1999 AFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 10 April 1999 between Essendon and Sydney during round three of the 1999 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Sydney at the MCG. In the absence of James Hird, 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 (22.17.149) defeated Sydney (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Saturday 10 April 1999
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,324

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 22.17.149 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 10 . 4 17 . 11 22 . 17 22 . 17 (149)
Sydney 3 . 6 4 . 10 8 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin SYDN by 3 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 53 ESSE by 81 ESSE by 81
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Michael Long (acting)
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
R. Kelsey (#15)
D. McCauley (#31)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 3
Sean Wellman ESSE 6 2
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 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 1 14 7 7 5 12 1 2 1 1 0 1 4
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 1 16 6 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 4 27 22 5 5 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 8
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 2 30 19 11 10 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 7
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 1 26 14 12 4 0 6 1 1 2 0 3 4
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 3 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
37 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 2
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 2 0 1 0 3 3 1 6 4
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 1 17 7 10 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 13 4 26 22 4 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
13 Long, Michael (ac) ? ? 1 1 19 10 9 2 0 3 4 0 0 2 2 2
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 1 2 3 0 2 3 3
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 5
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 0 25 19 6 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 7 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 1
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 4 12 1 0 3 4 3 2 2 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 22 17 376 227 149 90 15 22 30 30 19 12 37 66

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 5
42 Bennett, Gerrard ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 1
17 Bomford, Andrew ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
15 Carey, Stefan ? ? 2 3 20 14 6 11 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 2
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 0 26 8 18 6 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 3
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 2
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 0
37 Goodes, Adam ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 4 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 8 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 6
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4
36 Mathews, Ben ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 3
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 4
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 0
25 Russell, Scott ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 5 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 4
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 3
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 5 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 1
1 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 22 2 3 2 1 0 1 4
20 Stevens, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 9 14 305 201 104 100 27 18 31 27 12 19 38 53

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