2002 AFL Elimination Final 1: Essendon v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 2002 between Essendon and West Coast in the first elimination final of the 2002 AFL season. Essendon hosted West Coast at Colonial Stadium. Ben Cousins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Essendon
S. Alessio, P. Barnard, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, C. Heffernan, S. Hunt, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. McVeigh, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, D. Peverill, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli, P. Salmon, S. Wellman, A. Welsh

West Coast
B. Cousins (capt.), D. Banfield, M. Braun, M. Collica, M. Gardiner, K. Green, D. Haynes, J. Humm, A. Hunter, G. Jakovich, C. Judd, D. Kerr, Q. Lynch, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, A. McDougall, A. McIntosh, K. Munro, A. Sampi, T. Wilson, D. Wirrpanda, J. Wooden

Essendon (17.9.111) defeated West Coast (11.12.78).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Lucas (3), G. Moorcroft (3), P. Barnard (2), M. Bolton (2), B. Caracella (2), D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, P. Salmon, A. Welsh
West Coast: K. Munro (3), T. Wilson (2), D. Banfield, M. Gardiner, J. Humm, G. Jakovich, D. Kerr, A. Sampi

As a result of this match, Essendon faced Port Adelaide in the first semi final and West Coast were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 1
Teams: Essendon v West Coast
Date: Saturday 7 September 2002
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Colonial Stadium
Attendance: 37,475

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. West Coast
Score: 17.9.111 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	4	6	.	6	11	.	7	17	.	9	17	.	9	(111)
West Coast	2	.	2	6	.	6	9	.	8	11	.	12	11	.	12	(78)
Margin	ESSE by 8			level			ESSE by 11			ESSE by 33			ESSE by 33
Duration	32:51			30:38			30:10			30:22			2:04:01

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), John Worsfold (West Coast)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Ben Cousins (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. James (#5), C. Mitchell (#4), K. Nicholls

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	0	1	2	1	1	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	2	1	19	13	6	3	0	4	2	5	0	1	0	4
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	0	0	7	2	5	1	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	0
23	Bolton, Mark	?	?	2	0	19	10	9	8	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	1
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	2	1	19	9	10	6	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
31	Fletcher, Dustin	?	?	0	0	16	14	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	12	0
26	Heffernan, Chris	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	2	0	4	1	0	2	0	1	1
30	Hunt, Sam	?	?	0	1	9	6	3	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	0
21	Jacobs, Danny	?	?	1	1	16	8	8	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
14	Johnson, Jason	?	?	1	0	30	17	13	6	0	5	3	4	1	1	2	6
1	Johnson, Mark	?	?	1	0	19	14	5	5	0	6	1	1	1	0	4	2
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Lucas, Scott	?	?	3	2	29	21	8	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	10
10	McVeigh, Mark	?	?	0	0	17	10	7	2	0	8	5	0	0	0	0	3
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	0	0	34	19	15	5	0	3	9	2	0	1	1	6
29	Moorcroft, Gary	?	?	3	0	12	10	2	7	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
11	Peverill, Damien	?	?	0	0	19	10	9	2	2	3	4	1	1	1	4	3
9	Ramanauskas, Adam	?	?	0	1	24	14	10	6	1	2	3	4	1	2	2	7
43	Rioli, Dean	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	5
4	Salmon, Paul	?	?	1	0	9	1	8	2	33	2	2	1	0	0	0	2
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	25	16	9	12	0	1	1	3	0	0	4	2
41	Welsh, Andrew	?	?	1	0	11	8	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				17	9	366	225	141	100	44	51	39	41	6	10	40	56

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
6	Banfield, Drew	?	?	1	1	17	13	4	3	0	3	5	1	1	0	0	4
10	Braun, Michael	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	5	0	2	1	4	2	1	2	5
22	Collica, Michael	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	1
9	Cousins, Ben (c)	?	?	0	1	24	13	11	3	0	2	7	3	0	1	0	7
1	Gardiner, Michael	?	?	1	0	16	11	5	10	29	1	4	2	1	1	0	5
35	Green, Kasey	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	3	0	3	0	1	2	0
38	Haynes, David	?	?	0	0	12	5	7	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	3
41	Humm, Jeremy	?	?	1	0	9	5	4	3	0	7	2	0	0	0	3	1
39	Hunter, Adam	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	0
27	Jakovich, Glen	?	?	1	1	12	10	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	4	2
3	Judd, Chris	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	7
4	Kerr, Daniel	?	?	1	1	24	10	14	2	0	3	7	2	1	0	0	1
45	Lynch, Quinten	?	?	0	1	16	11	5	5	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	6
30	Matera, Peter	?	?	0	0	16	14	2	2	0	6	3	2	0	0	5	1
33	Matera, Phillip	?	?	0	2	9	7	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
19	McDougall, Andrew	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2
11	McIntosh, Ashley	?	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Munro, Kane	?	?	3	1	13	10	3	3	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
28	Sampi, Ashley	?	?	1	0	6	1	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
40	Wilson, Troy	?	?	2	2	8	6	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
44	Wirrpanda, David	?	?	0	0	16	13	3	2	0	7	1	2	1	0	6	2
13	Wooden, Josh	?	?	0	0	13	5	8	1	0	5	4	1	0	0	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				11	12	272	174	98	57	32	58	38	31	10	6	33	58

