1997 AFL Round 10: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1997 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 10 of the 1997 AFL season. Essendon hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Terry Wallace.

Essendon
S. Alessio, P. Barnard, P. Berbakov, B. Caracella, C. Daniher, S. Denham, B. Doolan, D. Fletcher, M. Fraser, D. Hardwick, J. Hird, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, R. O'Connor, R. Olarenshaw, M. Prior, P. Somerville, S. Wellman, B. Young

Western Bulldogs
S. Wynd (capt.), J. Cook, M. Croft, L. Darcy, M. Dent, P. Dimattina, C. Ellis, C. Grant, B. Johnson, N. Kellett, S. Kolyniuk, T. Liberatore, S. Minton-Connell, B. Montgomery, J. Romero, S. Sir, R. Smith, D. Southern, M. West, S. West, B. Wira

Essendon (17.12.114) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (20.16.136).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (6), S. Alessio (3), D. Fletcher (2), B. Caracella, M. Fraser, J. Hird, J. Misiti, M. Prior, B. Young
Western Bulldogs: S. Kolyniuk (4), S. Minton-Connell (4), L. Darcy (3), J. Cook (2), C. Grant (2), B. Montgomery (2), B. Johnson, J. Romero, S. West

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 13th on the ladder (down from 11th) and Western Bulldogs were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 1 June 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,138

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 17.12.114 - 20.16.136

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 7 . 7 12 . 9 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Western Bulldogs 8 . 4 13 . 8 15 . 11 20 . 16 20 . 16 (136)
Margin WBUL by 31 WBUL by 37 WBUL by 20 WBUL by 22 WBUL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Terry Wallace (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Scott Wynd (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hanley (#18), D. Howlett (#1), S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tony Liberatore WBUL 39 3
Jose Romero WBUL 36 2
Chris Daniher ESSE 7 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 3 0 8 7 1 4 11 1 0 0
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 3 2
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 1 2
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 0 21 12 9 7 1 2 1 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 9 0 2 1 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 0 0 1 0 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 1 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 3 1 2 0 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 2 0 0 0 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 0 2
5 Hird, James ? ? 1 2 13 7 6 3 0 1 1 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 6 2 19 15 4 10 0 2 1 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 4 0 2 1 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 4 0 3 0 0
46 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 0 0 1
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 2 1 0 2
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 6 0 1 1 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 7 0 0 3
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 0 1
35 Young, Barry ? ? 1 2 10 6 4 5 0 1 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 17 12 274 174 100 80 22 28 12 19

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Cook, James ? ? 2 2 9 8 1 3 0 0 3 0
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 1 1
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 3 0 14 11 3 7 6 1 0 1
21 Dent, Matthew ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 0 2 0
28 Dimattina, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 4 0 4 0 0
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 0 1 0
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 8 0 0 2 1
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 1 1 25 20 5 7 0 1 1 2
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 3 0 1
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 4 1 13 10 3 3 0 2 1 2
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 5 0 5 0 0
1 Minton-Connell, Simon ? ? 4 2 11 8 3 4 0 1 1 0
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 2 3 12 12 0 5 0 0 0 0
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 1 1 31 21 10 7 0 0 1 0
38 Sir, Sedat ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 6 0 0 0 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 1 23 13 10 3 0 1 1 0
8 Southern, Daniel ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 1 2 1 1
34 West, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 4 0 0
7 West, Scott ? ? 1 0 24 13 11 1 0 2 1 1
24 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 1 0 0 0 2
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 17 0 3 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 20 16 313 199 114 82 24 27 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