2002 AFL Round 4: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 2002 between Essendon and Adelaide during round 4 of the 2002 AFL season. Essendon hosted Adelaide at Colonial Stadium. James Hird captained the hosts. Mark Ricciuto captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, R. Forster-Knight, C. Heffernan, A. Henneman, D. Hille, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, C. McGrath, M. McVeigh, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, D. Peverill, A. Ramanauskas, J. Reynolds, T. Richards

Adelaide
M. Ricciuto (capt.), N. Bassett, B. Beinke, M. Bickley, R. Biglands, M. Bode, B. Burton, M. Clarke, M. Doughty, T. Edwards, R. Fitzgerald, S. Goodwin, B. Hart, G. Johncock, K. Johnson, A. McLeod, I. Perrie, D. Schell, N. Smart, T. Stenglein, M. Stevens, S. Welsh

Essendon (19.8.122) defeated Adelaide (11.15.81).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (6), D. Peverill (3), P. Barnard, B. Caracella, D. Hille, J. Hird, J. Johnson, C. McGrath, M. McVeigh, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, A. Ramanauskas
Adelaide: M. Doughty (2), G. Johncock (2), S. Welsh (2), B. Beinke, B. Burton, R. Fitzgerald, S. Goodwin, M. Ricciuto

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Adelaide were then 4th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Friday 19 April 2002
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: Colonial Stadium
Attendance: 40,322

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Adelaide
Score: 19.8.122 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 2 11 . 4 17 . 5 19 . 8 19 . 8 (122)
Adelaide 3 . 1 6 . 2 8 . 8 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin ESSE by 25 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 51 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 41
Duration 33:45 32:23 30:39 29:06 2:05:53

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Gary Ayres (Adelaide)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. McKenzie (#24), J. Schmitt, B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jason Johnson ESSE 14 3
Damien Peverill ESSE 11 2
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 0 10 2 1 2 1 0 0 1
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 0 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 3 2 3 1 2 0 5
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 0 24 14 10 5 1 3 2 3 2 1 1 7
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 0
15 Forster-Knight, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 6 3 1 1 0 3 8
3 Henneman, Aaron ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1
34 Hille, David ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 4 16 7 2 3 2 2 1 3
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 1 1 26 19 7 4 0 2 4 1 1 0 3 5
21 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 5 0 4 5 0 2 0 3 5
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 5 3 1 2 0 3 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 6 1 12 10 2 9 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3
28 McGrath, Cory ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 2 24 16 8 7 0 4 3 2 2 1 0 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 1 27 17 10 8 0 5 1 1 2 0 5 2
11 Peverill, Damien ? ? 3 1 21 15 6 6 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 2
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0
40 Reynolds, Joel ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Richards, Ted ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 19 8 289 186 103 80 28 60 34 26 21 9 36 53

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
8 Bassett, Nathan ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0
25 Beinke, Bryan ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 Bickley, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 10 14 2 0 3 4 3 1 1 3 5
35 Biglands, Rhett ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 28 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
10 Bode, Matthew ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 2 7
24 Burton, Brett ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 6 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 1
4 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 13 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
11 Doughty, Michael ? ? 2 0 25 17 8 10 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
9 Edwards, Tyson ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 6 2 4 0 3 3 3
15 Fitzgerald, Ryan ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 3 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 6
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
18 Johncock, Graham ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 4 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 0
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 2 35 20 15 5 0 2 10 2 0 1 8 2
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 0 2 26 17 9 7 0 0 5 3 0 2 2 4
22 Perrie, Ian ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3
32 Ricciuto, Mark (c) ? ? 1 1 25 15 10 7 0 2 4 1 0 1 1 6
27 Schell, Daniel ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1
20 Stenglein, Tyson ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 1
19 Stevens, Mark ? ? 0 2 14 4 10 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1
17 Welsh, Scott ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 5 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 5
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 11 15 305 180 125 76 49 37 47 31 9 21 30 56

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 Joe Misiti behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:18
ADEL Ryan Fitzgerald goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 07:34
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 10:07
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 12:17
ADEL Scott Welsh goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 13:58
ESSE Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 15:20
ADEL Michael Doughty goal 2.2.14 - 3.0.18 16:54
ESSE David Hille goal 3.2.20 - 3.0.18 18:46
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 4.2.26 - 3.0.18 20:27
ADEL Kane Johnson behind 4.2.26 - 3.1.19 22:10
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 5.2.32 - 3.1.19 25:53
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 6.2.38 - 3.1.19 26:47
ESSE Damien Peverill goal 7.2.44 - 3.1.19 29:31
Q2 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 8.2.50 - 3.1.19 03:19
ADEL Bryan Beinke goal 8.2.50 - 4.1.25 04:20
ADEL Brett Burton goal 8.2.50 - 5.1.31 11:12
ESSE James Hird goal 9.2.56 - 5.1.31 12:43
ESSE Damien Peverill behind 9.3.57 - 5.1.31 15:31
ADEL Kane Johnson behind 9.3.57 - 5.2.32 17:13
ADEL Michael Doughty goal 9.3.57 - 6.2.38 21:05
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 10.3.63 - 6.2.38 23:57
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 11.3.69 - 6.2.38 25:50
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 11.4.70 - 6.2.38 30:29
Q3 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 12.4.76 - 6.2.38 01:23
ADEL Ryan Fitzgerald behind 12.4.76 - 6.3.39 05:53
ADEL Mark Ricciuto behind 12.4.76 - 6.4.40 07:48
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 13.4.82 - 6.4.40 08:59
ADEL Ian Perrie behind 13.4.82 - 6.5.41 10:43
ADEL Scott Welsh behind 13.4.82 - 6.6.42 11:52
ADEL Simon Goodwin goal 13.4.82 - 7.6.48 12:36
ESSE Damien Peverill goal 14.4.88 - 7.6.48 13:43
ADEL Graham Johncock behind 14.4.88 - 7.7.49 15:26
ESSE Damien Peverill goal 15.4.94 - 7.7.49 17:12
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 15.5.95 - 7.7.49 19:05
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 16.5.101 - 7.7.49 24:00
ADEL Andrew McLeod behind 16.5.101 - 7.8.50 25:51
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 17.5.107 - 7.8.50 26:53
ADEL Scott Welsh goal 17.5.107 - 8.8.56 29:14
Q4 ADEL Graham Johncock goal 17.5.107 - 9.8.62 01:40
ADEL Mark Stevens behind 17.5.107 - 9.9.63 03:59
ADEL Mark Ricciuto goal 17.5.107 - 10.9.69 05:06
ESSE James Hird behind 17.6.108 - 10.9.69 08:09
ADEL Rushed behind 17.6.108 - 10.10.70 11:15
ESSE Joe Misiti goal 18.6.114 - 10.10.70 15:29
ADEL Rushed behind 18.6.114 - 10.11.71 16:28
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 18.7.115 - 10.11.71 17:32
ADEL Rushed behind 18.7.115 - 10.12.72 19:08
ADEL Graham Johncock goal 18.7.115 - 11.12.78 20:21
ADEL Andrew McLeod behind 18.7.115 - 11.13.79 22:03
ADEL Mark Stevens behind 18.7.115 - 11.14.80 22:49
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 18.8.116 - 11.14.80 24:24
ADEL Simon Goodwin behind 18.8.116 - 11.15.81 25:31
ESSE Cory McGrath goal 19.8.122 - 11.15.81 27:23