1999 AFL Round 21: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1999 between Essendon and Richmond during round 21 of the 1999 AFL season. Essendon hosted Richmond at MCG. In the absence of James Hird, Michael Long captained the hosts. Matthew Knights captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Jeff Gieschen.

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

Richmond
M. Knights (capt.), J. Bowden, W. Campbell, M. Chaffey, N. Daffy, M. Dragicevic, B. Evans, R. Funcke, B. Gale, D. Gaspar, B. Harrison, R. Hilton, B. Holland, A. Kellaway, D. Kellaway, B. Moore, B. Ottens, M. Rogers, J. Rombotis, C. Sampson, G. Tivendale, S. Turner

Essendon (22.15.147) defeated Richmond (13.11.89).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (6), J. Blumfield (3), M. Mercuri (3), B. Caracella (2), M. Fraser (2), D. Rioli (2), D. Bewick, D. Fletcher, C. Heffernan, G. Moorcroft
Richmond: B. Harrison (3), J. Bowden (2), G. Tivendale (2), B. Evans, B. Gale, D. Gaspar, B. Holland, M. Rogers, C. Sampson

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and Richmond remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Friday 20 August 1999
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 48,835

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 22.15.147 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 13 . 8 16 . 11 22 . 15 22 . 15 (147)
Richmond 3 . 3 6 . 3 11 . 5 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 58 ESSE by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Jeff Gieschen (Richmond)
Captains: Michael Long (Essendon), Matthew Knights (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore (#19), D. Goldspink (#32), S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 3
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 2
Justin Blumfield ESSE 32 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 3 3 24 15 9 7 1 0 6 2 0 2 0 5
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 2 0 19 12 7 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 4 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 6
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 3 3 2
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 2 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 3 1
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 2 0 4 8 0 3 0 0 9
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
28 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 4 2 3 0 1 1 4
17 Lalich, Judd ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 6 3 18 15 3 11 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 3
13 Long, Michael (ac) ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 3 1 23 15 8 7 0 2 3 1 4 1 0 6
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 6
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 4 23 1 1 2 1 1 2 3
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 5 1 3 3 1 1 3
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 3 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 22 15 298 203 95 70 29 39 38 25 24 15 27 66

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 2 1 28 13 15 4 0 2 4 3 1 2 2 6
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 3 3 2 0 1 5 2
6 Chaffey, Mark ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 0 1 26 21 5 3 0 0 6 1 0 4 4 8
7 Dragicevic, Marc ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Evans, Brett ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 4 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
21 Funcke, Ross ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 6 23 0 1 0 1 1 3 0
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 0
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 3 2 14 12 2 7 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 0
1 Hilton, Rory ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 1
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 1 1 17 8 9 5 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 4
39 Kellaway, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 3 1 1 3 2 2
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 28 12 16 5 0 1 7 5 0 1 2 2
28 Moore, Ben ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
5 Ottens, Brad ? ? 0 1 7 2 5 3 13 0 2 1 0 0 1 1
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 2
35 Rombotis, John ? ? 0 0 16 4 12 1 0 0 5 5 2 1 1 3
26 Sampson, Clay ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2
32 Tivendale, Greg ? ? 2 0 20 13 7 2 0 5 1 3 1 0 1 5
41 Turner, Scott ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 11 301 174 127 76 39 21 39 44 15 24 38 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