1997 AFL Season Round 20: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1997 between Collingwood and Essendon during round twenty of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at the MCG. Gavin Brown captained the hosts with Damian Monkhorst as vice-captain. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Shaw and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Collingwood (13.13.91) defeated Essendon (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,944

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 13.13.91 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 2 9 . 6 13 . 10 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Essendon 1 . 4 4 . 4 7 . 6 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin COLL by 4 COLL by 32 COLL by 40 COLL by 10 COLL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Gavin Brown
Vice-Captain: Damian Monkhorst
Coach: Tony Shaw

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Love (#28)
M. Nash (#14)
S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Scott Russell COLL 29 3
Gavin Crosisca COLL 28 2
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Brown, Gavin (c) ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 5 0 2 3 0
5 Buckley, Nathan ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 2 0 1 0 0
28 Crosisca, Gavin ? ? 1 1 28 14 14 6 1 1 1 1
9 Francis, Matthew ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 2 4 0 1 0
2 Francis, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 5 13 0 0 4 0 1
43 Godden, Luke ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 1 1
4 James, Aaron ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0
33 Liddell, Chad ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 5 0 4 1 1
27 McDonald, Alex ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 1 3 0 0
48 Michael, Mal ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 3 1
1 Monkhorst, Damian (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 9 2 2 3
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 0 2
6 Patterson, Stephen ? ? 0 2 9 5 4 3 0 0 0 1
23 Rocca, Anthony ? ? 2 0 9 3 6 1 3 0 0 1
36 Rocca, Sav ? ? 5 1 9 9 0 4 0 0 1 1
29 Russell, Scott ? ? 2 2 26 16 10 4 0 1 0 5
12 Schauble, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 4 2 0
30 Sharkey, Paul ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 6 0 0 0 1
14 Watson, Shane ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 0 0
10 Williams, Paul ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 2 0 1 0 2
19 Wright, Graham ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 13 13 274 162 112 54 19 32 15 21

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 5 0 0 1 1
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 1 20 10 10 3 0 2 1 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 3 0 2 0 2
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 0 0 0 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 0 0 3 0 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 2 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 4 0 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 1 3 2
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 2 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1
42 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 0 2 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 4 3 21 18 3 12 0 2 1 1
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 0 1
46 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 0 1 2 3 1
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 1 1 0 1 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 2 0 2 0 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 0 1 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 14 0 2 3
17 Stevenson, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 1 1 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 4 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 12 9 264 186 78 55 16 26 21 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