1999 AFL Round 22: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1999 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 22 of the 1999 AFL season. Essendon hosted Melbourne at MCG. Michael Long captained the hosts. Todd Viney captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

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

Melbourne
T. Viney (capt.), S. Chisholm, M. Collins, M. Febey, S. Febey, B. Grgic, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, T. Johnstone, A. Leoncelli, A. McDonald, J. McDonald, D. Neitz, G. Rigoni, D. Schwarz, M. Seecamp, J. Shanahan, T. Simmonds, D. Ward, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Essendon (17.14.116) defeated Melbourne (15.9.99).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Alessio (4), M. Lloyd (3), D. Wallis (2), D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, M. Long, G. Moorcroft, D. Rioli
Melbourne: D. Neitz (4), G. Rigoni (3), D. Schwarz (3), M. Collins (2), S. Chisholm, T. Simmonds, D. Ward

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 August 1999
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,480

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 17.14.116 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 8 . 5 12 . 13 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Melbourne 7 . 2 12 . 5 13 . 6 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin MELB by 24 MELB by 24 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Michael Long (Essendon), Todd Viney (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. McCauley (#31), S. McInerney (#30), M. Norden (#16)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Long ESSE 13 3
Dean Rioli ESSE 43 2
Steven Febey MELB 21 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 4 3 17 12 5 5 14 0 3 1 2 0 2 5
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 5 0 1 3 5 1 0 3 5
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 2 1 3 3 1 4 1 0 6
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 1 27 14 13 3 0 2 5 2 1 1 2 3
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 1
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 5 3 0 0 4 0 3
28 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 3 3 19 13 6 8 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3
13 Long, Michael (c) ? ? 1 0 23 9 14 1 0 3 6 1 0 2 0 4
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 1 3 15 10 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 1 1 18 11 7 6 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 5
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 17 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 3 1 0 1 3 3 1 4 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 2 1 4 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 7 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 14 292 174 118 64 36 36 37 25 24 25 31 49

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
19 Chisholm, Scott ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 1
28 Collins, Matthew ? ? 2 0 14 7 7 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 1 2 4 2 1 0 2 5
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 2 0 2 3 4 3 2 2 3
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 3 2 0 5 1 4 8 2
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 4
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 1
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 1 6 3 2 1 1 4 2
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 4 3 1 2 4 0 4
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 5
9 Neitz, David ? ? 4 1 11 10 1 3 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 3
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 3 1 17 9 8 4 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 3
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 3 3 16 10 6 6 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1 Shanahan, Jamie ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
46 Simmonds, Troy ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 7 1 2 2 1 1 0 0
12 Viney, Todd (c) ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3
26 Ward, Daniel ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 12 0 2 0 1 0 0 4
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 1 1 1 6 2 0 1 2 3
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 1 1 4 0 0 0 4 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 9 264 174 90 54 31 32 38 35 25 24 25 52

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