2000 AFL Qualifying Final 1: Essendon v Kangaroos

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 2000 between Essendon and Kangaroos in the first qualifying final of the 2000 AFL season. Essendon hosted Kangaroos at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Wayne Carey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, J. Barnes, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, A. Ramanauskas, D. Solomon, D. Wallis, S. Wellman

Kangaroos
W. Carey (capt.), W. Abraham, G. Archer, P. Bell, J. Blakey, M. Burton, M. Capuano, B. Chandler, S. Clayton, S. Cochrane, L. Colbert, S. Grant, B. Harvey, D. King, T. Makepeace, M. Martyn, J. McCartney, C. McKernan, S. Motlop, B. Pickett, A. Simpson, A. Stevens

Essendon (31.12.198) defeated Kangaroos (11.7.73).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (7), J. Hird (5), J. Misiti (4), G. Moorcroft (3), D. Bewick (2), B. Caracella (2), S. Lucas (2), S. Alessio, J. Blumfield, J. Johnson, M. Long, M. Mercuri, S. Wellman
Kangaroos: D. King (7), W. Carey, S. Grant, B. Harvey, C. McKernan

As a result of this match, Essendon faced Carlton in the first preliminary final and Kangaroos faced Hawthorn in the first semi final.

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 1
Teams: Essendon v Kangaroos
Date: Saturday 12 August 2000
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 68,443

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Kangaroos
Score: 31.12.198 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 9 . 1 15 . 6 25 . 9 31 . 12 31 . 12 (198)
Kangaroos 4 . 2 6 . 3 9 . 4 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin ESSE by 29 ESSE by 57 ESSE by 101 ESSE by 125 ESSE by 125
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Denis Pagan (Kangaroos)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), Wayne Carey (Kangaroos)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates (#6), G. Dore (#19), H. Kennedy (#7), J. Schmitt (#17), E: S. McBurney (#3)
Goal Umpire: C. Martino, M. Powell
Boundary Umpire: M. Bell, A. Chehade, D. Gooch

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 6 8 0 1 0 1 2 2 1
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 6
22 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 7 8 1 3 2 1 0 0 6
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 1 22 15 7 3 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 3
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 24 12 12 8 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 4
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 2 0 25 13 12 6 0 6 5 3 0 1 2 4
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 8 0
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 5
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 4 0 1 5 2 1 2 2 4
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 5 1 18 13 5 7 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 3 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 6
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 7 3 20 16 4 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 1 30 18 12 6 0 1 5 1 0 1 1 7
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 4
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 2 13 7 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 4 0 41 21 20 5 0 5 11 2 1 1 2 10
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 3 0 21 19 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 7 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 3
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 6 2 4 0 4 0 1 3 2
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 31 12 408 252 156 111 23 32 47 44 10 16 34 78

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 4
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 1
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 0 33 17 16 2 0 4 8 5 5 1 5 4
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 Burton, Matthew ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 12 0 3 0 1 1 0 2
16 Capuano, Mathew ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 9 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Clayton, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1
45 Cochrane, Stuart ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 2
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 1 3 16 15 1 6 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 5
34 King, David ? ? 7 0 22 20 2 4 0 2 6 1 0 3 2 10
35 Makepeace, Troy ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 2
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 3 1 5 0 1 6 1
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 9 9 1 1 3 0 1 0 5
44 Motlop, Shannon ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 3
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 2
7 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 6 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 11 7 258 181 77 65 33 37 37 32 16 10 39 50

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