1999 AFL Round 15: Port Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1999 between Port Adelaide and Essendon during round 15 of the 1999 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Essendon at Football Park. In the absence of James Hird, Michael Long captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Williams and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Port Adelaide
M. Bode, S. Bond, S. Breuer, P. Burgoyne, B. Chalmers, S. Daniels, S. Dew, N. Eagleton, F. Francis, J. Francou, B. French, M. Harwood, R. James, A. Kingsley, B. Lade, B. Lyle, D. Mead, S. Paxman, N. Steinberner, N. Stevens, W. Tredrea, M. Wilson

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

Port Adelaide (14.15.99) defeated Essendon (9.8.62).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: B. French (3), W. Tredrea (2), S. Bond, S. Breuer, B. Chalmers, S. Dew, J. Francou, M. Harwood, B. Lyle, S. Paxman, N. Stevens
Essendon: S. Alessio (2), C. Heffernan (2), J. Misiti (2), M. Fraser, M. Mercuri, A. Ukovic

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide remained 9th on the ladder and Essendon remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Port Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Sunday 11 July 1999
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 34,671

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 14.15.99 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Adelaide	4	.	3	8	.	8	11	.	11	14	.	15	14	.	15	(99)
Essendon	3	.	1	6	.	5	8	.	7	9	.	8	9	.	8	(62)
Margin	PADL by 8			PADL by 15			PADL by 22			PADL by 37			PADL by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Williams (Port Adelaide), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Port Adelaide), Michael Long (Essendon)

Match Umpires

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

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Mark Mercuri	ESSE	2	3
Shane Bond	PADL	5	2
Warren Tredrea	PADL	16	1

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
23	Bode, Matthew	?	?	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
5	Bond, Shane	?	?	1	0	20	12	8	3	0	2	3	2	3	0	3	2
3	Breuer, Shayne	?	?	1	0	15	12	3	7	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	5
26	Burgoyne, Peter	?	?	0	2	24	14	10	6	0	3	7	1	0	0	0	7
7	Chalmers, Brett	?	?	1	0	14	7	7	6	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
28	Daniels, Stephen	?	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	Dew, Stuart	?	?	1	2	12	9	3	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	4
11	Eagleton, Nathan	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8	Francis, Fabian	?	?	0	0	28	18	10	5	0	0	1	3	0	1	8	2
10	Francou, Josh	?	?	1	0	25	14	11	4	0	2	8	3	1	1	1	2
31	French, Barnaby	?	?	3	0	12	8	4	5	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	2
18	Harwood, Mark	?	?	1	1	6	4	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
38	James, Roger	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
29	Kingsley, Adam	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5
20	Lade, Brendon	?	?	0	2	15	11	4	7	18	0	4	1	2	4	0	3
9	Lyle, Brayden	?	?	1	0	23	15	8	6	0	4	5	2	1	3	0	3
33	Mead, Darren	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2
14	Paxman, Stephen	?	?	1	0	19	15	4	7	0	1	1	2	2	1	4	4
34	Steinberner, Nathan	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
36	Stevens, Nick	?	?	1	0	22	17	5	7	0	1	2	6	1	1	4	3
16	Tredrea, Warren	?	?	2	1	18	12	6	8	0	2	4	2	2	0	0	6
15	Wilson, Michael	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	1
Rushed					7
Total (22 players)				14	15	310	208	102	91	35	25	42	29	19	14	31	56

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	2	0	19	11	8	6	5	2	5	3	0	3	2	3
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	1
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	0	1	24	16	8	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	4
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	0	2	10	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0
30	Fraser, Mark	?	?	1	0	25	10	15	5	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	6
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	Heffernan, Chris	?	?	2	0	7	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
28	Johnson, Mark	?	?	0	0	15	11	4	3	0	2	4	2	2	2	1	3
17	Lalich, Judd	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	2
13	Long, Michael (ac)	?	?	0	0	20	9	11	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	7
10	McVeigh, Mark	?	?	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	1	1	26	11	15	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	5
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	2	0	23	11	12	4	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	3
15	Prior, Michael	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	1
7	Solomon, Dean	?	?	0	0	20	10	10	2	0	3	2	3	1	1	1	2
19	Somerville, Peter	?	?	0	0	6	2	4	1	15	1	3	1	2	3	1	1
12	Symons, Michael	?	?	0	0	5	2	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
1	Ukovic, Andrew	?	?	1	0	14	12	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	6	1
21	Wallis, Dean	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	0	3	2	1	1	4	0
35	Young, Barry	?	?	0	1	15	5	10	1	1	1	5	2	0	0	1	1
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				9	8	286	157	129	47	22	24	36	32	14	19	34	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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