1998 AFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1998 between Essendon and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at the MCG. Matthew Knights captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Jeff Gieschen.

Essendon (14.10.94) defeated Richmond (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Sunday 19 July 1998
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 83,773

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 14.10.94 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 3 7 . 5 10 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Richmond 2 . 3 6 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin ESSE by 24 level RICH by 7 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Jeff Gieschen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Durham (#15)
M. Ellis (#23)
D. Goldspink (#32)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Damien Hardwick ESSE 11 3
Michael Long ESSE 13 2
Matthew Richardson RICH 12 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 10 7 3 4 9 2 4 0 1 3 1 0
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 0 29 22 7 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 5
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 9 0 1 3 4 0 1 3 2
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 2
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 1 0 22 13 9 5 0 1 2 3 2 0 4 5
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 6 0 1 0 1 3 3 5 4
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 3 3 14 12 2 8 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 19 6 13 5 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 6
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 4 1 13 11 2 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 3 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 2 4 1 1 0 2 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 18 0 2 0 1 0 2 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 1 24 13 11 9 0 3 1 4 0 2 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 14 10 313 199 114 100 27 24 27 24 17 16 43 39

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 5 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 4
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 6
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 2
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 7 0 1 6 2 1 1 1 4
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 0 1 24 21 3 1 0 1 6 4 0 2 2 12
19 Evans, Brett ? ? 1 1 16 6 10 3 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 1
27 Funcke, Ross ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 13 1 0 0 1 2 2 2
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6
39 Kellaway, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 2 0 4 1 0 1 1 2 2
38 McKee, Steve ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 1
5 Ottens, Brad ? ? 1 0 5 1 4 3 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 1
14 Plapp, Justin ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
13 Powell, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 4
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 5 5 16 15 1 13 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 4
37 Ryan, Damien ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
41 Turner, Scott ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 10 15 294 184 110 82 24 23 37 18 16 17 21 59

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