This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 2001 between Essendon and Sydney during round 19 of the 2001 AFL season.
Essendon hosted Sydney at Colonial Stadium.
Paul Kelly captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.
Essendon
S. Alessio, J. Bannister, P. Barnard, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, R. Forster-Knight, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, A. Henneman, D. Hille, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, J. Lalich, S. Lucas, C. McGrath, M. McVeigh, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, A. Ramanauskas, S. Wellman
Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), J. Ball, J. Bolton, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, A. Dunkley, S. Feast, B. Fixter, A. Goodes, B. Kirk, B. Mathews, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, M. Nicks, R. O'Keefe, M. O'Loughlin, B. Piltz, J. Saddington, W. Schwass, B. Seymour, G. Stafford, P. Williams
Essendon (11.13.79) defeated Sydney (11.11.77).
Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Alessio (4), P. Barnard, B. Caracella, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, A. Ramanauskas
Sydney: M. Nicks (3), J. Ball, J. Bolton, A. Goodes, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, M. O'Loughlin, G. Stafford, P. Williams
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and Sydney remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
2001 AFL Season
Round:
Round 19
Teams:
Essendon
v
Sydney
Date:
Sunday 12 August 2001
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Colonial Stadium
Attendance:
45,057
Match Results
Outcome:
Essendon
def.
Sydney
Score:
11.13.79 - 11.11.77
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Kevin Sheedy
(Essendon),
Rodney Eade
(Sydney)
Captains:
unknown
(Essendon),
Paul Kelly
(Sydney)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
G. Dore
(#19),
H. Kennedy
(#7),
S. Wenn
Player Statistics
Essendon
#
|
Player
|
Pos.
|
ToG%
|
GL
|
BH
|
DI
|
KI
|
HB
|
MK
|
HO
|
TA
|
CL
|
CR
|
FF
|
FA
|
RF
|
IF
|
27
|
Alessio, Steven
|
?
|
?
|
4
|
1
|
10
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
21
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
36
|
Bannister, Jordan
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
1
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
16
|
Barnard, Paul
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
1
|
16
|
11
|
5
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
23
|
Bolton, Mark
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
33
|
Caracella, Blake
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
29
|
14
|
15
|
8
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
31
|
Fletcher, Dustin
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
16
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
15
|
Forster-Knight, Robert
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
11
|
Hardwick, Damien
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
28
|
16
|
12
|
8
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
7
|
3
|
26
|
Heffernan, Chris
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
Henneman, Aaron
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
34
|
Hille, David
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
42
|
Jacobs, Danny
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
7
|
8
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
14
|
Johnson, Jason
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
1
|
31
|
18
|
13
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
17
|
Lalich, Judd
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
25
|
Lucas, Scott
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
2
|
18
|
15
|
3
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
28
|
McGrath, Cory
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
10
|
McVeigh, Mark
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
1
|
13
|
10
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
Mercuri, Mark
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
21
|
11
|
10
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
24
|
Misiti, Joe
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
21
|
12
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
29
|
Moorcroft, Gary
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
Ramanauskas, Adam
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
2
|
20
|
13
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
Wellman, Sean
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
25
|
18
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
6
|
Rushed
|
4
|
|
Total
(22 players)
|
11
|
13
|
333
|
205
|
128
|
88
|
37
|
34
|
41
|
45
|
15
|
10
|
30
|
53
|
Sydney
#
|
Player
|
Pos.
|
ToG%
|
GL
|
BH
|
DI
|
KI
|
HB
|
MK
|
HO
|
TA
|
CL
|
CR
|
FF
|
FA
|
RF
|
IF
|
27
|
Ball, Jason
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
1
|
25
|
8
|
17
|
3
|
17
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
24
|
Bolton, Jude
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
1
|
21
|
17
|
4
|
8
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
8
|
Cresswell, Daryn
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
1
|
21
|
14
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
28
|
Crouch, Jared
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
Dunkley, Andrew
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
6
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
26
|
Feast, Simon
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
40
|
Fixter, Ben
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
37
|
Goodes, Adam
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
1
|
12
|
10
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
14
|
Kelly, Paul
(c)
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
2
|
21
|
16
|
5
|
11
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
31
|
Kirk, Brett
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
Mathews, Ben
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
Maxfield, Stuart
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
15
|
11
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
13
|
McPherson, Daniel
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
19
|
15
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
23
|
Nicks, Matthew
|
?
|
?
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
O'Keefe, Ryan
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
19
|
O'Loughlin, Michael
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
15
|
11
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
43
|
Piltz, Brent
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
22
|
Saddington, Jason
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
10
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Schwass, Wayne
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
23
|
15
|
8
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
Seymour, Brad
|
?
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
17
|
10
|
7
|
8
|
0
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
Stafford, Greg
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
Williams, Paul
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
2
|
22
|
18
|
4
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
Rushed
|
2
|
|
Total
(22 players)
|
11
|
11
|
290
|
189
|
101
|
85
|
25
|
42
|
38
|
48
|
10
|
14
|
39
|
47
|
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