2001 AFL Round 14: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 2001 between Western Bulldogs and Essendon during round 14 of the 2001 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Essendon at Colonial Stadium. Chris Grant captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Terry Wallace and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Western Bulldogs
C. Grant (capt.), T. Bartlett, N. Brown, A. Contessa, S. Cox, M. Croft, T. Curley, L. Darcy, P. Dooley, C. Ellis, S. Garlick, D. Giansiracusa, L. Gilbee, B. Harrison, P. Hudson, B. Johnson, T. Liberatore, L. Penny, M. Robbins, J. Romero, R. Smith, S. West

Essendon
J. Bannister, P. Barnard, J. Barnes, M. Bullen, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, C. Heffernan, A. Henneman, D. Jacobs, M. Johnson, J. Lalich, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, C. McGrath, M. McVeigh, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli, D. Solomon, S. Wellman

Western Bulldogs (11.10.76) were defeated by Essendon (24.10.154).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: B. Johnson (3), L. Darcy (2), N. Brown, T. Curley, C. Ellis, S. Garlick, C. Grant, P. Hudson
Essendon: G. Moorcroft (6), M. Lloyd (5), S. Lucas (3), B. Caracella (2), M. Johnson (2), M. McVeigh (2), J. Barnes, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli, D. Solomon

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 11th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Essendon remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2001 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Date: Friday 6 July 2001
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Colonial Stadium
Attendance: 48,728

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Essendon
Score: 11.10.76 - 24.10.154

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 2 5 . 3 10 . 5 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Essendon 5 . 3 12 . 6 19 . 7 24 . 10 24 . 10 (154)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 56 ESSE by 78 ESSE by 78
Duration 32:39 31:19 37:40 28:59 2:10:37

Honour Roll

Coaches: Terry Wallace (Western Bulldogs), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Chris Grant (Western Bulldogs), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis, D. Goldspink (#32), B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark McVeigh ESSE 10 3
Gary Moorcroft ESSE 29 2
Scott Lucas ESSE 25 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Bartlett, Trent ? ? 0 2 5 3 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 2 0 1 8 2 0 0 1 5
19 Contessa, Adam ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 5
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0 3 4 1 5 1
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 4 0 3 0 5 1 2 4 2
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 2 0 17 11 6 6 16 2 4 5 4 1 3 5
12 Dooley, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
4 Garlick, Simon ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
29 Gilbee, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
3 Grant, Chris (c) ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 3 0 3 5 2 3 0 2 7
22 Harrison, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2
9 Hudson, Paul ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 6 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 7
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 1
27 Penny, Luke ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0
30 Robbins, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 6 2
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 2 28 16 12 5 0 3 6 3 4 1 2 7
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 11 10 242 170 72 65 24 34 35 36 24 10 35 52

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Bannister, Jordan ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 5 1 2 0 1 3 2
22 Barnes, John ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 4 17 2 4 3 2 2 2 2
37 Bullen, Marc ? ? 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 6 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 5
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 2 0 2 2 1 1 9 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 1 3 3 0 3 2 5
3 Henneman, Aaron ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0
42 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 9 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 0
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 2 0 27 18 9 8 0 1 6 1 1 1 3 7
17 Lalich, Judd ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 11 1 1 1 0 1 1 5
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 5 0 15 12 3 12 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 4
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 3 1 20 17 3 8 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 6
28 McGrath, Cory ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 3 0 5 0 2 2 0 1 7
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 1 26 15 11 11 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 7 0 3 4 1 0 1 2 7
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 6 3 11 11 0 9 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 5
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 6 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 3
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 24 10 323 230 93 123 31 39 35 40 10 24 35 62

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 WBUL Chris Grant goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:42
WBUL Craig Ellis goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:06
ESSE Gary Moorcroft goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 06:38
ESSE Blake Caracella behind 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 11:07
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 15:55
WBUL Chris Grant behind 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 17:30
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 2.1.13 - 3.1.19 18:42
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 20:19
WBUL Scott West behind 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 23:16
WBUL Todd Curley goal 3.2.20 - 3.2.20 25:19
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 26:55
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 3.2.20 - 5.2.32 28:55
ESSE Gary Moorcroft behind 3.2.20 - 5.3.33 31:52
Q2 ESSE Gary Moorcroft goal 3.2.20 - 6.3.39 03:24
ESSE Gary Moorcroft goal 3.2.20 - 7.3.45 05:57
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 3.2.20 - 7.4.46 07:45
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 3.2.20 - 8.4.52 12:39
ESSE Gary Moorcroft behind 3.2.20 - 8.5.53 14:58
ESSE Gary Moorcroft goal 3.2.20 - 9.5.59 15:40
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 3.2.20 - 10.5.65 17:13
WBUL Jose Romero behind 3.3.21 - 10.5.65 18:14
ESSE Gary Moorcroft behind 3.3.21 - 10.6.66 21:07
WBUL Luke Darcy goal 4.3.27 - 10.6.66 22:17
WBUL Paul Hudson goal 5.3.33 - 10.6.66 23:25
ESSE Gary Moorcroft goal 5.3.33 - 11.6.72 24:43
ESSE Gary Moorcroft goal 5.3.33 - 12.6.78 26:33
Q3 WBUL Nathan Brown goal 6.3.39 - 12.6.78 06:57
WBUL Trent Bartlett behind 6.4.40 - 12.6.78 10:41
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 6.4.40 - 13.6.84 12:15
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 7.4.46 - 13.6.84 13:21
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 7.4.46 - 14.6.90 16:15
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 7.4.46 - 15.6.96 17:37
ESSE John Barnes goal 7.4.46 - 16.6.102 21:23
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 7.4.46 - 17.6.108 22:42
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 8.4.52 - 17.6.108 24:13
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 9.4.58 - 17.6.108 25:54
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 9.4.58 - 18.6.114 29:52
WBUL Luke Darcy goal 10.4.64 - 18.6.114 31:53
WBUL Trent Bartlett behind 10.5.65 - 18.6.114 33:40
ESSE Rushed behind 10.5.65 - 18.7.115 34:37
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 10.5.65 - 19.7.121 36:18
Q4 ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 10.5.65 - 19.8.122 00:54
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 10.5.65 - 20.8.128 02:09
WBUL Paul Hudson behind 10.6.66 - 20.8.128 06:17
WBUL Scott West behind 10.7.67 - 20.8.128 07:35
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 10.8.68 - 20.8.128 09:10
WBUL Simon Garlick goal 11.8.74 - 20.8.128 09:57
ESSE Marc Bullen behind 11.8.74 - 20.9.129 11:12
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 11.8.74 - 21.9.135 13:49
WBUL Craig Ellis behind 11.9.75 - 21.9.135 15:19
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 11.10.76 - 21.9.135 18:34
ESSE Marc Bullen behind 11.10.76 - 21.10.136 22:17
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 11.10.76 - 22.10.142 24:57
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 11.10.76 - 23.10.148 25:59
ESSE Dean Solomon goal 11.10.76 - 24.10.154 27:28