2001 AFL Round 8: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 2001 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 8 of the 2001 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne
D. Neitz (capt.), T. Broadbridge, N. Brown, C. Bruce, S. Febey, S. Godfrey, B. Green, B. Grgic, A. Ingerson, T. Johnstone, A. McDonald, J. McDonald, A. Nicholson, G. Rigoni, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, D. Ward, P. Wheatley, M. Whelan, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), P. Barnard, J. Barnes, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, D. Hardwick, A. Henneman, D. Hille, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. McVeigh, G. Moorcroft, D. Peverill, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli, D. Solomon, S. Wellman

Melbourne (11.13.79) were defeated by Essendon (12.13.85).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Green (3), D. Neitz (3), A. Yze (2), T. Broadbridge, N. Brown, R. Robertson
Essendon: J. Hird (4), M. Lloyd (3), D. Rioli (2), M. Bolton, J. Johnson, S. Lucas

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Essendon remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2001 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Sunday 20 May 2001
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,452

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 11.13.79 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 3 . 7 7 . 11 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Essendon 2 . 1 5 . 4 9 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin MELB by 8 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration 28:50 26:15 33:07 30:12 1:58:24

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates (#6), C. Mitchell (#4), M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jason Johnson ESSE 14 3
Sean Wellman ESSE 6 2
Adem Yze MELB 13 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Broadbridge, Troy ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
25 Brown, Nathan ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 5 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 5
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 0 3 14 11 3 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 3
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
30 Godfrey, Simon ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 4
18 Green, Brad ? ? 3 2 7 5 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 3
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 0
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 5 2 1 2 0 0 4
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 3 0 10 8 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3
8 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 9 3 1 2 0 0 1 1
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 6
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 1 2 18 15 3 6 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 4
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 6 1 1 4 7 1 3 1 6
10 Ward, Daniel ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 1 0 4 4 4 0 2 0 3
31 Wheatley, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2
45 Whelan, Matthew ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 9 0 3 2 0 4 0 3 3
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 13 0 0 4 1 1 0 1
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 2 4 1 0 1 4 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 2 1 23 23 0 5 0 1 6 3 0 1 1 3
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 11 13 297 207 90 94 25 37 33 44 13 18 27 56

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 2
22 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 15 0 1 1 2 0 1 1
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 4 1 2 4 2 3 1 1 6
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 1 0 9 3 6 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 1
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 1
3 Henneman, Aaron ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0
34 Hille, David ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 4 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 5
42 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 1 7 3 1 0 0 6 1
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 1 1 26 16 10 5 0 5 8 2 2 1 3 5
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 6 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 3 3 14 12 2 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 7 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 3
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1
45 Peverill, Damien ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 5 0 4 2 3 1 2 3 2
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 9 3 4 1 7 0 1 3 5
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 2 0 16 14 2 6 0 2 3 5 1 2 0 3
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 5 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 13 294 192 102 90 23 44 30 43 18 13 39 46

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 Matthew Lloyd behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:39
MELB Brad Green goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 06:05
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 09:48
MELB Brad Green goal 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 12:07
MELB Brad Green behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 16:55
MELB Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 0.1.1 20:43
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 2.3.15 - 1.1.7 23:19
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 2.3.15 - 2.1.13 24:59
MELB David Neitz goal 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 27:55
Q2 MELB Adem Yze behind 3.4.22 - 2.1.13 01:24
ESSE Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 2.2.14 01:53
ESSE James Hird goal 3.4.22 - 3.2.20 05:07
MELB Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 3.2.20 07:55
ESSE James Hird goal 3.5.23 - 4.2.26 09:31
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 3.5.23 - 4.3.27 11:31
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 3.5.23 - 4.4.28 12:50
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 3.5.23 - 5.4.34 13:43
MELB Rushed behind 3.6.24 - 5.4.34 19:28
MELB Russell Robertson behind 3.7.25 - 5.4.34 25:34
Q3 MELB Adem Yze goal 4.7.31 - 5.4.34 03:35
ESSE James Hird goal 4.7.31 - 6.4.40 04:30
MELB David Neitz goal 5.7.37 - 6.4.40 05:52
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 5.7.37 - 6.5.41 07:41
ESSE James Hird goal 5.7.37 - 7.5.47 08:38
MELB Brad Green goal 6.7.43 - 7.5.47 10:38
ESSE Justin Blumfield behind 6.7.43 - 7.6.48 12:20
MELB Brad Green behind 6.8.44 - 7.6.48 13:51
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 6.8.44 - 8.6.54 15:23
ESSE Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 8.7.55 17:26
MELB Rushed behind 6.9.45 - 8.7.55 19:14
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 6.9.45 - 8.8.56 20:36
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 6.10.46 - 8.8.56 22:34
ESSE Rushed behind 6.10.46 - 8.9.57 24:12
MELB Troy Broadbridge goal 7.10.52 - 8.9.57 25:41
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 7.10.52 - 9.9.63 29:02
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 7.11.53 - 9.9.63 31:34
Q4 MELB David Neitz goal 8.11.59 - 9.9.63 03:16
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 8.11.59 - 10.9.69 08:10
ESSE Rushed behind 8.11.59 - 10.10.70 10:05
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 8.12.60 - 10.10.70 11:12
ESSE Mark Bolton goal 8.12.60 - 11.10.76 12:23
ESSE Sean Wellman behind 8.12.60 - 11.11.77 16:17
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 8.12.60 - 11.12.78 18:54
ESSE Damien Peverill behind 8.12.60 - 11.13.79 19:31
MELB Russell Robertson behind 8.13.61 - 11.13.79 21:10
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 8.13.61 - 12.13.85 22:04
MELB Adem Yze goal 9.13.67 - 12.13.85 23:55
MELB Nathan Brown goal 10.13.73 - 12.13.85 25:45
MELB Russell Robertson goal 11.13.79 - 12.13.85 28:29