1998 AFL Season Round 22: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1998 between Geelong and Essendon during round twenty-two of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong "hosted" Essendon at the MCG. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (19.13.127) defeated Essendon (18.9.117).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 August 1998
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 61,089

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 19.13.127 - 18.9.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 5 9 . 8 14 . 9 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Essendon 6 . 0 10 . 3 15 . 6 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 3 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Gary Ayres

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Harvey (#25)
D. Howlett (#1)
G. Vernon (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 3
Clint Bizzell GEEL 9 2
Paul Lynch GEEL 18 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 3 1 21 12 9 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 2 0 15 13 2 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 7 0 3 8 2 1 2 2 7
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 10 17 2 2 1 2 2 1 5
29 Lowther, Dan ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 5 3 18 14 4 5 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 11 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 4
38 McKay, Joel ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
31 Mensch, David ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 7 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 5
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 6 0 4 8 3 1 0 1 6
34 Rahilly, James ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
11 Roberts, Cameron ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
41 Scarlett, Matthew ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 4
14 Spinks, Brett ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
42 Wood, Justin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 19 13 311 231 80 128 18 28 34 20 12 14 29 59

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 6 6 0 2 3 0 2 1 1
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 2 0 1 4 1 1 0 2 4
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 16 4 12 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 2
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 5
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0
36 Eastaugh, Simon ? ? 0 0 13 3 10 2 22 2 5 0 0 1 1 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 2 1 0 2 4 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 1
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 3 1 32 21 11 8 0 3 8 3 0 1 6 4
42 Johnson, Jason ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 5
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 6 1 16 12 4 7 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 1 16 4 12 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 2
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 5
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 4 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 18 9 310 181 129 67 31 21 47 26 14 12 34 48

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