In the lead up to the 20th anniversary of the 1990 premiership win, this week’s ‘Stat Attack’ will focus around the historic game.
Match summary
Final score
Collingwood: 2.5 8.9 11.10 13.11 (89)
Essendon: 2.2 3.5 5.6 5.11 (41)
Best
Collingwood: Shaw, Russell, Monkhorst, Millane, Francis, Kerrison, Starcevich, Crosisca, McGuane
Essendon: Watson, Sporn, T.Daniher, Kickett, Ezard, O'Donnell
Goals
Collingwood: 2 Brown, 2 Barwick, 2 Crosisca, 2 Russell, 2 Daicos, Monkhorst, Starcevich, McGuane
Essendon: 2 Salmon, Kickett, Somerville, Grenvold
Injuries
Collingwood: Brown (concussion), Starcevich (concussion)
Essendon: Nil
Reports
T.Daniher (Ess) - striking Brown to the head at quarter time, striking Starcevich to the head in the third quarter (suspended for 12 matches).
Brown (Coll) - striking Sporn at quarter time (suspended for three matches).
Sporn (Ess) - striking Banks to the head at quarter time (suspended for two matches).
Kelly (Coll) and Van Der Haar (Ess) - striking each other at quarter time (both found not guilty).
Bewick (Ess) - striking and rough conduct against Shaw, kneeing Banks, and striking Barwick at quarter time (cleared of first three charges; suspended for four matches).
Kickett (Ess) - striking McGuane at quarter time (found not guilty).
Allan (Coll football manager) - striking Ess runner Power and conduct unbecoming of a team official at quarter time (suspended for six matches and fined $15,000).
Hillgrove (Coll team manager) - assaulting Ess bootstudder Menola and conduct unbecoming of a team official at quarter time (suspended for six matches and fined $7,500).
Synan (Ess doorman) - charging Hillgrove and conduct unbecoming of a team official at quarter time (fined $5,000).
Notes
Attendance: 98,944
Umpires: R.Sawers, D.Rich
Broadcasters: Seven Network (TV), 3AW and 774 ABC (radio)
National Anthem: Normie Rowe
Did you know?
The 1990 grand final was the 23rd grand final played in October.
If the AFL Dream Team competition existed in 1990, Tony Shaw would have scored a match-high 123 dream team points. His score is higher than the best dream team score in the 2009 grand final (Paul Chapman scored 119).
| Player | K | H | D | M | G | B | T | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Shaw | 22 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Millane | 24 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Russell | 25 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Tony Francis | 15 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Michael McGuane | 18 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Christian | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Shane Kerrison | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Damian Monkhorst | 11 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Shane Morwood | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Graham Wright | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Craig Kelly | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Craig Starcevich | 10 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Barwick | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denis Banks | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jamie Turner | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Gayfer | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Peter Daicos | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Brown | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gavin Crosisca | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Manson | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Match statistics
| Collingwood | Statistics | Essendon |
|---|---|---|
| 221 | Kicks | 190 |
| 93 | Handballs | 54 |
| 314 | Disposals | 244 |
| 2.38 | Kick to HB Ratio | 3.52 |
| 64 | Marks | 59 |
| 52 | Tackles | 27 |
| 16 | Hitouts | 22 |
| 20 | Frees For | 27 |
| 27 | Frees Against | 20 |
| 13 | Goals Kicked | 5 |
| 10 | Behinds Kicked | 9 |
| 1 | Rushed Behinds | 2 |
| 24 | Scoring Shots | 16 |
| 54.2% | Conversion | 31.2% |
| 24.15 | Disposals Per Goal | 48.80 |
| 13.08 | Disposals Per Scoring Shot | 15.25 |
