2003 Round 2: Essendon v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, April 5th, 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,448
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 17.10.112 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 8 . 4 13 . 7 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Melbourne 4 . 4 4 . 7 8 . 11 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin MEL by 14 ESS by 21 ESS by 26 ESS by 37 ESS by 37
Duration 28:29 29:40 29:56 27:24 1:55:29

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captain(s): James Hird (Essendon), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Hayden Kennedy (#7), Shane McInerney (#30), Derek Woodcock (#26)
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Sean Wellman (ESS #6) 2 - Dean Solomon (ESS #7) 1 - Dustin Fletcher (ESS #31)

Player Statistics (Basic)

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
27 Alessio, Steven INT 59% 1 1 6 4 2 4 12 1 0 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
36 Bannister, Jordan INT 73% 0 0 10 4 6 3 1 2 7 3 0 5 0 1 4 1 0 2 1 0
16 Barnard, Paul HFFL 63% 1 0 11 5 6 1 0 3 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0
13 Cupido, Damian FPL 98% 1 1 12 8 4 5 0 3 2 11 0 8 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 94% 0 0 15 10 5 2 2 0 8 3 1 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 15 0
19 Hille, David RU 68% 0 1 14 5 9 4 10 1 8 7 3 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1
5 Hird, James HFFR 22% 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
21 Jacobs, Danny HBFL 87% 0 0 16 7 9 5 1 2 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
14 Johnson, Jason RO 85% 1 1 14 10 4 3 0 2 7 8 5 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 1
1 Johnson, Mark BPL 100% 1 0 12 9 3 5 1 1 3 9 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 2 2 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 98% 3 1 16 10 6 8 0 1 9 7 0 1 2 1 0 2 7 0 1 1
25 Lucas, Scott INT 82% 2 0 10 8 2 4 1 1 1 8 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0
33 McPhee, Adam CHB 86% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 0 1 9 1 7 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 0
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFR 100% 2 1 18 13 5 2 0 3 4 15 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Mercuri, Mark CHF 65% 1 0 12 6 6 6 0 0 5 8 0 5 1 4 1 4 0 0 0 2
24 Misiti, Joe INT 53% 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 1 5 7 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0
11 Peverill, Damien RR 88% 0 0 14 5 9 3 1 1 6 10 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 1
9 Ramanauskas, Adam WL 100% 2 0 24 18 6 5 0 1 10 14 2 1 1 0 2 8 1 2 0 1
29 Reynolds, Joel C 85% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 4 7 6 0 3 2 1 5 0 0 1 7 1
43 Rioli, Dean FPR 93% 1 3 24 15 9 8 1 2 12 13 5 4 1 0 4 5 3 1 3 3
7 Solomon, Dean BPR 100% 1 0 25 19 6 9 0 4 5 19 1 6 1 3 4 4 1 0 1 0
6 Wellman, Sean WR 100% 0 0 23 12 11 4 0 1 11 10 1 2 1 1 3 2 0 3 5 0
Rushed 0
Total 17 10 317 198 119 96 30 35 123 190 29 60 16 24 44 48 21 19 50 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
2 Armstrong, Steven INT 76% 0 1 17 12 5 3 0 2 8 10 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
3 Bizzell, Clint HBFL 100% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 0 9 5 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
25 Brown, Nathan INT 73% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFL 100% 0 1 10 9 1 4 1 3 2 8 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0
35 Ferguson, Ryan CHB 54% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
30 Godfrey, Simon RO 87% 0 0 26 15 11 4 0 3 15 12 5 8 3 2 2 7 0 2 0 0
18 Green, Brad FPL 100% 3 1 13 11 2 5 0 1 4 10 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 0
1 Heffernan, Chris HFFR 90% 0 0 9 7 2 3 5 5 2 7 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 0
16 Johnstone, Travis WR 71% 1 0 17 10 7 6 0 0 7 11 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1
11 Jolly, Darren INT 22% 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
29 Lamb, Chris FB 47% 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew C 69% 0 1 14 9 5 5 2 1 4 10 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0
7 Moorcroft, Gary FPR 61% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
9 Neitz, David FF 100% 1 2 5 3 2 2 3 0 3 2 0 5 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0
24 Robertson, Russell CHF 100% 2 3 19 17 2 6 3 0 12 7 1 2 4 0 0 6 1 0 2 0
42 Walsh, Peter BPR 83% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 2 12 0 3 0 1 4 4 0 2 2 0
10 Ward, Daniel HBFR 100% 0 1 19 15 4 7 0 2 6 14 0 3 1 0 2 5 0 2 1 0
31 Wheatley, Paul BPL 84% 1 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 7 7 2 5 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 0
45 Whelan, Matthew RR 100% 1 1 18 14 4 4 0 3 9 7 2 1 1 0 1 5 0 0 7 0
34 White, Jeff RU 88% 0 1 18 6 12 5 19 0 12 7 5 3 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 0
26 Williams, Luke INT 99% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 5 7 0 3 2 1 4 1 0 0 2 0
13 Yze, Adem WL 95% 1 0 18 15 3 4 0 1 10 9 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0
Rushed 3
Total 10 15 288 200 88 81 35 28 134 159 34 49 24 16 27 58 6 10 38 1

