1999 AFL Round 18: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1999 between Sydney and Essendon during round 18 of the 1999 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. In the absence of James Hird, Michael Long captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), J. Bolton, F. Campbell, T. Cook, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, A. Dunkley, N. Fosdike, A. Goodes, D. Lewis, T. Lockett, T. Luff, B. Mathews, S. Maxfield, M. Nicks, R. O'Connor, J. Saddington, W. Schwass, B. Seymour, G. Stafford, J. Stevens, R. Warfe

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

Sydney (11.13.79) were defeated by Essendon (15.3.93).

Goalkickers
Sydney: T. Lockett (4), A. Goodes (3), D. Lewis (2), M. Nicks, R. O'Connor
Essendon: D. Bewick (4), S. Alessio (2), B. Caracella (2), M. Mercuri (2), J. Blumfield, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Essendon remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 July 1999
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 31,776

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Essendon
Score: 11.13.79 - 15.3.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 3 5 . 5 8 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Essendon 6 . 1 11 . 2 13 . 2 15 . 3 15 . 3 (93)
Margin ESSE by 22 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Sydney), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Paul Kelly (Sydney), Michael Long (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), J. Harvey (#25), J. Love (#28)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wayne Schwass SYDN 2 3
Sean Wellman ESSE 6 2
Andrew Dunkley SYDN 6 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bolton, Jude ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 5 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 4
40 Campbell, Fred ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 3 1 1 7 2 0 2 2 7
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 6
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 0
12 Fosdike, Nic ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
37 Goodes, Adam ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 7 7 0 5 3 1 1 1 2
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 5 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 4
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 2 1 20 18 2 5 0 1 5 2 1 0 2 6
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 4 3 10 9 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
36 Mathews, Ben ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 4 0 5 0 3 1 1 1 1
16 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 3 7 3 3 2 2 0 1 1
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 9 0 0 1 4 1 0 4 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 33 27 6 3 0 1 7 0 3 2 3 5
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
1 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 14 0 3 0 3 1 5 0
20 Stevens, John ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 4 2 1 1 1 3
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 11 13 310 222 88 87 30 24 47 26 26 12 33 58

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 4 13 2 2 2 3 3 1 2
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 7 0 6 1 0 0 0 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 4 0 13 12 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 3
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 2 2 0 2 4 0 2 0 1
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 7 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 3
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 5 6 0 2 3 1 6
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 7 1
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 7 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 3
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 2
28 Johnson, Mark ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
17 Lalich, Judd ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 2
13 Long, Michael (ac) ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 1 18 10 8 6 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 0 23 13 10 6 0 3 7 0 1 1 0 3
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 10 0 1 1 3 0 1 7 5
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1
1 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 3 292 213 79 91 36 27 44 25 12 26 41 50

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