1999 AFL Round 17: Essendon v Kangaroos

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1999 between Essendon and Kangaroos during round 17 of the 1999 AFL season. Essendon hosted Kangaroos at MCG. In the absence of James Hird, Michael Long captained the hosts. Wayne Carey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

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

Kangaroos
W. Carey (capt.), W. Abraham, B. Anderson, G. Archer, P. Bell, J. Blakey, M. Capuano, S. Clayton, G. Dhurrkay, S. Grant, B. Harvey, D. King, A. Lange, J. Longmire, J. McCartney, C. McKernan, B. Pickett, B. Rawlings, R. Scott, C. Sholl, A. Simpson, A. Stevens

Essendon (24.14.158) defeated Kangaroos (20.12.132).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (7), B. Caracella (3), S. Alessio (2), M. Mercuri (2), B. Young (2), P. Barnard, J. Blumfield, C. Heffernan, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, M. Prior, D. Solomon, P. Somerville
Kangaroos: W. Carey (10), W. Abraham (2), B. Harvey (2), G. Archer, S. Grant, C. McKernan, B. Rawlings, R. Scott, A. Stevens

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and Kangaroos remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Kangaroos
Date: Saturday 24 July 1999
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 68,831

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Kangaroos
Score: 24.14.158 - 20.12.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 2 14 . 7 18 . 10 24 . 14 24 . 14 (158)
Kangaroos 8 . 1 10 . 4 16 . 8 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Margin KANG by 5 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Denis Pagan (Kangaroos)
Captains: Michael Long (Essendon), Wayne Carey (Kangaroos)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett (#1), H. Kennedy (#7), M. Norden (#16)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wayne Carey KANG 18 3
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 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 ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 6 5 1 4 2 0 1 1 1
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 5 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 3
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 7 4
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 19 6 13 3 1 4 4 3 0 1 0 3
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 3 0 15 9 6 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 4
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 1
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 8 0 2 5 0 0 1 1 5
28 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 1 0 4 2 1 1 3 4
17 Lalich, Judd ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 7 2 17 15 2 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
13 Long, Michael (ac) ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 1 0 2 5 0 0 2 0 7
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 1 27 17 10 7 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 1 24 14 10 5 0 2 4 2 2 1 1 3
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 5 0 1 5 1 2 1 3 7
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 4
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 3 0 3 1 2 2 3 1 3
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 0 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
1 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 0 3
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 1
35 Young, Barry ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 8 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 7
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 24 14 340 222 118 85 24 28 47 25 15 21 31 69

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 2 2 18 11 7 2 0 3 4 1 1 1 1 4
14 Anderson, Brady ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 3 0
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 1 27 21 6 4 0 0 7 1 1 0 6 4
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 7 0 1 3 2 2 0 6 1
16 Capuano, Mathew ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 17 2 3 0 0 0 4 3
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 10 5 23 19 4 12 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 8
23 Clayton, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
3 Dhurrkay, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 4
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 4 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 6
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 2
27 Lange, Adam ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 10 15 0 1 2 3 2 0 9
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 4 2 3 0 3 1
39 Rawlings, Brady ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 3
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
7 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 1 1 4 2 1 0 3 2
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 1 0 3 5 1 0 2 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 20 12 261 192 69 69 41 24 45 20 21 15 38 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