1999 AFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 25 March 1999 between Essendon and Carlton during round one of the 1999 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at the MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Craig Bradley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon (16.14.110) defeated Carlton (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Thursday 25 March 1999
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 71,501

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 16.14.110 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 5 . 8 7 . 9 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Carlton 3 . 5 4 . 11 5 . 12 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin CARL by 1 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Carlton

Captain: Craig Bradley
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hanley
C. Mitchell (#4)
R. Williams (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Craig Bradley CARL 21 3
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 2
Mark Fraser ESSE 30 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 10 0 4 0 1 2 1 5
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 5 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 4
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 2 15 12 3 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 4
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 5 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 6
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 2 4 2
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 2 1 25 18 7 9 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 2
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 5
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 1 1 25 15 10 4 1 2 4 4 1 1 4 4
28 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 5 1
17 Lalich, Judd ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 3 1 11 9 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 6 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 6
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 3 1 19 11 8 3 1 2 1 0 3 3 1 3
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 0 23 10 13 2 0 1 4 2 1 2 2 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 28 11 17 4 0 2 8 1 1 1 2 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
1 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 1 1 0 2 2 2 5 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 16 14 339 201 138 76 16 14 35 24 31 24 43 60

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Allan, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 19 0 1 1 2 5 1 3
10 Backwell, Brett ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
29 Beaumont, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
21 Bradley, Craig (c) ? ? 0 1 30 21 9 8 0 1 7 4 1 1 2 14
20 Brown, Fraser ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Camporeale, Scott ? ? 4 2 19 15 4 2 0 1 3 1 2 5 0 6
39 Christou, Ang ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 2
34 De Iulio, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 4
45 Franchina, Anthony ? ? 0 2 14 8 6 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2
36 Hamill, Aaron ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 4 1 1 0 1 2 5 1 4
43 Koutoufides, Anthony ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 9 1 0 4 2 0 0 3 2
12 Lappin, Matthew ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 7 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 4
22 Manton, Glenn ? ? 0 1 13 4 9 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
5 McKay, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 2
18 Murphy, Justin ? ? 0 0 33 16 17 10 0 1 5 4 2 1 3 2
7 Ratten, Brett ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 2 0 1 12 0 1 2 1 5
23 Rice, Dean ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 6 2
14 Sexton, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0
1 Silvagni, Stephen ? ? 2 2 21 17 4 8 1 0 1 1 0 2 6 0
41 Thompson, Ben ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
30 White, Adam ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 Whitnall, Lance ? ? 2 2 15 13 2 9 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 9 17 326 208 118 99 26 10 37 30 24 31 39 60

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