1999 AFL Season Qualifying Final 4: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 1999 between Essendon and Sydney in the fourth qualifying final of the 1999 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Sydney at the MCG. Michael Long captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Essendon (18.15.123) defeated Sydney (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Fourth Qualifying Final
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Sunday 5 September 1999
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 57,687

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 18.15.123 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 8 . 3 11 . 9 14 . 12 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Sydney 1 . 2 3 . 3 6 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin ESSE by 43 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 51 ESSE by 69 ESSE by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Michael Long
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
J. Harvey (#25)
D. Howlett (#1)

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 2 6 1 1 1 1 0 1 2
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 2 3 1 1 2 0 4 4
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 3
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 2 0 21 11 10 4 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 4
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 8 2
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 4 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 2 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 4
28 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 5 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 5 2 17 12 5 11 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2
13 Long, Michael (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 3 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 0 30 17 13 6 0 1 2 3 1 1 2 3
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 1 5 16 14 2 5 0 1 0 2 4 3 0 5
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 2
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 3
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 7 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 2
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 17 0 6 1 2 1 2 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 2
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 3 0 2 7 0 2 2 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 18 15 350 229 121 83 28 24 34 26 31 16 41 54

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bolton, Jude ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 2 3 1 3 2 3
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 5 0 0 7 2 1 2 2 3
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4
37 Goodes, Adam ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 2 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
31 Kirk, Brett ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 3 1 0 3 0 2
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 6
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 5 3 11 10 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 5
36 Mathews, Ben ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 1
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 5
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 3 1 3 2 0 2 2
16 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 4 4 0 1 0 2 3 1
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 7 0 2 1 4 0 7 0 5
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 2 5 2 1 2 1 4
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
1 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 14 0 3 3 1 0 2 4
20 Stevens, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 0
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 6 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 7 12 258 192 66 75 24 23 37 32 16 31 28 52

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