1998 AFL Round 4: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1998 between Essendon and Fremantle during round 4 of the 1998 AFL season. Essendon hosted Fremantle at Waverley Park. Peter Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Gerard Neesham.

Essendon
D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, A. Bomford, D. Calthorpe, B. Caracella, C. Cockatoo-Collins, S. Denham, B. Doolan, D. Fletcher, M. Fraser, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, R. O'Connor, G. O'Donnell, P. Somerville, S. Wellman

Fremantle
P. Mann (capt.), S. Anderson, D. Bandy, C. Bond, M. Burton, C. Callaghan, S. Chisholm, J. Clement, M. Clucas, G. Dhurrkay, B. Dodd, A. Fletcher, M. Gale, G. Harding, D. Hargraves, A. McGovern, S. McManus, J. Norrish, S. O'Reilly, S. Parker, J. Sinclair, A. Wills

Essendon (11.10.76) were defeated by Fremantle (14.16.100).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Lucas (6), R. O'Connor (3), J. Blumfield, B. Caracella
Fremantle: J. Clement (5), G. Dhurrkay (2), S. McManus (2), D. Bandy, M. Burton, S. Chisholm, B. Dodd, A. Wills

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Fremantle were then 11th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 19 April 1998
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Waverley Park
Attendance: 26,241

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fremantle
Score: 11.10.76 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 4 . 7 9 . 9 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Fremantle 5 . 5 8 . 9 11 . 11 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin FREM by 15 FREM by 26 FREM by 14 FREM by 24 FREM by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Gerard Neesham (Fremantle)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Peter Mann (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. McKenzie (#24), B. Sheehan (#9), S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Burton FREM 24 3
Jess Sinclair FREM 15 2
James Clement FREM 31 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 4 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 4
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 1 21 13 8 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 2
28 Bomford, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 7 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 3
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 2 22 17 5 5 0 7 2 2 1 2 3 8
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 4 0 3 3 1 3 2 9 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 0 4 12 11 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 6 0 15 15 0 8 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 7
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 0
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 3 0 9 5 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 3 4 2 1 0 3 2
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 16 1 5 1 0 1 1 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 11 10 284 179 105 77 18 33 24 16 21 24 38 39

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
44 Bandy, Daniel ? ? 1 0 16 6 10 9 6 0 3 3 0 0 1 2
32 Bond, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 2
24 Burton, Matthew ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 6 31 3 2 2 1 1 1 2
42 Callaghan, Craig ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 1 0 5 4 0 4 0 4 3
13 Chisholm, Scott ? ? 1 0 15 5 10 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4
31 Clement, James ? ? 5 4 13 10 3 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
41 Clucas, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
19 Dhurrkay, Gary ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
12 Dodd, Brad ? ? 1 1 25 14 11 10 0 1 2 1 4 0 2 6
2 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 3 0 3 7 2 2 4 0 4
37 Gale, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 2
3 Harding, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 3
21 Hargraves, Daniel ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
9 Mann, Peter (c) ? ? 0 2 20 12 8 11 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 4
43 McGovern, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
8 McManus, Shaun ? ? 2 0 21 16 5 3 0 5 4 2 1 0 0 3
25 Norrish, Jason ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3
10 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
23 Parker, Shane ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0
15 Sinclair, Jess ? ? 0 2 17 13 4 9 0 4 1 1 1 2 0 3
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 6 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 14 16 334 217 117 112 38 41 26 24 24 21 25 57

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