1995 AFL Season Semi Final 2: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 1995 between Essendon and Richmond in the second semi final of the 1995 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at the MCG. Mark Thompson captained the hosts. Matthew Knights captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Essendon (11.7.73) were defeated by Richmond (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 16 September 1995
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 88,308

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 11.7.73 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 9 . 4 9 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Richmond 3 . 2 4 . 4 9 . 7 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 30 RICH by 1 RICH by 13 RICH by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Mark Thompson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers (#5)
G. Scroop (#21)
B. Sheehan (#9)
E: A. Coates (#6)

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 6 8 2 2 3
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 1 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 2 1 24 13 11 4 0 2 0 0
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 3 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 1 0 2
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 0 1 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 8 1 1 3 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 5 0 0 2 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 0 24 17 7 10 0 0 1 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 1 1 1 1
41 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 1 1 2 1 1
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 0 0 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 3 1 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 6 0 0 0 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 7 6 1 0 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 7 0 2 2 1
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 0 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 0 0 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 11 7 289 189 100 93 18 21 19 20

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 3 1 0
32 Bourke, David ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 2
22 Bower, Nathan ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 2 1 1
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 2 1 1 0 0
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 1 0 0 1
15 Charles, Justin ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 3 1 1 1 0
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 2 2 21 19 2 3 0 2 2 0
14 Dear, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 10 2 2 1
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 2 1 0 1
11 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0
31 Howat, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 1 2
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 4 0 1
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 3 1 17 11 6 1 0 2 2 3
27 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 3 0 1
28 Merenda, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 1
6 Naish, Chris ? ? 2 3 18 15 3 9 0 2 1 1
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 1
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 2 2 23 15 8 8 0 3 1 2
5 Tape, Jamie ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 7 0 4 3 0
41 Turner, Scott ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 3 0 0 4 0
36 Wigney, Stuart ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 12 14 259 197 62 76 16 32 20 19

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