2001 AFL Round 20: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 2001 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 20 of the 2001 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Sydney
J. Ball, L. Barry, J. Bolton, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, A. Dunkley, B. Fixter, A. Goodes, T. Kennelly, B. Kirk, B. Mathews, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, M. Nicks, R. O'Keefe, M. O'Loughlin, J. Saddington, A. Schauble, W. Schwass, B. Seymour, G. Stafford, P. Williams

Melbourne
D. Neitz (capt.), T. Broadbridge, N. Brown, C. Bruce, J. Farmer, S. Febey, R. Funcke, B. Green, 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

Sydney (14.14.98) were defeated by Melbourne (19.17.131).

Goalkickers
Sydney: M. O'Loughlin (3), P. Williams (2), J. Ball, D. Cresswell, B. Fixter, A. Goodes, T. Kennelly, B. Mathews, S. Maxfield, R. O'Keefe, W. Schwass
Melbourne: J. Farmer (5), D. Neitz (4), S. Febey (2), R. Robertson (2), N. Brown, C. Bruce, R. Funcke, D. Schwarz, P. Walsh, D. Ward

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 7th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2001 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 19 August 2001
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 28,367

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 14.14.98 - 19.17.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 1 . 4 7 . 7 11 . 10 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Melbourne 6 . 7 12 . 11 15 . 12 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Margin MELB by 33 MELB by 34 MELB by 26 MELB by 33 MELB by 33
Duration 31:33 35:28 33:53 30:02 2:10:56

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Sydney), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Jeffery (#29), C. Mitchell (#4), K. Nicholls

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Walsh MELB 42 3
Adem Yze MELB 13 2
David Neitz MELB 9 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Ball, Jason ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 6 14 1 5 1 3 0 2 6
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 4 0 3 0 1 3 1
24 Bolton, Jude ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 1 1 20 12 8 5 0 0 2 5 1 2 1 3
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 3
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
40 Fixter, Ben ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
37 Goodes, Adam ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 3 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 3
41 Kennelly, Tadhg ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 4
31 Kirk, Brett ? ? 0 1 22 10 12 4 0 6 6 2 1 0 1 5
4 Mathews, Ben ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 7 2
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 5
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 2 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 2
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 4
5 O'Keefe, Ryan ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 3
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 3 0 23 14 9 6 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 5
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3
25 Schauble, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 4 1 2 4 0 0 4 2
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0
1 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
10 Williams, Paul ? ? 2 4 16 11 5 5 0 2 5 3 1 1 2 5
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 14 14 275 170 105 66 32 44 38 39 12 11 33 63

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Broadbridge, Troy ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 2 1 3 1 0 7 0
25 Brown, Nathan ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 4 0 0 1 3 0 2 7 2
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 5 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 3
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 2 0 28 15 13 4 0 3 6 1 1 0 3 7
15 Funcke, Ross ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 10 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 4
18 Green, Brad ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 3
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 4
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 4 7 16 15 1 11 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
8 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 2 2 15 10 5 5 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 6
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 2 2 1 3 6 1 3 0 3
11 Simmonds, Troy ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
6 Thompson, Scott ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 1 0 26 15 11 6 0 1 5 1 2 1 8 4
10 Ward, Daniel ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1
31 Wheatley, Paul ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 5
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 25 4 5 2 0 1 0 1
26 Williams, Luke ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 3 18 16 2 2 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 7
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 19 17 287 184 103 85 31 26 38 28 11 12 44 57

