1997 AFL 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 8 of the 1997 AFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at MCG. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Stan Alves.

Essendon
S. Alessio, P. Berbakov, A. Bomford, C. Daniher, S. Denham, B. Doolan, D. Fletcher, M. Harvey, J. Hird, M. Lloyd, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, D. Morgan, R. O'Connor, R. Olarenshaw, M. Prior, M. Symons, S. Wellman

St Kilda
T. Brown, N. Burke, B. Campbell, G. Coghlan, P. Everitt, B. Hall, R. Harvey, D. Healy, M. Hudghton, A. Jones, M. Lappin, S. Loewe, J. Peckett, J. Shanahan, D. Sierakowski, J. Smith, S. Sziller, A. Thompson, D. Wakelin, N. Winmar, M. Young

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

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Hird (4), M. Lloyd (2), R. O'Connor (2), M. Prior (2), P. Berbakov, A. Bomford, C. Daniher, M. Mercuri
St Kilda: P. Everitt (4), T. Brown (3), B. Hall (2), D. Healy (2), A. Jones (2), M. Lappin (2), S. Loewe (2), N. Burke

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (down from 5th) and St Kilda were then 8th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Stan Alves (St Kilda)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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