1997 AFL Season Round 13: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1997 between Richmond and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Matthew Knights captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Richmond (4.10.34) were defeated by Essendon (19.13.127).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 June 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 58,812

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 4.10.34 - 19.13.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 0 1 . 1 2 . 5 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Essendon 3 . 5 7 . 8 14 . 12 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Margin ESSE by 23 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 79 ESSE by 93 ESSE by 93
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Robert Walls

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy (#7)
D. McCauley (#31)
D. Rich (#3)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Damien Hardwick ESSE 39 3
Gary Moorcroft ESSE 46 2
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 3 0 2
30 Bourke, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 1
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 26 10 16 4 0 0 0 1
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 2 1
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 1 25 14 11 7 0 1 1 1
40 Chaffey, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 4 0 1 1 0
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 6 4 1 0 1
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 10 0 1 0 1
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 0 0
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 7 0 1 1 0
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 5 6 3 1 0
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 4 0 0
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 3 2 0
6 Naish, Chris ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1
26 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 0 1 0
13 Powell, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 0 1
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 2 1
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 9 1 0 1 1
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0 3
41 Turner, Scott ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 3 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 4 10 269 183 86 81 11 26 15 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 3 0 0 0 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 3 1 22 14 8 6 0 3 1 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 3 0 1 2 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 3 1 12 10 2 5 2 3 0 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 0 28 12 16 5 0 3 0 2
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 1 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 0 2
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 8 0 2 1 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 2 2 14 8 6 7 0 0 1 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 5 0 1 1 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 7 0 2 0 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 1 26 14 12 2 0 2 0 2
46 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 11 0 4 1 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 31 18 13 4 0 2 2 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 6 0 2 3 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 27 22 5 8 0 1 1 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 7 15 1 1 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 12 0 1 0 1
37 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 1 0 0 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 9 0 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 19 13 390 253 137 122 18 32 15 15

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