1998 AFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1998 between Essendon and Geelong during round seven of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at the MCG. Barry Stoneham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Essendon (11.4.70) were defeated by Geelong (12.7.79).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 May 1998
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 56,093

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 11.4.70 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 0 6 . 0 7 . 1 11 . 4 11 . 4 (70)
Geelong 2 . 1 5 . 4 9 . 7 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 2 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Burton (#33)
D. Humphery-Smith
B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ben Graham GEEL 7 3
David Mensch GEEL 31 2
Brad Sholl GEEL 12 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 5 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 2 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 5
28 Bomford, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 0 28 16 12 11 0 4 0 2 0 2 4 6
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 28 16 12 4 0 3 3 3 0 0 6 3
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0
36 Eastaugh, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 11 1 2 5 0 2 0 7
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 6 1
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 1 4 4 0 4 1
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 7 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 4
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 0 16 15 1 6 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 5
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 9 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 5
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 29 11 18 4 0 3 5 2 0 1 1 4
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 1 4 1 3 2 2 1 4
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 6 0
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 1
1 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 4 313 198 115 76 16 35 30 43 17 24 35 53

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Barnes, John ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 5 18 1 2 2 2 1 0 2
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 2 16 8 8 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 3
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 5 0 2 1 5 1 2
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 1 3 0 3 2 1 4 1
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0
43 Finocchiaro, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2
7 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 6 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 2
22 Hargreaves, Tim ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 1
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 5 3 0 1 0 4 7
29 Lowther, Dan ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 3
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 2 2
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 8 5 3 6 1 1 0 1 5
34 Rahilly, James ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 2 2 0 3 0 5 2
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 3
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2
4 Snell, Jason ? ? 3 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
14 Spinks, Brett ? ? 5 0 8 7 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 7 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 7
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 12 7 277 197 80 79 33 36 33 20 24 17 39 48

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