- 1993 AFL Grand Final
The 1993 AFL Grand Final took place on
September 25 ,1993 at theMelbourne Cricket Ground between AFL clubs Carlton and Essendon. Essendon won the match by 44 points to take out their 15th premiership in front of a crowd of 96862 people.Match Summary
Essendon had caused a sensation during the week when they omitted
Derek Kickett from their team. Kickett had played every game of the season up to that point but had lost form during the finals series. Carlton were forced to make a late change when veteran defenderPeter Dean was ruled out through injury.Kevin Sheedy produced a second generation of 'Baby Bombers', who came from nowhere to punch a flag that had seemed out of reach at half-time of the preliminary final, when they trailed theAdelaide Crows by 42 points. But the Bombers charged home in the second half in that game, then carried the form into 'The Big One' against the Blues, with the individual brilliance ofMichael Long the most memorable feature.Stephen Kernahan tried hard for the Blues with 7 goals, but his side barely threatened after being down by 5 goals at the first change.Teams
Aussie rules team | title = Essendon
backpocket1 =Gavin Wanganeen
fullback =Dustin Fletcher
backpocket2 =Dean Wallis
halfbackflank1 =David Grenvold
centrehalfback =Mark Harvey
halfbackflank2 = Mark Thompson (c)
wing1 =Rick Olarenshaw
centre =Sean Denham
wing2 =Paul Hills
halfforwardflank1 =Mark Mercuri
centrehalfforward =James Hird
halfforwardflank2 =Joe Misiti
forwardpocket1 =Tim Watson
fullforward =Paul Salmon
forwardpocket2 =Michael Long
ruck =Peter Somerville
ruckrover =Gary O'Donnell
rover =Darren Bewick
interchange1 =Chris Daniher
interchange2 =David Calthorpe
interchange3 =
interchange4 =
interchange5 =
interchange6 =
coach = Kevin SheedyAussie rules team | title = Carlton
backpocket1 =Brett Ratten
fullback =Stephen Silvagni
backpocket2 =Andrew McKay
halfbackflank1 =Ang Christou
centrehalfback =Michael Sexton
halfbackflank2 =Milham Hanna
wing1 =Brett Sholl
centre =Greg Williams
wing2 =Fraser Brown
halfforwardflank1 =Tom Alvin
centrehalfforward =Earl Spalding
halfforwardflank2 =Tim Powell
forwardpocket1 =Rohan Welsh
fullforward =Stephen Kernahan (c)
forwardpocket2 =Brent Heaver
ruck =Justin Madden
ruckrover =Craig Bradley
rover =Adrian Gleeson
interchange1 =Mark Athorn
interchange2 =Matthew Hogg
interchange3 =
interchange4 =
interchange5 =
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coach =David Parkin tatistics
core
Goal kickers
Norm Smith Medal
The
Norm Smith Medal was won by Essendon'sMichael Long who had 33 disposals and kicked 2 goals.External links
* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/games/1993/CAES19930925.html Match details at Rleague]
ee also
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1993 AFL season
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