2002 AFL Round 9: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 2002 between Sydney and Essendon during round 9 of the 2002 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at Telstra Stadium. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney
G. Bennett, J. Bolton, L. Brockman, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, B. Fixter, N. Fosdike, A. Goodes, B. Hall, B. Kirk, B. Mathews, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, R. Mott, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, J. Saddington, A. Schauble, W. Schwass, B. Seymour, R. Warfe, P. Williams

Essendon
S. Alessio, P. Barnard, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, R. Forster-Knight, S. Harvey, C. Heffernan, D. Hille, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, S. Lucas, M. McVeigh, M. Mercuri, D. Peverill, A. Ramanauskas, J. Reynolds, D. Rioli, P. Salmon, S. Wellman, A. Welsh

Sydney (11.17.83) were defeated by Essendon (12.13.85).

Goalkickers
Sydney: M. Nicks (4), B. Hall (3), P. Williams (2), S. Maxfield, M. O'Loughlin
Essendon: S. Alessio (3), C. Heffernan (2), S. Lucas (2), P. Barnard, J. Blumfield, M. Johnson, M. Mercuri, D. Rioli

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 12th on the ladder and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 May 2002
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Stadium
Attendance: 54,129

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Essendon
Score: 11.17.83 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 7 4 . 11 8 . 12 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Essendon 6 . 1 7 . 6 9 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration 31:38 29:05 30:18 29:21 2:00:22

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Sydney), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), M. Head (#16), M. James (#5)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Steven Alessio ESSE 27 3
Barry Hall SYDN 1 2
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
42 Bennett, Gerrard ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
24 Bolton, Jude ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 5
26 Brockman, Leigh ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 3 0 1 3 3 1 0 4 4
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 2 4
9 Fixter, Ben ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 1
12 Fosdike, Nic ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 2
37 Goodes, Adam ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 1 6 1 3 1 2 1 3
1 Hall, Barry ? ? 3 3 17 13 4 9 2 0 0 6 0 3 0 2
31 Kirk, Brett ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Mathews, Ben ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 1 0 6 2 3 2 0 3 5
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 3
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
38 Mott, Ricky ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 7 13 1 2 3 2 3 1 1
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 4 1 16 12 4 5 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 6
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 2 18 13 5 6 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
25 Schauble, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 2
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 5 2 2 2 0 3 1
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 1
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 3 1 1 2 1 2 3
10 Williams, Paul ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 4 0 2 2 4 3 1 4 3
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 11 17 299 194 105 73 22 50 36 44 17 14 33 57

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 3 0 23 18 5 8 10 1 7 2 2 1 2 6
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 8 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 9
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 3 2 5 0 2 0 4
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 11 1
15 Forster-Knight, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1
38 Harvey, Shane ? ? 0 2 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 3 2
34 Hille, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
21 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 9 0 2 2 5 1 1 4 3
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 3
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 9 0 4 1 4 1 1 3 5
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 8 0 0 3 2 0 1 3 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 9 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 3
11 Peverill, Damien ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 1
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 1 5 2 2 2 4
40 Reynolds, Joel ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0
4 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 4 19 1 4 1 1 0 0 3
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1
41 Welsh, Andrew ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 13 262 190 72 94 31 30 30 42 14 17 36 52

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 Mark McVeigh behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:05
SYDN Daryn Cresswell behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:43
SYDN Matthew Nicks behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 05:28
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 05:59
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 07:24
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 0.2.2 - 3.1.19 08:27
SYDN Paul Williams behind 0.3.3 - 3.1.19 12:24
SYDN Stuart Maxfield goal 1.3.9 - 3.1.19 12:55
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 1.4.10 - 3.1.19 14:21
ESSE Chris Heffernan goal 1.4.10 - 4.1.25 15:18
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 1.4.10 - 5.1.31 16:05
SYDN Ben Mathews behind 1.5.11 - 5.1.31 21:20
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 1.5.11 - 6.1.37 22:31
SYDN Jason Saddington behind 1.6.12 - 6.1.37 24:26
SYDN Barry Hall goal 2.6.18 - 6.1.37 25:36
SYDN Paul Williams goal 3.6.24 - 6.1.37 28:40
SYDN Barry Hall behind 3.7.25 - 6.1.37 30:01
Q2 SYDN Rushed behind 3.8.26 - 6.1.37 00:53
ESSE Paul Barnard behind 3.8.26 - 6.2.38 02:58
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 3.9.27 - 6.2.38 07:55
ESSE Paul Salmon behind 3.9.27 - 6.3.39 11:09
SYDN Barry Hall goal 4.9.33 - 6.3.39 14:46
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 4.9.33 - 6.4.40 17:00
SYDN Barry Hall behind 4.10.34 - 6.4.40 18:26
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 4.10.34 - 7.4.46 19:44
ESSE Rushed behind 4.10.34 - 7.5.47 21:14
ESSE Rushed behind 4.10.34 - 7.6.48 24:46
SYDN Rushed behind 4.11.35 - 7.6.48 25:46
Q3 SYDN Matthew Nicks goal 5.11.41 - 7.6.48 01:36
ESSE Chris Heffernan goal 5.11.41 - 8.6.54 03:24
ESSE Mark Johnson behind 5.11.41 - 8.7.55 05:11
ESSE Rushed behind 5.11.41 - 8.8.56 09:50
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 5.11.41 - 9.8.62 11:02
SYDN Rushed behind 5.12.42 - 9.8.62 14:08
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 6.12.48 - 9.8.62 16:44
ESSE Rushed behind 6.12.48 - 9.9.63 20:30
SYDN Matthew Nicks goal 7.12.54 - 9.9.63 22:12
SYDN Paul Williams goal 8.12.60 - 9.9.63 28:06
Q4 ESSE Paul Barnard goal 8.12.60 - 10.9.69 02:10
ESSE Paul Salmon behind 8.12.60 - 10.10.70 05:03
ESSE Shane Harvey behind 8.12.60 - 10.11.71 06:11
ESSE Shane Harvey behind 8.12.60 - 10.12.72 07:23
SYDN Barry Hall behind 8.13.61 - 10.12.72 08:53
SYDN Barry Hall goal 9.13.67 - 10.12.72 09:52
SYDN Matthew Nicks goal 10.13.73 - 10.12.72 11:41
ESSE Justin Blumfield goal 10.13.73 - 11.12.78 13:22
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 10.13.73 - 12.12.84 15:05
SYDN Rushed behind 10.14.74 - 12.12.84 16:37
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 10.14.74 - 12.13.85 21:26
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 10.15.75 - 12.13.85 22:06
SYDN Matthew Nicks goal 11.15.81 - 12.13.85 24:25
SYDN Ricky Mott behind 11.16.82 - 12.13.85 27:26
SYDN Rushed behind 11.17.83 - 12.13.85 29:03