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
31 P. Wheatley 29 C. Lamb 42 P. Walsh 19 D. Hille 27 S. Alessio
43 D. Rioli 18 M. Lloyd 13 D. Cupido 11 D. Peverill 36 J. Bannister
FORWARD 14 J. Johnson 25 S. Lucas
HALF-BACK

24 J. Misiti
3 C. Bizzell 35 R. Ferguson 10 D. Ward



5 J. Hird (c) 2 M. Mercuri 16 P. Barnard



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 A. Yze 36 A. Leoncelli 16 T. Johnstone



6 S. Wellman 29 J. Reynolds 9 A. Ramanauskas FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 2 S. Armstrong
HALF-FORWARD 45 M. Whelan 25 N. Brown
32 C. Bruce 24 R. Robertson 1 C. Heffernan 30 S. Godfrey 11 D. Jolly
10 M. McVeigh 33 A. McPhee 21 D. Jacobs

26 L. Williams
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 B. Green 9 D. Neitz (c) 7 G. Moorcroft



7 D. Solomon 31 D. Fletcher 1 M. Johnson



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESS Dean Rioli behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:37
MEL Brad Green behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 02:15
MEL Andrew Leoncelli behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 03:59
MEL Jeff White behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 07:08
MEL Travis Johnstone goal 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 09:25
MEL Paul Wheatley goal 0.1.1 - 2.3.15 12:57
MEL Brad Green goal 0.1.1 - 3.3.21 15:08
ESS Adam Ramanauskas goal 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 18:37
ESS Dean Solomon goal 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 21:56
ESS Dean Rioli behind 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 23:47
MEL Russell Robertson goal 2.2.14 - 4.3.27 24:18
MEL Daniel Ward behind 2.2.14 - 4.4.28 25:30
Q2 MEL Russell Robertson behind 2.2.14 - 4.5.29 01:09
ESS Mark Mercuri goal 3.2.20 - 4.5.29 02:27
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 4.2.26 - 4.5.29 05:17
ESS Scott Lucas goal 5.2.32 - 4.5.29 06:28
MEL Russell Robertson behind 5.2.32 - 4.6.30 10:05
ESS Adam Ramanauskas goal 6.2.38 - 4.6.30 11:41
ESS Jason Johnson behind 6.3.39 - 4.6.30 14:26
ESS Steven Alessio goal 7.3.45 - 4.6.30 15:50
MEL Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 4.7.31 21:15
ESS Steven Alessio behind 7.4.46 - 4.7.31 22:18
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 8.4.52 - 4.7.31 25:08
Q3 ESS Dean Rioli behind 8.5.53 - 4.7.31 00:43
MEL Matthew Whelan goal 8.5.53 - 5.7.37 03:57
MEL Russell Robertson behind 8.5.53 - 5.8.38 05:08
MEL Matthew Whelan behind 8.5.53 - 5.9.39 05:49
ESS Mark McVeigh behind 8.6.54 - 5.9.39 06:23
ESS Matthew Lloyd behind 8.7.55 - 5.9.39 07:48
MEL Brad Green goal 8.7.55 - 6.9.45 10:48
ESS Scott Lucas goal 9.7.61 - 6.9.45 13:31
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 10.7.67 - 6.9.45 17:14
MEL Steven Armstrong behind 10.7.67 - 6.10.46 19:03
MEL Brad Green goal 10.7.67 - 7.10.52 20:22
ESS Jason Johnson goal 11.7.73 - 7.10.52 21:51
ESS Mark Johnson goal 12.7.79 - 7.10.52 23:09
MEL Rushed behind 12.7.79 - 7.11.53 24:05
MEL Russell Robertson goal 12.7.79 - 8.11.59 24:37
ESS Damian Cupido goal 13.7.85 - 8.11.59 27:42
Q4 MEL Cameron Bruce behind 13.7.85 - 8.12.60 02:44
ESS Damian Cupido behind 13.8.86 - 8.12.60 05:04
ESS David Hille behind 13.9.87 - 8.12.60 06:11
ESS Mark McVeigh goal 14.9.93 - 8.12.60 07:31
MEL Adem Yze goal 14.9.93 - 9.12.66 08:46
MEL David Neitz behind 14.9.93 - 9.13.67 10:46
ESS Dean Rioli goal 15.9.99 - 9.13.67 12:37
MEL David Neitz goal 15.9.99 - 10.13.73 19:02
ESS Mark McVeigh goal 16.9.105 - 10.13.73 20:54
ESS Joe Misiti behind 16.10.106 - 10.13.73 22:21
MEL Rushed behind 16.10.106 - 10.14.74 24:00
ESS Paul Barnard goal 17.10.112 - 10.14.74 24:41
MEL David Neitz behind 17.10.112 - 10.15.75 27:01