1997 AFL Season Round 21: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1997 between the Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round twenty-one of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon at the Gabba. Alastair Lynch captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

The Brisbane Lions (15.12.102) were defeated by Essendon (16.10.106).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 August 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 21,065

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Essendon
Score: 15.12.102 - 16.10.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 2 . 4 8 . 7 11 . 11 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Essendon 2 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 6 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Margin BRIL by 1 BRIL by 8 BRIL by 23 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions

Captain: Alastair Lynch
Coach: John Northey

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Harvey (#25)
D. Howlett (#1)
D. Humphery-Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 3
Chris Daniher ESSE 7 2
Darryl White BRIL 33 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 7 0 0 2 2
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 1 0 1 0 0
34 Bamford, Scott ? ? 2 0 15 14 1 4 0 1 1 0
26 Barker, John ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
36 Bradshaw, Daniel ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 4 0 1 0 0
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 2 1 13 12 1 3 0 2 2 2
5 Chapman, Nathan ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 5 1 0
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 3 22 1 1 2
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 0 2 0
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 6 2 1
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 1 1 2 0
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 3 2 14 11 3 5 0 1 1 1
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 0 1 0
15 Lawrence, Steven ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 1 3
11 Lynch, Alastair (c) ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 7 0 0 0 0
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 4 0 2 1 1
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 0
28 Robbins, Ben ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 3 0 0
38 Scott, Dion ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 2 0 0 1
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 4 0 1 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 15 12 261 186 75 76 25 25 18 16

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 3 0 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 2 1 28 18 10 6 1 0 0 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 0 25 15 10 3 0 2 1 2
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 5 1 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 22 5 17 2 0 2 1 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 0 1 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 5 3 18 13 5 10 0 0 1 3
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 0 21 15 6 5 0 1 0 3
4 McAlister, Daniel ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 3 2 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 5 1 2 0 0
46 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 2 0 5 0 2
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 1 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 0 0 2 2 1
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 4 0 0 0 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 19 0 2 1
17 Stevenson, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 2
44 Watson, Matthew ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 1 0 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 0 3 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 16 10 305 195 110 71 21 28 16 18

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