1999 AFL Round 12: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1999 between Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round 12 of the 1999 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon at Gabba. In the absence of James Hird, Michael Long captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leigh Matthews and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Brisbane Lions
J. Akermanis, M. Ashcroft, S. Black, D. Calthorpe, R. Champion, M. Clarke, S. Hart, A. Heuskes, C. Johnson, C. Keating, M. Kennedy, N. Lappin, S. Lawrence, J. Leppitsch, A. Lynch, C. McRae, T. Notting, M. Picken, C. Scott, B. Voss, M. Voss, D. White

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

Brisbane Lions (9.17.71) were defeated by Essendon (13.11.89).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: R. Champion (3), J. Akermanis, S. Black, D. Calthorpe, C. Keating, J. Leppitsch, M. Voss
Essendon: M. Lloyd (3), G. Moorcroft (3), D. Rioli (3), M. Long (2), D. Bewick, C. Heffernan

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Essendon remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 June 1999
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 24,989

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Essendon
Score: 9.17.71 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	2	.	6	4	.	11	6	.	14	9	.	17	9	.	17	(71)
Essendon	3	.	5	6	.	8	11	.	10	13	.	11	13	.	11	(89)
Margin	ESSE by 5			ESSE by 9			ESSE by 26			ESSE by 18			ESSE by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leigh Matthews (Brisbane Lions), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Michael Long (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore (#19), D. Goldspink (#32), B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Mark Mercuri	ESSE	2	3
Michael Long	ESSE	13	2
Jason Akermanis	BRIL	12	1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
12	Akermanis, Jason	?	?	1	1	18	12	6	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	8
10	Ashcroft, Marcus	?	?	0	1	10	5	5	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	3
20	Black, Simon	?	?	1	1	21	14	7	3	0	1	6	1	0	1	1	6
48	Calthorpe, David	?	?	1	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2
1	Champion, Richard	?	?	3	0	20	15	5	5	0	4	4	2	3	0	0	7
16	Clarke, Matthew	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	6	22	0	2	0	1	3	0	0
32	Hart, Shaun	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	2
31	Heuskes, Adam	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	1
2	Johnson, Chris	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	2
27	Keating, Clark	?	?	1	0	3	3	0	2	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
41	Kennedy, Matthew	?	?	0	0	12	6	6	6	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	1
44	Lappin, Nigel	?	?	0	2	14	9	5	2	0	1	3	2	0	0	2	3
15	Lawrence, Steven	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2
23	Leppitsch, Justin	?	?	1	1	10	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1
11	Lynch, Alastair	?	?	0	3	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
4	McRae, Craig	?	?	0	4	21	19	2	5	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	4
39	Notting, Tim	?	?	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
24	Picken, Marcus	?	?	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
22	Scott, Chris	?	?	0	0	19	11	8	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	8
13	Voss, Brett	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2
3	Voss, Michael	?	?	1	1	13	8	5	1	1	5	3	0	1	0	0	7
33	White, Darryl	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	7	2	3	0	1	1	0	2	3
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				9	17	248	175	73	67	46	22	33	22	14	18	21	64

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	0	0	9	4	5	6	10	1	2	1	0	1	0	1
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	0	0	15	8	7	6	0	0	1	3	0	1	4	2
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	1	0	17	14	3	3	0	0	2	2	2	0	2	3
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	0	2	15	10	5	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	0	1	9	5	4	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	3
22	Doolan, Ben	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
31	Fletcher, Dustin	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	20	16	4	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	8	1
26	Heffernan, Chris	?	?	1	0	13	8	5	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	2
28	Johnson, Mark	?	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	3	1	10	9	1	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	5
13	Long, Michael (ac)	?	?	2	2	24	18	6	7	1	0	8	0	1	1	3	4
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	0	1	22	10	12	4	0	1	5	0	2	2	2	3
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	0	1	25	16	9	2	0	2	3	0	1	2	2	4
29	Moorcroft, Gary	?	?	3	1	13	11	2	6	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	2
15	Prior, Michael	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0
43	Rioli, Dean	?	?	3	0	9	5	4	4	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	2
7	Solomon, Dean	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
19	Somerville, Peter	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	4	12	0	4	0	3	0	1	1
21	Wallis, Dean	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
35	Young, Barry	?	?	0	0	13	7	6	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	4	1
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				13	11	282	189	93	75	24	23	40	14	18	14	46	44

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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