2001 AFL Round 3: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 2001 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 3 of the 2001 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Ben Graham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

Melbourne
D. Neitz (capt.), N. Brown, C. Bruce, M. Collins, J. Farmer, S. Febey, B. Green, B. Grgic, A. Ingerson, D. Jolly, A. Leoncelli, A. McDonald, A. Nicholson, G. Rigoni, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, P. Walsh, D. Ward, J. White, L. Williams, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Geelong
B. Graham (capt.), C. Bizzell, R. Burns, D. Clarke, J. Corey, C. Enright, T. Harley, G. Hocking, A. Houlihan, G. Kilpatrick, S. King, D. Mensch, D. Milburn, J. Mooney, J. Murphy, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, M. Scarlett, B. Sholl, J. Snell, D. Spriggs, M. White

Melbourne (18.16.124) defeated Geelong (15.14.104).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Green (3), R. Robertson (3), C. Bruce (2), D. Ward (2), S. Woewodin (2), M. Collins, J. Farmer, D. Neitz, G. Rigoni, D. Schwarz, A. Yze
Geelong: R. Burns (3), D. Mensch (3), M. White (2), D. Clarke, J. Corey, A. Houlihan, S. King, J. Mooney, P. Riccardi, J. Snell

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Geelong were then 5th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2001 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Monday 16 April 2001
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 48,551

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.16.124 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 9 . 8 13 . 13 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Geelong 6 . 3 8 . 7 11 . 10 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin GEEL by 12 MELB by 7 MELB by 15 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration 32:09 29:49 37:27 31:19 2:10:44

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Mark Thompson (Geelong)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Ben Graham (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hanley, H. Kennedy (#7), M. Nash (#14), E: C. Rowe (#12)
Umpire Replacement: C. Rowe replaced S. Hanley

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Schwarz MELB 5 3
Shane Woewodin MELB 22 2
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
25 Brown, Nathan ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
28 Collins, Matthew ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 1
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 1 5 15 12 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0
18 Green, Brad ? ? 3 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 8 1 1 3 1 2 1 5 2
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 1 0 1 4 1 1 8 0
41 Jolly, Darren ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 1 1
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 5
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 1 3 16 11 5 8 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 5
8 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 7 1 2 1 0 1 0 7 0
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 6 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 3
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 3 1 11 11 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 4
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 8 4 4 2 3 1 1 1 5
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 1
10 Ward, Daniel ? ? 2 0 23 15 8 6 0 3 2 3 2 1 2 5
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 20 2 1 1 3 1 3 3
26 Williams, Luke ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 2 1 27 21 6 3 0 4 8 1 1 0 0 6
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 1 2 19 17 2 11 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 6
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 18 16 311 216 95 101 33 27 31 34 16 11 44 57

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 4 10 7 3 6 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 2
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 3 1 11 5 6 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 25 21 4 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 12
11 Corey, Joel ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 2
44 Enright, Corey ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0
7 Graham, Ben (c) ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 1 3 3 4 1 0 3 4
37 Harley, Tom ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 4 4 3 0 1 1 7
3 Houlihan, Adam ? ? 1 1 18 8 10 4 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 3
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 3 3 0 2 1 2
1 King, Steven ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 4 18 0 2 4 1 2 0 2
31 Mensch, David ? ? 3 0 15 9 6 3 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 3
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 4 1
16 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1
20 Murphy, Justin ? ? 0 1 10 4 6 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 1 4
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 11 2
30 Scarlett, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 4
4 Snell, Jason ? ? 1 0 7 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
6 Spriggs, David ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 3 0 3 3 4 0 2 0 5
19 White, Mitchell ? ? 2 3 13 9 4 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 15 14 289 183 106 76 21 27 36 49 11 16 32 65

