1997 AFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1997 between Geelong and Essendon during round four of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong "hosted" Essendon at the MCG. Barry Stoneham captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (11.19.85) defeated Essendon (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Sunday 20 April 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,922

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 11.19.85 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 4 2 . 11 8 . 17 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Essendon 4 . 4 5 . 8 10 . 10 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 5 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
M. Nash (#14)
R. Sawers (#5)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
John Barnes GEEL 6 3
Derek Hall GEEL 19 2
Glenn Kilpatrick GEEL 13 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 7 21 0 3 1
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 1 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 2 2 12 7 5 2 0 0 0 2
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 0 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 0 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 3 0 0
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 1 2 21 12 9 6 0 0 0 1
22 Hargreaves, Tim ? ? 0 3 11 8 3 2 0 3 1 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 2 0 28 18 10 5 0 1 1 1
3 Houlihan, Adam ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 5 0 0 0 2
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 3 0 0 1 0
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 8 0 0 0 1
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 3 4 22 15 7 7 0 2 2 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 9 3 3 0 1
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 3 0 1
4 Robbins, Matthew ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 2 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 0 0 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 1
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 1 2 19 10 9 4 0 1 0 1
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 2 1 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 11 19 308 206 102 84 26 21 14 16

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 4 2 1 0 1
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 2 0 17 11 6 3 0 0 2 1
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 2 15 6 9 2 1 3 1 1
28 Bomford, Andrew ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 1 0 2 3 0
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 1 0 2 0 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 4 3 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 2 0 18 10 8 8 0 2 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 3 0 3 1 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 0 2
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 2 0 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 4 0 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 3 0 0 1 0
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 3 0 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 30 17 13 5 0 3 0 0
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 1 2 7 5 2 3 3 1 0 3
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 2 1 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 1 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 2 1 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 11 12 271 170 101 62 6 39 16 14

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