2001 AFL Round 4: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 2001 between Sydney and Essendon during round 4 of the 2001 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney
R. AhMat, L. Barry, J. Bolton, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, S. Doyle, A. Dunkley, N. Fosdike, A. Goodes, B. Kirk, T. Luff, B. Mathews, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, J. Saddington, A. Schauble, W. Schwass, G. Stafford, R. Warfe, P. Williams

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, J. Barnes, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, R. Forster-Knight, D. Hardwick, A. Henneman, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Long, S. Lucas, D. McAlister, M. McVeigh, M. Mercuri, D. Peverill, A. Ramanauskas, D. Solomon, D. Wallis, S. Wellman

Sydney (6.19.55) were defeated by Essendon (15.12.102).

Goalkickers
Sydney: R. AhMat (2), A. Goodes, T. Luff, M. O'Loughlin, A. Schauble
Essendon: B. Caracella (3), J. Hird (3), M. Mercuri (2), P. Barnard, M. Bolton, D. Hardwick, S. Lucas, M. McVeigh, D. Peverill, S. Wellman

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2001 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Friday 20 April 2001
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 40,131

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Essendon
Score: 6.19.55 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 1 . 5 2 . 6 4 . 13 6 . 19 6 . 19 (55)
Essendon 3 . 3 8 . 6 14 . 8 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 47
Duration 29:14 32:01 32:19 29:26 2:03:00

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Sydney), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett (#1), S. McBurney, M. Vozzo (#2), E: S. Jeffery (#29)
Umpire Replacement: S. Jeffery replaced D. Howlett

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 3
Blake Caracella ESSE 33 2
Paul Barnard ESSE 16 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 AhMat, Robbie ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
24 Bolton, Jude ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 3 0 4 2 2 4 0 3 6
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 1 30 23 7 6 0 1 6 1 0 1 2 4
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 0 0 2 8 0 2 0 0 5
15 Doyle, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 15 1 1 4 1 2 0 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 2 7 2 3 2 3
12 Fosdike, Nic ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 4 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 2
37 Goodes, Adam ? ? 1 5 16 13 3 5 7 2 3 1 2 1 1 3
31 Kirk, Brett ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 5 0 0 4 5 1 1 2 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 5
4 Mathews, Ben ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 2 1 2 3 0 7 3
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 1 0 0 3 5 0 4 1 3
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 8 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 7
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 5 0 3 1 6 1 1 3 1
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 3 22 15 7 7 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 6
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
25 Schauble, Andrew ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 3 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 0 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 0
1 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 7 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Williams, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 3
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 6 19 317 210 107 72 29 26 46 52 26 21 39 57

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 1 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 9 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 2
22 Barnes, John ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 3 18 0 5 0 3 0 3 3
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 3 0 25 14 11 4 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 6
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 9 2
15 Forster-Knight, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 1
3 Henneman, Aaron ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 3 2 18 14 4 6 1 1 3 5 1 3 0 2
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 1 6 1 3 1 4
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 6 0 2 3 2 3 1 1 7
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 5
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 7 0 4 3 2 2 0 2 5
4 McAlister, Daniel ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 3 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 2 21 12 9 3 0 2 2 7 0 4 1 3
45 Peverill, Damien ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 3 0 4 4 2 4 1 1 3
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 1 8 6
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 2
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 15 12 315 212 103 78 25 25 33 53 21 26 39 58

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 ESSE Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 04:54
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 10:41
ESSE James Hird goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 11:23
ESSE Damien Hardwick goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 15:23
SYDN Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 16:33
SYDN Jared Crouch behind 0.3.3 - 2.1.13 17:13
ESSE James Hird behind 0.3.3 - 2.2.14 18:18
ESSE Damien Peverill goal 0.3.3 - 3.2.20 20:17
ESSE Rushed behind 0.3.3 - 3.3.21 22:17
SYDN Troy Luff goal 1.3.9 - 3.3.21 23:43
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 1.4.10 - 3.3.21 25:54
SYDN Nic Fosdike behind 1.5.11 - 3.3.21 28:23
Q2 SYDN Andrew Schauble goal 2.5.17 - 3.3.21 01:28
ESSE Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 3.4.22 03:56
ESSE Sean Wellman goal 2.5.17 - 4.4.28 05:26
ESSE Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 4.5.29 09:50
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 2.5.17 - 5.5.35 14:14
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 2.5.17 - 6.5.41 16:08
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 2.5.17 - 7.5.47 18:55
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 2.5.17 - 8.5.53 26:11
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 2.6.18 - 8.5.53 29:47
ESSE James Hird behind 2.6.18 - 8.6.54 30:42
Q3 ESSE James Hird goal 2.6.18 - 9.6.60 02:02
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 2.6.18 - 10.6.66 03:41
ESSE Mark Bolton goal 2.6.18 - 11.6.72 05:12
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 2.7.19 - 11.6.72 06:25
SYDN Rushed behind 2.8.20 - 11.6.72 06:48
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 2.9.21 - 11.6.72 07:51
ESSE John Barnes behind 2.9.21 - 11.7.73 08:16
SYDN Rushed behind 2.10.22 - 11.7.73 10:06
ESSE James Hird goal 2.10.22 - 12.7.79 11:06
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 2.11.23 - 12.7.79 13:18
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 2.11.23 - 13.7.85 18:03
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 2.11.23 - 14.7.91 20:40
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 3.11.29 - 14.7.91 21:57
SYDN Rushed behind 3.12.30 - 14.7.91 25:14
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 3.12.30 - 14.8.92 25:51
SYDN Robbie AhMat goal 4.12.36 - 14.8.92 28:23
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 4.13.37 - 14.8.92 29:23
Q4 SYDN Stuart Maxfield behind 4.14.38 - 14.8.92 02:22
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 4.15.39 - 14.8.92 03:22
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 4.15.39 - 14.9.93 04:34
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 4.15.39 - 14.10.94 07:01
SYDN Rushed behind 4.16.40 - 14.10.94 09:37
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 5.16.46 - 14.10.94 10:45
ESSE Steven Alessio behind 5.16.46 - 14.11.95 12:42
SYDN Matthew Nicks behind 5.17.47 - 14.11.95 16:09
SYDN Rushed behind 5.18.48 - 14.11.95 17:13
ESSE Daniel McAlister behind 5.18.48 - 14.12.96 19:35
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 5.18.48 - 15.12.102 22:41
SYDN Robbie AhMat goal 6.18.54 - 15.12.102 27:35
SYDN Daryn Cresswell behind 6.19.55 - 15.12.102 28:58