1998 AFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 1998 between Richmond and Essendon during round one of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Matthew Knights captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jeff Gieschen and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Richmond (14.19.103) defeated Essendon (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Sunday 29 March 1998
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 70,200

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 14.19.103 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 6 5 . 11 8 . 15 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Essendon 3 . 1 9 . 3 10 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin RICH by 11 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 4 RICH by 14 RICH by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Jeff Gieschen

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Ellis (#23)
D. Goldspink (#32)
S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brendon Gale RICH 25 3
Matthew Knights RICH 33 2
Darren Gaspar RICH 2 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Blurton, Ashley ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 2 0 22 9 13 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 2 0
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 1 0 28 19 9 5 0 2 8 3 0 2 5 1
6 Chaffey, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 1 2 21 20 1 4 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 8
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 2 0 17 11 6 6 25 1 5 1 1 2 0 5
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 6
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 28 11 17 4 0 0 1 0 4 2 4 0
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 1 3 19 14 5 8 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 3
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 1 4 9 7 2 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 2 1
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 1 0 34 25 9 6 0 7 1 2 4 0 3 7
36 Manfield, Matthew ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
28 Moore, Ben ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
5 Ottens, Brad ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
13 Powell, Robert ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 4 0 2 2 2 3 1 0 6
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 7 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 1
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 6 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2
37 Ryan, Damien ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 14 19 326 210 116 82 32 31 37 16 23 21 28 50

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 4 1 7 7 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 3
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 3
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 2 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 3
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 7 0 3 7 0 1 2 0 7
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 4 1 10 8 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 3 3 2 0 1 2 4
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 3
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 1 2 24 18 6 3 0 5 5 2 0 0 2 2
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 2
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 27 1 4 1 2 2 2 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 5 2 4 1 2 4 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 13 11 276 184 92 75 28 31 37 21 21 22 30 47

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