1997 AFL Season Round 14: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1997 between Essendon and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. Glenn Lovett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Greg Hutchison.

Essendon (18.12.120) defeated Melbourne (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 6 July 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,803

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 18.12.120 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 8 . 7 13 . 11 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 5 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Glenn Lovett
Coach: Greg Hutchison (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Callaghan (#33)
C. Durham (#15)
B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Joe Misiti ESSE 24 3
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 2
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 3 0 18 14 4 7 0 0 0 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 1 0 3 1 1
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 3 1 1 1 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 3 0 0 2 0
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 5 0 0 2 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 1 0 0 1
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 0 3 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 8 1 14 13 1 10 0 3 2 3
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 8 0 0 2 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 7 0 2 2 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 31 15 16 4 0 0 3 1
46 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 3 1 0
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 3 1 0 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 1 1 18 11 7 2 0 3 0 2
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 1 1 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 3 0 0 4 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 5 0 0 4
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 8 1 1 2 0
37 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 3 0 0 0 3
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 7 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 18 12 333 211 122 95 11 18 26 19

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 1 2
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 1 3
31 Cockatoo-Collins, Don ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 2
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 1 0 2 0 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 1 22 10 12 3 0 1 0 0
48 Grgic, Brent ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 1 2
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 6 0 1 0 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 0 0 1
6 Lovett, Glenn (c) ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 4 0 2 2 0
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 0 1 1 2
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 3 1 0 1 3
14 Newton, Leigh ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 5 1 1 4 1
38 O'Brien, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 0 1
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 4 0 1 1 1
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 0
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 10 0 2 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 2 0 3 2 1
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 0 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 2 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 8 9 244 157 87 64 12 18 19 26

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