2000 AFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 2000 between Melbourne and Essendon during round nine of the 2000 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the 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 (13.15.93) were defeated by Essendon (15.16.106).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 13.15.93 - 15.16.106

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

Melbourne

Captain: David Neitz
Coach: Neale Daniher

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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