1999 AFL Round 7: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1999 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 7 of the 1999 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. Todd Viney captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne
T. Viney (capt.), B. Beams, N. Carter, J. Farmer, S. Febey, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, D. Kowal, A. Leoncelli, T. Longmuir, J. McDonald, D. Neitz, A. Nicholson, G. Rigoni, D. Schwarz, M. Seecamp, S. Tingay, P. Walsh, D. Ward, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Essendon
S. Alessio, P. Barnard, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, S. Eastaugh, M. Fraser, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, M. Prior, D. Rioli, D. Solomon, M. Symons, D. Wallis, S. Wellman, B. Young

Melbourne (20.14.134) defeated Essendon (17.11.113).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Farmer (6), D. Neitz (4), T. Longmuir (2), D. Schwarz (2), T. Viney (2), D. Kowal, J. McDonald, S. Tingay, D. Ward
Essendon: M. Lloyd (7), M. Mercuri (3), G. Moorcroft (3), D. Rioli (2), J. Blumfield, C. Heffernan

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 May 1999
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,722

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 20.14.134 - 17.11.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 1 12 . 5 17 . 7 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
Essendon 6 . 2 12 . 4 16 . 8 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Margin ESSE by 1 MELB by 1 MELB by 5 MELB by 21 MELB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Todd Viney (Melbourne), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Harvey (#25), S. McBurney, V. Sercia

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jeff Farmer MELB 8 3
Todd Viney MELB 12 2
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
47 Beams, Ben ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
32 Carter, Nick ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 6 4 16 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 3 0 2 5 1 1 1 2 3
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 3
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 1 1 4 13 0 2 0 0 8
45 Longmuir, Troy ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
23 McDonald, James ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
9 Neitz, David ? ? 4 4 13 13 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
44 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 5
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 2 0 15 7 8 4 7 2 6 1 1 1 0 3
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 2 1 3 2 2 3 1 1
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 1
12 Viney, Todd (c) ? ? 2 1 20 16 4 6 0 3 4 2 2 0 2 6
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 1
26 Ward, Daniel ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 7 26 2 3 0 2 0 2 4
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 20 14 264 187 77 72 44 27 50 17 21 13 28 57

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 1 15 7 8 5 4 2 4 3 0 1 1 4
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 6
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Eastaugh, Simon ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 8 1 4 2 0 1 1 4
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 5 8 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 4 1 3 4 3 0 4 2 4
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 7 0 9 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 6 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 5
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 3 1 18 14 4 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 3
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 28 18 10 8 0 0 7 1 0 1 4 4
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 3 2 15 13 2 4 0 3 4 1 1 4 2 3
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 6 3
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 2 0 19 13 6 7 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 7
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 3 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 3 3 3 1 2 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 17 11 277 183 94 75 14 23 39 22 13 21 34 51

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