This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 2001 between Essendon and Geelong during round 15 of the 2001 AFL season.
Essendon hosted Geelong at Colonial Stadium.
Ben Graham captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.
Essendon
J. Bannister, P. Barnard, J. Barnes, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, A. Henneman, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, J. Lalich, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, C. McGrath, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, A. Ramanauskas, D. Solomon
Geelong
B. Graham (capt.), C. Bizzell, R. Burns, D. Clarke, C. Enright, T. Harley, G. Hocking, G. Kilpatrick, K. Kingsley, C. Ling, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, D. Milburn, C. Mooney, J. Murphy, J. Rahilly, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, M. Scarlett, B. Sholl, D. Spriggs, M. White
Essendon (19.13.127) defeated Geelong (17.10.112).
Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (6), J. Johnson (4), G. Moorcroft (2), J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, C. Heffernan, D. Jacobs, J. Lalich, S. Lucas, A. Ramanauskas
Geelong: C. Bizzell (4), R. Burns (3), D. Clarke (2), B. Graham, G. Kilpatrick, C. Ling, D. Mensch, J. Murphy, J. Rahilly, P. Riccardi, M. White
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and Geelong were then 12th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
2001 AFL Season
Round:
Round 15
Teams:
Essendon
v
Geelong
Date:
Sunday 15 July 2001
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Colonial Stadium
Attendance:
48,152
Match Results
Outcome:
Essendon
def.
Geelong
Score:
19.13.127 - 17.10.112
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Kevin Sheedy
(Essendon),
Mark Thompson
(Geelong)
Captains:
unknown
(Essendon),
Ben Graham
(Geelong)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
M. James
(#5),
M. McKenzie
(#24),
M. Vozzo
(#2)
Player Statistics
Essendon
#
|
Player
|
Pos.
|
ToG%
|
GL
|
BH
|
DI
|
KI
|
HB
|
MK
|
HO
|
TA
|
CL
|
CR
|
FF
|
FA
|
RF
|
IF
|
36
|
Bannister, Jordan
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
16
|
Barnard, Paul
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
2
|
20
|
15
|
5
|
14
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
22
|
Barnes, John
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
20
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
32
|
Blumfield, Justin
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
23
|
Bolton, Mark
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
33
|
Caracella, Blake
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
1
|
17
|
5
|
12
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
31
|
Fletcher, Dustin
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
1
|
16
|
11
|
5
|
7
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
11
|
Hardwick, Damien
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
13
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
26
|
Heffernan, Chris
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
1
|
18
|
10
|
8
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
Henneman, Aaron
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
8
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
42
|
Jacobs, Danny
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
9
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
14
|
Johnson, Jason
|
?
|
?
|
4
|
0
|
29
|
19
|
10
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
7
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
8
|
1
|
Johnson, Mark
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
10
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
17
|
Lalich, Judd
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
10
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
18
|
Lloyd, Matthew
|
?
|
?
|
6
|
2
|
10
|
10
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
25
|
Lucas, Scott
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
3
|
18
|
15
|
3
|
8
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
28
|
McGrath, Cory
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
Mercuri, Mark
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
7
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
24
|
Misiti, Joe
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
31
|
17
|
14
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
29
|
Moorcroft, Gary
|
?
|
?
|
2
|
0
|
10
|
9
|
1
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
9
|
Ramanauskas, Adam
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
19
|
14
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
Solomon, Dean
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
8
|
5
|
6
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
Rushed
|
3
|
|
Total
(22 players)
|
19
|
13
|
316
|
203
|
113
|
110
|
33
|
41
|
37
|
41
|
21
|
15
|
27
|
53
|
Geelong
#
|
Player
|
Pos.
|
ToG%
|
GL
|
BH
|
DI
|
KI
|
HB
|
MK
|
HO
|
TA
|
CL
|
CR
|
FF
|
FA
|
RF
|
IF
|
9
|
Bizzell, Clint
|
?
|
?
|
4
|
1
|
12
|
9
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
8
|
Burns, Ronnie
|
?
|
?
|
3
|
4
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
14
|
Clarke, David
|
?
|
?
|
2
|
2
|
26
|
20
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
44
|
Enright, Corey
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
Graham, Ben
(c)
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
37
|
Harley, Tom
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
32
|
Hocking, Garry
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
13
|
Kilpatrick, Glenn
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
17
|
14
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
18
|
Kingsley, Kent
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
9
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
45
|
Ling, Cameron
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
20
|
9
|
11
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
17
|
McGrath, Tim
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
31
|
Mensch, David
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
39
|
Milburn, Darren
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
11
|
4
|
8
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
21
|
Mooney, Cam
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
12
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
20
|
Murphy, Justin
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
26
|
16
|
10
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
34
|
Rahilly, James
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
15
|
Riccardi, Peter
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
27
|
Sanderson, Brenton
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
18
|
13
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
30
|
Scarlett, Matthew
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
10
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
12
|
Sholl, Brad
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
Spriggs, David
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
19
|
White, Mitchell
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
16
|
9
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
Rushed
|
2
|
|
Total
(22 players)
|
17
|
10
|
279
|
177
|
102
|
82
|
20
|
40
|
33
|
44
|
15
|
21
|
28
|
51
|
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