1997 AFL Season Round 8: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1997 between Essendon and St Kilda during round eight of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at the MCG. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Stan Alves.

Essendon (14.16.100) were defeated by St Kilda (18.16.124).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 18 May 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,928

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 14.16.100 - 18.16.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 9 . 11 12 . 14 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
St Kilda 6 . 8 7 . 9 11 . 13 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Margin STKL by 28 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 7 STKL by 24 STKL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Stan Alves

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey (#8)
V. Sercia (#39)
M. Sexton (#45)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Young STKL 20 3
Peter Everitt STKL 10 2
Michael Symons ESSE 12 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 3 18 12 6 7 6 2 0 1
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
28 Bomford, Andrew ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 2 0 2 0 0
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 0 1 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 1 0 1 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 0 0 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 4 3 21 15 6 7 0 2 0 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 2 4 14 11 3 6 0 0 0 2
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 2 17 7 10 2 0 0 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 3 0 1 2 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 1 29 19 10 1 0 3 2 0
46 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 1 0
36 Morgan, Danny ? ? 0 1 24 10 14 1 0 5 0 0
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 2 0 11 5 6 4 10 1 0 2
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 1 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 2 0 14 13 1 0 0 1 2 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 1 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 14 16 290 185 105 65 17 24 11 10

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Brown, Tony ? ? 3 0 25 11 14 6 0 1 1 0
3 Burke, Nathan ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 3 0 3 2 0
41 Campbell, Brad ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 0 0 0
30 Coghlan, Glen ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 1 1 1 0
10 Everitt, Peter ? ? 4 0 15 11 4 7 16 0 3 0
25 Hall, Barry ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 5 5 3 0 1
35 Harvey, Robert ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 3 0 2 0 2
6 Healy, Daniel ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 0 2
8 Hudghton, Max ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 1 0
5 Jones, Aussie ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 3 0 1 0 1
22 Lappin, Matthew ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 1
23 Loewe, Stewart ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 9 10 2 1 0
1 Peckett, Justin ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 7 0 1 0 1
31 Shanahan, Jamie ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 1 1 0 0
13 Sierakowski, David ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 1 1 0 0
4 Smith, Joel ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 4 0 0 0 0
19 Sziller, Steven ? ? 0 2 14 7 7 5 0 1 0 0
29 Thompson, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 3 0 0
15 Wakelin, Darryl ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 1 0 1
7 Winmar, Nicky ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 2 0 0 0 0
20 Young, Matthew ? ? 0 1 29 23 6 8 0 3 1 2
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 18 16 275 181 94 87 34 26 10 11

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