2000 AFL Season Preliminary Final 1: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 2000 between Essendon and Carlton in the first preliminary final of the 2000 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at the MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Craig Bradley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon (18.17.125) defeated Carlton (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 26 August 2000
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 84,778

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 18.17.125 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 8 . 7 14 . 13 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Carlton 2 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Carlton

Captain: Craig Bradley
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
D. Goldspink (#32)
M. McKenzie (#24)
E: J. Harvey (#25)

Goal Umpires

A. Black
A. Curtis

Boundary Umpires

D. Gooch
S. Jansen
S. Leslie

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 0 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 2
22 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 2 24 1 3 6 0 0 1 3
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 2 0 20 7 13 5 2 0 5 2 0 1 0 4
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 2 0 24 9 15 4 0 5 3 1 2 0 1 4
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 3 1 1 2 0 10 2
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 5 1 2 1 0 3 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 2 0 10 3 0 3 1 0 3
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 1 2 15 8 7 4 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 1
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 3
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 4 3 13 11 2 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 3 0 8 0 2 2 0 0 2
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 2 11 8 3 3 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 3 0 13 9 4 5 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 31 13 18 1 0 5 10 5 0 1 1 6
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 1 6 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 5 3 5 3 1 1 7
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 7 0 2 2 3 2 1 5 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 18 17 305 178 127 64 33 66 44 40 19 13 35 51

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Allan, Matthew ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 5 22 2 0 3 1 0 1 2
29 Beaumont, Simon ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 1 2 1 3 0 0 2 1
21 Bradley, Craig (c) ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 2 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 3
20 Brown, Fraser ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 2
16 Camporeale, Scott ? ? 2 0 35 23 12 5 0 2 5 2 2 1 7 4
25 Fevola, Brendan ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2
31 Fletcher, Simon ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
45 Franchina, Anthony ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 4
17 Freeborn, Scott ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2
4 Hamill, Aaron ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 6 1 2 0 4 0 1
9 Hickmott, Adrian ? ? 3 2 20 11 9 9 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 3
37 Hotton, Trent ? ? 0 0 8 1 7 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0
33 Houlihan, Ryan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4
27 Hulme, Darren ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 4 0 6 4 3 0 2 0 2
12 Lappin, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 6
10 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0
22 Manton, Glenn ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
5 McKay, Andrew ? ? 0 1 18 7 11 6 0 2 2 3 1 1 3 3
11 Porter, Mark ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 5 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 Ratten, Brett ? ? 1 1 31 15 16 7 0 2 9 2 0 0 4 5
23 Rice, Dean ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1
8 Whitnall, Lance ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 12 8 284 173 111 78 33 43 38 37 13 19 26 51

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s