2003 Round 17: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, July 26th, 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,368
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 10.11.71 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 7 . 7 8 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Essendon 6 . 2 8 . 6 10 . 8 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin ESS by 29 ESS by 5 ESS by 12 ESS by 17 ESS by 17
Duration 28:12 29:32 26:11 30:30 1:54:25

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Brett Allen (#10), Jason Baldwin (#1), Scott Jeffery (#29)
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Sean Wellman (ESS #6) 2 - Joe Misiti (ESS #24) 1 - Guy Rigoni (MEL #43)

Player Statistics (Basic)

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 68% 1 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 2
3 Bizzell, Clint BPR 100% 0 0 18 8 10 4 1 0 10 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 0
25 Brown, Nathan HBFL 50% 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 4 8 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
32 Bruce, Cameron CHF 100% 1 2 12 9 3 5 0 2 5 8 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 0
41 Carroll, Nathan FPL 100% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 6 6 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0
30 Godfrey, Simon RR 53% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 6 6 8 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
18 Green, Brad HFFL 93% 1 1 14 8 6 1 0 2 8 7 0 2 3 2 3 1 1 0 2 0
1 Heffernan, Chris INT 77% 0 0 16 9 7 4 2 5 7 9 4 0 2 0 5 2 0 3 2 0
16 Johnstone, Travis HFFR 79% 1 1 13 11 2 1 0 0 4 8 3 1 2 0 3 3 0 6 2 0
11 Jolly, Darren INT 52% 0 0 10 5 5 3 15 1 6 5 1 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 1
23 McDonald, James RO 98% 0 0 24 12 12 7 0 7 12 12 5 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0
37 Miller, Brad CHB 50% 0 1 5 3 2 2 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
9 Neitz, David FF 100% 0 0 8 7 1 3 3 0 5 3 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0
8 Nicholson, Alistair FB 100% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 14 0
43 Rigoni, Guy WL 100% 1 0 27 11 16 4 0 2 12 13 5 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 100% 2 3 18 14 4 7 0 2 10 10 2 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0
42 Walsh, Peter INT 62% 1 0 12 10 2 1 0 3 8 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 0
10 Ward, Daniel WR 100% 1 1 11 10 1 3 0 1 4 6 1 1 0 1 3 5 0 2 3 0
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 100% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 8 3 10 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0
34 White, Jeff RU 48% 0 0 8 4 4 2 17 1 3 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
26 Williams, Luke HBFR 74% 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 5 4 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
13 Yze, Adem C 95% 1 0 19 14 5 1 0 2 7 10 2 2 0 0 3 4 0 1 2 0
Rushed 1
Total 10 11 287 181 106 64 39 49 131 152 32 32 22 14 42 48 7 16 48 3

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 HBFR 40% 2 0 4 3 1 1 5 1 2 2 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
16 Barnard, Paul INT 44% 0 1 8 2 6 2 0 1 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23 Bolton, Mark CHF 100% 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 1 8 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1
37 Bullen, Marc INT 61% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 6 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
13 Cupido, Damian FPL 85% 3 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 7 4 0 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 3 5 0 2 1 0 4 1 0 0 7 0
19 Hille, David RU 95% 0 0 12 8 4 1 23 0 7 5 1 2 2 1 1 4 0 0 4 1
21 Jacobs, Danny FPR 100% 0 0 18 12 6 9 0 1 7 11 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 5 0
14 Johnson, Jason C 84% 0 0 30 18 12 6 0 2 12 17 7 5 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1
1 Johnson, Mark BPL 100% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 6 10 6 2 1 2 1 2 5 0 1 0 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 100% 3 1 12 11 1 2 0 3 8 5 0 5 3 3 0 2 1 0 4 1
25 Lucas, Scott CHB 65% 0 2 9 5 4 1 0 1 6 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
33 McPhee, Adam INT 67% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 4 4 7 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0
10 McVeigh, Mark HFFL 100% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 8 8 1 2 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0
2 Mercuri, Mark RR 86% 1 0 19 9 10 7 0 3 6 13 2 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 1 0
24 Misiti, Joe RO 100% 1 2 26 18 8 4 0 3 14 12 5 1 1 1 2 5 1 0 3 1
11 Peverill, Damien INT 88% 0 0 23 14 9 5 0 4 7 15 1 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 1 1
9 Ramanauskas, Adam WL 100% 1 0 23 12 11 3 1 1 5 17 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 2 4 0
43 Rioli, Dean HFFR 100% 1 0 21 11 10 9 0 5 6 16 4 2 0 2 1 6 1 0 4 1
7 Solomon, Dean WR 72% 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 3 4 1 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 7 0
6 Wellman, Sean HBFL 100% 0 0 23 15 8 8 0 3 9 14 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 5 0
12 Welsh, Andrew BPR 12% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total 13 10 323 201 122 83 29 45 139 185 36 45 14 22 34 57 10 4 54 9

