1998 AFL Season Round 2: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1998 between Essendon and St Kilda during round two of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at the MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Stan Alves.

Essendon (28.14.182) defeated St Kilda (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 5 April 1998
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 53,905

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 28.14.182 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 4 11 . 7 21 . 11 28 . 14 28 . 14 (182)
St Kilda 2 . 4 4 . 9 8 . 12 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin ESSE by 24 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 77 ESSE by 89 ESSE by 89
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Stan Alves

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
J. Love (#28)
S. McLaren (#11)
E: M. Ellis (#23)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Damien Hardwick ESSE 11 3
Gary Moorcroft ESSE 29 2
Gary O'Donnell ESSE 10 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 1 20 18 2 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 4
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 4 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 2
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3
28 Bomford, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 6
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 6 3
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 2 21 11 10 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 5
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 0 3 2
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 2 1 20 11 9 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 6 0 0 1 2 2 1 4 6
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 0 16 6 10 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 1
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 5 1 12 10 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 3 0 20 12 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 6 3 25 17 8 8 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 10
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 7 18 2 2 1 0 3 0 4
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 2 0 18 13 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 3
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 28 14 335 228 107 90 28 16 44 18 15 15 27 71

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
2 Brown, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
3 Burke, Nathan ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 3 3
18 Cripps, Jason ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Everitt, Peter ? ? 2 2 23 19 4 14 16 0 2 5 1 4 2 2
25 Hall, Barry ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
35 Harvey, Robert ? ? 0 1 19 8 11 2 0 2 6 1 0 0 1 5
6 Healy, Daniel ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 1
24 Heatley, Jason ? ? 2 1 9 9 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
8 Hudghton, Max ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0
5 Jones, Aussie ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0
17 Keogh, Rod ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3
22 Lappin, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
23 Loewe, Stewart ? ? 4 1 24 15 9 10 11 1 3 0 1 2 0 3
11 Mitchell, Gavin ? ? 1 1 11 5 6 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
1 Peckett, Justin ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 1
13 Sierakowski, David ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 10 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 8
19 Sziller, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 2
29 Thompson, Andrew ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Wakelin, Darryl ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2
12 Wakelin, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 4 2
7 Winmar, Nicky ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 3
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 13 15 270 176 94 77 28 30 22 26 15 15 31 50

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