1998 AFL Round 8: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1998 between Essendon and Brisbane Lions during round 8 of the 1998 AFL season. Essendon hosted Brisbane Lions at MCG. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Essendon
S. Alessio, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, D. Calthorpe, B. Caracella, B. Doolan, S. Eastaugh, M. Fraser, D. Hardwick, J. Johnson, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, R. O'Connor, G. O'Donnell, R. Olarenshaw, M. Prior, A. Ukovic, S. Wellman

Brisbane Lions
J. Akermanis, M. Ashcroft, D. Bradshaw, D. Dickfos, S. Hart, R. Hilton, C. Johnson, C. Keating, M. Kennedy, N. Lappin, S. Lawrence, J. Leppitsch, A. Lynch, T. Lynch, C. McRae, J. Molloy, T. Notting, B. Scott, C. Scott, D. Scott, M. Voss, D. White

Essendon (12.12.84) defeated Brisbane Lions (8.22.70).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Alessio (4), B. Caracella (2), A. Ukovic (2), D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, M. Fraser, M. Mercuri
Brisbane Lions: D. Scott (3), D. Bradshaw, N. Lappin, J. Leppitsch, C. McRae, J. Molloy

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Brisbane Lions remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Brisbane Lions
Date: Friday 15 May 1998
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,384

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 12.12.84 - 8.22.70

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	2	.	1	5	.	3	10	.	8	12	.	12	12	.	12	(84)
Brisbane Lions	2	.	5	6	.	11	7	.	17	8	.	22	8	.	22	(70)
Margin	BRIL by 4			BRIL by 14			ESSE by 9			ESSE by 14			ESSE by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), John Northey (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), unknown (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy (#7), A. Malcolm (#20), D. McCauley (#31)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Damien Hardwick	ESSE	11	3
Steven Alessio	ESSE	27	2
Michael Voss	BRIL	3	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	4	2	21	14	7	9	12	1	4	1	2	2	1	2
20	Berbakov, Peter	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	1
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	1	0	9	4	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	1	0	15	9	6	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	2
14	Calthorpe, David	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	2	0	4	2	1	1	2	2	2
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	2	1	11	8	3	5	1	2	1	2	1	2	0	2
22	Doolan, Ben	?	?	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
36	Eastaugh, Simon	?	?	0	0	4	1	3	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0
30	Fraser, Mark	?	?	1	1	12	7	5	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	3
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	29	25	4	12	0	3	3	3	0	0	8	0
42	Johnson, Jason	?	?	0	0	8	8	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	0	1	15	11	4	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	3
25	Lucas, Scott	?	?	0	2	15	14	1	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	8
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	1	1	16	11	5	7	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	2
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	0	1	26	19	7	4	0	1	5	0	0	1	2	5
29	Moorcroft, Gary	?	?	0	1	22	14	8	7	0	3	1	4	0	2	4	3
3	O'Connor, Ryan	?	?	0	0	8	3	5	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	4	0
10	O'Donnell, Gary	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	3
47	Olarenshaw, Ricky	?	?	0	1	20	14	6	4	0	1	2	0	4	1	3	2
15	Prior, Michael	?	?	0	0	15	13	2	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	6	4
1	Ukovic, Andrew	?	?	2	0	12	8	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	17	10	7	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	1
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				12	12	313	220	93	99	21	26	34	26	13	17	43	46

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
12	Akermanis, Jason	?	?	0	2	12	10	2	3	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	6
10	Ashcroft, Marcus	?	?	0	0	20	13	7	2	0	3	5	2	2	0	1	5
36	Bradshaw, Daniel	?	?	1	0	4	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3
14	Dickfos, Danny	?	?	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
32	Hart, Shaun	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	2
19	Hilton, Rory	?	?	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	Johnson, Chris	?	?	0	1	7	4	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
27	Keating, Clark	?	?	0	0	15	9	6	5	12	1	5	0	1	1	0	6
41	Kennedy, Matthew	?	?	0	0	17	15	2	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	4	2
44	Lappin, Nigel	?	?	1	1	17	11	6	6	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	6
15	Lawrence, Steven	?	?	0	0	15	8	7	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	3	2
23	Leppitsch, Justin	?	?	1	0	17	15	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	5
11	Lynch, Alastair	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	0
42	Lynch, Tristan	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	3	3	1	0	3	0	2
4	McRae, Craig	?	?	1	5	10	8	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	2
7	Molloy, Jarrod	?	?	1	3	10	8	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	1
39	Notting, Tim	?	?	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	Scott, Brad	?	?	0	0	14	11	3	2	0	1	0	4	2	1	3	1
22	Scott, Chris	?	?	0	0	19	15	4	6	0	3	2	1	1	1	4	3
38	Scott, Dion	?	?	3	1	18	13	5	7	14	0	2	2	1	0	0	5
3	Voss, Michael	?	?	0	0	30	15	15	3	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	5
33	White, Darryl	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	1	0	4	2	1	0	2	0	2
Rushed					9
Total (22 players)				8	22	295	200	95	66	29	31	40	24	17	13	28	58

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

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