1995 AFL Round 1: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 1995 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round 1 of the 1995 AFL season. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Brad Boyd captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bernie Quinlan and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Fitzroy
B. Boyd (capt.), S. Atkins, J. Baldwin, J. Barker, F. Bizzotto, B. Chandler, B. Cook, T. Cummings, S. Hawking, D. Hawkins, J. Hogg, C. Johnson, W. Lamb, M. Manfield, J. McCarthy, A. McGregor, J. Molloy, S. Paxman, M. Pike, R. Warfe, M. Zanotti

Essendon
S. Alessio, D. Bewick, S. Cummings, C. Daniher, T. Darcy, S. Denham, D. Fletcher, D. Grenvold, M. Harvey, J. Hird, S. Lewfatt, M. Long, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. O'Donnell, R. Olarenshaw, P. Salmon, P. Somerville, M. Symons, G. Wanganeen, B. Young

Fitzroy (6.2.38) were defeated by Essendon (16.16.112).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: T. Cummings (2), W. Lamb (2), J. Baldwin, B. Boyd
Essendon: D. Bewick (4), S. Alessio (3), M. Mercuri (2), P. Salmon (2), D. Grenvold, J. Hird, S. Lewfatt, R. Olarenshaw, M. Symons

As a result of this match, Fitzroy were then 16th on the ladder and Essendon were then 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 1 April 1995
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,869

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 6.2.38 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 0 0 . 0 1 . 0 6 . 2 6 . 2 (38)
Essendon 5 . 7 7 . 12 14 . 13 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin ESSE by 37 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 91 ESSE by 74 ESSE by 74
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bernie Quinlan (Fitzroy), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Brad Boyd (Fitzroy), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Mitchell, M. Nash, A. Panozzo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Long ESSE 13 3
Steven Alessio ESSE 27 2
Ricky Olarenshaw ESSE 47 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 0 32 19 13 4 1 2 1 0
32 Baldwin, Jason ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 1 2
5 Barker, John ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
14 Bizzotto, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 2 1 0
1 Boyd, Brad (c) ? ? 1 1 35 17 18 4 1 5 1 0
27 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 4 2 1
35 Cook, Brett ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 9 2 4 3
24 Cummings, Trent ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 0
17 Hawking, Simon ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 8 0 0 0 0
3 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 0 1 1
10 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 0 1
36 Lamb, Wayne ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 0 0 4 2 1
26 Manfield, Matthew ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 1
25 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 10 0 0 1 2
11 McGregor, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0 1
7 Molloy, Jarrod ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 1 1
4 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 1 4 3 0
8 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 25 12 13 5 0 0 0 3
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 1 0 0
16 Zanotti, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 2 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 6 2 303 184 119 69 12 33 22 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 3 0 23 11 12 10 7 1 2 4
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 4 3 28 24 4 2 0 1 0 0
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 0 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 1 18 8 10 4 0 2 0 0
20 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 3 0 0 0 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 17 7 10 3 0 1 0 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 0 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 1 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 2 0 1 2 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 1 2 28 12 16 13 1 0 0 1
33 Lewfatt, Shawn ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 4 0 3 0 1
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 4 0 2 2 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 0 31 12 19 3 0 0 3 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 1 23 9 14 5 0 0 0 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 4 0 1 0 1
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 2 0 0 1 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 2 22 12 10 11 5 0 1 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 6 3 0 1 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 1 1 28 19 9 7 0 0 1 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 2 3 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 16 16 400 227 173 92 16 17 18 22

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