1994 AFL Round 23: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1994 between Adelaide and Essendon during round 23 of the 1994 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Essendon at Football Park. Chris McDermott captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Graham Cornes and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Adelaide
C. McDermott (capt.), D. Brown, B. Chalmers, T. Hall, B. Hart, A. Ingerson, R. Jameson, S. Lee, R. Maynard, T. McGuinness, M. McKinnon, T. Modra, N. Pesch, D. Pittman, M. Powell, S. Rehn, M. Ricciuto, N. Smart, S. Tasker, W. Weidemann, S. Wellman

Essendon
S. Alessio, D. Bewick, P. Cransberg, S. Cummings, C. Daniher, T. Delaney, S. Denham, B. Doolan, D. Fletcher, D. Flood, D. Grenvold, J. Hird, G. Kilpatrick, G. O'Donnell, M. Prior, T. Ridley, P. Salmon, P. Somerville, M. Symons, G. Wanganeen, B. Young

Adelaide (17.13.115) defeated Essendon (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: T. Hall (6), T. Modra (5), S. Wellman (3), T. McGuinness (2), B. Hart
Essendon: S. Cummings (2), T. Ridley (2), C. Daniher, J. Hird, M. Prior, P. Salmon

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Essendon remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Sunday 28 August 1994
Time: 5:45 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 41,669

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 17.13.115 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 3 . 4 10 . 7 13 . 10 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Essendon 3 . 7 5 . 7 8 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin ESSE by 3 ADEL by 30 ADEL by 32 ADEL by 57 ADEL by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Garrett, C. Mitchell, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Martin McKinnon ADEL 28 3
Sean Wellman ADEL 44 2
David Pittman ADEL 15 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
21 Brown, David ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 3 0 1 0 0
19 Chalmers, Brett ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 1 0 1
9 Hall, Tony ? ? 6 1 13 10 3 6 0 0 1 1
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 1 0 4 2 1
29 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 3 1 0
13 Lee, Scott ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 2 2 1
18 Maynard, Rodney ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 4 0 0
10 McDermott, Chris (c) ? ? 0 0 27 10 17 0 0 1 1 0
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 2 0 30 22 8 3 0 1 1 1
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 4 0 1
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 5 2 11 10 1 5 0 0 1 2
16 Pesch, Nick ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 1 0 0
15 Pittman, David ? ? 0 1 23 12 11 9 4 2 2 2
20 Powell, Matthew ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 0 0 2 0 0
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 8 26 0 0 0
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 0 2 32 21 11 7 0 0 1 1
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 0 1 0
4 Tasker, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 1 3 1
33 Weidemann, Wayne ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 0
44 Wellman, Sean ? ? 3 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 17 13 347 206 141 71 31 31 16 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 9 7 0 0 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 2 24 16 8 5 0 1 1 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 10 0 0 0 2
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 2 2 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 2
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 6 0 1 0 1
30 Delaney, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 0 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 24 14 10 3 0 5 0 0
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 0 0 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 5 0 0 2 0
28 Flood, David ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 1 1 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 1 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 1 0 22 8 14 4 1 4 2 2
20 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 28 11 17 3 0 2 0 1
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 1 0 25 12 13 10 0 2 2 1
18 Ridley, Todd ? ? 2 0 22 15 7 4 0 1 3 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 4 7 1 0 3
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 6 1 0 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 0 0 2 0 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 5 0 2 1 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 6 0 4 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 8 10 345 204 141 91 21 28 13 16

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