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	Gary Moorcroft goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	02:16
	ESSE	Mark Bolton goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	03:54
	WCST	Daniel Kerr behind	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	04:50
	ESSE	Blake Caracella behind	2.1.13	-	0.1.1	07:18
	ESSE	Paul Barnard goal	3.1.19	-	0.1.1	08:31
	WCST	Daniel Kerr goal	3.1.19	-	1.1.7	09:47
	WCST	Ashley Sampi goal	3.1.19	-	2.1.13	13:28
	ESSE	Paul Barnard behind	3.2.20	-	2.1.13	23:04
	ESSE	Sam Hunt behind	3.3.21	-	2.1.13	27:21
	ESSE	Adam Ramanauskas behind	3.4.22	-	2.1.13	29:27
	WCST	Kane Munro behind	3.4.22	-	2.2.14	32:44
Q2	ESSE	Blake Caracella goal	4.4.28	-	2.2.14	02:13
	ESSE	Paul Barnard goal	5.4.34	-	2.2.14	05:57
	WCST	Jeremy Humm goal	5.4.34	-	3.2.20	06:58
	WCST	Troy Wilson goal	5.4.34	-	4.2.26	09:37
	ESSE	Rushed behind	5.5.35	-	4.2.26	11:59
	ESSE	Danny Jacobs goal	6.5.41	-	4.2.26	13:50
	WCST	Rushed behind	6.5.41	-	4.3.27	15:32
	ESSE	Danny Jacobs behind	6.6.42	-	4.3.27	16:07
	WCST	Kane Munro goal	6.6.42	-	5.3.33	19:09
	WCST	Glen Jakovich behind	6.6.42	-	5.4.34	20:31
	WCST	Phillip Matera behind	6.6.42	-	5.5.35	26:47
	WCST	Glen Jakovich goal	6.6.42	-	6.5.41	28:06
	WCST	Phillip Matera behind	6.6.42	-	6.6.42	30:19
Q3	WCST	Drew Banfield behind	6.6.42	-	6.7.43	01:21
	WCST	Drew Banfield goal	6.6.42	-	7.7.49	03:11
	ESSE	Andrew Welsh goal	7.6.48	-	7.7.49	08:12
	WCST	Michael Gardiner goal	7.6.48	-	8.7.55	10:03
	WCST	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	8.8.56	12:40
	ESSE	Scott Lucas behind	7.7.49	-	8.8.56	14:04
	ESSE	Scott Lucas goal	8.7.55	-	8.8.56	17:00
	ESSE	Scott Lucas goal	9.7.61	-	8.8.56	20:08
	WCST	Kane Munro goal	9.7.61	-	9.8.62	22:11
	ESSE	Scott Lucas goal	10.7.67	-	9.8.62	24:18
	ESSE	Gary Moorcroft goal	11.7.73	-	9.8.62	28:08
Q4	WCST	Quinten Lynch behind	11.7.73	-	9.9.63	00:35
	WCST	Troy Wilson behind	11.7.73	-	9.10.64	02:08
	ESSE	Steven Alessio behind	11.8.74	-	9.10.64	03:34
	ESSE	Mark Johnson goal	12.8.80	-	9.10.64	05:49
	WCST	Troy Wilson goal	12.8.80	-	10.10.70	08:46
	WCST	Ben Cousins behind	12.8.80	-	10.11.71	09:49
	ESSE	Blake Caracella goal	13.8.86	-	10.11.71	15:35
	ESSE	Jason Johnson goal	14.8.92	-	10.11.71	16:33
	ESSE	Mark Bolton goal	15.8.98	-	10.11.71	18:51
	ESSE	Gary Moorcroft goal	16.8.104	-	10.11.71	20:16
	WCST	Troy Wilson behind	16.8.104	-	10.12.72	21:50
	ESSE	Paul Salmon goal	17.8.110	-	10.12.72	23:52
	WCST	Kane Munro goal	17.8.110	-	11.12.78	28:54
	ESSE	Scott Lucas behind	17.9.111	-	11.12.78	30:03

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