2005 Round 1: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, March 26th, 2005
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,849
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 15.13.103 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 9 . 8 12 . 11 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Essendon 3 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESS by 2 MEL by 20 MEL by 39 MEL by 46 MEL by 46
Duration 29:21 30:45 26:10 27:15 1:53:31

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Michael Avon, Darren Goldspink (#32), Derek Woodcock (#26)
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Brent Moloney (MEL #22) 2 - Cameron Bruce (MEL #32) 1 - Ryan Ferguson (MEL #35)

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
3 Bizzell, Clint BPR 85% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 0 6 13 3 1 0 1 9 0 0 1 3 0
25 Brown, Nathan BPL 89% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 0 6 10 0 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0
32 Bruce, Cameron C 100% 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 2 13 9 7 3 3 2 1 4 0 0 1 1
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 98% 2 2 9 8 1 1 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0
35 Ferguson, Ryan FB 100% 0 0 22 16 6 7 0 0 10 12 2 2 2 1 8 0 0 2 5 0
18 Green, Brad FPR 100% 1 1 25 15 10 8 0 3 10 15 1 3 1 1 0 7 0 1 0 0
1 Heffernan, Chris INT 54% 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 4 2 7 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 0
40 Jamar, Mark INT 44% 0 0 12 3 9 4 9 1 7 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0
16 Johnstone, Travis WL 65% 1 1 14 12 2 2 0 2 5 10 1 3 1 2 1 6 0 5 1 0
23 McDonald, James WR 67% 1 1 21 16 5 4 0 2 10 11 4 1 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
5 McLean, Brock HFFR 81% 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 5 7 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 1
7 Miller, Brad CHF 100% 2 0 20 7 13 11 0 3 10 10 2 3 1 1 0 4 2 0 3 1
22 Moloney, Brent RR 79% 1 0 24 20 4 3 0 3 7 16 4 2 0 0 3 10 0 2 2 1
9 Neitz, David FF 87% 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 1
43 Rigoni, Guy INT 39% 0 1 12 8 4 5 0 1 3 9 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 1 0
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 86% 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 1 8 6 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 7 0
24 Robertson, Russell HFFL 100% 1 1 12 9 3 4 0 0 8 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0
12 Sylvia, Colin INT 56% 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0
31 Wheatley, Paul HBFR 100% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 3 4 10 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 0
45 Whelan, Matthew RO 100% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 3 3 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0
34 White, Jeff RU 69% 1 0 9 5 4 2 21 0 4 5 4 2 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 0
13 Yze, Adem HBFL 100% 4 2 11 8 3 5 0 1 4 7 0 3 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total 15 13 316 204 112 97 30 31 132 183 36 40 18 22 41 57 14 18 55 7

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 Allan, Matthew RU 63% 0 0 6 6 0 4 17 0 1 5 1 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0
23 Bolton, Mark CHB 96% 0 0 17 13 4 6 1 1 7 10 0 1 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 1
16 Bradley, Kepler RO 100% 0 0 25 15 10 10 1 1 10 15 2 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 3 0
37 Bullen, Marc INT 59% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 4 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cupido, Damian FF 100% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 2 6 11 0 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 2 4 8 0 4 2 2 5 0 0 0 8 0
39 Haynes, Ben INT 61% 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 6 7 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 0
3 Henneman, Aaron FPL 91% 2 1 10 8 2 3 3 3 6 3 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
5 Hird, James HFFR 99% 0 0 15 11 4 6 1 2 10 7 3 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1
14 Johnson, Jason C 70% 1 0 20 13 7 8 0 5 3 17 2 4 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 0
1 Johnson, Mark BPL 100% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 2 5 9 0 2 2 1 5 1 0 3 6 0
25 Lucas, Scott CHF 93% 3 1 15 14 1 4 0 4 8 8 0 2 0 1 0 7 1 1 1 0
33 McPhee, Adam HBFR 95% 0 1 22 16 6 11 1 5 6 16 1 7 0 2 2 6 0 1 2 1
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFL 100% 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 1 5 11 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 5 0
6 Monfries, Angus INT 58% 0 1 12 8 4 4 0 1 7 7 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
28 Murphy, Justin HFFL 100% 0 0 26 14 12 9 0 2 12 14 3 1 3 0 3 3 0 1 3 0
11 Peverill, Damien RR 88% 0 1 19 12 7 8 0 1 6 13 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0
9 Ramanauskas, Adam WR 59% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 1 7 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0
7 Solomon, Dean FPR 56% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
24 Stanton, Brent WL 57% 1 0 11 7 4 6 0 0 1 10 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
12 Welsh, Andrew BPR 100% 0 0 23 15 8 11 0 2 4 18 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
8 Winderlich, Jason INT 55% 1 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 2 9 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0
Rushed 4
Total 8 9 330 222 108 119 24 42 117 211 21 41 22 17 37 52 9 12 43 4

