1997 AFL Season Round 15: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1997 between Sydney and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Essendon at the SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney (11.13.79) defeated Essendon (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 13 July 1997
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 36,077

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 11.13.79 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 4 5 . 7 6 . 12 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 4 9 . 8 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin SYDN by 1 SYDN by 3 ESSE by 14 SYDN by 1 SYDN by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
A. Lewis
D. Rich (#3)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dale Lewis SYDN 3 3
Paul Roos SYDN 1 2
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Arnott, Simon ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 5 0 3 3 0
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 0 1
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 6 0 0 1
27 Chapman, Wade ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 3 0 4 0 2
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 1 3 2
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 1 28 17 11 5 1 4 1 2
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 6 1 0 0 0
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 0 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 4 0 4 1 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 2 30 26 4 13 2 0 3 0
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 3 3 9 6 3 6 0 0 0 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 3 0 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 2 2 1 3
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 1
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 7 0 0 1 1
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 5 0 1 2 0
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 2 0 3
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 11 0 3 0
20 Stevens, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 1 1
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 11 13 294 207 87 89 23 29 20 19

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 2 5 5 0 2 0 1 2 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 2 1 23 14 9 8 0 2 0 2
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 1 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 4 2 0 1 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 2
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 5 0 0 1 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 10 1 1 1 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 1 1
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 4 1 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 4 1 17 14 3 9 1 2 0 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 1 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 1 29 17 12 5 0 3 1 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 1 35 16 19 4 1 2 1 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 12 4 8 2 0 1 1 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 4 1 1 1 2
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 2
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 14 2 0 5
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 10 0 1 1 0
37 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 5 0 0 1 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 2 2
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 1 4 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 11 12 318 189 129 87 21 31 19 19

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