2002 AFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 12-0-10, P%: 99.9%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Adelaide (Semi Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Adem Yze (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): David Neitz (75)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): David Neitz

Team Leaders

Captain(s): David Neitz

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Steven #2 13 R01-R05, R12, R17-R20, R22, EF, SF 7 0
Bizzell, Clint #3 22 R01-R07, R10-R22, EF, SF 1 1
Broadbridge, Troy #20 14 R01-R03, R05-R14, R18 0 1
Brown, Nathan #25 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 9 2
Bruce, Cameron #32 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 20 0
Clark, Michael #17 1 R22 1 0
Ellis, Craig #4 15 R04-R17, R20 1 0
Funcke, Ross #15 8 R04-R10, R21 3 0
Godfrey, Simon #30 10 R07, R16-R22, EF, SF 0 0
Green, Brad #18 21 R01-R06, R08-R17, R20-R22, EF, SF 29 2
Johnstone, Travis #16 22 R01-R03, R06-R22, EF, SF 21 16
Jolly, Darren #11 18 R04-R06, R10-R22, EF, SF 7 0
Lamb, Chris #29 13 R12-R22, EF, SF 1 0
Leoncelli, Andrew #36 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 18 6
McDonald, Anthony #35 5 R01-R03, R18-R19 1 0
McDonald, James #23 20 R01-R17, R22, EF, SF 2 0
Miller, Brad #37 4 R08-R09, R18-R19 0 0
Neitz, David #9 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 82 11
Nicholson, Alistair #8 11 R01-R11 2 0
Powell, Stephen #7 19 R01-R05, R08-R11, R13-R16, R19-R22, EF, SF 11 3
Robertson, Russell #24 21 R01-R03, R07-R22, EF, SF 32 0
Schwarz, David #5 13 R01-R13 11 0
Thompson, Scott #6 5 R06-R10 2 0
Vardy, Peter #19 21 R02-R09, R12-R22, EF, SF 39 0
Walsh, Peter #42 17 R01-R03, R11-R22, EF, SF 7 0
Ward, Daniel #10 16 R04, R09-R21, EF, SF 7 3
Wheatley, Paul #31 18 R01-R07, R14-R22, EF, SF 11 0
Whelan, Matthew #45 21 R01-R21 3 0
White, Jeff #34 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 3 1
Williams, Luke #26 12 R01, R04-R08, R11, R15, R21-R22, EF, SF 2 0
Woewodin, Shane #22 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 12 3
Yze, Adem #13 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 19 17

Team Line-Up

Back: Paul Wheatley Chris Lamb Cameron Bruce
Half-Back: Nathan Brown Clint Bizzell Peter Walsh
Centre: Steven Armstrong Shane Woewodin Travis Johnstone
Half-Forward: Peter Vardy Darren Jolly Stephen Powell
Forward: Russell Robertson David Neitz Brad Green
Follower: Jeff White Adem Yze Simon Godfrey
Interchange: Andrew Leoncelli James McDonald Daniel Ward
Luke Williams

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)
Daniher, Neale 24 13 -0- 11 R01-R22, EF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/2002 Round 1 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 26 Neale Daniher David Neitz
07/04/2002 Round 2 Port Adelaide HOME WIN MEL by 27 Neale Daniher David Neitz
13/04/2002 Round 3 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 20 Neale Daniher David Neitz
20/04/2002 Round 4 West Coast HOME WIN MEL by 34 Neale Daniher David Neitz
26/04/2002 Round 5 Western Bulldogs AWAY WIN MEL by 23 Neale Daniher David Neitz
05/05/2002 Round 6 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 28 Neale Daniher David Neitz
12/05/2002 Round 7 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 3 Neale Daniher David Neitz
18/05/2002 Round 8 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 5 Neale Daniher David Neitz
25/05/2002 Round 9 Kangaroos HOME WIN MEL by 4 Neale Daniher David Neitz
01/06/2002 Round 10 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 26 Neale Daniher David Neitz
10/06/2002 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 51 Neale Daniher David Neitz
22/06/2002 Round 12 Adelaide HOME WIN MEL by 25 Neale Daniher David Neitz
28/06/2002 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 12 Neale Daniher David Neitz
07/07/2002 Round 14 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN MEL by 21 Neale Daniher David Neitz
14/07/2002 Round 15 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 44 Neale Daniher David Neitz
20/07/2002 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 26 Neale Daniher David Neitz
27/07/2002 Round 17 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 4 Neale Daniher David Neitz
04/08/2002 Round 18 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 5 Neale Daniher David Neitz
11/08/2002 Round 19 West Coast AWAY WIN MEL by 6 Neale Daniher David Neitz
18/08/2002 Round 20 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN MEL by 12 Neale Daniher David Neitz
24/08/2002 Round 21 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 68 Neale Daniher David Neitz
31/08/2002 Round 22 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 18 Neale Daniher David Neitz
08/09/2002 Elimination Final Kangaroos HOME WIN MEL by 38 Neale Daniher David Neitz
14/09/2002 Semi Final Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 12 Neale Daniher David Neitz