2000 AFL Round 11: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 2000 between Geelong and Essendon during round 11 of the 2000 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Essendon at Colonial Stadium. Ben Graham captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong
B. Graham (capt.), S. Arnott, C. Bizzell, R. Burns, D. Clarke, P. Corrigan, T. Harley, G. Hocking, A. Houlihan, G. Kilpatrick, S. King, C. Ling, T. Lynch, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, M. Scarlett, B. Sholl, D. Spriggs, C. Steinfort, B. Stoneham

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

Geelong (13.9.87) were defeated by Essendon (22.13.145).

Goalkickers
Geelong: C. Bizzell (6), R. Burns (2), T. Lynch, D. Mensch, P. Riccardi, C. Steinfort, B. Stoneham
Essendon: M. Lloyd (7), S. Lucas (4), M. Mercuri (3), D. Jacobs (2), S. Wellman (2), J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, C. Heffernan, J. Misiti

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Essendon remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 May 2000
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Colonial Stadium
Attendance: 47,071

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 13.9.87 - 22.13.145

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 1 10 . 6 11 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Essendon 4 . 2 11 . 7 16 . 10 22 . 13 22 . 13 (145)
Margin GEEL by 17 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 58 ESSE by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Ben Graham (Geelong), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore (#19), S. McBurney (#3), S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Johnson ESSE 1 3
James Hird ESSE 5 2
Adam Ramanauskas ESSE 9 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Arnott, Simon ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3
9 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 6 1 17 13 4 7 0 2 1 2 4 2 1 1
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 2 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
7 Graham, Ben (c) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 2 0 0 2 2 2 5 1
37 Harley, Tom ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 1 3 0 3 2 0 5 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 6 12 4 3 2 0 1
3 Houlihan, Adam ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 4 0 5 7 4 2 0 4 1
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 4 19 2 3 2 1 1 2 1
45 Ling, Cameron ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 5 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 5
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 3
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
31 Mensch, David ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 6 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 3
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 4 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 7
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2
30 Scarlett, Matthew ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 4 0
6 Spriggs, David ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 2 12 6 6 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 13 9 302 207 95 84 25 30 38 35 25 16 40 47

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0
22 Barnes, John ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 3 14 3 0 2 1 2 1 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 4
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 6 1 5 2 2 1 1 0 3
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 6 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 7
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 1 4 1 2 9 0
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 3 1
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 4 0 5 3 3 2 1 2 8
3 Henneman, Aaron ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 0 2 29 15 14 8 2 2 4 3 1 1 2 7
42 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 2 25 18 7 4 0 3 4 2 1 0 1 7
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 8 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 7 2 17 15 2 10 1 2 0 4 1 3 0 2
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 4 0 9 7 2 3 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 3 1 23 12 11 5 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 5
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 4 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 0 1 31 17 14 14 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 10
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 2 0 6 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 22 13 346 227 119 103 20 38 25 33 16 25 29 71

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