1997 AFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1997 between Essendon and Geelong during round nineteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at the MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. Barry Stoneham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Essendon (11.7.73) defeated Geelong (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Sunday 10 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 53,901

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 11.7.73 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 1 5 . 2 9 . 4 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Geelong 3 . 4 4 . 9 7 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin GEEL by 21 GEEL by 1 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Malcolm
C. Mitchell (#4)
B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Blake Caracella ESSE 33 3
Brad Sholl GEEL 12 2
Michael Mansfield GEEL 21 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 0 1
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 3 3 17 11 6 5 0 3 0 2
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 0 1
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 6 0 0 5 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 1 2 2 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 0 24 11 13 1 0 4 2 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 3 1 12 11 1 4 1 1 2 2
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 3 3
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 0 0
42 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 0 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 4 0 3 1 2
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 6 0 2 1 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 2 1
46 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 5 0 2
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 2 0 0 1 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 0 0 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 12 0 0 0
17 Stevenson, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 1 2
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 4 0 2 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 11 7 252 164 88 61 14 39 22 23

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 6 2 1 2 1
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 1 2 17 9 8 3 0 1 2 1
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 0 2
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 0 2 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 0 2 21 11 10 9 0 0 0 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 19 9 10 4 0 6 2 3
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 1 7 0 0
1 King, Steven ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 4 10 0 0 0
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 0 1 25 15 10 8 0 2 2 2
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 2 2 1
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 0 2 1
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 3 0 2 2 1
31 Mensch, David ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 0 3 0 1 0
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 6 0 2 0 1
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 2 0 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 2 1 24 17 7 4 0 4 3 2
25 Snell, Jason ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 1 1 20 10 10 4 0 1 1 4
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 2 0 1 1
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 3 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 9 14 311 192 119 74 18 36 23 22

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