1994 AFL Round 5: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1994 between Essendon and Collingwood during round 5 of the 1994 AFL season. Essendon hosted Collingwood at MCG. Mark Thompson captained the hosts. Gavin Brown captained the visitors with Damian Monkhorst as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

Essendon
M. Thompson (capt.), S. Alessio, D. Bewick, D. Calthorpe, C. Cockatoo-Collins, S. Denham, B. Doolan, D. Flood, D. Grenvold, D. Hardwick, M. Harvey, P. Hills, J. Hird, M. Mercuri, R. Olarenshaw, P. Salmon, R. Stevenson, M. Symons, G. Wanganeen, T. Watson, R. Williams

Collingwood
G. Brown (capt.), D. Monkhorst (vice-capt.), J. Ballantyne, N. Buckley, K. Butcher, G. Crosisca, T. Francis, M. Fraser, J. Hassall, B. James, S. Kerrison, J. McCartney, B. Plain, S. Rocca, S. Russell, S. Ryan, B. Sanderson, G. Sandford, T. Shaw, P. Williams, G. Wright

Essendon (14.14.98) defeated Collingwood (14.10.94).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Salmon (4), D. Flood (3), D. Calthorpe, C. Cockatoo-Collins, M. Harvey, J. Hird, M. Mercuri, M. Symons, R. Williams
Collingwood: S. Rocca (7), B. James (3), S. Russell (2), T. Francis, M. Fraser

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Collingwood remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 23 April 1994
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 74,330

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 14.14.98 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 7 . 9 12 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Collingwood 5 . 3 9 . 5 12 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin COLL by 9 COLL by 8 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Leigh Matthews (Collingwood)
Captains: Mark Thompson (Essendon), Gavin Brown (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Essendon), Damian Monkhorst (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Garrett, D. Howlett, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ricky Olarenshaw ESSE 47 3
Sav Rocca COLL 36 2
Ben Doolan ESSE 22 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 19 1 2 3
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 2 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 1 1
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 4 0 4 3 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 3 0 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 2 0 6 1 1
28 Flood, David ? ? 3 3 17 11 6 3 2 1 0 0
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 1 3 0 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 2 0 3 1 2
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 8 0 3 2 1
11 Hills, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 0 1 2 2
5 Hird, James ? ? 1 2 13 8 5 4 0 1 3 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 1 25 15 10 5 0 1 0 1
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 2 1 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 4 2 14 9 5 7 7 0 2 0
17 Stevenson, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 3 0 4 2 0
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 3 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 0 3 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
34 Williams, Russell ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 14 14 289 178 111 57 30 37 26 17

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
9 Ballantyne, Jon ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 1
26 Brown, Gavin (c) ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 4 0 1 1 0
5 Buckley, Nathan ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 0 1 2
24 Butcher, Kent ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Crosisca, Gavin ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 0 1 1
2 Francis, Tony ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 1 0 2 0 1
7 Fraser, Mark ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 5 0 8 1 0
15 Hassall, Jon ? ? 0 0 11 2 9 1 0 1 0 2
8 James, Brett ? ? 3 1 10 5 5 1 1 3 1 2
44 Kerrison, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 6 1 1
12 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 1 1 2 3
1 Monkhorst, Damian (vc) ? ? 0 1 18 5 13 3 17 0 3 2
18 Plain, Bradley ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 2
36 Rocca, Sav ? ? 7 3 16 13 3 9 4 1 2 2
29 Russell, Scott ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 0 0 2 1 1
41 Ryan, Stephen ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
17 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 0 2 0
45 Sandford, Glenn ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 2
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 6 0 0 0 2
10 Williams, Paul ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 0 0 2 0 1
19 Wright, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 14 10 245 150 95 57 23 29 17 26

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