1998 AFL Round 5: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1998 between Collingwood and Essendon during round 5 of the 1998 AFL season. Collingwood hosted Essendon at MCG. In the absence of Gavin Brown, vice-captain Nathan Buckley captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Tony Shaw and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Collingwood
N. Buckley (capt.), G. Crosisca, S. Crow, M. Francis, B. Fuller, L. Godden, C. Liddell, A. McDonald, M. Michael, D. Monkhorst, R. Osborne, S. Patterson, A. Pugsley, M. Richardson, A. Rocca, S. Rocca, S. Russell, A. Schauble, C. Tarrant, S. Watson, J. Wild, G. Wright

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

Collingwood (15.18.108) defeated Essendon (12.16.88).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: S. Rocca (7), B. Fuller (3), S. Watson (2), A. McDonald, A. Rocca, G. Wright
Essendon: M. Lloyd (4), D. Bewick (2), J. Blumfield (2), C. Cockatoo-Collins (2), S. Lucas, J. Misiti

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 5th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 April 1998
Time: 3:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 81,542

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 15.18.108 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 6 6 . 12 11 . 17 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Essendon 4 . 3 9 . 6 9 . 12 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 12 COLL by 17 COLL by 20 COLL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tony Shaw (Collingwood), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Nathan Buckley (Collingwood), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Harvey (#25), S. McInerney (#30), G. Vernon (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nathan Buckley COLL 5 3
Stephen Patterson COLL 6 2
Alex McDonald COLL 27 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
5 Buckley, Nathan (ac) ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 5 0 3 8 4 0 1 1 5
28 Crosisca, Gavin ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 6 0 6 2 1 2 0 1 5
39 Crow, Scott ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 10 0 1 2 0 1 1 6 5
9 Francis, Matthew ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
11 Fuller, Brad ? ? 3 1 11 6 5 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2
43 Godden, Luke ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
33 Liddell, Chad ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 1 3 0 3 1 0 4 0
27 McDonald, Alex ? ? 1 1 24 15 9 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 5
48 Michael, Mal ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 6 0
1 Monkhorst, Damian ? ? 0 1 10 2 8 0 12 0 6 1 1 0 0 1
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
6 Patterson, Stephen ? ? 0 4 24 17 7 4 0 1 8 1 2 0 0 6
47 Pugsley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Richardson, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 1
23 Rocca, Anthony ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 4
36 Rocca, Sav ? ? 7 4 20 17 3 8 2 1 2 4 2 2 0 4
29 Russell, Scott ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 3
12 Schauble, Andrew ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
20 Tarrant, Chris ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Watson, Shane ? ? 2 2 14 9 5 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4
22 Wild, Jason ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0
19 Wright, Graham ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 15 18 304 202 102 73 26 33 38 22 19 8 30 51

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
39 Banks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 1 23 16 7 3 1 0 8 1 2 0 5 1
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 2 2 24 14 10 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 3
28 Bomford, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 3
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 2 1 18 9 9 4 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 2
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 2 15 7 8 2 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 3
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 4 0 18 13 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 0 21 10 11 4 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 5
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 4
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 2 1 2 4 1 1 0 3
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 3 15 0 2 1 0 4 1 0
1 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 2
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 12 16 269 172 97 66 24 22 36 21 8 19 26 44

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