2000 AFL Round 9: Melbourne v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 2000 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 9 of the 2000 AFL season.
Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG.
David Neitz captained the hosts.
James Hird captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.
Melbourne
D. Neitz (capt.), B. Beams, N. Brown, C. Bruce, S. Febey, B. Green, B. Grgic, A. Ingerson, A. Leoncelli, A. McDonald, J. McDonald, S. Powell, G. Rigoni, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, T. Simmonds, P. Walsh, P. Wheatley, M. Whelan, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze
Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, J. Barnes, D. Bewick, B. Caracella, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, M. Prior, A. Ramanauskas, D. Solomon, D. Wallis, S. Wellman
Melbourne (13.15.93) were defeated by Essendon (15.16.106).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: R. Robertson (3), D. Neitz (2), S. Powell (2), J. White (2), C. Bruce, D. Schwarz, P. Wheatley, A. Yze
Essendon: M. Lloyd (6), J. Hird (2), M. Mercuri (2), G. Moorcroft (2), B. Caracella, C. Heffernan, S. Lucas
As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and Essendon remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
2000 AFL Season
Round:
Round 9
Teams:
Melbourne
v
Essendon
Date:
Sunday 7 May 2000
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
62,606
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 2 | . | 6 | 5 | . | 11 | 9 | . | 14 | 13 | . | 15 | 13 | . | 15 | (93) |
| Essendon | 3 | . | 3 | 8 | . | 5 | 12 | . | 11 | 15 | . | 16 | 15 | . | 16 | (106) |
| Margin | ESSE by 3 | ESSE by 12 | ESSE by 15 | ESSE by 13 | ESSE by 13 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Neale Daniher
(Melbourne),
Kevin Sheedy
(Essendon)
Captains:
David Neitz
(Melbourne),
James Hird
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
D. Humphery-Smith
(#13),
H. Kennedy
(#7),
M. McKenzie
(#24)
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Hird | ESSE | 5 | 3 |
| Matthew Lloyd | ESSE | 18 | 2 |
| Stephen Powell | MELB | 7 | 1 |
Player Statistics
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | Beams, Ben | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Brown, Nathan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Bruce, Cameron | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Febey, Steven | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Green, Brad | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Grgic, Brent | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | Ingerson, Anthony | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | Leoncelli, Andrew | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 35 | McDonald, Anthony | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 23 | McDonald, James | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Neitz, David (c) | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Powell, Stephen | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 43 | Rigoni, Guy | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Robertson, Russell | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Schwarz, David | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 46 | Simmonds, Troy | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 42 | Walsh, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Wheatley, Paul | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Whelan, Matthew | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | White, Jeff | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | Woewodin, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | Yze, Adem | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 13 | 15 | 327 | 201 | 126 | 89 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 39 | 24 | 26 | 37 | 67 | |||
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Alessio, Steven | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Barnard, Paul | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Barnes, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Bewick, Darren | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 33 | Caracella, Blake | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Hardwick, Damien | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 26 | Heffernan, Chris | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Hird, James (c) | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 42 | Jacobs, Danny | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Johnson, Jason | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Johnson, Mark | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | Lloyd, Matthew | ? | ? | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Long, Michael | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Lucas, Scott | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Mercuri, Mark | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | Misiti, Joe | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | Moorcroft, Gary | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Prior, Michael | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Ramanauskas, Adam | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Solomon, Dean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | Wallis, Dean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Wellman, Sean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 15 | 16 | 317 | 206 | 111 | 89 | 27 | 38 | 36 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 48 | 58 | |||