1998 AFL Round 15: Essendon v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1998 between Essendon and Port Adelaide during round 15 of the 1998 AFL season. Essendon hosted Port Adelaide at MCG. Gavin Wanganeen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Cahill.

Essendon
S. Alessio, P. Barnard, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, A. Bomford, D. Calthorpe, C. Cockatoo-Collins, B. Doolan, D. Fletcher, M. Fraser, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, M. Lloyd, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. O'Donnell, R. Olarenshaw, P. Somerville, S. Wellman

Port Adelaide
G. Wanganeen (capt.), S. Bond, S. Breuer, D. Brown, S. Cummings, S. Daniels, S. Dew, D. Dickie, N. Eagleton, J. Francou, B. Heaver, A. Kingsley, B. Lade, B. Lockwood, B. Lyle, D. Mead, S. Paxman, D. Poole, M. Primus, N. Stevens, W. Tredrea, M. Wilson

Essendon (16.12.108) defeated Port Adelaide (12.9.81).

Goalkickers
Essendon: C. Cockatoo-Collins (3), M. Lloyd (3), J. Blumfield (2), S. Lucas (2), S. Alessio, D. Bewick, D. Calthorpe, M. Long, M. Mercuri, R. Olarenshaw
Port Adelaide: W. Tredrea (4), B. Lade (3), N. Stevens (2), S. Breuer, S. Cummings, S. Dew

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Port Adelaide remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 4 July 1998
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,685

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Port Adelaide
Score: 16.12.108 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 4 11 . 7 13 . 11 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Port Adelaide 3 . 0 6 . 2 7 . 5 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin ESSE by 22 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), John Cahill (Port Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Gavin Wanganeen (Port Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett (#1), V. Sercia (#26), T. Shearer (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gavin Wanganeen PADL 1 3
Sean Wellman ESSE 6 2
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 7 11 2 1 0 0 3 0 2
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 4 0 1 5 3 1 0 1 3
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 2 0 17 8 9 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
28 Bomford, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 1
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 1 1 30 22 8 9 0 0 4 4 0 2 6 5
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 3 0 20 18 2 9 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 5
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 6 1
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 3 10 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 4 3 2 1 2 3 1
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 5 1 3 3 4 2 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 3 2 15 10 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 5
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 3 23 14 9 11 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 1 32 20 12 5 1 2 3 2 0 1 2 4
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 5
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 1 0 24 11 13 4 0 2 4 1 4 0 4 3
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 3 1 1 2 1 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 16 12 341 212 129 96 22 28 36 24 15 24 29 50

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
5 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 4
3 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 6 1 2 1 0 6
21 Brown, David ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
6 Cummings, Scott ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
28 Daniels, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
37 Dew, Stuart ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2
19 Dickie, Don ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 3 2 1 4 0 5
11 Eagleton, Nathan ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 1 5 1 0 1 1 5
10 Francou, Josh ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 3 0 1 7 0 1 1 3 2
12 Heaver, Brent ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 3
29 Kingsley, Adam ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 4
20 Lade, Brendon ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 7 13 2 2 2 2 0 0 4
22 Lockwood, Bowen ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1
9 Lyle, Brayden ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
33 Mead, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 2 1
14 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
30 Poole, Darryl ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
2 Primus, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 20 3 7 1 2 2 1 0
36 Stevens, Nick ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2
16 Tredrea, Warren ? ? 4 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
1 Wanganeen, Gavin (c) ? ? 0 2 23 18 5 6 0 2 4 1 4 0 5 1
15 Wilson, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 9 252 165 87 74 35 32 43 18 24 15 25 47

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