2005 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Telstra Dome (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 13th (W-D-L: 8-0-14, P%: 92.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): James Hird (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Matthew Lloyd (59)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Jason Johnson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): James Hird

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allan, Matthew #27 1 R01 0 0
Alvey, Mark #15 6 R02, R08-R12 0 0
Bolton, Mark #23 16 R01-R07, R12-R15, R17, R19-R22 5 0
Bradley, Kepler #16 19 R01-R04, R07-R13, R15-R22 4 0
Bullen, Marc #37 7 R01, R03, R05-R07, R15, R20 0 0
Cartledge, Tristan #22 4 R02, R08, R16, R20 1 0
Cupido, Damian #13 11 R01-R02, R08-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18 6 0
Dyson, Ricky #2 10 R04-R05, R15-R22 9 0
Fletcher, Dustin #31 17 R01-R11, R14-R19 0 2
Haynes, Ben #39 4 R01, R04-R06 0 0
Henneman, Aaron #3 10 R01-R07, R18-R19, R22 3 0
Hille, David #19 13 R08-R14, R17-R22 10 0
Hird, James #5 17 R01-R06, R10-R15, R18-R22 17 8
Hunt, Sam #30 4 R12, R17, R21-R22 0 0
Johns, Courtney #21 3 R15-R17 0 0
Johnson, Jason #14 22 R01-R22 12 4
Johnson, Mark #1 22 R01-R22 29 4
Laycock, Jason #26 13 R03-R15 8 0
Lloyd, Matthew #18 20 R03-R22 59 3
Lovett, Andrew #41 20 R03-R22 25 5
Lovett-Murray, Nathan #42 17 R02, R04, R07-R15, R17-R22 7 0
Lucas, Scott #25 22 R01-R22 51 7
McPhee, Adam #33 14 R01-R14 9 6
McVeigh, Mark #10 21 R01-R18, R20-R22 7 0
Monfries, Angus #6 12 R01-R04, R12-R14, R16-R17, R19, R21-R22 11 0
Murphy, Justin #28 17 R01-R03, R05-R10, R12-R16, R18-R20 4 3
Nash, Jay #38 2 R16, R21 1 0
Peverill, Damien #11 21 R01-R20, R22 4 2
Ramanauskas, Adam #9 3 R01-R03 0 0
Reynolds, Joel #29 1 R06 0 0
Richards, Ted #20 10 R03, R05-R06, R16-R22 3 0
Rioli, Dean #43 11 R05-R09, R13-R16, R18-R19 1 0
Slattery, Henry #34 4 R13, R19-R21 2 0
Solomon, Dean #7 16 R01-R06, R09-R18 4 0
Stanton, Brent #24 19 R01, R03-R04, R07-R22 13 6
Thomas, Paul #17 8 R04, R07, R11, R15-R17, R21-R22 1 0
Watson, Jobe #4 5 R10, R14, R20-R22 2 0
Welsh, Andrew #12 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 2 0
Winderlich, Jason #8 12 R01-R02, R07-R09, R11, R16, R18-R22 4 0
Zantuck, Ty #36 9 R02, R05-R12 0 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Mark McVeigh Dustin Fletcher Andrew Welsh
Half-Back: James Hird Scott Lucas Nathan Lovett-Murray
Centre: Brent Stanton Jason Johnson Dean Solomon
Half-Forward: Dean Rioli Kepler Bradley Justin Murphy
Forward: Andrew Lovett Matthew Lloyd Damian Cupido
Follower: David Hille Mark Johnson Damien Peverill
Interchange: Mark Bolton Jason Laycock Angus Monfries
Jason Winderlich

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 22 8 -0- 14 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/03/2005 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 46 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
01/04/2005 Round 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 4 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
10/04/2005 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 2 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
16/04/2005 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 56 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
25/04/2005 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 14 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
30/04/2005 Round 6 Brisbane Lions HOME LOSS BRI by 48 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
07/05/2005 Round 7 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 6 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
15/05/2005 Round 8 Fremantle HOME WIN ESS by 35 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
21/05/2005 Round 9 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 19 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
29/05/2005 Round 10 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN ESS by 27 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
04/06/2005 Round 11 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 88 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
10/06/2005 Round 12 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 24 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
24/06/2005 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 15 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
02/07/2005 Round 14 Kangaroos HOME LOSS KAN by 42 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
09/07/2005 Round 15 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 26 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
15/07/2005 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 26 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
23/07/2005 Round 17 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 13 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
29/07/2005 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 13 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
06/08/2005 Round 19 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 20 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
14/08/2005 Round 20 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 13 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
21/08/2005 Round 21 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 99 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
28/08/2005 Round 22 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 10 Kevin Sheedy James Hird