2002 AFL Round 9: Melbourne v Kangaroos

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 2002 between Melbourne and Kangaroos during round 9 of the 2002 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Kangaroos at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Anthony Stevens captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

Melbourne
D. Neitz (capt.), T. Broadbridge, N. Brown, C. Bruce, C. Ellis, R. Funcke, B. Green, T. Johnstone, A. Leoncelli, J. McDonald, B. Miller, A. Nicholson, S. Powell, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, S. Thompson, P. Vardy, D. Ward, M. Whelan, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Kangaroos
A. Stevens (capt.), G. Archer, J. Baird, J. Blakey, M. Burton, S. Clayton, L. Colbert, S. Grant, L. Harding, D. Harris, B. Harvey, D. King, T. Makepeace, M. Martyn, J. McCartney, D. Morrell, B. Pickett, M. Porter, B. Robbins, S. Rocca, A. Simpson, D. Teague

Melbourne (17.9.111) defeated Kangaroos (15.17.107).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: N. Brown (2), A. Leoncelli (2), D. Schwarz (2), D. Ward (2), A. Yze (2), C. Bruce, B. Green, T. Johnstone, R. Robertson, S. Thompson, P. Vardy, J. White
Kangaroos: S. Rocca (4), S. Clayton (3), B. Pickett (2), M. Burton, S. Grant, L. Harding, A. Simpson, A. Stevens, D. Teague

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 6th on the ladder and Kangaroos remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Kangaroos
Date: Saturday 25 May 2002
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,625

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Kangaroos
Score: 17.9.111 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 1 10 . 4 15 . 8 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Kangaroos 4 . 6 11 . 9 12 . 10 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin MELB by 13 KANG by 11 MELB by 16 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration 32:53 30:26 28:36 28:31 2:00:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Denis Pagan (Kangaroos)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Anthony Stevens (Kangaroos)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Morris (#20), B. Sheehan (#9), D. Woodcock (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adem Yze MELB 13 3
David Teague KANG 40 2
Troy Broadbridge MELB 20 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Broadbridge, Troy ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 5
25 Brown, Nathan ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 8 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 1
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 3 0 4 3 2 3 0 3 4
4 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1
15 Funcke, Ross ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
18 Green, Brad ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 5 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 2 1 20 15 5 4 0 6 3 2 4 1 1 6
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 1
37 Miller, Brad ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 2
8 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 Powell, Stephen ? ? 0 2 21 11 10 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 3
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 2 1 8 8 0 2 9 3 1 3 1 0 1 2
6 Thompson, Scott ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 4
19 Vardy, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1
10 Ward, Daniel ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 4
45 Whelan, Matthew ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0
34 White, Jeff ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 9 24 0 1 2 0 1 1 1
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 8 0 4 5 1 1 0 5 6
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 2 1 33 25 8 7 0 5 6 0 0 0 6 7
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 9 285 192 93 85 34 46 34 30 15 7 34 52

