1995 AFL Qualifying Final 1: Essendon v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 1995 between Essendon and West Coast in the first qualifying final of the 1995 AFL season. Essendon hosted West Coast at Waverley Park. Mark Thompson captained the hosts. John Worsfold captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Essendon
M. Thompson (capt.), S. Alessio, C. Daniher, S. Denham, B. Doolan, D. Fletcher, D. Grenvold, D. Hardwick, M. Harvey, J. Hird, M. Lloyd, M. Long, M. Mercuri, R. O'Connor, G. O'Donnell, R. Olarenshaw, M. Prior, P. Salmon, P. Somerville, G. Wanganeen, B. Young

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), J. Ball, D. Banfield, M. Brennan, T. Evans, F. Gehrig, D. Hart, B. Heady, G. Jakovich, D. Kemp, C. Lewis, B. Lyle, C. Mainwaring, P. Matera, A. McIntosh, G. McKenna, D. Pyke, P. Symmons, R. Turnbull, C. Waterman, M. White

Essendon (11.8.74) defeated West Coast (8.7.55).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Mercuri (4), S. Alessio (2), M. Lloyd (2), D. Hardwick, G. O'Donnell, P. Somerville
West Coast: F. Gehrig (3), B. Heady, D. Kemp, P. Matera, G. McKenna, J. Worsfold

As a result of this match, Essendon faced Richmond in the second semi final and West Coast faced North Melbourne in the first semi final.

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 1
Teams: Essendon v West Coast
Date: Saturday 9 September 1995
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Waverley Park
Attendance: 36,102

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. West Coast
Score: 11.8.74 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 5 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
West Coast 4 . 2 6 . 5 7 . 7 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin WCST by 10 WCST by 5 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Mick Malthouse (West Coast)
Captains: Mark Thompson (Essendon), John Worsfold (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy (#7), D. Rich (#3), R. Sawers (#5), E: B. Allen (#10)

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 5 1 0 0 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 2 0 2 1 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 1 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 20 7 13 4 0 2 0 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 3 0
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 0 2
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 5 0 3 2 2
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 1 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 9 0 1 0 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 2 3 12 8 4 8 0 0 1 0
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 1 27 16 11 7 0 1 1 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 4 1 25 15 10 8 0 3 2 0
41 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 1 3 2 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 1 0 31 24 7 8 0 1 0 2
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 0 0 1
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 0 0 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 6 14 2 1 2
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 0 1 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 1 0 2
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 5 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 11 8 331 207 124 90 17 23 17 20

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 4 1 1 2 2
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 1 0
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 1 1
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 2
25 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 3 0 14 11 3 8 1 1 1 0
36 Hart, David ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 0 0
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 2
27 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 9 1 1 0 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 5 0 4 2 0
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1
37 Lyle, Brayden ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 6 1 4 0 1
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 1 32 21 11 4 0 3 5 0
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 4 0 5 3 0
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 3
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 4 0 0 0 1
10 Pyke, Don ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 0 0
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 0
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 7 0 1 1
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 0 2
12 White, Mitchell ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 8 0 3 1 0
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 8 7 270 177 93 78 11 28 20 17

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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