Darren Bewick

Darren Bewick
Darren Bewick
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Boris
Date of birth	21 August 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s)	West Perth (WAFL)
Debut	1988, Essendon vs. North Melbourne, at Windy Hill
Playing career1
Years	Club
1988–2000	Essendon
Representative team honours
Years	Team
1986–1993	Western Australia
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000.
Career highlights
	Essendon premiership team 1993, 2000;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Darren Bewick (born 21 August 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who won two premierships with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Bewick's game breaking pace & goal sense inside the attacking 50 was legendary amongst Bomber fans.

After debuting in 1988, Bewick played in all three of Essendon's finals in 1989. In 1990, Bewick played in Essendon's losing Grand Final team against Collingwood.

In the Preliminary Final of 1993, Bewick was instrumental in Essendon's comeback victory (trailing the Adelaide Crows by 42 points at half-time) to earn a place in the 1993 AFL Grand Final. Bewick kicked a game high 6 goals (equal with that of Adelaide full forward Tony Modra), kicking his 5th & 6th goals in the final term to level the scores, with Gary O'Donnell kicking truly to put Essendon in front. Essendon went on to defeat Adelaide by 11 points, with the sealer kicked by returning Essendon great, Tim Watson. The win secured Essendon a place in the 1993 AFL Grand Final against Carlton. Essendon dominated the premiership decider, winning by 44 points.

In the round 11 match against Geelong in 1995, Bewick ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in an incident during the second quarter, ending his season. He played his comeback match (and 150th AFL game) against Geelong in the centenary re-enactment match at the MCG in round 7, 1996. In a best-on-ground display, Bewick kicked nine goals from 11 kicks - including a spectacular finish from the boundary for his eighth goal.

Bewick retired after the 2000 AFL Grand Final, in which Essendon defeated Melbourne by 60 points, claiming the club's record 16th AFL premiership.

Since retiring from playing Bewick has worked in junior coaching and development. He is the long-standing coach of Eastern Ranges in the NAB League, the premier underage competition in Victoria. He first gained the position in 2010 and coached them to a premiership in 2013.

Playing statistics

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**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
1988	Essendon	8	18	19	19	253	74	327	58	25	1.1	1.1	14.1	4.1	18.2	3.2	1.4
1989	Essendon	8	13	30	14	163	60	223	43	26	2.3	1.1	12.5	4.6	17.2	3.3	2.0
1990	Essendon	8	25	37	33	338	112	450	68	30	1.5	1.3	13.5	4.5	18.0	2.7	1.2
1991	Essendon	8	18	25	19	279	113	392	59	7	1.4	1.1	15.5	6.3	21.8	3.3	0.4
1992	Essendon	8	20	32	28	271	94	365	66	21	1.6	1.4	13.6	4.7	18.3	3.3	1.1
1993†	Essendon	8	24	52	30	315	119	434	61	38	2.2	1.3	13.1	5.0	18.1	2.5	1.6
1994	Essendon	8	21	20	34	302	110	412	79	24	1.0	1.6	14.4	5.2	19.6	3.8	1.1
1995	Essendon	8	10	21	13	138	53	191	22	13	2.1	1.3	13.8	5.3	19.1	2.2	1.3
1996	Essendon	8	18	28	21	226	89	315	61	15	1.6	1.2	12.6	4.9	17.5	3.4	0.8
1997	Essendon	8	5	2	4	48	22	70	13	3	0.4	0.8	9.6	4.4	14.0	2.6	0.6
1998	Essendon	8	23	32	16	256	87	343	64	17	1.4	0.7	11.1	3.8	14.9	2.8	0.7
1999	Essendon	8	24	20	17	301	73	374	54	27	0.8	0.7	12.5	3.0	15.6	2.3	1.1
2000†	Essendon	8	19	14	12	195	64	259	48	26	0.7	0.6	10.3	3.4	13.6	2.5	1.4
Career			238	332	260	3085	1070	4155	696	272	1.4	1.1	13.0	4.5	17.5	2.9	1.1

References

^ "Milne makes his mark living off crumbs". The Australian. News Corp Australia. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
^ Darren Bewick's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

Darren Bewick's playing statistics from AFL Tables

[1] "Milne makes his mark living off crumbs". The Australian. News Corp Australia. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

[2] Darren Bewick's player profile at AFL Tables

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v t e 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
Coach: Sheedy

v t e Essendon Football Club 2000 AFL premiers
Essendon 19.21 (135) defeated Melbourne 11.9 (75), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. M. Johnson 2. Mercuri 5. Hird (c) 6. Wellman 7. Solomon 8. Bewick 9. Ramanauskas 11. Hardwick 13. Long 14. J. Johnson 16. Barnard 18. Lloyd 21. Wallis 22. Barnes 24. Misiti 25. Lucas 26. Heffernan 27. Alessio 29. Moorcroft 31. Fletcher 32. Blumfield 33. Caracella
Coach: Sheedy

v t e Western Australian team – 1986 Interstate Championships
Western Australia 18.19 (127) defeated South Australia 12.16 (88), at Football Park, 27 May 1986 Western Australia 21.11 (137) defeated Victoria 20.14 (134), at Subiaco Oval, 8 July 1986
Both games	Bairstow Ellis Harding Keene Laidley Lamb Macnish Miles Mitchell Peake Sartori Waterson Wilson
State game vs. South Australia	Bewick Christie Dean Malaxos Panizza Taylor Wiley Wilkinson Wrensted
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Baker Blackwell Buckenara Davidson Glendinning Hardie Lester-Smith Narkle Rioli
Coach: Alexander

v t e Western Australian team – 1987 Interstate Championships
South Australia 18.16 (124) defeated Western Australia 9.9 (63), at WACA, 16 June 1987 Victoria 16.20 (116) defeated Western Australia 13.14 (92), at Subiaco Oval, 22 July 1987
Both games	Breman
State game vs. South Australia	Bewick Browning Campbell Cocker Goulding Hetherington Hutton Kickett Lee McKenna Menaglio Morton Peake (c) Rowland Thorne Turley Wake Waterson Watson Wilkinson
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Bairstow Brennan Dennis Dorotich Duckworth Hardie Harding Hart Henwood Holden Ishchenko Keene Krakouer Lester-Smith Mainwaring Malaxos Mitchell Narkle Rance Rioli (c) Wilson
Coach: Todd

v t e Western Australian team – 1991 State of Origin
Western Australia 19.13 (127) defeated Victoria 7.9 (41), at the WACA, 16 July 1991
Allan Bairstow Bewick Harding Heady A. Jakovich G. Jakovich Kemp Lamb Langdon Mainwaring (c) Matera McIntosh McKenna Pyke Spalding Starcevich Sumich Turley Waterman Watters Winmar
Coach: Malthouse