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 MELB David Neitz goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:12
MELB Russell Robertson behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 03:12
SYDN Jason Saddington behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 05:28
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 07:15
SYDN Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 10:43
SYDN Daniel McPherson behind 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 11:22
MELB David Neitz behind 1.3.9 - 1.2.8 12:10
MELB Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 1.3.9 13:20
MELB David Schwarz behind 1.3.9 - 1.4.10 13:46
MELB Steven Febey goal 1.3.9 - 2.4.16 15:07
MELB Daniel Ward goal 1.3.9 - 3.4.22 18:32
MELB Adem Yze behind 1.3.9 - 3.5.23 19:24
SYDN Brett Kirk behind 1.4.10 - 3.5.23 21:11
MELB Ross Funcke goal 1.4.10 - 4.5.29 22:16
MELB Jeff Farmer goal 1.4.10 - 5.5.35 24:01
MELB David Neitz goal 1.4.10 - 6.5.41 26:41
MELB David Neitz behind 1.4.10 - 6.6.42 30:39
MELB Paul Wheatley behind 1.4.10 - 6.7.43 31:29
Q2 SYDN Ben Mathews goal 2.4.16 - 6.7.43 01:23
MELB David Schwarz goal 2.4.16 - 7.7.49 03:18
MELB Jeff Farmer goal 2.4.16 - 8.7.55 04:45
SYDN Paul Williams goal 3.4.22 - 8.7.55 05:31
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 4.4.28 - 8.7.55 08:59
MELB David Neitz behind 4.4.28 - 8.8.56 10:41
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 5.4.34 - 8.8.56 12:37
MELB Steven Febey goal 5.4.34 - 9.8.62 13:38
MELB David Neitz goal 5.4.34 - 10.8.68 15:30
MELB David Neitz behind 5.4.34 - 10.9.69 18:27
MELB Adem Yze behind 5.4.34 - 10.10.70 20:43
MELB Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 10.11.71 22:02
MELB Nathan Brown goal 5.4.34 - 11.11.77 23:30
MELB Russell Robertson goal 5.4.34 - 12.11.83 24:57
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 6.4.40 - 12.11.83 28:18
SYDN Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 12.11.83 29:14
SYDN Paul Williams behind 6.6.42 - 12.11.83 30:57
SYDN Paul Williams goal 7.6.48 - 12.11.83 32:03
SYDN Paul Williams behind 7.7.49 - 12.11.83 35:24
Q3 SYDN Daryn Cresswell goal 8.7.55 - 12.11.83 01:28
SYDN Paul Williams behind 8.8.56 - 12.11.83 04:23
SYDN Tadhg Kennelly goal 9.8.62 - 12.11.83 08:56
SYDN Wayne Schwass goal 10.8.68 - 12.11.83 10:40
MELB Peter Walsh goal 10.8.68 - 13.11.89 12:31
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 11.8.74 - 13.11.89 15:27
MELB Russell Robertson goal 11.8.74 - 14.11.95 17:00
SYDN Paul Williams behind 11.9.75 - 14.11.95 20:24
MELB James McDonald behind 11.9.75 - 14.12.96 21:59
SYDN Daryn Cresswell behind 11.10.76 - 14.12.96 28:35
MELB David Neitz goal 11.10.76 - 15.12.102 33:48
Q4 SYDN Adam Goodes behind 11.11.77 - 15.12.102 03:44
SYDN Ben Fixter goal 12.11.83 - 15.12.102 04:51
MELB Adem Yze behind 12.11.83 - 15.13.103 05:55
SYDN Stuart Maxfield goal 13.11.89 - 15.13.103 06:31
SYDN Rushed behind 13.12.90 - 15.13.103 07:58
MELB Jeff Farmer goal 13.12.90 - 16.13.109 12:41
MELB David Neitz behind 13.12.90 - 16.14.110 14:57
MELB Jeff Farmer goal 13.12.90 - 17.14.116 16:34
MELB Russell Robertson behind 13.12.90 - 17.15.117 18:14
MELB Jeff Farmer goal 13.12.90 - 18.15.123 18:36
SYDN Ben Fixter behind 13.13.91 - 18.15.123 21:11
SYDN Jason Ball goal 14.13.97 - 18.15.123 23:33
MELB David Neitz behind 14.13.97 - 18.16.124 25:03
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 14.13.97 - 19.16.130 26:08
SYDN Matthew Nicks behind 14.14.98 - 19.16.130 27:31
MELB David Neitz behind 14.14.98 - 19.17.131 29:36