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 1 C. Heffernan
18 B. Green 9 D. Neitz (c) 36 A. Davey 22 B. Moloney 40 M. Jamar
FORWARD 45 M. Whelan 43 G. Rigoni
HALF-BACK

12 C. Sylvia
10 M. McVeigh 23 M. Bolton 33 A. McPhee



5 B. McLean 7 B. Miller 24 R. Robertson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



24 B. Stanton 14 J. Johnson 9 A. Ramanauskas



23 J. McDonald 32 C. Bruce 16 T. Johnstone FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 M. Allan 37 M. Bullen
HALF-FORWARD 11 D. Peverill 39 B. Haynes
28 J. Murphy 25 S. Lucas 5 J. Hird (c) 16 K. Bradley 6 A. Monfries
31 P. Wheatley 27 J. Rivers 13 A. Yze

8 J. Winderlich
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 A. Henneman 13 D. Cupido 7 D. Solomon



3 C. Bizzell 35 R. Ferguson 25 N. Brown



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MEL Brent Moloney goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:09
MEL Adem Yze goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:25
ESS Aaron Henneman behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 06:42
MEL David Neitz behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 07:50
ESS Aaron Henneman goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 08:51
ESS Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 10:13
ESS Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 12:16
ESS Aaron Henneman goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 14:09
ESS Damien Peverill behind 2.1.13 - 2.4.16 19:04
MEL Brock McLean behind 2.2.14 - 2.4.16 22:37
MEL Aaron Davey goal 3.2.20 - 2.4.16 24:06
ESS Jason Winderlich goal 3.2.20 - 3.4.22 27:25
Q2 MEL Russell Robertson goal 4.2.26 - 3.4.22 02:45
MEL Adem Yze behind 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 04:19
ESS Adam McPhee behind 4.3.27 - 3.5.23 05:01
MEL David Neitz goal 5.3.33 - 3.5.23 06:22
MEL Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 3.5.23 08:23
MEL Brad Miller goal 6.4.40 - 3.5.23 09:39
ESS Scott Lucas goal 6.4.40 - 4.5.29 10:47
ESS Angus Monfries behind 6.4.40 - 4.6.30 12:25
MEL Jeff White goal 7.4.46 - 4.6.30 13:49
MEL Chris Heffernan behind 7.5.47 - 4.6.30 16:29
ESS Scott Lucas goal 7.5.47 - 5.6.36 18:58
MEL Russell Robertson behind 7.6.48 - 5.6.36 20:02
MEL Aaron Davey goal 8.6.54 - 5.6.36 21:46
ESS Brent Stanton goal 8.6.54 - 6.6.42 24:55
MEL Brad Green behind 8.7.55 - 6.6.42 28:48
MEL James McDonald behind 8.8.56 - 6.6.42 29:17
MEL James McDonald goal 9.8.62 - 6.6.42 29:58
Q3 MEL Brad Green goal 10.8.68 - 6.6.42 05:16
MEL Adem Yze goal 11.8.74 - 6.6.42 07:21
ESS Scott Lucas behind 11.8.74 - 6.7.43 09:45
ESS Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 6.8.44 13:17
MEL Guy Rigoni behind 11.9.75 - 6.8.44 15:50
MEL Adem Yze goal 12.9.81 - 6.8.44 18:26
MEL Aaron Davey behind 12.10.82 - 6.8.44 20:36
MEL Adem Yze behind 12.11.83 - 6.8.44 24:49
Q4 MEL Aaron Davey behind 12.12.84 - 6.8.44 00:16
ESS Scott Lucas goal 12.12.84 - 7.8.50 03:45
MEL Adem Yze goal 13.12.90 - 7.8.50 08:59
ESS Jason Johnson goal 13.12.90 - 8.8.56 10:55
MEL Brad Miller goal 14.12.96 - 8.8.56 14:53
ESS Rushed behind 14.12.96 - 8.9.57 19:18
MEL Travis Johnstone behind 14.13.97 - 8.9.57 20:47
MEL Travis Johnstone goal 15.13.103 - 8.9.57 23:29