Peter Somerville

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

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1988 | | 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 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1989 | | 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 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1990 | | 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 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1991 | | 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 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1992 | | 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 |- |style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1993†| | 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 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1994 | | 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 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995 | | 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 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996 | | 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 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 | | 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 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998 | | 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 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999 | | 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 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| 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

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