1999 AFL Round 4: West Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1999 between West Coast and Essendon during round 4 of the 1999 AFL season. West Coast hosted Essendon at Subiaco Oval. Guy McKenna captained the hosts. In the absence of James Hird, Michael Long captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

West Coast
G. McKenna (capt.), J. Ball, D. Banfield, L. Bellotti, M. Braun, B. Cousins, S. Cummings, A. Embley, F. Gehrig, G. Jakovich, R. Jones, D. Kemp, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, A. McIntosh, D. Metropolis, C. Morrison, P. Read, C. Rintoul, M. White, A. Williams, D. Wirrpanda

Essendon
M. Long (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, M. Fraser, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. McVeigh, M. Mercuri, D. Solomon, M. Symons, A. Ukovic, D. Wallis, S. Wellman, B. Young

West Coast (15.7.97) defeated Essendon (3.5.23).

Goalkickers
West Coast: S. Cummings (4), P. Matera (3), B. Cousins (2), F. Gehrig (2), D. Metropolis (2), A. Embley, C. Rintoul
Essendon: S. Alessio, P. Berbakov, M. Lloyd

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 1st on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: West Coast v Essendon
Date: Sunday 18 April 1999
Time: 4:50 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 32,893

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Essendon
Score: 15.7.97 - 3.5.23

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 3 . 1 8 . 3 11 . 4 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Essendon 2 . 2 2 . 2 2 . 4 3 . 5 3 . 5 (23)
Margin WCST by 5 WCST by 37 WCST by 54 WCST by 74 WCST by 74
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (West Coast), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Guy McKenna (West Coast), Michael Long (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy (#7), S. McBurney, G. Scroop (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Guy McKenna WCST 17 3
David Wirrpanda WCST 44 2
Phillip Matera WCST 33 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 12 1 3 3 3 2 0 2
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 0 2 14 7 7 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2
45 Bellotti, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 4 1 1 4 2 1 3 1
10 Braun, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 3
9 Cousins, Ben ? ? 2 0 23 12 11 3 0 0 5 3 3 0 1 4
14 Cummings, Scott ? ? 4 1 9 8 1 7 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2
32 Embley, Andrew ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 2
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 6 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 4
27 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 3 1 5 2 1 6 3 1
31 Jones, Rowan ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 4
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 7 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 4
33 Matera, Phillip ? ? 3 0 11 8 3 2 0 5 1 2 2 2 0 3
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
17 McKenna, Guy (c) ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 1
8 Metropolis, Daniel ? ? 2 0 18 11 7 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 2
5 Morrison, Chad ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 1
36 Read, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 1
42 Rintoul, Chad ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 6
12 White, Mitchell ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
37 Williams, Andrew ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 5 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 5
44 Wirrpanda, David ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 6 0 3 3 0 1 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 15 7 343 220 123 91 31 25 36 30 32 23 34 57

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 4 17 1 8 1 1 4 1 4
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 4
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 3 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 2
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 0 2 3 2 5 4 3
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 25 12 13 1 1 4 3 3 1 3 4 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 3
13 Long, Michael (ac) ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 4
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 2 1 0 3 4 0 1
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 1 2 2 1 2 3 0
1 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 3
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 3
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 1 1 2 3 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 3 5 271 171 100 57 24 24 38 29 23 32 37 38

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