2002 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Colonial Stadium (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 12-1-9, P%: 105.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Port Adelaide (Semi Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Jason Johnson (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Matthew Lloyd (47)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Mark Johnson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): James Hird

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alessio, Steven #27 15 R03-R12, R14-R16, EF, SF 11 3
Bannister, Jordan #36 5 R05, R14-R17 0 0
Barnard, Paul #16 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 23 2
Blumfield, Justin #32 22 R01-R20, EF, SF 11 1
Bolton, Mark #23 19 R01-R03, R07, R10-R22, EF, SF 8 2
Bullen, Marc #37 2 R21-R22 0 0
Caracella, Blake #33 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 22 2
Davies, James #35 1 R11 0 0
Fletcher, Dustin #31 18 R01-R10, R12-R13, R18-R22, EF 3 3
Forster-Knight, Robert #15 18 R01-R14, R17, R19-R20, SF 0 0
Hall, Ken #47 1 R12 0 0
Harvey, Shane #38 7 R06-R10, R18, R22 6 0
Heffernan, Chris #26 23 R01-R21, EF, SF 12 0
Henneman, Aaron #3 8 R01-R06, R12, R22 0 0
Hille, David #34 19 R01-R09, R11-R13, R15-R19, R21-R22 11 0
Hird, James #5 16 R01-R06, R14-R22, SF 11 7
Hunt, Sam #30 3 R20, R22, EF 1 0
Jacobs, Danny #21 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 9 1
Johnson, Jason #14 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 14 9
Johnson, Mark #1 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 5 4
Lloyd, Matthew #18 16 R01-R06, R14-R22, EF 47 6
Lucas, Scott #25 19 R01, R07-R22, EF, SF 25 6
McAlister, Daniel #12 3 R06, R12-R13 0 0
McGrath, Cory #28 6 R04-R08, SF 1 0
McVeigh, Mark #10 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 7 5
Mercuri, Mark #2 11 R01-R05, R08-R13 7 1
Misiti, Joe #24 15 R01-R07, R17-R22, EF, SF 6 3
Moorcroft, Gary #29 15 R01-R02, R10-R11, R13, R15-R22, EF, SF 13 0
Peverill, Damien #11 21 R01-R05, R09-R22, EF, SF 5 8
Ramanauskas, Adam #9 23 R01-R19, R21-R22, EF, SF 13 7
Reynolds, Joel #40 9 R03-R04, R08-R11, R14-R16 5 0
Richards, Ted #20 2 R02, R04 0 0
Rioli, Dean #43 15 R05-R09, R13-R18, R20-R21, EF, SF 12 2
Salmon, Paul #4 15 R07-R11, R13-R14, R17-R22, EF, SF 11 0
Wellman, Sean #6 22 R01-R03, R06-R22, EF, SF 3 0
Welsh, Andrew #41 15 R07-R16, R19-R21, EF, SF 1 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Sheedy, Kevin 24 13 -1- 10 R01-R22, EF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/03/2002 Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 50 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
05/04/2002 Round 2 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 52 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
13/04/2002 Round 3 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 50 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
19/04/2002 Round 4 Adelaide HOME WIN ESS by 41 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
25/04/2002 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 33 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
04/05/2002 Round 6 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 27 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
10/05/2002 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 25 Kevin Sheedy unknown
19/05/2002 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 99 Kevin Sheedy unknown
25/05/2002 Round 9 Sydney AWAY WIN ESS by 2 Kevin Sheedy unknown
31/05/2002 Round 10 Kangaroos AWAY LOSS KAN by 8 Kevin Sheedy unknown
08/06/2002 Round 11 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS POR by 59 Kevin Sheedy unknown
14/06/2002 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 7 Kevin Sheedy unknown
28/06/2002 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 12 Kevin Sheedy unknown
06/07/2002 Round 14 Western Bulldogs AWAY DRAW drawn Kevin Sheedy James Hird
14/07/2002 Round 15 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 27 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
20/07/2002 Round 16 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 39 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
26/07/2002 Round 17 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 1 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
03/08/2002 Round 18 Brisbane Lions HOME LOSS BRI by 37 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
11/08/2002 Round 19 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 48 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
17/08/2002 Round 20 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 55 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
25/08/2002 Round 21 Fremantle HOME WIN ESS by 21 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
01/09/2002 Round 22 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 55 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
07/09/2002 Elimination Final West Coast HOME WIN ESS by 33 Kevin Sheedy unknown
13/09/2002 Semi Final Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 24 Kevin Sheedy James Hird