1995 AFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1995 between Essendon and Melbourne during round three of the 1995 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Mark Thompson captained the hosts. Garry Lyon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

Essendon (14.14.98) defeated Melbourne (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Monday 17 April 1995
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 60,057

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 14.14.98 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 5 5 . 7 10 . 8 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Melbourne 4 . 2 9 . 6 11 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 23 MELB by 7 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Mark Thompson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: Neil Balme

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Garrett
D. Howlett
D. Rich
E: D. Goldspink

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Steven Alessio ESSE 27 3
David Neitz MELB 9 2
Darren Bewick ESSE 8 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 2 2 21 14 7 7 11 2 2 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 3 0 20 13 7 4 0 3 1 2
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 2
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 1 0 0
20 Darcy, Tim ? ? 2 3 8 7 1 6 0 1 1 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 1 0 3 1 2
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 2 1 0
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 0 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 1 3 1 2
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 3 0 2 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 3 17 12 5 6 0 3 1 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 30 14 16 4 0 3 0 0
41 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 2 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 0 0 1 1 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 1 1 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 3 6 1 2 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 0
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 3 1 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 1 1 10 5 5 2 0 2 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 14 14 281 170 111 56 18 36 17 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 2 0 2 0 1
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 7 0 3 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 3 1 2
22 Hilton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 3 1 1
34 Irving, Dean ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 8 0 0 2
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0
37 Lamprill, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 4 2 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 0 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 6 3 11 11 0 6 1 0 1 1
9 Neitz, David ? ? 2 3 15 12 3 5 3 1 4 1
25 Norman, Luke ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 2 0 0
19 Prymke, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 0 0 1
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 0 0 1
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 4 0 2 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 7 0 1 3
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 4 0 1 0 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 0 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 12 10 230 169 61 65 19 24 13 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