2003 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Telstra Dome (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 13-0-9, P%: 111.7%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Port Adelaide (Semi Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): James Hird (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Matthew Lloyd (87)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): James Hird, Scott Lucas

Team Leaders

Captain(s): James Hird

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alessio, Steven #27 16 R01-R10, R12, R14, R17-R20 9 0
Bannister, Jordan #36 5 R01-R02, R04-R05, R07 0 0
Barnard, Paul #16 11 R02-R03, R05, R07-R08, R11-R13, R15, R17, SF 4 0
Bolton, Mark #23 21 R04-R22, EF, SF 12 2
Bullen, Marc #37 16 R09-R22, EF, SF 6 0
Cupido, Damian #13 23 R01-R06, R08-R22, EF, SF 39 3
Davies, James #35 2 R08, R10 1 0
Fletcher, Dustin #31 14 R02-R03, R06, R12-R20, R22, EF 0 1
Forster-Knight, Robert #15 4 R01, R10-R11, R15 0 0
Harvey, Shane #38 4 R04-R05, R07, R21 3 0
Haynes, Ben #39 7 R18-R22, EF, SF 5 0
Henneman, Aaron #3 6 R16, R20-R22, EF, SF 1 0
Hille, David #19 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 20 3
Hird, James #5 18 R01-R07, R13-R16, R18-R22, EF, SF 13 19
Jacobs, Danny #21 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 4 0
Johnson, Jason #14 22 R01-R14, R16-R19, R21-R22, EF, SF 15 6
Johnson, Mark #1 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 8 3
Lloyd, Matthew #18 22 R01-R07, R10-R22, EF, SF 93 14
Lucas, Scott #25 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 19 1
McGrath, Cory #28 9 R06, R08-R10, R15, R19-R20, EF, SF 6 0
McPhee, Adam #33 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 10 0
McVeigh, Mark #10 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 9 0
Mercuri, Mark #2 16 R01-R04, R07-R12, R17-R22 7 1
Misiti, Joe #24 21 R01-R03, R05-R09, R11-R14, R16-R22, EF, SF 6 2
Peverill, Damien #11 23 R01-R09, R11-R22, EF, SF 3 3
Ramanauskas, Adam #9 10 R01-R03, R12-R18 8 0
Reynolds, Joel #29 14 R01-R11, R13-R15 2 0
Richards, Ted #20 10 R04-R05, R08-R11, R14-R16, R21 9 0
Rioli, Dean #43 18 R01-R06, R09-R12, R16-R18, R20-R22, EF, SF 12 0
Solomon, Dean #7 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 11 2
Walsh, Darren #17 2 R04, R06 0 0
Watson, Jobe #4 1 R13 0 0
Wellman, Sean #6 20 R01-R03, R06-R19, R22, EF, SF 2 6
Welsh, Andrew #12 22 R01, R03-R17, R19-R22, EF, SF 4 1
Winderlich, Jason #8 3 R07-R09 2 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Andrew Welsh Dustin Fletcher Danny Jacobs
Half-Back: Mark McVeigh Adam McPhee Sean Wellman
Centre: Dean Solomon Joe Misiti Damien Peverill
Half-Forward: Mark Mercuri Scott Lucas Ben Haynes
Forward: Dean Rioli Matthew Lloyd Damian Cupido
Follower: David Hille Mark Johnson James Hird
Interchange: Steven Alessio Mark Bolton Marc Bullen
Joel Reynolds

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 14 -0- 10 R01-R22, EF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/03/2003 Round 1 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 43 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
05/04/2003 Round 2 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 37 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
11/04/2003 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 11 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
19/04/2003 Round 4 Western Bulldogs AWAY WIN ESS by 19 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
25/04/2003 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 66 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
04/05/2003 Round 6 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 31 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
10/05/2003 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 42 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
16/05/2003 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 53 Kevin Sheedy Joe Misiti
23/05/2003 Round 9 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS POR by 50 Kevin Sheedy Joe Misiti
01/06/2003 Round 10 West Coast HOME WIN ESS by 22 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
07/06/2003 Round 11 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 54 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
13/06/2003 Round 12 Kangaroos HOME LOSS KAN by 8 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
27/06/2003 Round 13 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 36 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
04/07/2003 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 68 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
11/07/2003 Round 15 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 41 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
19/07/2003 Round 16 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN ESS by 8 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
26/07/2003 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 17 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
02/08/2003 Round 18 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 34 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
10/08/2003 Round 19 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN ESS by 67 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
17/08/2003 Round 20 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 39 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
23/08/2003 Round 21 Fremantle HOME WIN ESS by 60 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
29/08/2003 Round 22 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 16 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
05/09/2003 Elimination Final Fremantle AWAY WIN ESS by 44 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
13/09/2003 Semi Final Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 39 Kevin Sheedy James Hird