1999 AFL Round 11: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1999 between Essendon and Geelong during round 11 of the 1999 AFL season. Essendon hosted Geelong at MCG. In the absence of James Hird, Michael Long captained the hosts. In the absence of Leigh Colbert, vice-captain Garry Hocking captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

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

Geelong
G. Hocking (capt.), S. Arnott, S. Bamford, J. Barnes, C. Bizzell, R. Burns, D. Clarke, P. Corrigan, B. Graham, D. Lowther, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, D. Milburn, J. Mooney, J. Rahilly, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, M. Scarlett, B. Sholl, J. Snell, C. Steinfort

Essendon (21.11.137) defeated Geelong (15.14.104).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (5), D. Rioli (5), S. Alessio (3), B. Caracella (3), P. Barnard, M. Long, G. Moorcroft, D. Solomon, P. Somerville
Geelong: J. Mooney (5), B. Graham (4), P. Riccardi (2), S. Arnott, D. Mensch, D. Milburn, B. Sholl

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 2nd on the ladder and Geelong were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Friday 11 June 1999
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 61,783

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 21.11.137 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 9 . 2 13 . 5 18 . 8 21 . 11 21 . 11 (137)
Geelong 5 . 4 8 . 9 13 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin ESSE by 22 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Gary Ayres (Geelong)
Captains: Michael Long (Essendon), Garry Hocking (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), A. Coates (#6), M. McKenzie (#24)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 3
Dean Rioli ESSE 43 2
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 3 0 10 5 5 5 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 2
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 3 3 21 17 4 8 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 4
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 9 2 0 0 1 1 1 6 0
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 1
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 5 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 5 3 13 11 2 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
13 Long, Michael (ac) ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 6
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 3
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 7 0 2 1 3 0 1 4 3
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 5 2 16 14 2 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 5
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 1 1 17 6 11 7 0 2 3 1 0 2 1 2
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 3 10 0 3 0 2 2 1 3
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 2
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 4 1 3 3 3 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 21 11 324 207 117 91 27 27 32 24 14 20 35 50

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Arnott, Simon ? ? 1 0 29 21 8 8 0 2 5 4 0 0 4 8
22 Bamford, Scott ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 20 0 4 1 3 1 1 2
9 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 1 8 4 0 3 0 4
51 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0
7 Graham, Ben ? ? 4 3 16 12 4 7 1 1 0 1 2 3 1 3
32 Hocking, Garry (ac) ? ? 0 0 30 18 12 5 0 1 6 5 2 3 1 5
29 Lowther, Daniel ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 5 3 0 4 0 1 1 1 4
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 1 0 9 3 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
16 Mooney, Jason ? ? 5 1 16 11 5 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
34 Rahilly, James ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 3
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 2 4 19 14 5 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 7
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 6 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 7
30 Scarlett, Matthew ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 1 1 25 15 10 6 0 0 1 2 3 1 5 1
4 Snell, Jason ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 15 14 309 201 108 91 30 14 48 33 20 14 22 58

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