1998 AFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1998 between Essendon and Sydney during round eleven of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Sydney at the MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Essendon (24.16.160) defeated Sydney (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Friday 5 June 1998
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 62,866

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 24.16.160 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 8 13 . 11 20 . 12 24 . 16 24 . 16 (160)
Sydney 4 . 1 8 . 4 11 . 9 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin ESSE by 25 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 57 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
C. Durham (#15)
V. Sercia (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Scott Lucas ESSE 25 3
James Hird ESSE 5 2
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 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 0 9 7 2 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 4 0 5 3 1 2 1 4 9
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 3
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 2
28 Bomford, Andrew ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 1
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 2 1 24 14 10 8 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 7
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 4 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
36 Eastaugh, Simon ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 9 29 2 6 1 1 1 1 2
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 2 2 3 1 1 2 0
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 3 3 21 16 5 5 0 1 4 0 2 2 1 6
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 5 4 17 16 1 11 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 3
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 4 1 19 17 2 9 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 7
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 0 25 15 10 6 0 2 4 1 1 1 2 3
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 1
1 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 24 16 344 229 115 112 31 31 35 19 15 14 29 58

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
42 Arnott, Simon ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 3 0 28 19 9 4 0 1 10 0 0 0 1 6
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 1 10 4 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 5 1 22 17 5 7 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 7
39 Kinnear, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 2 1 20 16 4 10 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 4
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 1
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 4 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 2
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 4 2 3 0 1 3 0
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 6 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 4
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 6 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 8 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 2
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 4
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 0 7 3 0 1 2 2
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 3 16 4 2 1 1 0 1 2
20 Stevens, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 15 10 298 195 103 87 24 24 38 19 14 15 29 50

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