Peter Somerville

Peter Somerville
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-07-08) 8 July 1968
Original team(s)	Moe
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1988–1999	Essendon	160 (89)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
Career highlights
AFL premiership player: 1993
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter Somerville (born 8 July 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 160 games for Essendon in the AFL.

A ruckman, and son of John Somerville, he shared rucking duties with Paul Salmon for much of his career. He was a premiership player with Essendon and represented Victoria in 1991 and was well known for his amazing high leaping marks.

After a successful career spanning over a decade, Somerville owned and operated his own plumbing business until 2002. He then ventured to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland to teach plumbing at TAFE.

Statistics

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)								Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O
1988	Essendon	42	4	2	3	31	10	41	23	4	35	0.5	0.8	7.8	2.5	10.3	5.8	1.0	8.8	3
1989	Essendon	19	3	2	2	24	11	35	15	3	16	0.7	0.7	8.0	3.7	11.7	5.0	1.0	5.3	0
1990	Essendon	19	4	5	1	21	12	33	15	4	16	1.3	0.3	5.3	3.0	8.3	3.8	1.0	4.0	0
1991	Essendon	19	17	14	12	109	59	168	85	8	52	0.8	0.7	6.4	3.5	9.9	5.0	0.5	3.1	0
1992	Essendon	19	20	21	16	169	71	240	114	11	145	1.1	0.8	8.5	3.6	12.0	5.7	0.6	7.3	5
1993†	Essendon	19	18	13	14	116	81	197	91	14	155	0.7	0.8	6.4	4.5	10.9	5.1	0.8	8.6	0
1994	Essendon	19	10	6	1	57	39	96	33	6	75	0.6	0.1	5.7	3.9	9.6	3.3	0.6	7.5	0
1995	Essendon	19	24	18	7	177	140	317	128	17	319	0.8	0.3	7.4	5.8	13.2	5.3	0.7	13.3	12
1996	Essendon	19	21	5	5	110	100	210	73	10	289	0.2	0.2	5.2	4.8	10.0	3.5	0.5	13.8	3
1997	Essendon	19	13	1	0	76	46	122	52	5	137	0.1	0.0	5.8	3.5	9.4	4.0	0.4	10.5	1
1998	Essendon	19	12	0	2	64	37	101	34	8	212	0.0	0.2	5.3	3.1	8.4	2.8	0.7	17.7	0
1999	Essendon	19	14	2	0	65	44	109	37	10	239	0.1	0.0	4.6	3.1	7.8	2.6	0.7	17.1	0
Career			160	89	63	1019	650	1669	700	100	1690	0.6	0.4	6.4	4.1	10.4	4.4	0.6	10.6	24

External links

• Peter Somerville's playing statistics from AFL Tables