1998 AFL Round 12: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1998 between Adelaide and Essendon during round 12 of the 1998 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Essendon at Football Park. Mark Bickley captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Adelaide
M. Bickley (capt.), S. Cook, I. Downsborough, A. Eccles, S. Goodwin, B. Hart, B. James, R. Jameson, K. Johnson, K. Koster, T. Ormond-Allen, D. Pittman, S. Rehn, M. Ricciuto, C. Rintoul, M. Robran, C. Sampson, N. Smart, M. Stevens, J. Thiessen, S. Tregenza, P. Vardy

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, D. Calthorpe, B. Caracella, C. Cockatoo-Collins, S. Eastaugh, D. Hardwick, M. Lloyd, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, R. O'Connor, R. Olarenshaw, M. Prior, D. Solomon, S. Wellman

Adelaide (15.18.108) defeated Essendon (15.16.106).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: M. Robran (3), P. Vardy (3), M. Ricciuto (2), M. Stevens (2), A. Eccles, B. Hart, S. Rehn, N. Smart, J. Thiessen
Essendon: M. Long (3), S. Alessio (2), D. Bewick (2), D. Calthorpe (2), B. Caracella, J. Hird, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, G. Moorcroft

As a result of this match, Adelaide remained 10th on the ladder and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Saturday 13 June 1998
Time: 8:40 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 40,700

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 15.18.108 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 3 . 5 6 . 6 13 . 11 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Essendon 4 . 4 7 . 6 12 . 10 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 6 ADEL by 7 ADEL by 2 ADEL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (Adelaide), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Mark Bickley (Adelaide), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), J. Harvey (#25), R. Williams (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Calthorpe ESSE 14 3
Ben Hart ADEL 34 2
Shaun Rehn ADEL 52 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 15 6 9 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 3
40 Cook, Sudjai ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 2 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 3
17 Downsborough, Ian ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
33 Eccles, Andrew ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 1
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1
11 James, Brett ? ? 0 1 30 12 18 3 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 4
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 4
21 Ormond-Allen, Trent ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 0
15 Pittman, David ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 6 19 2 2 2 0 1 0 3
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 2 2 17 12 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
42 Rintoul, Chad ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 3 0 23 12 11 4 13 2 6 2 2 1 0 7
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 3 0 10 0 1 1 1 6 1
19 Stevens, Mark ? ? 2 2 15 10 5 5 1 3 2 4 1 1 1 2
29 Thiessen, James ? ? 1 2 20 17 3 4 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 6
12 Tregenza, Simon ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 7
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 3 2 15 13 2 1 0 2 0 4 2 2 0 7
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 15 18 274 181 93 58 35 37 34 22 16 15 26 60

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 2 0 11 8 3 6 11 0 2 3 0 0 0 5
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 3 21 18 3 6 0 1 3 1 0 0 5 5
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 7 0 4 1 0 2 0 5 2
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 2 3 30 23 7 5 0 0 3 3 2 3 4 3
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 0 21 10 11 6 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
36 Eastaugh, Simon ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 5 16 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 7 0 3 1 2 2 0 5 2
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 1 1 25 11 14 7 0 6 5 2 0 3 3 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
13 Long, Michael ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 4 18 13 5 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 4
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 1
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 1 29 13 16 2 0 2 6 2 1 1 2 5
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 16 315 203 112 92 32 27 32 28 15 16 40 51

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