1998 AFL Round 22: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1998 between Geelong and Essendon during round 22 of the 1998 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Essendon at MCG. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong
C. Bizzell, R. Burns, L. Colbert, P. Corrigan, D. Hall, G. Hocking, S. King, D. Lowther, P. Lynch, M. Mansfield, J. McKay, M. McKinnon, D. Mensch, D. Milburn, J. Rahilly, P. Riccardi, C. Roberts, B. Sanderson, M. Scarlett, B. Sholl, B. Spinks, J. Wood

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, D. Calthorpe, C. Cockatoo-Collins, B. Doolan, S. Eastaugh, D. Fletcher, M. Fraser, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, J. Johnson, M. Lloyd, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. O'Donnell, M. Symons, S. Wellman

Geelong (19.13.127) defeated Essendon (18.9.117).

Goalkickers
Geelong: P. Lynch (5), R. Burns (3), L. Colbert (2), M. McKinnon (2), D. Mensch (2), D. Hall, D. Lowther, D. Milburn, C. Roberts, B. Spinks
Essendon: M. Lloyd (6), J. Hird (3), S. Lucas (2), S. Alessio, D. Bewick, D. Calthorpe, C. Cockatoo-Collins, J. Johnson, M. Mercuri, S. Wellman

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 12th on the ladder and Essendon remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Gary Ayres (Geelong), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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, Daniel ? ? 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