1995 AFL Round 17: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1995 between Essendon and Fremantle during round 17 of the 1995 AFL season. Essendon hosted Fremantle at MCG. Ben Allan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Gerard Neesham.

Essendon
D. Calthorpe, C. Cockatoo-Collins, S. Cummings, C. Daniher, T. Darcy, S. Denham, D. Fletcher, D. Grenvold, D. Hardwick, J. Hird, S. Lewfatt, M. Long, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, D. Morgan, R. O'Connor, G. O'Donnell, P. Salmon, P. Somerville, G. Wanganeen, B. Young

Fremantle
B. Allan (capt.), W. Abraham, J. Burton, C. Callaghan, S. Chisholm, G. Dhurrkay, P. Gilbert, J. Hutton, D. Kickett, Q. Leach, G. Madigan, P. Mann, A. McGovern, S. McManus, J. Merillo, D. Muir, J. Norrish, S. O'Reilly, B. Retzlaff, T. Ridley, J. White

Essendon (21.9.135) defeated Fremantle (13.9.87).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Hird (5), P. Salmon (4), S. Cummings (3), C. Cockatoo-Collins (2), S. Denham (2), D. Fletcher, S. Lewfatt, J. Misiti, P. Somerville, B. Young
Fremantle: W. Abraham (4), G. Dhurrkay (3), P. Mann (2), C. Callaghan, J. Merillo, B. Retzlaff, J. White

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 4th on the ladder and Fremantle were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 29 July 1995
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,102

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fremantle
Score: 21.9.135 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 1 10 . 2 16 . 3 21 . 9 21 . 9 (135)
Fremantle 3 . 3 7 . 4 9 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Gerard Neesham (Fremantle)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Ben Allan (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), M. Prince (#12), G. Scroop (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sean Denham ESSE 38 3
Che Cockatoo-Collins ESSE 9 2
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 0 1 1
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 2 0 20 11 9 7 0 1 3 2
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 3 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 1 2
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 5 1 2
20 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 3 2
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 2 0 31 15 16 5 0 3 1 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 0 0
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 0 1
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 1 3 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 5 0 14 10 4 6 1 3 0 1
33 Lewfatt, Shawn ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 0 0 1 0 2
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 1 24 14 10 3 0 2 1 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 0 28 14 14 8 0 5 2 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 1 12 4 8 1 2 0 1 0
43 Morgan, Danny ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 0 0
41 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 4 0 0 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 1 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 4 1 6 6 0 4 3 0 1 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 8 22 0 2 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 2 0 0 1 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 1 3 17 10 7 7 0 2 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 21 9 319 187 132 67 32 28 22 22

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 4 3 13 12 1 7 0 0 1 4
7 Allan, Ben (c) ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 1 2 0
27 Burton, Jay ? ? 0 0 14 3 11 3 6 0 0 0
42 Callaghan, Craig ? ? 1 1 32 21 11 6 0 4 6 3
13 Chisholm, Scott ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 7 0 0 1 0
19 Dhurrkay, Gary ? ? 3 0 13 12 1 5 0 0 0 5
6 Gilbert, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
16 Hutton, John ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 0 1 1 1
11 Kickett, Dale ? ? 0 0 21 7 14 3 0 1 3 0
36 Leach, Quenton ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 0
48 Madigan, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 3 1
9 Mann, Peter ? ? 2 0 11 5 6 5 1 3 1 2
43 McGovern, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 5 0 0
8 McManus, Shaun ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1 0
47 Merillo, Jamie ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 4 0 3 1 0
21 Muir, David ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 0 3
25 Norrish, Jason ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 5 0 2 0 1
10 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 0
12 Retzlaff, Brendon ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 0 0
5 Ridley, Todd ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 2 1 0
34 White, Jeff ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 4 2 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 13 9 274 165 109 77 9 27 22 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