1999 AFL Round 13: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1999 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 13 of the 1999 AFL season. Essendon hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. In the absence of James Hird, Michael Long captained the hosts. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Terry Wallace.

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

Western Bulldogs
S. Wynd (capt.), N. Brown, L. Cameron, M. Croft, T. Curley, L. Darcy, M. Dent, P. Dimattina, C. Ellis, S. Garlick, C. Grant, B. Johnson, S. Kretiuk, M. Martin, B. Montgomery, J. Plunkett, S. Powell, M. Robbins, R. Smith, D. Southern, S. West, N. Winmar

Essendon (10.20.80) defeated Western Bulldogs (11.10.76).

Goalkickers
Essendon: B. Caracella (3), S. Alessio (2), M. Mercuri (2), P. Barnard, J. Blumfield, J. Misiti
Western Bulldogs: R. Smith (5), C. Grant (3), M. Croft, P. Dimattina, J. Plunkett

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

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 25 June 1999
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 55,230

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 10.20.80 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	7	6	.	12	8	.	16	10	.	20	10	.	20	(80)
Western Bulldogs	3	.	2	7	.	4	9	.	7	11	.	10	11	.	10	(76)
Margin	ESSE by 5			ESSE by 2			ESSE by 3			ESSE by 4			ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Terry Wallace (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Michael Long (Essendon), Scott Wynd (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hanley, D. Howlett (#1), M. Norden (#16)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Matthew Robbins	WBUL	30	3
Mark Mercuri	ESSE	2	2
Chris Grant	WBUL	3	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	2	1	13	8	5	2	12	1	3	1	2	3	0	4
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	1	0	17	9	8	6	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	1	2
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	1	0	13	5	8	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	1
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	3	2	13	8	5	3	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0
31	Fletcher, Dustin	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
30	Fraser, Mark	?	?	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	19	13	6	4	0	2	2	3	3	0	5	1
26	Heffernan, Chris	?	?	0	0	25	19	6	5	0	1	5	2	2	1	6	9
28	Johnson, Mark	?	?	0	0	20	15	5	6	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	8
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	Long, Michael (ac)	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	5	0	1	4	0	1	1	0	5
10	McVeigh, Mark	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	2	3	22	14	8	5	1	3	3	2	3	1	1	2
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	1	1	25	14	11	5	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	6
15	Prior, Michael	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	1
43	Rioli, Dean	?	?	0	1	10	9	1	1	0	4	0	4	2	1	0	4
7	Solomon, Dean	?	?	0	0	18	8	10	3	0	1	2	2	2	3	2	3
19	Somerville, Peter	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	4	16	1	0	0	1	1	2	2
21	Wallis, Dean	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	0	3	2	2	3	3	3	0	4
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	17	12	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	1
35	Young, Barry	?	?	0	1	18	11	7	6	0	4	4	2	3	0	2	5
Rushed					11
Total (22 players)				10	20	302	193	109	66	35	31	35	31	30	22	33	60

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Brown, Nathan	?	?	0	0	20	11	9	5	0	2	2	1	1	0	4	1
18	Cameron, Leon	?	?	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Croft, Matthew	?	?	1	1	6	4	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
11	Curley, Todd	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	3	0	2	0	4	3	3	4	1
14	Darcy, Luke	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	3	5	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
21	Dent, Matthew	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	1	1	3	0	2	3	1
28	Dimattina, Paul	?	?	1	0	20	16	4	5	0	2	4	2	1	3	4	6
32	Ellis, Craig	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	5	0	1	1	3	4	3	3	1
4	Garlick, Simon	?	?	0	0	23	13	10	7	0	2	1	3	1	1	3	6
3	Grant, Chris	?	?	3	3	26	14	12	10	0	1	4	0	3	5	0	5
6	Johnson, Brad	?	?	0	0	24	18	6	8	0	2	2	1	0	1	4	4
35	Kretiuk, Steven	?	?	0	0	17	15	2	6	0	2	0	3	0	2	6	2
23	Martin, Michael	?	?	0	1	12	8	4	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2
10	Montgomery, Brett	?	?	0	0	11	4	7	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	1
24	Plunkett, Jim	?	?	1	0	9	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1
29	Powell, Stephen	?	?	0	0	21	12	9	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	3
30	Robbins, Matthew	?	?	0	0	20	17	3	7	0	1	1	3	0	1	6	4
5	Smith, Rohan	?	?	5	1	12	10	2	5	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
8	Southern, Daniel	?	?	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7	West, Scott	?	?	0	0	23	9	14	1	0	1	9	2	2	1	2	3
1	Winmar, Nicky	?	?	0	1	5	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
15	Wynd, Scott (c)	?	?	0	0	17	3	14	3	22	0	7	3	3	1	1	0
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				11	10	318	200	118	93	28	28	38	33	22	30	46	46

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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