1994 AFL Round 19: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1994 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 19 of the 1994 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. Mark Thompson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne
G. Lyon (capt.), B. Campbell, S. Charles, K. Dyson, M. Febey, S. Febey, P. Gilbert, J. Hilton, D. Kowal, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, J. Norrish, A. Obst, P. Prymke, P. Rohde, D. Schwarz, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney, S. Wight, G. Yeats

Essendon
M. Thompson (capt.), S. Alessio, D. Bewick, D. Calthorpe, S. Cummings, A. Daniher, C. Daniher, T. Delaney, S. Denham, D. Grenvold, D. Hardwick, G. Kilpatrick, G. Manton, J. Misiti, R. O'Connor, G. O'Donnell, R. Olarenshaw, P. Salmon, M. Symons, G. Wanganeen, B. Young

Melbourne (21.9.135) defeated Essendon (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: G. Lyon (8), D. Schwarz (5), M. Febey (3), B. Lovett (2), S. Charles, D. Kowal, A. Lovell
Essendon: S. Cummings (4), S. Alessio, G. Manton, R. O'Connor, G. Wanganeen

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 July 1994
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,132

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 21.9.135 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 3 9 . 4 17 . 4 21 . 9 21 . 9 (135)
Essendon 3 . 1 6 . 5 8 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin MELB by 26 MELB by 17 MELB by 50 MELB by 77 MELB by 77
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neil Balme (Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Garry Lyon (Melbourne), Mark Thompson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, J. Harvey, G. Vernon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Garry Lyon MELB 3 3
David Schwarz MELB 5 2
Jim Stynes MELB 11 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Campbell, Bradley ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
18 Charles, Sean ? ? 1 2 15 9 6 1 0 2 1 0
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 0 0 0 2
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 3 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 1 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 33 22 11 8 0 2 3 0
24 Gilbert, Phil ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
22 Hilton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 1 0 2
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 1 0 19 9 10 3 0 0 1 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 2 21 17 4 5 0 1 1 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 2 1 22 17 5 9 0 0 3 4
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 8 1 16 14 2 6 0 0 3 4
25 Norrish, Jason ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 0 0 0
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 2
19 Prymke, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 2
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 5 2 21 17 4 14 6 1 1 3
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 14 13 1 1 2
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 5 2 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 2 0 1 1 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 1 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 21 9 336 214 122 92 19 16 19 29

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 13 5 8 3 6 1 3 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 0 1 1
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 3 0 2
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 4 2 13 12 1 9 0 0 0 4
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 0 9 1 1 2 2 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 1 3 0
30 Delaney, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 1 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 4 1 5 4 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 3 0 2
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 3 1 2
20 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 0
25 Manton, Glenn ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 1 1 2 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 0 0
41 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 3 2 6 3 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 2 20 12 8 9 16 2 2 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 3 0 1 2 0
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 3 0 4 3 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 4 0 3 1 1
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 8 10 264 168 96 56 27 43 29 19

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