2002 AFL Round 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 2002 between Geelong and Essendon during round 1 of the 2002 AFL season. Geelong hosted Essendon at MCG. Ben Graham captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong
B. Graham (capt.), G. Ablett, J. Bartel, P. Chapman, D. Clarke, J. Corey, C. Enright, D. Foster, B. Grgic, T. Harley, D. Johnson, S. King, K. Kingsley, C. Ling, A. Lord, T. McGrath, C. Mooney, J. Rahilly, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, M. Scarlett, B. Sholl

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), P. Barnard, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, R. Forster-Knight, C. Heffernan, A. Henneman, D. Hille, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. McVeigh, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, D. Peverill, A. Ramanauskas, S. Wellman

Geelong (11.10.76) were defeated by Essendon (18.18.126).

Goalkickers
Geelong: K. Kingsley (4), C. Enright, B. Graham, B. Grgic, C. Ling, A. Lord, C. Mooney, P. Riccardi
Essendon: M. Lloyd (6), J. Hird (2), J. Misiti (2), P. Barnard, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, C. Heffernan, D. Hille, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, A. Ramanauskas

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 16th on the ladder and Essendon were then 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 March 2002
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 42,746

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 11.10.76 - 18.18.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 0 7 . 2 8 . 6 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Essendon 4 . 5 11 . 9 17 . 12 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 50 ESSE by 50
Duration 29:06 32:42 30:09 28:22 2:00:19

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Ben Graham (Geelong), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. McKenzie (#24), C. Mitchell (#4), D. Woodcock (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
James Hird ESSE 5 3
Jason Johnson ESSE 14 2
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
3 Bartel, Jimmy ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
35 Chapman, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 29 14 15 9 0 3 0 3 0 2 5 7
11 Corey, Joel ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 4 0 0 4 4 1 1 3 4
44 Enright, Corey ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
23 Foster, Daniel ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0
7 Graham, Ben (c) ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 3 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 3
25 Grgic, Brent ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 5 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 3
2 Harley, Tom ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 0
28 Johnson, David ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 10 28 3 4 2 0 0 3 5
18 Kingsley, Kent ? ? 4 2 11 8 3 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
45 Ling, Cameron ? ? 1 0 21 12 9 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0
24 Lord, Aaron ? ? 1 1 26 13 13 5 0 2 4 4 0 2 0 4
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0
21 Mooney, Cam ? ? 1 1 8 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
34 Rahilly, James ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 2 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 9
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 2
30 Scarlett, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 10 335 195 140 86 34 28 26 31 10 9 46 52

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 3
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 7 0 4 1 4 0 0 3 4
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 1 1 6 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 10 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 6
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 2 1 1 4 0 1 7 0
15 Forster-Knight, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 5
3 Henneman, Aaron ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
34 Hille, David ? ? 1 1 17 7 10 10 12 1 1 3 0 0 0 3
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 2 0 29 20 9 9 0 4 7 2 1 0 0 6
21 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 1
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 3 32 25 7 13 0 3 3 2 1 2 3 4
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 6 1 14 12 2 9 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 3 16 12 4 6 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 7
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 1 26 15 11 7 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 4
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 2 0 34 16 18 10 0 2 7 2 0 1 1 4
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 5
11 Peverill, Damien ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 4
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 18 18 399 247 152 122 20 33 45 38 9 10 34 70

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 Corey Enright goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:25
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 02:13
ESSE Aaron Henneman behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 08:30
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 10:25
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 1.0.6 - 1.3.9 13:26
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 1.0.6 - 1.4.10 14:12
GEEL Peter Riccardi goal 2.0.12 - 1.4.10 17:33
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 2.0.12 - 1.5.11 18:57
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 2.0.12 - 2.5.17 20:32
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 2.0.12 - 3.5.23 23:25
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 2.0.12 - 4.5.29 24:49
Q2 ESSE Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 4.6.30 01:18
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 2.0.12 - 5.6.36 01:48
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 2.1.13 - 5.6.36 03:45
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 2.1.13 - 5.7.37 04:34
GEEL Brent Grgic goal 3.1.19 - 5.7.37 06:23
ESSE Justin Blumfield goal 3.1.19 - 6.7.43 07:28
ESSE James Hird goal 3.1.19 - 7.7.49 11:51
GEEL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 7.7.49 14:36
ESSE David Hille goal 3.2.20 - 8.7.55 16:18
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 3.2.20 - 8.8.56 18:14
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 4.2.26 - 8.8.56 19:23
GEEL Aaron Lord goal 5.2.32 - 8.8.56 22:01
ESSE Gary Moorcroft behind 5.2.32 - 8.9.57 23:07
ESSE Mark Bolton goal 5.2.32 - 9.9.63 25:22
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 6.2.38 - 9.9.63 26:45
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 6.2.38 - 10.9.69 28:38
ESSE Joe Misiti goal 6.2.38 - 11.9.75 30:41
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 7.2.44 - 11.9.75 32:01
Q3 GEEL Peter Riccardi behind 7.3.45 - 11.9.75 00:48
GEEL Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 11.9.75 02:11
GEEL Aaron Lord behind 7.5.47 - 11.9.75 02:54
GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 7.6.48 - 11.9.75 05:32
ESSE Chris Heffernan goal 7.6.48 - 12.9.81 07:05
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 7.6.48 - 13.9.87 09:06
GEEL Ben Graham goal 8.6.54 - 13.9.87 10:35
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 8.6.54 - 13.10.88 12:31
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 8.6.54 - 14.10.94 14:58
ESSE Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 14.11.95 17:06
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 8.6.54 - 14.12.96 18:00
ESSE Joe Misiti goal 8.6.54 - 15.12.102 19:33
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 8.6.54 - 16.12.108 21:17
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 8.6.54 - 17.12.114 23:52
Q4 GEEL Cam Mooney goal 9.6.60 - 17.12.114 00:20
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 9.6.60 - 17.13.115 02:08
GEEL Brad Sholl behind 9.7.61 - 17.13.115 03:06
ESSE Paul Barnard behind 9.7.61 - 17.14.116 03:48
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 10.7.67 - 17.14.116 06:53
ESSE James Hird goal 10.7.67 - 18.14.122 08:14
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 11.7.73 - 18.14.122 10:08
ESSE Mark Bolton behind 11.7.73 - 18.15.123 13:53
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 11.7.73 - 18.16.124 15:42
GEEL Brent Grgic behind 11.8.74 - 18.16.124 18:29
GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 11.9.75 - 18.16.124 22:07
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 11.10.76 - 18.16.124 24:42
ESSE Rushed behind 11.10.76 - 18.17.125 25:54
ESSE David Hille behind 11.10.76 - 18.18.126 27:52