2000 AFL Round 15: Essendon v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 2000 between Essendon and West Coast during round 15 of the 2000 AFL season. Essendon hosted West Coast at Colonial Stadium. James Hird captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Ken Judge.

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

West Coast
D. Antonowicz, D. Banfield, L. Bellotti, J. Crabb, A. Donnelly, A. Embley, F. Gehrig, D. Glass, D. Haynes, G. Jakovich, R. Jones, D. Kemp, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, A. McIntosh, D. Metropolis, C. Morrison, M. O'Brien, P. Read, R. Turnbull, M. White, A. Williams

Essendon (15.18.108) defeated West Coast (11.10.76).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (3), M. Mercuri (3), S. Alessio (2), J. Blumfield (2), P. Barnard, J. Barnes, D. Fletcher, S. Lucas, J. Misiti
West Coast: Phillip Matera (4), M. White (3), Peter Matera (2), D. Banfield, J. Crabb

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and West Coast were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v West Coast
Date: Saturday 17 June 2000
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Colonial Stadium
Attendance: 39,694

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. West Coast
Score: 15.18.108 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	1	.	7	7	.	10	13	.	12	15	.	18	15	.	18	(108)
West Coast	3	.	1	5	.	2	10	.	5	11	.	10	11	.	10	(76)
Margin	WCST by 6			ESSE by 20			ESSE by 25			ESSE by 32			ESSE by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Ken Judge (West Coast)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), unknown (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Burton (#33), D. Howlett (#1), C. Mitchell (#4)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Dustin Fletcher	ESSE	31	3
Justin Blumfield	ESSE	32	2
Jason Johnson	ESSE	14	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	2	1	15	6	9	1	8	2	3	3	2	0	0	1
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	1	0	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
22	Barnes, John	?	?	1	0	13	7	6	6	21	1	1	3	0	0	0	3
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	2	2	23	16	7	10	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	8
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	0	2	24	13	11	10	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	5
38	Denham, Sean	?	?	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1
31	Fletcher, Dustin	?	?	1	1	17	14	3	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	4	5
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	25	11	14	5	0	3	5	3	2	2	0	1
26	Heffernan, Chris	?	?	0	0	15	9	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
3	Henneman, Aaron	?	?	0	0	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0
5	Hird, James (c)	?	?	0	1	14	6	8	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	2
14	Johnson, Jason	?	?	0	0	30	20	10	4	0	4	8	3	1	0	2	9
1	Johnson, Mark	?	?	0	0	19	12	7	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	3	2	14	14	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	3
13	Long, Michael	?	?	0	0	17	6	11	4	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	6
25	Lucas, Scott	?	?	1	1	13	9	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	3
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	3	0	8	4	4	1	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	1	0	27	10	17	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	4
15	Prior, Michael	?	?	0	0	21	14	7	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2
9	Ramanauskas, Adam	?	?	0	2	8	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4
7	Solomon, Dean	?	?	0	2	9	5	4	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	18	11	7	7	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	0
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				15	18	349	206	143	92	33	32	32	25	15	16	24	67

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Antonowicz, David	?	?	0	1	11	11	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2
6	Banfield, Drew	?	?	1	0	21	11	10	2	0	5	3	2	0	2	1	3
45	Bellotti, Laurie	?	?	0	0	4	3	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
35	Crabb, Jaxon	?	?	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1
29	Donnelly, Andrew	?	?	0	0	30	16	14	14	0	0	2	2	4	0	7	1
32	Embley, Andrew	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
7	Gehrig, Fraser	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	5	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	7
23	Glass, Darren	?	?	0	0	9	1	8	2	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
38	Haynes, David	?	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
27	Jakovich, Glen	?	?	0	0	25	20	5	10	3	0	1	3	1	1	11	0
18	Jones, Rowan	?	?	0	1	14	7	7	2	0	2	1	3	1	1	1	1
2	Kemp, Dean	?	?	0	0	28	19	9	8	0	2	5	5	2	2	0	6
30	Matera, Peter	?	?	2	1	14	12	2	2	0	3	5	1	0	0	3	0
33	Matera, Phillip	?	?	4	0	14	9	5	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	4
11	McIntosh, Ashley	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8	Metropolis, Daniel	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0
5	Morrison, Chad	?	?	0	1	29	22	7	9	0	1	0	4	0	0	7	0
21	O'Brien, Michael	?	?	0	1	12	7	5	2	0	2	5	2	0	1	2	3
36	Read, Phil	?	?	0	1	12	7	5	5	0	2	4	0	1	1	2	1
50	Turnbull, Ryan	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	2	20	0	3	1	2	0	2	3
12	White, Mitchell	?	?	3	0	16	12	4	9	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1
37	Williams, Andrew	?	?	0	0	16	9	7	6	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				11	10	323	218	105	101	27	24	39	33	16	15	48	38

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

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