1997 AFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 1997 between Essendon and Carlton during round one of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at the MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. Craig Bradley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon (16.10.106) defeated Carlton (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Monday 31 March 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 82,363

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 16.10.106 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 7 . 6 13 . 8 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Carlton 2 . 2 7 . 6 10 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin ESSE by 18 level ESSE by 18 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Carlton

Captain: Craig Bradley
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Callaghan (#33)
A. Coates (#6)
H. Kennedy (#7)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 3
James Hird ESSE 5 2
Dean Rice CARL 23 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 2 11 0 0 2
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 0 1 4
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 4 1 12 7 5 4 0 0 0 0
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 1 0
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 5 0 3 0 2
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 4 0 0 0 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 0 0 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 1 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 10 1 0 1 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 4 0 25 19 6 10 2 3 0 1
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 1 16 7 9 0 0 0 1 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 5 1 1 0 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 1 22 13 9 4 1 2 0 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 1 1 1
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 2 1 9 5 4 2 1 1 0 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 2 0 2 0 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 2 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 1 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 2 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 1 0 1 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 16 10 319 206 113 79 18 22 12 19

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Allan, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 15 2 1 1
21 Bradley, Craig (c) ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 2 0 1 0 2
16 Camporeale, Scott ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 0 1
39 Christou, Ang ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 1 2 1 0
6 Clape, Matt ? ? 3 1 21 10 11 6 0 2 0 1
34 De Iulio, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 0 1 0
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 1 2 0 0
36 Hamill, Aaron ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 4 1 1
13 Hanna, Mil ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 0
43 Koutoufides, Anthony ? ? 2 2 15 10 5 6 2 1 3 1
22 Manton, Glenn ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 5 0 4 2 0
31 McGuane, Mick ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 4 0 1 0 0
5 McKay, Andrew ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 5 1 2 1 1
18 Murphy, Justin ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 7 0 3 0 0
27 O'Sullivan, Luke ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 1 2 0
7 Ratten, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 1 2
23 Rice, Dean ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 7 0 2 2 1
14 Sexton, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
32 Whitehead, Adrian ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 2 0 1
8 Whitnall, Lance ? ? 4 1 12 11 1 9 2 0 0 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 0 26 15 11 3 0 1 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 15 9 305 194 111 82 22 33 19 12

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