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 2
38 Baird, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2
22 Burton, Matthew ? ? 1 0 13 3 10 3 21 2 4 2 0 0 0 0
23 Clayton, Shane ? ? 3 2 15 11 4 2 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 3
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 2 18 12 6 8 0 4 2 3 0 1 3 2
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 1 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 4
39 Harding, Leigh ? ? 1 5 13 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
14 Harris, Daniel ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 4
34 King, David ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 2 0 1 4 2 0 2 3 4
35 Makepeace, Troy ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1 4 2 2 2 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 2 1 2
32 Morrell, Digby ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 3
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3
17 Porter, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
30 Robbins, Ben ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1
26 Rocca, Sav ? ? 4 2 9 7 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Simpson, Adam ? ? 1 1 29 23 6 8 2 6 7 3 1 1 3 9
10 Stevens, Anthony (c) ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 5 0 3 7 4 2 3 5 1
40 Teague, David ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 4 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 15 17 262 185 77 59 39 45 40 41 7 15 33 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 MELB Andrew Leoncelli goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:32
KANG Shane Clayton goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:35
KANG David King behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 05:18
KANG David King behind 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 06:12
MELB David Schwarz goal 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 08:04
MELB Daniel Ward goal 3.0.18 - 1.2.8 10:58
KANG Sav Rocca goal 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 13:46
KANG Byron Pickett behind 3.0.18 - 2.3.15 15:11
MELB Peter Vardy goal 4.0.24 - 2.3.15 16:25
MELB Adem Yze goal 5.0.30 - 2.3.15 18:49
KANG Leigh Colbert behind 5.0.30 - 2.4.16 19:56
KANG Shane Clayton behind 5.0.30 - 2.5.17 22:03
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 6.0.36 - 2.5.17 22:52
KANG Shane Clayton goal 6.0.36 - 3.5.23 24:50
KANG David Teague goal 6.0.36 - 4.5.29 26:36
KANG Leigh Colbert behind 6.0.36 - 4.6.30 29:23
MELB Andrew Leoncelli goal 7.0.42 - 4.6.30 31:09
MELB Andrew Leoncelli behind 7.1.43 - 4.6.30 32:19
Q2 MELB Cameron Bruce goal 8.1.49 - 4.6.30 00:55
KANG Shane Clayton behind 8.1.49 - 4.7.31 05:10
MELB Nathan Brown behind 8.2.50 - 4.7.31 07:07
KANG Sav Rocca goal 8.2.50 - 5.7.37 07:52
MELB David Schwarz goal 9.2.56 - 5.7.37 08:59
KANG Byron Pickett goal 9.2.56 - 6.7.43 12:27
KANG Anthony Stevens goal 9.2.56 - 7.7.49 14:21
KANG Leigh Harding behind 9.2.56 - 7.8.50 15:12
MELB James McDonald behind 9.3.57 - 7.8.50 17:18
MELB Jeff White goal 10.3.63 - 7.8.50 18:34
KANG Byron Pickett goal 10.3.63 - 8.8.56 20:17
KANG Adam Simpson behind 10.3.63 - 8.9.57 22:29
KANG Adam Simpson goal 10.3.63 - 9.9.63 24:03
MELB David Schwarz behind 10.4.64 - 9.9.63 25:42
KANG Matthew Burton goal 10.4.64 - 10.9.69 26:25
KANG Sav Rocca goal 10.4.64 - 11.9.75 30:25
Q3 MELB Russell Robertson goal 11.4.70 - 11.9.75 01:15
MELB Stephen Powell behind 11.5.71 - 11.9.75 03:15
KANG Shannon Grant goal 11.5.71 - 12.9.81 03:51
MELB Adem Yze behind 11.6.72 - 12.9.81 06:40
MELB Daniel Ward goal 12.6.78 - 12.9.81 09:59
MELB Rushed behind 12.7.79 - 12.9.81 13:14
KANG Leigh Harding behind 12.7.79 - 12.10.82 13:55
MELB Brad Green goal 13.7.85 - 12.10.82 16:07
MELB Nathan Brown goal 14.7.91 - 12.10.82 19:34
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 14.8.92 - 12.10.82 22:40
MELB Scott Thompson goal 15.8.98 - 12.10.82 28:35
Q4 MELB Nathan Brown goal 16.8.104 - 12.10.82 01:40
KANG Sav Rocca behind 16.8.104 - 12.11.83 04:16
MELB Stephen Powell behind 16.9.105 - 12.11.83 06:43
KANG Leigh Harding goal 16.9.105 - 13.11.89 07:55
KANG Shane Clayton goal 16.9.105 - 14.11.95 09:50
KANG Sav Rocca behind 16.9.105 - 14.12.96 10:52
KANG Leigh Harding behind 16.9.105 - 14.13.97 11:40
KANG Anthony Stevens behind 16.9.105 - 14.14.98 12:21
KANG Leigh Harding behind 16.9.105 - 14.15.99 18:36
KANG Brent Harvey behind 16.9.105 - 14.16.100 19:46
KANG Leigh Harding behind 16.9.105 - 14.17.101 20:58
KANG Sav Rocca goal 16.9.105 - 15.17.107 24:41
MELB Adem Yze goal 17.9.111 - 15.17.107 26:57