1999 AFL Round 2: Kangaroos v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 1999 between Kangaroos and Essendon during round 2 of the 1999 AFL season. Kangaroos hosted Essendon at MCG. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Kangaroos
W. Abraham, B. Anderson, P. Bell, J. Blakey, S. Clayton, G. Dhurrkay, S. Grant, B. Harvey, E. Hewitt, A. Lange, J. Longmire, M. Martyn, J. McCartney, C. McKernan, B. Pickett, M. Pike, B. Rawlings, R. Scott, C. Sholl, A. Simpson, A. Stevens, S. Welsh

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, M. Fraser, I. Grgic, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, M. Johnson, J. Lalich, M. Lloyd, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, M. Symons, D. Wallis, S. Wellman, B. Young

Kangaroos (15.16.106) were defeated by Essendon (22.9.141).

Goalkickers
Kangaroos: C. Sholl (4), W. Abraham (2), A. Lange (2), C. McKernan (2), P. Bell, S. Clayton, S. Grant, E. Hewitt, A. Simpson
Essendon: S. Alessio (4), D. Bewick (3), M. Lloyd (3), M. Long (3), J. Blumfield (2), M. Fraser (2), S. Lucas (2), M. Mercuri (2), M. Symons

As a result of this match, Kangaroos were then 14th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Essendon were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Kangaroos v Essendon
Date: Thursday 1 April 1999
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 48,383

Match Results

Outcome: Kangaroos def. by Essendon
Score: 15.16.106 - 22.9.141

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Kangaroos	3	.	3	10	.	9	12	.	13	15	.	16	15	.	16	(106)
Essendon	8	.	2	14	.	5	17	.	8	22	.	9	22	.	9	(141)
Margin	ESSE by 29			ESSE by 20			ESSE by 25			ESSE by 35			ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Denis Pagan (Kangaroos), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Kangaroos), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Harvey (#25), J. Schmitt, B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Steven Alessio	ESSE	27	3
Michael Long	ESSE	13	2
Mark Fraser	ESSE	30	1

Player Statistics

Kangaroos

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
15	Abraham, Winston	?	?	2	1	14	12	2	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	6
14	Anderson, Brady	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
26	Bell, Peter	?	?	1	1	21	13	8	4	0	2	7	0	1	0	1	5
12	Blakey, John	?	?	0	0	24	14	10	8	0	1	2	2	1	1	4	1
23	Clayton, Shane	?	?	1	0	18	14	4	6	1	1	2	2	0	2	3	6
3	Dhurrkay, Gary	?	?	0	1	8	5	3	1	0	2	0	4	1	0	1	2
6	Grant, Shannon	?	?	1	1	28	20	8	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	5	9
29	Harvey, Brent	?	?	0	2	21	13	8	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	3
21	Hewitt, Evan	?	?	1	1	6	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1
27	Lange, Adam	?	?	2	1	7	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
35	Longmire, John	?	?	0	1	17	12	5	8	12	2	4	0	0	0	1	5
4	Martyn, Mick	?	?	0	0	15	6	9	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1
5	McCartney, Jason	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	0	2	1	0	2	6	1
31	McKernan, Corey	?	?	2	1	15	14	1	6	6	0	1	2	1	1	1	5
28	Pickett, Byron	?	?	0	0	20	14	6	4	1	2	1	3	2	0	7	0
13	Pike, Martin	?	?	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0
39	Rawlings, Brady	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
8	Scott, Robert	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0
24	Sholl, Craig	?	?	4	2	15	12	3	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	3
7	Simpson, Adam	?	?	1	0	17	10	7	4	2	3	5	2	1	0	2	2
10	Stevens, Anthony	?	?	0	0	25	19	6	5	0	3	4	0	0	2	3	3
30	Welsh, Scott	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				15	16	322	220	102	85	24	24	37	25	17	14	43	58

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	4	1	13	8	5	5	17	2	3	0	3	0	3	1
20	Berbakov, Peter	?	?	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	3	1	20	19	1	1	0	2	5	4	1	1	3	5
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	2	1	19	13	6	3	1	2	0	1	2	1	2	3
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	0	0	14	7	7	4	1	0	3	1	0	2	0	2
31	Fletcher, Dustin	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	7	1
30	Fraser, Mark	?	?	2	0	14	11	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	4
37	Grgic, Ilija	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	20	12	8	4	0	0	2	2	2	2	3	4
26	Heffernan, Chris	?	?	0	0	21	12	9	2	0	2	2	1	1	2	3	5
5	Hird, James (c)	?	?	0	1	5	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	1
28	Johnson, Mark	?	?	0	0	12	5	7	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1
17	Lalich, Judd	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	3	0	13	9	4	8	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3
13	Long, Michael	?	?	3	1	22	19	3	6	1	6	2	1	0	1	1	6
25	Lucas, Scott	?	?	2	1	14	11	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	2	0	19	11	8	3	1	6	3	1	0	1	1	7
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	0	0	16	8	8	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	1	5
12	Symons, Michael	?	?	1	0	14	9	5	3	0	1	3	4	2	0	1	5
21	Wallis, Dean	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	15	8	7	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
35	Young, Barry	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	4	2
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				22	9	299	197	102	66	29	31	35	30	14	17	36	67

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

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