Mark Orchard (footballer)

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Mark Orchard
Personal information
Full name	Mark Orchard
Date of birth	(1976-04-02) 2 April 1976
Original team	Ballarat U-18s
Draft	53rd, 1994 AFL Draft
Height/Weight	175 cm / 75 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1995–1996 1997–1998 1999–2000 Total -	Collingwood Sydney Collingwood	12 (4) 41 (5) 33 (6) 86 (15)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2000 season.

Mark Orchard (born 2 April 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Orchard was from East Ballarat and was playing for the town's Under-18s when Collingwood selected him in the 1994 AFL Draft. He made six appearances in each of his first two seasons and was then given up by Collingwood in order to secure Sydney's Anthony Rocca. Orchard, Ben Wilson and two draft picks ended up at Sydney.

Despite his new club coming off a successful 1996 campaign where they were grand finalists, Orchard managed to find a place for himself in their midfielder and played in the first 19 rounds in the 1997 AFL season as well as a qualifying final against the Western Bulldogs. He participated in finals again at the end of the 1998 season, where he added another 21 games.^[1]

After two years with Sydney, Orchard requested to be traded back to Collingwood.^[2] He was part of a trade in the 1998 AFL Draft which saw Sydney also lose Paul Licuria and a draft pick in exchange for the third pick of the draft, Nic Fosdike.

He averaged 15 disposals a game in 1999 and missed several games mid season with a torn hamstring. The following year he put together 18 appearances but was de-listed by Collingwood.

Orchard has recently taken on an assistant coaching role at the Learmonth Football Club in the Central Highlands Football League.

References

↑ "Mark Orchard". AFL Tables.
↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.

1994 AFL National Draft

1. Jeff White
2. Anthony Rocca
3. Shannon Grant
4. Scott Lucas
5. Joel Smith
6. Robert McMahon
7. Tony Brown
8. Daniel Harford
9. Ben Wilson
10. Blake Caracella
11. Damien Ryan
12. Shane Sikora
13. Chris Hemley
14. Michael Martin
15. Scott Camporeale
16. Adem Yze
17. Carl Steinfort
18. Robert Di Rosa
19. Ben Holland
20. Stuart Mangin
21. Matthew Nicks
22. Winston Abraham
23. John Rombotis
24. Matthew Manfield
25. Steven Sziller
26. Tim Elliott
27. Toby Kennett
28. Shawn Lewfatt
29. Jason Torney
30. Chad Liddell
31. Allen Nash
32. Simon Cox
33. Mark Cullen
34. Michael Polley
35. Marty Warry
36. Matthew Robbins
37. Ashley Blurton
38. Matthew Collins
39. Stephen Carter
40. Michael O'Loughlin
41. Adam White
42. Douglas Headland
43. Dean Matthews
44. Jeremy Dyer
45. Gary Moorcroft
46. Justin Charles
47. Robert Ahmat
48. Austinn Jones
49. Shaun Baxter
50. Brett Higgins
51. Clay Sampson
52. Danny Stevens
53. Mark Orchard
54. Ian Downsborough
55. Mark Belleville
56. Ryan Smith
57. Emil Parthenides
58. Peter Bird
59. Nathan Saunders
60. Brad Scott
61. Stephen Zavalas
62. Justin Blumfield
63. Ross Funcke
64. Robert Powell
65. Lee Fraser
66. Scott Taylor
67. Anthony Bourke
68. Luke Norman
69. Dean Helmers
70. Adam Benjamin
71. Jason Spinks
72. Dean Grainger
73. Sam McFarlane
74. Troy Luff
75. Gerard Jess
76. Todd McHardy
77. Ben Dixon
78. Daryl Griffin
79. Aaron Hamill
80. Ben Atkins
81. Tim Allen
84. Doug Hawkins
85. Michael Agnello
86. Shaun Gordon
87. Simon Arnott
88. Nathon Irvin
89. David Nicholson
90. Matthew Joy
93. Michael Murphy
94. Jade Rawlings
95. Kym Eyers

Persondata
Name	Orchard, Mark
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	2 April 1976
Place of birth
Date of death
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