1998 AFL Round 20: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1998 between Essendon and Collingwood during round 20 of the 1998 AFL season. Essendon hosted Collingwood at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Gavin Brown captained the visitors with Nathan Buckley as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Tony Shaw.

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), P. Barnard, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, D. Calthorpe, C. Cockatoo-Collins, S. Denham, B. Doolan, D. Fletcher, M. Fraser, D. Hardwick, J. Johnson, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, R. O'Connor, G. O'Donnell, R. Olarenshaw, P. Somerville, S. Wellman

Collingwood
G. Brown (capt.), N. Buckley (vice-capt.), S. Burns, G. Crosisca, S. Crow, M. Francis, T. Francis, L. Godden, C. King, M. Michael, R. Osborne, S. Patterson, F. Raso, M. Richardson, S. Rocca, S. Russell, A. Schauble, J. Tape, C. Tarrant, J. Wasley, S. Watson, G. Wright

Essendon (16.13.109) defeated Collingwood (14.15.99).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Hird (4), M. Lloyd (3), C. Cockatoo-Collins (2), S. Lucas (2), P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, S. Denham, D. Fletcher, M. Mercuri
Collingwood: S. Rocca (4), G. Brown (2), N. Buckley, S. Burns, S. Crow, T. Francis, M. Richardson, S. Russell, C. Tarrant, S. Watson

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 6th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 15 August 1998
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 64,480

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 16.13.109 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	6	.	6	10	.	8	13	.	13	16	.	13	16	.	13	(109)
Collingwood	3	.	0	9	.	3	13	.	6	14	.	15	14	.	15	(99)
Margin	ESSE by 24			ESSE by 11			ESSE by 7			ESSE by 10			ESSE by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Tony Shaw (Collingwood)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), Gavin Brown (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Essendon), Nathan Buckley (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Harvey (#25), C. Mitchell (#4), R. Williams (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Nathan Buckley	COLL	5	3
James Hird	ESSE	5	2
Mark Mercuri	ESSE	2	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	0	0	12	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	1
20	Berbakov, Peter	?	?	1	0	6	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	1	2	15	9	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3
14	Calthorpe, David	?	?	0	0	30	20	10	10	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	4
9	Cockatoo-Collins, Che	?	?	2	1	11	9	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
38	Denham, Sean	?	?	1	0	16	11	5	3	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	4
22	Doolan, Ben	?	?	0	0	18	12	6	4	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
31	Fletcher, Dustin	?	?	1	0	10	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	2
30	Fraser, Mark	?	?	0	0	20	11	9	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	6
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	19	15	4	3	0	1	2	1	5	0	8	0
5	Hird, James (c)	?	?	4	2	28	20	8	9	1	1	2	2	2	1	3	5
42	Johnson, Jason	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	3	3	0	1	1	2	0
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	3	2	13	9	4	8	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	3
25	Lucas, Scott	?	?	2	1	17	13	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	4
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	1	0	14	6	8	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	4
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1
29	Moorcroft, Gary	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1
3	O'Connor, Ryan	?	?	0	0	9	3	6	2	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	1
10	O'Donnell, Gary	?	?	0	0	20	17	3	3	0	4	5	2	0	1	8	2
47	Olarenshaw, Ricky	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	1
19	Somerville, Peter	?	?	0	0	7	3	4	2	17	1	3	2	1	2	0	0
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	20	13	7	6	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	2
Rushed					5
Total (22 players)				16	13	319	207	112	78	28	27	36	14	22	22	39	49

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Brown, Gavin (c)	?	?	2	1	12	7	5	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	0
5	Buckley, Nathan (vc)	?	?	1	1	31	25	6	7	3	0	8	0	2	1	0	10
17	Burns, Scott	?	?	1	1	27	21	6	8	1	1	6	5	0	3	2	4
28	Crosisca, Gavin	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2
39	Crow, Scott	?	?	1	1	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	Francis, Matthew	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
2	Francis, Tony	?	?	1	0	17	11	6	4	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	7
43	Godden, Luke	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1
40	King, Clinton	?	?	0	0	15	7	8	3	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	1
48	Michael, Mal	?	?	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
44	Osborne, Richard	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Patterson, Stephen	?	?	0	1	22	10	12	7	0	0	6	0	1	2	1	5
46	Raso, Frankie	?	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	Richardson, Mark	?	?	1	0	11	8	3	4	11	3	2	4	1	3	1	4
36	Rocca, Sav	?	?	4	3	16	13	3	8	7	1	2	0	2	1	0	3
29	Russell, Scott	?	?	1	0	21	15	6	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	8
12	Schauble, Andrew	?	?	0	1	6	6	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1
13	Tape, Jamie	?	?	0	1	23	14	9	7	0	2	1	0	1	1	3	2
20	Tarrant, Chris	?	?	1	1	10	7	3	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
16	Wasley, James	?	?	0	1	6	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
14	Watson, Shane	?	?	1	0	20	15	5	6	1	2	3	0	3	0	3	4
19	Wright, Graham	?	?	0	0	17	13	4	3	0	2	1	2	1	1	6	3
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				14	15	290	201	89	88	32	21	35	16	22	22	28	61

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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