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

Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 M. Johnson 31 D. Fletcher 12 A. Welsh 34 J. White 2 S. Armstrong
24 R. Robertson 9 D. Neitz (c) 41 N. Carroll 30 S. Godfrey 1 C. Heffernan
FORWARD 23 J. McDonald 11 D. Jolly
HALF-BACK

42 P. Walsh
6 S. Wellman 25 S. Lucas 27 S. Alessio



16 T. Johnstone 32 C. Bruce 18 B. Green



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 A. Ramanauskas 14 J. Johnson 7 D. Solomon



10 D. Ward 13 A. Yze 43 G. Rigoni FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 16 P. Barnard
HALF-FORWARD 2 M. Mercuri 37 M. Bullen
10 M. McVeigh 23 M. Bolton 43 D. Rioli 24 J. Misiti 33 A. McPhee
26 L. Williams 37 B. Miller 25 N. Brown

11 D. Peverill
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



13 D. Cupido 18 M. Lloyd (c) 21 D. Jacobs



3 C. Bizzell 8 A. Nicholson 45 M. Whelan



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESS Steven Alessio goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:37
MEL Guy Rigoni goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 01:53
ESS Damian Cupido goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 03:27
ESS Damian Cupido goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 05:39
ESS Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 08:40
MEL Travis Johnstone behind 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 10:47
ESS Damian Cupido goal 1.1.7 - 4.1.25 12:00
MEL Brad Miller behind 1.2.8 - 4.1.25 14:33
ESS Mark Mercuri goal 1.2.8 - 5.1.31 16:04
MEL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 5.1.31 22:23
ESS Mark Bolton goal 1.3.9 - 6.1.37 22:50
ESS Scott Lucas behind 1.3.9 - 6.2.38 24:42
Q2 MEL Adem Yze goal 2.3.15 - 6.2.38 02:52
MEL Russell Robertson goal 3.3.21 - 6.2.38 03:52
MEL Russell Robertson behind 3.4.22 - 6.2.38 04:43
MEL Cameron Bruce goal 4.4.28 - 6.2.38 05:35
ESS Joe Misiti behind 4.4.28 - 6.3.39 07:22
MEL Steven Armstrong behind 4.5.29 - 6.3.39 09:30
MEL Daniel Ward goal 5.5.35 - 6.3.39 10:16
MEL Cameron Bruce behind 5.6.36 - 6.3.39 11:25
ESS Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 6.4.40 13:02
ESS Paul Barnard behind 5.6.36 - 6.5.41 13:41
MEL Steven Armstrong goal 6.6.42 - 6.5.41 15:11
ESS Steven Alessio goal 6.6.42 - 7.5.47 17:59
MEL Russell Robertson goal 7.6.48 - 7.5.47 19:26
ESS Adam Ramanauskas goal 7.6.48 - 8.5.53 20:58
ESS Matthew Lloyd behind 7.6.48 - 8.6.54 23:32
MEL Russell Robertson behind 7.7.49 - 8.6.54 28:57
Q3 MEL Travis Johnstone goal 8.7.55 - 8.6.54 00:20
ESS Scott Lucas behind 8.7.55 - 8.7.55 04:28
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 8.7.55 - 9.7.61 10:47
ESS Joe Misiti goal 8.7.55 - 10.7.67 13:02
MEL Brad Green behind 8.8.56 - 10.7.67 15:34
ESS Joe Misiti behind 8.8.56 - 10.8.68 23:36
Q4 MEL Daniel Ward behind 8.9.57 - 10.8.68 03:01
MEL Brad Green goal 9.9.63 - 10.8.68 05:49
MEL Peter Walsh goal 10.9.69 - 10.8.68 09:40
MEL Cameron Bruce behind 10.10.70 - 10.8.68 11:21
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 10.10.70 - 11.8.74 12:52
ESS Dean Solomon behind 10.10.70 - 11.9.75 14:38
ESS Rushed behind 10.10.70 - 11.10.76 19:48
ESS Dean Rioli goal 10.10.70 - 12.10.82 22:55
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 10.10.70 - 13.10.88 23:34
MEL Russell Robertson behind 10.11.71 - 13.10.88 29:26