1997 AFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1997 between Essendon and the Brisbane Lions during round six of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted the Brisbane Lions at the MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Essendon (15.12.102) defeated the Brisbane Lions (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 3 May 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,642

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 15.12.102 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 5 5 . 8 11 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Brisbane Lions 2 . 5 4 . 11 6 . 14 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin BRIL by 6 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Deller (#41)
G. Dore (#19)
D. Howlett (#1)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Scott Lucas ESSE 25 3
Ryan O'Connor ESSE 3 2
Gary O'Donnell ESSE 10 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 4 0 0 2 2
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 1 1 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 2 2 14 9 5 5 0 0 0 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 0 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 3 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 1 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 1 20 6 14 3 0 1 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 4 0 1 2 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 3 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 1 2 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 1 1 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 4 0 1 1 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 3 0 19 14 5 12 0 2 1 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 1 27 13 14 2 0 0 0 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 30 12 18 7 0 1 0 1
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 1 5 17 8 9 6 7 1 0 4
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 1 0 0 3 2
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 10 0 2 2 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 5 0 1 0 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 15 12 353 218 135 87 7 20 19 16

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 5 0 2 1 0
26 Barker, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 1 0 2
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 6 0 0 0 2
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 6 1 1
5 Chapman, Nathan ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 3 0 2
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 2 1 13 9 4 9 11 0 0 1
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 3 0 0
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 0 0 1
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 3 0 1
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 1 0 1 1 1
27 Keating, Clark ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 3 12 3 3 0
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 1 1 0
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 1 27 14 13 4 0 4 3 0
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 2 1
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 3 1 7 7 0 3 0 2 0 1
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 2 3 7 7 0 5 0 0 1 0
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 2 1 0
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0
28 Robbins, Ben ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 6 0 7 2 1
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 0 1 17 9 8 2 0 1 0 5
Rushed 6
Total (21 players) 9 17 265 180 85 72 23 40 16 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