1999 AFL Round 10: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1999 between Adelaide and Essendon during round 10 of the 1999 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Essendon at Football Park. In the absence of James Hird, Michael Long captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Adelaide
B. Atkinson, T. Bond, B. Burton, T. Edwards, S. Ellen, D. Gallagher, M. Golding, S. Goodwin, B. Hart, L. Herbert, D. Howard, B. James, K. Johnson, K. Koster, A. McLeod, D. Pittman, M. Ricciuto, M. Robran, N. Smart, M. Stevens, J. Thiessen, P. Vardy

Essendon
M. Long (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, B. Doolan, S. Eastaugh, D. Fletcher, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. McVeigh, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, M. Prior, D. Rioli, D. Solomon, S. Wellman, B. Young

Adelaide (8.13.61) were defeated by Essendon (16.13.109).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: A. McLeod (2), T. Bond, S. Ellen, M. Ricciuto, M. Robran, N. Smart, P. Vardy
Essendon: B. Caracella (6), C. Heffernan (2), M. McVeigh (2), D. Rioli (2), S. Alessio, D. Bewick, M. Lloyd, M. Long

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 12th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Friday 4 June 1999
Time: 8:40 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 39,389

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Essendon
Score: 8.13.61 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 2 . 2 5 . 3 6 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Essendon 5 . 4 9 . 10 12 . 11 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin ESSE by 20 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (Adelaide), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Adelaide), Michael Long (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hanley, S. McInerney (#30), M. Nash (#14)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Blake Caracella ESSE 33 3
Michael Long ESSE 13 2
David Gallagher ADEL 38 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Atkinson, Brodie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 1
24 Burton, Brett ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 5 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 10
9 Edwards, Tyson ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
13 Ellen, Shane ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 1 4
38 Gallagher, David ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 6 1
37 Golding, Matthew ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 7 0
1 Herbert, Lucas ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Howard, Dean ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
11 James, Brett ? ? 0 1 25 11 14 1 0 0 10 2 4 1 1 4
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 4
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 2 5 2 2 2 2 3
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 3 0 4 3 1 0 2 0 3
15 Pittman, David ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 22 0 2 0 2 0 2 2
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 4
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 2 9 1 3 1 0 1 0 4
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 1 2 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
19 Stevens, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1
29 Thiessen, James ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 8 13 247 174 73 48 34 13 40 19 29 21 38 50

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 3 16 2 5 2 0 2 1 4
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 2
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 5 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 5
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 6 3 22 17 5 5 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 6
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 2
36 Eastaugh, Simon ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 2 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 6 0
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 3 1
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 2
13 Long, Michael (ac) ? ? 1 2 26 14 12 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 5
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 31 19 12 5 0 1 7 1 3 2 2 9
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 2 4 1 3 0 2
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 9 0
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 3
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 3
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 4 3
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 3 4 3 1 2 3 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 16 13 316 212 104 59 22 26 44 24 21 29 36 61

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