1995 AFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1995 between Melbourne and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1995 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne (11.7.73) were defeated by Essendon (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 August 1995
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,523

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 11.7.73 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 5 6 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Essendon 6 . 4 10 . 8 12 . 13 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin ESSE by 20 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: Neil Balme

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
H. Kennedy (#7)
R. Sawers (#5)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Somerville ESSE 19 3
Sean Denham ESSE 38 2
Steven Alessio ESSE 27 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Doyle, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 0 1 1 1
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 0 1 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 2 1
22 Hilton, Jeff ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 3 0 1 1 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 8 0 0 1 1
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 0 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 3 1 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 31 18 13 8 0 0 2 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 3 2 12 11 1 3 0 0 1 0
28 Molloy, Glenn ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Neitz, David ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 6 3 1 1 2
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 2 2 0 2 2
19 Prymke, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 1 1 2 0
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 0 0
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 4 1 10 8 2 6 0 0 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 3 0 2 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 1 1 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 6 1 1 2 0
44 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 11 7 261 186 75 82 10 12 22 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 4 1 16 14 2 7 6 3 2 0
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 3 0 2
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 3 14 9 5 4 0 0 1 0
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 5 0 3 0 1
20 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 8 0 2 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 0 2
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 3 0 2 1 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 0 1 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 3 0 0 0 1
13 Long, Michael ? ? 3 0 20 16 4 4 0 3 1 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 3 0 0 0 1
43 Morgan, Danny ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 1 3 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 1 2 24 15 9 4 1 4 0 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 4 3 14 11 3 10 1 0 0 4
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 9 16 0 2 4
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 1 1
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 2 11 5 6 4 0 2 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 15 16 286 181 105 79 24 25 13 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