1998 AFL Round 7: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1998 between Essendon and Geelong during round 7 of the 1998 AFL season. Essendon hosted Geelong at MCG. Barry Stoneham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Essendon
D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, A. Bomford, B. Caracella, C. Cockatoo-Collins, S. Denham, B. Doolan, S. Eastaugh, D. Fletcher, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, R. O'Connor, R. Olarenshaw, M. Prior, D. Solomon, A. Ukovic, S. Wellman

Geelong
B. Stoneham (capt.), J. Barnes, C. Biddiscombe, C. Bizzell, R. Burns, L. Colbert, P. Corrigan, T. Finocchiaro, B. Graham, T. Hargreaves, G. Kilpatrick, D. Lowther, P. Lynch, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, J. Rahilly, B. Sanderson, B. Sholl, S. Simpson, J. Snell, B. Spinks

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

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (2), S. Lucas (2), M. Mercuri (2), D. Bewick, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, G. Moorcroft, D. Solomon
Geelong: B. Spinks (5), J. Snell (3), J. Barnes (2), D. Mensch, B. Sholl

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Geelong were then 10th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Gary Ayres (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Barry Stoneham (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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, Daniel ? ? 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