1998 AFL Season Round 21: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1998 between Essendon and the Western Bulldogs during round twenty-one of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted the Western Bulldogs at the MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Terry Wallace.

Essendon (13.12.90) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 21 August 1998
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 67,157

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 13.12.90 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 7 . 6 10 . 8 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Western Bulldogs 4 . 5 6 . 10 10 . 17 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin WBUL by 2 ESSE by 2 WBUL by 9 WBUL by 11 WBUL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Terry Wallace

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey (#8)
S. McBurney (#29)
M. Nash (#14)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Scott Wynd WBUL 15 3
Brett Montgomery WBUL 10 2
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 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 16 8 8 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 1
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 1
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 1 15 5 10 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 4
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 3 1 0 2 1 9 2
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 3
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 2 2 0 3 1 5 2
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 2 2 4
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 3 2 18 11 7 6 0 3 4 3 3 3 1 4
42 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 1 0 6 4 1 2 3 4
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 6 2 14 12 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 7 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 3 1
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 6 1
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 5 30 0 3 1 1 4 3 3
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 12 290 183 107 72 37 29 32 20 25 30 43 45

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
12 Cook, James ? ? 4 2 11 8 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 5
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0
21 Dent, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 4 2
28 Dimattina, Paul ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 4 0 0 2 3 2 4 3 4
4 Garlick, Simon ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 1 4 1 2 2 1
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 1 2 18 13 5 5 0 6 1 0 2 1 0 7
9 Hudson, Paul ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 6 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 8
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 4
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 3 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1
23 Martin, Michael ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 0 2 23 16 7 8 1 1 1 5 3 1 0 8
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 6
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 2 2 12 8 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
34 West, Mark ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
7 West, Scott ? ? 1 0 23 13 10 1 0 1 8 0 3 0 1 2
24 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 3
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 20 6 14 7 11 1 8 1 3 1 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 14 17 292 200 92 76 13 28 37 23 30 25 23 66

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