1998 AFL Round 13: Essendon v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1998 between Essendon and West Coast during round 13 of the 1998 AFL season. Essendon hosted West Coast at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. John Worsfold captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, A. Bomford, D. Calthorpe, B. Caracella, S. Eastaugh, D. Hardwick, J. Lalich, M. Lloyd, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, G. O'Donnell, R. Olarenshaw, D. Solomon, S. Wellman

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), J. Ball, D. Banfield, M. Braun, B. Cousins, A. Donnelly, M. Gardiner, F. Gehrig, B. Heady, G. Jakovich, D. Kemp, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, A. McIntosh, G. McKenna, D. Metropolis, C. Morrison, P. Read, N. Stone, P. Symmons, C. Waterman, M. White

Essendon (11.6.72) were defeated by West Coast (11.17.83).

Goalkickers
Essendon: D. Bewick (2), J. Blumfield (2), S. Lucas (2), M. Mercuri (2), G. Moorcroft (2), A. Bomford
West Coast: P. Matera (7), J. Ball, F. Gehrig, B. Heady, D. Metropolis

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 9th) and West Coast remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v West Coast
Date: Friday 19 June 1998
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 45,277

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by West Coast
Score: 11.6.72 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	2	5	.	5	9	.	5	11	.	6	11	.	6	(72)
West Coast	1	.	2	5	.	5	7	.	7	11	.	17	11	.	17	(83)
Margin	ESSE by 12			level			ESSE by 10			WCST by 11			WCST by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Mick Malthouse (West Coast)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), John Worsfold (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), P. Carey (#8), M. McKenzie (#24)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Peter Matera	WCST	30	3
Ben Cousins	WCST	9	2
Chris Waterman	WCST	39	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	0	0	4	1	3	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	0	0	24	14	10	5	1	2	1	1	2	1	7	3
20	Berbakov, Peter	?	?	0	0	16	14	2	10	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	2	0	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	2	0	16	9	7	5	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	2
28	Bomford, Andrew	?	?	1	0	11	7	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	3
14	Calthorpe, David	?	?	0	0	20	13	7	6	0	1	2	1	2	1	5	3
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	0	0	8	7	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0
36	Eastaugh, Simon	?	?	0	0	7	6	1	1	14	2	4	1	2	0	1	0
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	24	19	5	3	0	0	5	3	0	1	2	5
5	Hird, James (c)	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Lalich, Judd	?	?	0	1	15	12	3	8	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	0	1	25	14	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	7
13	Long, Michael	?	?	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	Lucas, Scott	?	?	2	1	15	12	3	4	0	5	0	2	1	1	0	5
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	2	0	24	13	11	7	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	4
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	0	0	11	5	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	1	1
29	Moorcroft, Gary	?	?	2	0	8	7	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	2
10	O'Donnell, Gary	?	?	0	0	19	12	7	4	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	4
47	Olarenshaw, Ricky	?	?	0	2	27	16	11	8	0	3	4	1	2	0	2	5
7	Solomon, Dean	?	?	0	0	11	4	7	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	0
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	16	14	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				11	6	313	203	110	90	31	24	33	17	19	17	39	48

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Ball, Jason	?	?	1	1	23	9	14	5	14	1	8	0	1	2	0	3
6	Banfield, Drew	?	?	0	0	22	12	10	2	0	2	7	1	0	0	7	2
10	Braun, Michael	?	?	0	1	10	7	3	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2
9	Cousins, Ben	?	?	0	0	30	22	8	3	0	2	5	6	1	1	3	9
29	Donnelly, Andrew	?	?	0	4	12	9	3	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
19	Gardiner, Michael	?	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
7	Gehrig, Fraser	?	?	1	0	12	6	6	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2
1	Heady, Brett	?	?	1	0	17	12	5	7	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	6
27	Jakovich, Glen	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
2	Kemp, Dean	?	?	0	0	26	11	15	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	5
30	Matera, Peter	?	?	7	3	17	16	1	8	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	2
33	Matera, Phillip	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11	McIntosh, Ashley	?	?	0	0	19	10	9	7	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	2
17	McKenna, Guy	?	?	0	0	21	11	10	2	0	4	4	0	0	1	2	0
8	Metropolis, Daniel	?	?	1	0	19	14	5	5	0	0	2	1	1	1	4	3
42	Morrison, Chad	?	?	0	0	16	9	7	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	3
36	Read, Phil	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	1	0	0	2	3	1	3	0	4
22	Stone, Nicholas	?	?	0	0	19	12	7	7	0	1	2	4	1	1	6	2
16	Symmons, Paul	?	?	0	0	18	12	6	4	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	3
39	Waterman, Chris	?	?	0	2	24	17	7	7	0	2	0	4	2	2	5	4
12	White, Mitchell	?	?	0	1	12	8	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
24	Worsfold, John (c)	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rushed					5
Total (22 players)				11	17	339	213	126	88	22	23	38	33	17	19	38	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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