1998 AFL Round 9: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1998 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 9 of the 1998 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. Todd Viney captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne
T. Viney (capt.), M. Febey, S. Febey, B. Grgic, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, T. Johnstone, H. Lamaro, A. Leoncelli, T. Longmuir, G. Lyon, A. McDonald, J. McDonald, G. Rigoni, D. Schwarz, M. Seecamp, S. Smith, C. Smoker, J. Stynes, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, D. Calthorpe, B. Caracella, S. Eastaugh, D. Fletcher, M. Fraser, D. Hardwick, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, R. O'Connor, R. Olarenshaw, M. Prior, D. Solomon, A. Ukovic, S. Wellman

Melbourne (12.12.84) were defeated by Essendon (18.14.122).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: G. Lyon (2), S. Smith (2), B. Grgic, A. Ingerson, J. McDonald, G. Rigoni, C. Smoker, J. Stynes, T. Viney, J. White
Essendon: D. Bewick (3), M. Lloyd (3), S. Lucas (2), M. Mercuri (2), M. Prior (2), S. Alessio, D. Calthorpe, J. Hird, J. Misiti, D. Solomon, S. Wellman

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (up from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 May 1998
Time: 3:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,580

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 12.12.84 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 10 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Essendon 4 . 2 9 . 6 12 . 10 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin MELB by 1 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Todd Viney (Melbourne), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Deller (#5), G. Dore (#19), S. McInerney (#30), E: C. Mitchell (#4)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Calthorpe ESSE 14 3
Scott Lucas ESSE 25 2
Sean Wellman ESSE 6 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 4
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 0
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 2
46 Lamaro, Hayden ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 4 0 1 14 1 1 0 2 5
45 Longmuir, Troy ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4
23 McDonald, James ? ? 1 3 11 7 4 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 2
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 5 0 5 1 1 0 0 6 0
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
39 Smoker, Craig ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 4 19 0 4 0 0 2 0 2
12 Viney, Todd (c) ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 2 0 0 5 2 0 2 2 6
34 White, Jeff ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 5 16 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 8 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 4
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 12 248 176 72 64 40 30 47 15 11 12 33 43

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 3 14 8 6 6 9 1 3 3 1 0 1 1
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 3 1 13 8 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 7 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 2
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 1 1 24 12 12 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 4 2
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 2 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
36 Eastaugh, Simon ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 20 3 4 0 2 2 0 5
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 2 2 2 3 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 1 2 20 14 6 7 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 7
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 3 2 11 6 5 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 9 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 8
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 0 21 15 6 7 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 3
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 1 31 16 15 4 0 1 8 1 0 0 2 1
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 5
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 2 0 29 23 6 11 0 0 1 2 0 2 7 4
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4
1 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 18 14 314 198 116 93 31 32 36 12 12 11 29 56

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