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Russell Robertson goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:50
GEEL David Mensch goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 01:58
MELB Jeff Farmer behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 03:07
MELB Matthew Collins goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 04:36
GEEL Steven King goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 06:13
MELB Jeff Farmer behind 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 06:56
MELB David Schwarz behind 2.3.15 - 2.0.12 08:05
MELB Shane Woewodin goal 3.3.21 - 2.0.12 08:41
GEEL Clint Bizzell behind 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 15:25
GEEL Mitchell White behind 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 17:41
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 20:08
GEEL Ronnie Burns goal 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 21:16
GEEL Justin Murphy behind 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 22:25
GEEL Ronnie Burns goal 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 23:38
GEEL Jason Mooney goal 4.3.27 - 5.3.33 28:51
GEEL Adam Houlihan goal 4.3.27 - 6.3.39 30:46
Q2 MELB David Neitz behind 4.4.28 - 6.3.39 03:13
MELB Brad Green goal 5.4.34 - 6.3.39 04:32
MELB Daniel Ward goal 6.4.40 - 6.3.39 05:57
GEEL Jason Snell goal 6.4.40 - 7.3.45 07:06
MELB Jeff Farmer goal 7.4.46 - 7.3.45 08:35
GEEL Peter Riccardi goal 7.4.46 - 8.3.51 09:53
GEEL Ronnie Burns behind 7.4.46 - 8.4.52 12:21
MELB David Neitz behind 7.5.47 - 8.4.52 15:52
MELB Shane Woewodin goal 8.5.53 - 8.4.52 17:09
MELB Shane Woewodin behind 8.6.54 - 8.4.52 20:11
GEEL Mitchell White behind 8.6.54 - 8.5.53 21:14
GEEL Clint Bizzell behind 8.6.54 - 8.6.54 22:38
MELB Jeff Farmer behind 8.7.55 - 8.6.54 23:04
MELB Guy Rigoni goal 9.7.61 - 8.6.54 23:41
MELB Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 8.6.54 25:31
GEEL Clint Bizzell behind 9.8.62 - 8.7.55 28:13
Q3 MELB David Neitz behind 9.9.63 - 8.7.55 00:58
MELB Russell Robertson goal 10.9.69 - 8.7.55 04:10
GEEL Clint Bizzell behind 10.9.69 - 8.8.56 07:09
GEEL David Spriggs behind 10.9.69 - 8.9.57 10:13
MELB David Neitz goal 11.9.75 - 8.9.57 10:57
GEEL Mitchell White behind 11.9.75 - 8.10.58 12:07
MELB Anthony McDonald behind 11.10.76 - 8.10.58 14:14
MELB Jeff Farmer behind 11.11.77 - 8.10.58 16:13
MELB Daniel Ward goal 12.11.83 - 8.10.58 17:32
GEEL Joel Corey goal 12.11.83 - 9.10.64 19:44
MELB Adem Yze behind 12.12.84 - 9.10.64 22:00
GEEL David Mensch goal 12.12.84 - 10.10.70 31:20
GEEL Ronnie Burns goal 12.12.84 - 11.10.76 32:17
MELB Russell Robertson goal 13.12.90 - 11.10.76 33:58
MELB Jeff Farmer behind 13.13.91 - 11.10.76 36:58
Q4 GEEL Rushed behind 13.13.91 - 11.11.77 02:28
GEEL David Clarke goal 13.13.91 - 12.11.83 05:10
GEEL David Mensch goal 13.13.91 - 13.11.89 07:14
MELB Brad Green goal 14.13.97 - 13.11.89 09:03
GEEL Mitchell White goal 14.13.97 - 14.11.95 11:30
MELB David Schwarz goal 15.13.103 - 14.11.95 13:02
GEEL Adam Houlihan behind 15.13.103 - 14.12.96 14:24
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 15.14.104 - 14.12.96 15:41
MELB Adem Yze behind 15.15.105 - 14.12.96 17:55
MELB Brad Green goal 16.15.111 - 14.12.96 20:57
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 17.15.117 - 14.12.96 22:43
GEEL Mitchell White goal 17.15.117 - 15.12.102 23:58
GEEL Rushed behind 17.15.117 - 15.13.103 25:46
GEEL Peter Riccardi behind 17.15.117 - 15.14.104 27:06
MELB Adem Yze goal 18.15.123 - 15.14.104 29:34
MELB Russell Robertson behind 18.16.124 - 15.14.104 30:54