2000 AFL Round 21: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 2000 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 21 of the 2000 AFL season. Essendon hosted Western Bulldogs at Colonial Stadium. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Terry Wallace.

Essendon
S. Alessio, J. Barnes, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, M. Prior, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli, J. Robran, D. Solomon, S. Wellman

Western Bulldogs
S. Wynd (capt.), T. Bartlett, N. Brown, A. Contessa, S. Cox, M. Croft, T. Curley, P. Dooley, N. Eagleton, S. Garlick, C. Grant, M. Hahn, P. Hudson, B. Johnson, S. Kolyniuk, S. Kretiuk, T. Liberatore, B. Murphy, M. Robbins, J. Romero, R. Smith, S. West

Essendon (12.9.81) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (14.8.92).

Goalkickers
Essendon: D. Fletcher (3), J. Blumfield (2), M. Lloyd (2), S. Alessio, D. Bewick, M. Johnson, M. Mercuri, A. Ramanauskas
Western Bulldogs: S. Kolyniuk (3), S. Garlick (2), C. Grant (2), B. Johnson (2), T. Bartlett, N. Brown, N. Eagleton, T. Liberatore, R. Smith

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and Western Bulldogs were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 28 July 2000
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Colonial Stadium
Attendance: 45,725

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 12.9.81 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 7 . 3 11 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Western Bulldogs 4 . 1 7 . 3 9 . 4 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin WBUL by 5 level ESSE by 15 WBUL by 11 WBUL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Terry Wallace (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Scott Wynd (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McInerney (#30), S. McLaren (#11), B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Scott West WBUL 7 3
Mark Johnson ESSE 1 2
Tony Liberatore WBUL 39 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 3 6 0 3 2 2 0 2 1
22 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 6 12 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 2 1 15 6 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 3 1 16 13 3 9 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 4
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 1
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 1 28 17 11 3 0 5 11 5 1 1 1 9
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 5
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 2 2 12 12 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 9 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 11
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 10 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 6
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 5 0 5 7 1 0 2 2 3
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 4 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 8
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 0
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 8 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 3
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 1
12 Robran, Jonathon ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 12 9 323 213 110 116 26 33 38 41 10 19 25 68

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Bartlett, Trent ? ? 1 0 10 3 7 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 1 0 32 20 12 9 0 1 1 3 2 1 6 4
19 Contessa, Adam ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 2 3 4 0 1 7 0
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 13 0 1 1 2 3 0 10 4
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 0
12 Dooley, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
10 Eagleton, Nathan ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
4 Garlick, Simon ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 2 0 29 26 3 12 1 1 2 2 2 0 7 1
37 Hahn, Mitch ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
9 Hudson, Paul ? ? 0 4 13 11 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 2 2 24 19 5 8 0 5 1 1 1 2 1 2
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 3 0 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 3 2 2 0 0 4 0
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 2 0 9 4 2 1 1 4 4
22 Murphy, Bob ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
30 Robbins, Matthew ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 1 33 19 14 7 0 1 8 1 1 1 2 5
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 30 13 17 4 0 2 3 3 2 1 3 5
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 5 23 1 5 1 1 1 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 14 8 336 219 117 108 31 34 31 30 19 10 51 41

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