2001 AFL Preliminary Final 1: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 22 September 2001 between Essendon and Hawthorn in the first preliminary final of the 2001 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Hawthorn at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Shane Crawford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Peter Schwab.

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, J. Barnes, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. McVeigh, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli, D. Solomon, S. Wellman

Hawthorn
Back: J. Smith, J. Hay, L. McCabe
Half-back: M. Graham, T. Croad, A. Lekkas
Centre: S. Greene, S. Crawford (capt.), R. Tallis
Half-forward: D. Harford, N. Holland, K. Barlow
Forward: B. Dixon, N. Thompson, D. Chick
Follower: S. Rehn, R. Vandenberg, T. Woods
Int.: J. Barker, A. Cox, N. Lonie, J. Rawlings

Essendon (11.10.76) defeated Hawthorn (9.13.67).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Alessio (2), S. Lucas (2), P. Barnard, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, C. Heffernan, J. Misiti, D. Rioli, S. Wellman
Hawthorn: N. Holland (3), K. Barlow, A. Cox, B. Dixon, S. Greene, N. Thompson, T. Woods

As a result of this match, Essendon faced Brisbane Lions in the grand final and Hawthorn were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2001 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 22 September 2001
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 86,468

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 11.10.76 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 8 . 7 8 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Hawthorn 2 . 6 2 . 7 5 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9
Duration 34:14 26:41 24:42 28:55 1:54:32

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Peter Schwab (Hawthorn)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), Shane Crawford (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis, D. Goldspink (#32), M. Vozzo (#2)

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 2 0 14 7 7 5 7 1 4 3 2 2 1 2
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1
22 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 2 2
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 1 11 5 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 6 0 2 1 4 1 2 0 4
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 3 2 2 2 0 7 1
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 5 1 2 1 3 3
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
42 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 9 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 0
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 8 0 4 2 3 0 3 1 4
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 4 15 12 3 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 6
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 0 27 13 14 4 0 5 6 3 1 0 0 6
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 2
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 2 3 1 3 0 2
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 6 0 4 2 5 2 1 2 6
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 11 10 274 174 100 81 14 41 31 36 15 21 28 44

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Barker, John INT ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
33 Barlow, Kris HFFR ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
17 Chick, Daniel FPR ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 2 0
35 Cox, Adrian INT ? 1 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
9 Crawford, Shane (c) C ? 0 1 18 11 7 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 2 2
24 Croad, Trent CHB ? 0 1 11 3 8 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2
19 Dixon, Ben FPL ? 1 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 2
34 Graham, Mark HBFL ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 3 0
29 Greene, Steven WL ? 1 0 12 7 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
5 Harford, Daniel HFFL ? 0 0 21 10 11 5 0 2 7 0 1 0 2 1
3 Hay, Jonathan FB ? 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 2 1 3 0 2 3 0
2 Holland, Nick CHF ? 3 1 11 8 3 6 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1
37 Lekkas, Angelo HBFR ? 0 3 17 12 5 6 0 5 2 2 1 0 3 6
28 Lonie, Nathan INT ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
7 McCabe, Luke BPR ? 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 4 2 4 1 2 1 3
20 Rawlings, Jade INT ? 0 0 19 13 6 9 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 1
52 Rehn, Shaun RU ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 15 1 3 3 1 2 2 2
11 Smith, Joel BPL ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0
4 Tallis, Rayden WR ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1
23 Thompson, Nathan FF ? 1 1 14 10 4 5 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 4
21 Vandenberg, Richie RR ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 3 1 4 1 1 0 4
30 Woods, Tony RO ? 1 1 19 15 4 4 0 2 7 2 1 1 0 6
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 9 13 275 179 96 85 24 44 38 34 21 15 29 47

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
11 J. Smith 3 J. Hay 7 L. McCabe













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



34 M. Graham 24 T. Croad 37 A. Lekkas













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 S. Greene 9 S. Crawford (c) 4 R. Tallis









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 52 S. Rehn 27 J. Barker
HALF-FORWARD 21 R. Vandenberg 35 A. Cox
5 D. Harford 2 N. Holland 33 K. Barlow 30 T. Woods 28 N. Lonie








20 J. Rawlings
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



19 B. Dixon 23 N. Thompson 17 D. Chick













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Peter Schwab

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:56
HWTH Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 04:34
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 07:56
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 09:28
ESSE Paul Barnard behind 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 11:29
HWTH Tony Woods behind 1.2.8 - 0.3.3 12:06
HWTH Shane Crawford behind 1.2.8 - 0.4.4 13:49
HWTH Angelo Lekkas behind 1.2.8 - 0.5.5 15:00
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 2.2.14 - 0.5.5 16:41
HWTH Adrian Cox goal 2.2.14 - 1.5.11 18:56
ESSE Chris Heffernan goal 3.2.20 - 1.5.11 20:34
HWTH Richie Vandenberg behind 3.2.20 - 1.6.12 22:37
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 4.2.26 - 1.6.12 23:46
HWTH Nick Holland goal 4.2.26 - 2.6.18 32:00
Q2 HWTH Nathan Thompson behind 4.2.26 - 2.7.19 04:40
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 4.3.27 - 2.7.19 05:30
ESSE Justin Blumfield goal 5.3.33 - 2.7.19 06:54
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 5.4.34 - 2.7.19 08:44
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 6.4.40 - 2.7.19 10:33
ESSE Sean Wellman goal 7.4.46 - 2.7.19 14:15
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 7.5.47 - 2.7.19 17:24
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 8.5.53 - 2.7.19 19:30
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 8.6.54 - 2.7.19 21:04
ESSE Blake Caracella behind 8.7.55 - 2.7.19 23:56
Q3 HWTH Tony Woods goal 8.7.55 - 3.7.25 01:04
HWTH Nick Holland behind 8.7.55 - 3.8.26 07:58
HWTH Daniel Chick behind 8.7.55 - 3.9.27 09:12
HWTH Kris Barlow goal 8.7.55 - 4.9.33 10:10
HWTH Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 4.10.34 12:48
ESSE Justin Blumfield behind 8.8.56 - 4.10.34 13:55
HWTH Angelo Lekkas behind 8.8.56 - 4.11.35 21:18
HWTH Steven Greene goal 8.8.56 - 5.11.41 23:25
Q4 HWTH Angelo Lekkas behind 8.8.56 - 5.12.42 01:31
HWTH Nathan Thompson goal 8.8.56 - 6.12.48 03:46
HWTH Nick Holland goal 8.8.56 - 7.12.54 05:59
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 8.9.57 - 7.12.54 07:12
ESSE Sean Wellman behind 8.10.58 - 7.12.54 11:39
ESSE Joe Misiti goal 9.10.64 - 7.12.54 13:23
HWTH Ben Dixon goal 9.10.64 - 8.12.60 17:49
HWTH Trent Croad behind 9.10.64 - 8.13.61 20:09
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 10.10.70 - 8.13.61 22:16
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 11.10.76 - 8.13.61 24:58
HWTH Nick Holland goal 11.10.76 - 9.13.67 28:54