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
23	Atkins, Simon	?	?	2	0	25	15	10	1	0	1	2	3
38	Barrow, Gary	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	2	2	0
18	Cameron, Leon	?	?	1	2	27	23	4	6	0	3	1	0
11	Corcoran, Shannon	?	?	0	0	20	15	5	2	0	2	1	2
31	Darcy, Anthony	?	?	1	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	Del-Re, Danny	?	?	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
29	Grant, Chris	?	?	3	0	10	9	1	5	0	1	0	1
28	Grgic, Ilija	?	?	1	1	15	10	5	2	5	0	3	0
7	Hawkins, Doug (c)	?	?	2	3	9	6	3	2	0	1	0	0
10	Hunter, Mark	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	4	0	1	0	1
4	Kellett, Nigel	?	?	0	0	19	13	6	2	0	4	0	2
39	Liberatore, Tony	?	?	1	2	27	13	14	3	0	10	3	0
43	Nicholson, Brad	?	?	0	0	16	13	3	3	0	2	2	1
22	Quill, Peter	?	?	0	0	20	9	11	2	0	2	1	0
33	Royal, Brian	?	?	0	1	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0
17	Standfield, Barry	?	?	0	0	15	14	1	5	0	1	1	5
42	Thorpe, Alan	?	?	0	2	6	4	2	2	0	2	0	0
8	Toohey, Bernard	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	3	0	1	2	3
14	West, Scott	?	?	1	0	33	19	14	0	0	3	4	1
15	Wynd, Scott	?	?	0	0	18	6	12	3	14	4	4	2
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				12	13	314	211	103	50	20	42	29	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

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