2000 AFL Round 2: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 16 March 2000 between Essendon and Richmond during round 2 of the 2000 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Richmond at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Matthew Knights captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Danny Frawley.

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

Richmond
M. Knights (capt.), D. Bourke, J. Bowden, L. Cameron, W. Campbell, N. Daffy, M. Dragicevic, B. Gale, D. Gaspar, B. Harrison, B. Holland, A. James, A. Kellaway, D. Kellaway, C. King, M. Merenda, B. Ottens, M. Rogers, J. Rombotis, C. Sampson, G. Tivendale, J. Torney

Essendon (20.10.130) defeated Richmond (12.15.87).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (7), S. Alessio (3), M. Long (2), D. Solomon (2), J. Barnes, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, J. Hird, D. Wallis
Richmond: B. Holland (2), B. Ottens (2), M. Rogers (2), J. Bowden, N. Daffy, B. Gale, A. Kellaway, M. Knights, G. Tivendale

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and Richmond were then 11th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Thursday 16 March 2000
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,521

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 20.10.130 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 4 10 . 7 15 . 7 20 . 10 20 . 10 (130)
Richmond 1 . 5 4 . 10 9 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin ESSE by 23 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Danny Frawley (Richmond)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), Matthew Knights (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), S. Hanley (#18), C. Rowe (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jason Johnson ESSE 14 3
Dean Wallis ESSE 21 2
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 3 1 19 13 6 10 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 6
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 8 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 6
22 Barnes, John ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 6 15 1 3 2 1 0 3 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 4 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 6
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 5
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 1
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 6 0 4 4 0 0 2 0 4
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 7
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 7 0 22 15 7 8 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 7
13 Long, Michael ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 1 15 5 10 1 0 4 5 2 0 1 0 3
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Robran, Jonathon ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 2 0 19 8 11 8 0 1 1 4 0 2 5 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 20 10 329 211 118 91 21 32 30 38 13 21 31 61

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Bourke, David ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 1 1 29 14 15 8 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 5
15 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 2
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 8 0 2 7 7 1 0 2 4
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 1 2 25 21 4 11 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 8
7 Dragicevic, Marc ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 5 2 1 4 0 1 2 0 0
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 1
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 5
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 2 2 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 0
23 James, Aaron ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 1 1 2 5 0 0 5 1
39 Kellaway, Andrew ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 6 1 4 2 4 0 0 3 2
21 King, Clinton ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 2
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 2 0 7 7 2 3 1 1 1
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
5 Ottens, Brad ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 7 17 2 4 0 2 1 0 3
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 2 3 20 17 3 13 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 5
35 Rombotis, John ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 5
32 Tivendale, Greg ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 2 1 5
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 15 319 219 100 103 24 38 34 46 21 13 37 52

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