2001 AFL Round 15: Essendon v Geelong

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

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 7 10 . 8 15 . 12 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Geelong 1 . 2 9 . 5 13 . 5 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin ESSE by 29 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 15
Duration 28:57 36:44 31:47 29:36 2:07:04

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)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jason Johnson ESSE 14 3
Joe Misiti ESSE 24 2
Adam Ramanauskas ESSE 9 1

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Paul Barnard behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:06
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:23
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 06:02
ESSE Chris Heffernan goal 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 09:54
ESSE Gary Moorcroft goal 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 12:00
GEEL Clint Bizzell behind 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 13:49
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 3.3.21 - 0.1.1 16:37
ESSE Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 0.1.1 17:51
ESSE Paul Barnard behind 3.5.23 - 0.1.1 19:55
ESSE Rushed behind 3.6.24 - 0.1.1 20:29
GEEL Ben Graham behind 3.6.24 - 0.2.2 21:47
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 4.6.30 - 0.2.2 22:18
ESSE Dustin Fletcher behind 4.7.31 - 0.2.2 23:34
GEEL Clint Bizzell goal 4.7.31 - 1.2.8 25:31
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 5.7.37 - 1.2.8 27:33
Q2 GEEL Clint Bizzell goal 5.7.37 - 2.2.14 00:35
ESSE Danny Jacobs goal 6.7.43 - 2.2.14 01:56
GEEL Ronnie Burns goal 6.7.43 - 3.2.20 03:57
GEEL Clint Bizzell goal 6.7.43 - 4.2.26 05:20
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 6.7.43 - 5.2.32 06:25
GEEL Ronnie Burns goal 6.7.43 - 6.2.38 08:00
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 7.7.49 - 6.2.38 09:50
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 8.7.55 - 6.2.38 11:12
GEEL David Clarke goal 8.7.55 - 7.2.44 12:55
GEEL Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 7.3.45 14:02
ESSE Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 7.3.45 19:15
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 9.8.62 - 7.3.45 20:09
GEEL David Clarke behind 9.8.62 - 7.4.46 24:26
GEEL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 7.5.47 26:33
GEEL Justin Murphy goal 9.8.62 - 8.5.53 27:15
ESSE Justin Blumfield goal 10.8.68 - 8.5.53 31:18
GEEL Ronnie Burns goal 10.8.68 - 9.5.59 35:25
Q3 ESSE Jason Johnson goal 11.8.74 - 9.5.59 00:17
ESSE Gary Moorcroft goal 12.8.80 - 9.5.59 03:27
GEEL David Clarke goal 12.8.80 - 10.5.65 05:54
GEEL James Rahilly goal 12.8.80 - 11.5.71 09:32
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 13.8.86 - 11.5.71 11:34
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 14.8.92 - 11.5.71 13:16
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 14.9.93 - 11.5.71 14:34
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 14.10.94 - 11.5.71 16:03
ESSE Chris Heffernan behind 14.11.95 - 11.5.71 20:17
GEEL Ben Graham goal 14.11.95 - 12.5.77 22:01
GEEL David Mensch goal 14.11.95 - 13.5.83 23:26
ESSE Blake Caracella behind 14.12.96 - 13.5.83 29:00
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 15.12.102 - 13.5.83 31:43
Q4 GEEL Ronnie Burns behind 15.12.102 - 13.6.84 00:46
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 16.12.108 - 13.6.84 03:46
GEEL Ronnie Burns behind 16.12.108 - 13.7.85 04:57
GEEL Ronnie Burns behind 16.12.108 - 13.8.86 06:38
ESSE Judd Lalich goal 17.12.114 - 13.8.86 08:58
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 18.12.120 - 13.8.86 10:57
GEEL Ronnie Burns behind 18.12.120 - 13.9.87 12:17
GEEL Peter Riccardi goal 18.12.120 - 14.9.93 13:14
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 19.12.126 - 14.9.93 16:24
GEEL David Clarke behind 19.12.126 - 14.10.94 18:06
GEEL Glenn Kilpatrick goal 19.12.126 - 15.10.100 19:18
GEEL Clint Bizzell goal 19.12.126 - 16.10.106 21:46
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 19.13.127 - 16.10.106 23:14
GEEL Mitchell White goal 19.13.127 - 17.10.112 25:59