1999 AFL Round 8: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1999 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 8 of the 1999 AFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at MCG. In the absence of James Hird, Michael Long captained the hosts. Nathan Burke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Tim Watson.

Essendon
M. Long (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, B. Doolan, S. Eastaugh, D. Hardwick, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, M. Prior, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli, D. Solomon, M. Symons, D. Wallis, S. Wellman

St Kilda
N. Burke (capt.), T. Brown, M. Carr, T. Elliott, P. Everitt, T. Francis, B. Hall, R. Harvey, L. Hayes, J. Heatley, M. Hudghton, S. Loewe, J. McLaren, G. Mitchell, J. Peckett, D. Ryan, S. Sziller, A. Thompson, J. Traianidis, D. Wakelin, B. Walton, M. Young

Essendon (7.9.51) were defeated by St Kilda (13.16.94).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Alessio, D. Bewick, M. Lloyd, G. Moorcroft, D. Rioli, M. Symons, S. Wellman
St Kilda: B. Hall (5), S. Loewe (2), T. Brown, N. Burke, P. Everitt, J. Heatley, J. Peckett, A. Thompson

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and St Kilda were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Friday 14 May 1999
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 62,928

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 7.9.51 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	2	.	3	3	.	3	4	.	9	7	.	9	7	.	9	(51)
St Kilda	1	.	3	5	.	7	7	.	10	13	.	16	13	.	16	(94)
Margin	ESSE by 6			STKL by 16			STKL by 19			STKL by 43			STKL by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Tim Watson (St Kilda)
Captains: Michael Long (Essendon), Nathan Burke (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett (#1), D. Humphery-Smith, R. Kelsey (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Barry Hall	STKL	25	3
Andrew Thompson	STKL	4	2
Matthew Young	STKL	20	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	0	14	7	7	5	8	1	1	2	1	1	2	0
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	0	0	12	5	7	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
20	Berbakov, Peter	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	1	0	18	14	4	1	0	1	5	1	3	0	3	2
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	0	1	18	7	11	6	0	4	0	1	1	1	1	2
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
22	Doolan, Ben	?	?	0	0	10	3	7	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	0
36	Eastaugh, Simon	?	?	0	1	15	9	6	4	4	1	1	5	0	1	0	6
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	16	14	2	2	0	1	3	2	1	2	8	0
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	1	2	13	9	4	5	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	2
13	Long, Michael (ac)	?	?	0	0	17	14	3	1	0	1	4	2	1	1	1	5
25	Lucas, Scott	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	0	2	19	9	10	2	0	1	6	3	2	2	1	5
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	0	0	24	15	9	3	0	1	4	1	2	1	2	4
29	Moorcroft, Gary	?	?	1	0	9	5	4	1	0	3	2	1	2	2	1	1
15	Prior, Michael	?	?	0	0	15	11	4	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	5	1
9	Ramanauskas, Adam	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	1	0	4	0	4	2	0	2	1
43	Rioli, Dean	?	?	1	0	8	4	4	3	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1
7	Solomon, Dean	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1
12	Symons, Michael	?	?	1	0	13	8	5	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3
21	Wallis, Dean	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	1	0	12	9	3	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	1
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				7	9	272	168	104	54	15	32	36	32	22	19	40	37

St Kilda

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Brown, Tony	?	?	1	1	13	6	7	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
3	Burke, Nathan (c)	?	?	1	0	20	12	8	3	0	5	4	1	2	2	5	2
16	Carr, Matthew	?	?	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0
31	Elliott, Tim	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	2	4	1	1	1	2	0	2	3
10	Everitt, Peter	?	?	1	1	15	11	4	4	23	1	3	1	1	0	1	5
14	Francis, Tony	?	?	0	1	10	6	4	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	6
25	Hall, Barry	?	?	5	4	14	12	2	11	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	2
35	Harvey, Robert	?	?	0	0	32	20	12	3	0	0	8	0	0	1	3	6
7	Hayes, Lenny	?	?	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
24	Heatley, Jason	?	?	1	2	6	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
8	Hudghton, Max	?	?	0	1	13	8	5	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2
23	Loewe, Stewart	?	?	2	2	20	12	8	7	16	0	14	1	1	2	0	2
26	McLaren, Joe	?	?	0	1	12	9	3	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	5
11	Mitchell, Gavin	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
1	Peckett, Justin	?	?	1	0	16	11	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	1
28	Ryan, Damien	?	?	0	0	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	1
19	Sziller, Steven	?	?	0	0	14	8	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	2	1
4	Thompson, Andrew	?	?	1	2	25	16	9	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	10
32	Traianidis, Jason	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5
15	Wakelin, Darryl	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	0
33	Walton, Ben	?	?	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
20	Young, Matthew	?	?	0	0	21	15	6	4	0	1	1	4	1	1	1	5
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				13	16	290	191	99	63	44	14	47	26	19	22	23	62

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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