1993 AFL Grand Final

The Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the 1993 AFL Grand Final took place.

Essendon	Carlton
20.13 (133)	13.11 (89)

	1	2	3	4
ESS	5.8 (38)	10.9 (69)	16.11 (107)	20.13 (133)
CAR	1.2 (8)	5.2 (32)	10.5 (65)	13.11 (89)

Date

25 September 1993

Stadium

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Attendance

96,862

Ceremonies

Pre-match entertainment

Maroochy Barambah, Archie Roach and Yothu Yindi

Accolades

Norm Smith Medallist

Michael Long (Essendon)

Broadcast in Australia

Network

Seven Network

Commentators

Sandy Roberts and Ian Robertson

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The 1993 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1993. It was the 97th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1993 AFL season. The match, attended by 96,862 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 44 points, marking that club's 15th premiership victory.

Background

Main article: 1993 AFL season

Neither side was considered a strong premiership prospect at the beginning of the season as neither side had made the finals in 1992. Essendon was considered too young and inexperienced while Carlton, despite having some of the best key-position players in the competition, were considered too slow across the ground.

However, at the conclusion of the home and away season, Essendon had finished first on the AFL ladder with 13 wins 6 losses and a draw, winning the McClelland Trophy after having been sitting in seventh position as late as round 11. Carlton had also finished with 13 wins, 6 losses and a draw (the two teams having played in a tied game in round 2), but finished just behind Essendon on percentage. Only one game separated Essendon in first position from Geelong in seventh position.

In the finals, the Bombers were defeated by Carlton by two points in the Qualifying Final before defeating West Coast in the Second Semi-Final to advance to the Preliminary Final. In this game they came out of nowhere to win a game that had seemed out of reach when trailing the Adelaide Crows by 42 points at half time. The Bombers charged home in the second half in that game, kicking 11 goals to 2 to win by 11 points, advancing to the Grand Final. Carlton, after their win over the Bombers in the Qualifying Final, defeated Adelaide in the Second Semi-Final to advance to the Grand Final.

This was Essendon's first appearance in a Grand Final since losing the 1990 AFL Grand Final, whilst it was Carlton's first since winning the 1987 VFL Grand Final.

In the week leading up to the Grand Final, Essendon's Gavin Wanganeen was awarded the Brownlow Medal. Also during that week, Essendon caused a sensation in omitting Derek Kickett from the 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 defender Peter Dean was ruled out through injury. Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy put Dean Wallis and Mark Harvey into the side at the expense of Kickett and David Flood. The Bombers played a second generation of 'Baby Bombers' for the Grand Final, with seven Essendon players - Gavin Wanganeen, David Calthorpe, Dustin Fletcher, Rick Olarenshaw, Mark Mercuri, James Hird and Joe Misiti - all being under the age of 21.

Match summary

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Essendon	5.8	10.9	16.11	20.13	20.13 (133)
Carlton	1.2	5.2	10.5	13.11	13.11 (89)

Essendon carried their form from the Preliminary Final into the Grand Final against the Blues, with the individual brilliance of Michael Long being the most memorable feature. The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Long for being judged the best player afield, with 33 disposals and 2 goals.

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. Essendon had thirteen scoring shots to three by the Blues in the first quarter to set up their win. Paul Salmon kicked 5 goals for the Bombers.

Teams

Essendon
B:	4 Gavin Wanganeen	31 Dustin Fletcher	21 Dean Wallis
HB:	29 David Grenvold	1 Mark Harvey	26 Mark Thompson (c)
C:	47 Rick Olarenshaw	38 Sean Denham	11 Paul Hills
HF:	2 Mark Mercuri	5 James Hird	24 Joe Misiti
F:	32 Tim Watson	3 Paul Salmon	13 Michael Long
Foll:	19 Peter Somerville	10 Gary O'Donnell	8 Darren Bewick
Int:	7 Chris Daniher	48 David Calthorpe

Coach:	Kevin Sheedy

Carlton
B:	7 Brett Ratten	1 Stephen Silvagni	5 Andrew McKay
HB:	39 Ang Christou	14 Michael Sexton	13 Milham Hanna
C:	9 Brett Sholl	2 Greg Williams	20 Fraser Brown
HF:	31 Tom Alvin	11 Earl Spalding	22 Tim Powell
F:	38 Rohan Welsh	4 Stephen Kernahan (c)	17 Brent Heaver
Foll:	44 Justin Madden	21 Craig Bradley	12 Adrian Gleeson
Int:	25 Mark Athorn	33 Matthew Hogg

Coach:	David Parkin

Goal kickers

Essendon

Salmon 5
Mercuri 3
Hird 2
Long 2
Bewick 1
Calthorpe 1
Daniher 1
Denham 1
Harvey 1
Misiti 1
Wallis 1
Wanganeen 1

Carlton

Kernahan 7
Welsh 2
Alvin 1
Bradley 1
Heaver 1
Williams 1

External links

Match details at AFL Tables

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Essendon Football Club 1993 AFL premiers

Essendon 20.13 (133) defeated Carlton 13.11 (89), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Harvey 2. Mercuri 3. Salmon 4. Wanganeen 5. Hird 7. Daniher 8. Bewick 10. O'Donnell 11. Hills 13. Long 19. Somerville 21. Wallis 24. Misiti 26. Thompson (c) 29. Grenvold 31. Fletcher 32. Watson 38. Denham 47. Olarenshaw 48. Calthorpe

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