2004 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2004 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Telstra Dome (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 12-0-10, P%: 102.4%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Geelong (Semi Final)
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Adam McPhee (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Matthew Lloyd (89)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Adam McPhee

Team Leaders

Captain(s): James Hird

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allan, Matthew #27 20 R01-R18, EF, SF 1 0
Alvey, Mark #15 8 R02, R04-R05, R10-R11, R15, R18-R19 3 0
Bolton, Mark #23 23 R01-R14, R16-R22, EF, SF 6 0
Bradley, Kepler #16 5 R01, R13, R15-R17 1 0
Bullen, Marc #37 17 R01-R04, R07-R10, R13, R15-R17, R20-R22, EF, SF 3 0
Cupido, Damian #13 6 R08-R09, R18-R19, EF, SF 5 0
Dyson, Ricky #36 11 R03-R07, R09, R14-R16, R20-R21 7 0
Fletcher, Dustin #31 20 R02-R12, R14, R16, R18-R22, EF, SF 1 0
Haynes, Ben #39 10 R12-R19, R22, EF 6 0
Henneman, Aaron #3 7 R02-R04, R11-R14 1 0
Hille, David #19 23 R01-R10, R12-R22, EF, SF 25 0
Hird, James #5 20 R01-R08, R10-R15, R19-R22, EF, SF 25 9
Johnson, Jason #14 19 R01, R06-R21, EF, SF 14 5
Johnson, Mark #1 20 R02, R06-R22, EF, SF 17 0
Laycock, Jason #26 4 R19-R22 1 0
Lloyd, Matthew #18 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 96 10
Lovett-Murray, Nathan #42 20 R01, R03-R13, R15-R19, R21-R22, EF 21 0
Lucas, Scott #25 21 R01-R15, R19-R22, EF, SF 25 4
McPhee, Adam #33 21 R01-R21 15 12
McVeigh, Mark #10 18 R02, R08-R22, EF, SF 3 2
Mercuri, Mark #2 9 R02-R06, R17, R20, R22, SF 3 0
Misiti, Joe #24 19 R01-R19 6 0
Murphy, Justin #28 23 R01-R11, R13-R22, EF, SF 24 3
Peverill, Damien #11 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 5 0
Ramanauskas, Adam #9 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 6 0
Reynolds, Joel #29 3 R01-R03 0 0
Richards, Ted #20 11 R01, R03, R05, R14-R18, R20-R21, SF 7 2
Rioli, Dean #43 13 R01-R12, R18 6 2
Solomon, Dean #7 23 R02-R22, EF, SF 15 8
Stanton, Brent #34 15 R01, R05-R06, R12-R14, R16-R22, EF, SF 6 0
Watson, Jobe #4 7 R01, R07, R20-R22, EF, SF 6 0
Wellman, Sean #6 12 R04-R12, R22, EF, SF 0 0
Welsh, Andrew #12 22 R01, R03-R19, R21-R22, EF, SF 1 3
Winderlich, Jason #8 6 R01-R02, R11, R17, R20, R22 1 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Andrew Welsh Dustin Fletcher Sean Wellman
Half-Back: Adam Ramanauskas Scott Lucas Mark McVeigh
Centre: Dean Solomon Jason Johnson Justin Murphy
Half-Forward: James Hird Mark Bolton Adam McPhee
Forward: Damian Cupido Matthew Lloyd Nathan Lovett-Murray
Follower: David Hille Mark Johnson Damien Peverill
Interchange: Matthew Allan Marc Bullen Joe Misiti
Brent Stanton

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 -0- 11 R01-R22, EF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
28/03/2004 Round 1 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 96 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
03/04/2004 Round 2 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 34 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
10/04/2004 Round 3 West Coast HOME WIN ESS by 6 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
16/04/2004 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 37 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
25/04/2004 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 33 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
01/05/2004 Round 6 Sydney HOME WIN ESS by 10 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
07/05/2004 Round 7 Western Bulldogs AWAY WIN ESS by 26 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
14/05/2004 Round 8 Adelaide AWAY WIN ESS by 51 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
22/05/2004 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 23 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
28/05/2004 Round 10 Fremantle HOME WIN ESS by 30 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
05/06/2004 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 74 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
12/06/2004 Round 12 Brisbane Lions HOME LOSS BRI by 66 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
20/06/2004 Round 13 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 26 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
02/07/2004 Round 14 Kangaroos HOME LOSS KAN by 21 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
10/07/2004 Round 15 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 78 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
16/07/2004 Round 16 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 44 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
23/07/2004 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 35 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
31/07/2004 Round 18 Port Adelaide HOME WIN ESS by 40 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
07/08/2004 Round 19 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 17 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
13/08/2004 Round 20 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 34 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
21/08/2004 Round 21 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 20 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
29/08/2004 Round 22 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN ESS by 17 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
04/09/2004 Elimination Final Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 5 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
11/09/2004 Semi Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 10 Kevin Sheedy James Hird