1999 AFL Season Round 21: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1999 between Essendon and Richmond during round twenty-one of the 1999 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at the 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 (22.15.147) defeated Richmond (13.11.89).

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

Essendon

Captain: Michael Long (acting)
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Jeff Gieschen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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