2001 AFL Round 18: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 2001 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 18 of the 2001 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Ben Graham captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Geelong
B. Graham (capt.), C. Bizzell, R. Burns, D. Clarke, J. Corey, C. Enright, T. Harley, G. Hocking, G. Kilpatrick, S. King, K. Kingsley, C. Ling, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, D. Milburn, J. Rahilly, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, M. Scarlett, B. Sholl, D. Spriggs, M. White

Melbourne
D. Neitz (capt.), T. Broadbridge, C. Bruce, J. Farmer, S. Febey, B. Green, B. Grgic, A. Leoncelli, A. McDonald, J. McDonald, A. Nicholson, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, T. Simmonds, S. Thompson, P. Walsh, D. Ward, P. Wheatley, J. White, L. Williams, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Geelong (15.10.100) were defeated by Melbourne (16.7.103).

Goalkickers
Geelong: B. Graham (5), K. Kingsley (4), R. Burns (2), C. Ling, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, M. White
Melbourne: R. Robertson (5), B. Green (3), J. Farmer (2), S. Febey (2), C. Bruce, A. Leoncelli, J. McDonald, P. Walsh

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 9th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2001 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 August 2001
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,074

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.10.100 - 16.7.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 9 . 6 10 . 7 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 3 12 . 6 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
Margin GEEL by 8 GEEL by 15 MELB by 11 MELB by 3 MELB by 3
Duration 32:55 29:48 29:32 33:29 2:05:44

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Ben Graham (Geelong), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Kelsey (#15), K. Nicholls, S. Wenn

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Russell Robertson MELB 24 3
James McDonald MELB 23 2
Ben Graham GEEL 7 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 1 0 1 2 5 0 1 0 3
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 2 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 1 3 2 1 4 0 0 4
11 Corey, Joel ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
44 Enright, Corey ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 2
7 Graham, Ben (c) ? ? 5 3 18 11 7 10 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 7
37 Harley, Tom ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 5 0 4 1 2 1 0 4 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 1 12 4 8 3 0 5 1 3 3 2 0 2
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 1 4
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 16 2 4 1 1 1 1 1
18 Kingsley, Kent ? ? 4 1 12 9 3 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3
45 Ling, Cameron ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 1
34 Rahilly, James ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 1 0 5 3 3 0 0 0 3
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 7 1 3 1 3 1 1 9 2
30 Scarlett, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 7 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0
6 Spriggs, David ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 4 3 3 2 0 5
19 White, Mitchell ? ? 1 1 9 4 5 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 10 288 169 119 68 28 37 36 43 22 14 33 46

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Broadbridge, Troy ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 3 1 4 2 3 1 0 1 5
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 2 0 16 9 7 1 0 5 3 6 1 2 0 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 2 0 25 13 12 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 5
18 Green, Brad ? ? 3 1 10 6 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 8 0 7 4 4 2 2 0 6
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 1 23 12 11 4 1 7 5 4 0 3 4 7
23 McDonald, James ? ? 1 1 24 18 6 5 0 2 5 1 1 1 4 3
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 3 0 0 4 2 1 5 1
8 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 5 3 17 14 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 2 16 4 8 2 1 0 2 5
11 Simmonds, Troy ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 4 14 0 2 2 1 1 0 2
6 Thompson, Scott ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1
10 Ward, Daniel ? ? 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 6 0 3 1 3 3 0
31 Wheatley, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 2
26 Williams, Luke ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 2 1 2 2 5 1 5 1 0
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 2 0 2 6 1 1 1 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 16 7 309 174 135 64 51 53 50 43 14 22 29 50

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 GEEL Ronnie Burns goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:06
MELB Brad Green goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 07:20
GEEL Mitchell White goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 08:59
GEEL Ben Graham behind 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 13:51
GEEL Ronnie Burns goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 16:02
GEEL Glenn Kilpatrick behind 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 16:55
GEEL Ben Graham goal 4.2.26 - 1.0.6 19:07
MELB Russell Robertson behind 4.2.26 - 1.1.7 21:13
MELB Russell Robertson goal 4.2.26 - 2.1.13 24:31
MELB Russell Robertson goal 4.2.26 - 3.1.19 25:58
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 5.2.32 - 3.1.19 28:10
MELB Steven Febey goal 5.2.32 - 4.1.25 29:38
GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 5.3.33 - 4.1.25 32:54
Q2 MELB Russell Robertson behind 5.3.33 - 4.2.26 00:54
GEEL Ben Graham goal 6.3.39 - 4.2.26 02:23
GEEL Ben Graham goal 7.3.45 - 4.2.26 07:08
MELB Jeff Farmer goal 7.3.45 - 5.2.32 08:43
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 7.3.45 - 5.3.33 10:58
GEEL Brenton Sanderson goal 8.3.51 - 5.3.33 13:32
GEEL Ben Graham behind 8.4.52 - 5.3.33 14:37
GEEL Garry Hocking behind 8.5.53 - 5.3.33 16:16
MELB Jeff Farmer goal 8.5.53 - 6.3.39 19:42
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 8.5.53 - 7.3.45 24:08
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 9.5.59 - 7.3.45 27:34
GEEL Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 7.3.45 29:10
Q3 MELB Brad Green goal 9.6.60 - 8.3.51 03:33
GEEL Ben Graham goal 10.6.66 - 8.3.51 04:42
GEEL Ben Graham behind 10.7.67 - 8.3.51 07:08
MELB Peter Walsh goal 10.7.67 - 9.3.57 10:26
MELB Russell Robertson goal 10.7.67 - 10.3.63 11:46
MELB Steven Febey goal 10.7.67 - 11.3.69 16:03
MELB Russell Robertson behind 10.7.67 - 11.4.70 17:43
MELB Russell Robertson goal 10.7.67 - 12.4.76 20:22
MELB Anthony McDonald behind 10.7.67 - 12.5.77 22:11
MELB James McDonald behind 10.7.67 - 12.6.78 23:56
Q4 MELB Brad Green goal 10.7.67 - 13.6.84 00:52
MELB Brad Green behind 10.7.67 - 13.7.85 03:12
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 11.7.73 - 13.7.85 04:09
MELB Andrew Leoncelli goal 11.7.73 - 14.7.91 07:07
MELB James McDonald goal 11.7.73 - 15.7.97 08:42
GEEL Mitchell White behind 11.8.74 - 15.7.97 12:15
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 12.8.80 - 15.7.97 13:35
GEEL Cameron Ling behind 12.9.81 - 15.7.97 15:17
GEEL Peter Riccardi goal 13.9.87 - 15.7.97 17:09
MELB Russell Robertson goal 13.9.87 - 16.7.103 21:29
GEEL Ben Graham goal 14.9.93 - 16.7.103 23:33
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 15.9.99 - 16.7.103 24:39
GEEL Clint Bizzell behind 15.10.100 - 16.7.103 27:47