1999 AFL 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 AFL season. Essendon hosted Sydney at 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
M. Long (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, M. Fraser, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, M. Prior, D. Rioli, D. Solomon, P. Somerville, D. Wallis, S. Wellman, B. Young

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), J. Bolton, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, A. Dunkley, P. Filandia, A. Goodes, B. Kirk, D. Lewis, T. Lockett, T. Luff, B. Mathews, S. Maxfield, M. Nicks, R. O'Connor, M. O'Loughlin, J. Saddington, W. Schwass, B. Seymour, G. Stafford, J. Stevens, R. Warfe

Essendon (18.15.123) defeated Sydney (7.12.54).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (5), M. Mercuri (3), J. Blumfield (2), B. Caracella (2), D. Rioli (2), S. Alessio, C. Heffernan, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft
Sydney: T. Lockett (5), P. Filandia (2)

As a result of this match, Essendon faced Carlton in the second preliminary final and Sydney were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 4
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

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Rodney Eade (Sydney)
Captains: Michael Long (Essendon), Paul Kelly (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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