2002 AFL Round 10: Kangaroos v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 2002 between Kangaroos and Essendon during round 10 of the 2002 AFL season. Kangaroos hosted Essendon at MCG. Anthony Stevens captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

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

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

Kangaroos (12.20.92) defeated Essendon (12.12.84).

Goalkickers
Kangaroos: B. Harvey (2), D. Morrell (2), J. Baird, S. Grant, D. King, M. Martyn, J. McCartney, B. Pickett, S. Rocca, A. Stevens
Essendon: D. Fletcher (2), S. Lucas (2), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, S. Harvey, D. Jacobs, M. Mercuri, G. Moorcroft, A. Ramanauskas, J. Reynolds

As a result of this match, Kangaroos were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Essendon were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Kangaroos v Essendon
Date: Friday 31 May 2002
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,352

Match Results

Outcome: Kangaroos def. Essendon
Score: 12.20.92 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Kangaroos 4 . 5 6 . 11 11 . 16 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 10 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin KANG by 2 KANG by 5 KANG by 24 KANG by 8 KANG by 8
Duration 30:52 28:03 31:47 31:41 2:02:23

Honour Roll

Coaches: Denis Pagan (Kangaroos), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Anthony Stevens (Kangaroos), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Jeffery (#29), S. McBurney, S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adam Simpson KANG 7 3
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 2
Adam Ramanauskas ESSE 9 1

Player Statistics

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 1
38 Baird, John ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
22 Burton, Matthew ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 3 22 0 2 0 0 0 1 2
23 Clayton, Shane ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 4 1 0 3 0 1 1
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
39 Harding, Leigh ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Harris, Daniel ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 2
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 3 0 2 3 1 1 1 5 3
34 King, David ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 3 0 4 5 2 3 2 3 8
35 Makepeace, Troy ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 2
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 2
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7
32 Morrell, Digby ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 3
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 3 0 5 1 8 0 3 0 4
17 Porter, Mark ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 14 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
30 Robbins, Ben ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 3 7 2 1 0 0 4
26 Rocca, Sav ? ? 1 2 8 6 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
7 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 31 23 8 9 1 5 6 3 1 0 1 5
10 Stevens, Anthony (c) ? ? 1 1 29 24 5 7 0 1 5 4 1 0 5 3
40 Teague, David ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 20 278 206 72 72 40 45 34 34 15 9 35 65

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 8 5 4 3 1 2 1 1
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 10 2 7 0 5 1 2 1 3
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 1 3 1 4 0 1 2 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 6 0 1 2 2 0 2 3 4
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 1
15 Forster-Knight, Robert ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 6 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 0
38 Harvey, Shane ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 1 0 3 0 5 0 2 2 2
21 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 1
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 2 6 2 0 1 3 5
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 6 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 3
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 2 21 8 13 3 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 3
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Peverill, Damien ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 3 2
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 1 0 32 26 6 8 0 3 5 4 2 0 5 8
40 Reynolds, Joel ? ? 1 3 11 5 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 8 0 3 1 4 1 1 2 5
41 Welsh, Andrew ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 12 310 205 105 82 21 41 38 42 9 15 44 49

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 Chris Heffernan behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:28
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:24
KANG John Baird goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 06:16
KANG Anthony Stevens goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 07:42
ESSE Chris Heffernan behind 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 09:00
KANG Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 10:01
ESSE Joel Reynolds behind 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 12:08
KANG Jason McCartney behind 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 13:14
KANG Digby Morrell goal 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 14:50
KANG Shane Clayton behind 3.3.21 - 1.3.9 19:25
KANG Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 1.3.9 21:02
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 3.4.22 - 2.3.15 21:38
ESSE Dustin Fletcher goal 3.4.22 - 3.3.21 23:50
KANG Brent Harvey goal 4.4.28 - 3.3.21 26:39
KANG Digby Morrell behind 4.5.29 - 3.3.21 27:40
ESSE Joel Reynolds goal 4.5.29 - 4.3.27 28:42
Q2 KANG Mark Porter behind 4.6.30 - 4.3.27 02:10
KANG Sav Rocca behind 4.7.31 - 4.3.27 03:11
KANG Jason McCartney behind 4.8.32 - 4.3.27 03:33
KANG Byron Pickett goal 5.8.38 - 4.3.27 04:28
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 5.8.38 - 4.4.28 06:40
KANG Sav Rocca behind 5.9.39 - 4.4.28 07:50
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 5.9.39 - 4.5.29 13:36
KANG Mick Martyn behind 5.10.40 - 4.5.29 15:08
KANG Mick Martyn goal 6.10.46 - 4.5.29 19:14
ESSE Joel Reynolds behind 6.10.46 - 4.6.30 21:11
ESSE Shane Harvey goal 6.10.46 - 5.6.36 23:07
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 6.10.46 - 6.6.42 25:55
KANG Rushed behind 6.11.47 - 6.6.42 27:22
Q3 KANG Daniel Harris behind 6.12.48 - 6.6.42 06:15
KANG Anthony Stevens behind 6.13.49 - 6.6.42 06:44
KANG Sav Rocca goal 7.13.55 - 6.6.42 09:31
KANG Brent Harvey goal 8.13.61 - 6.6.42 12:01
KANG Shannon Grant goal 9.13.67 - 6.6.42 13:11
ESSE Danny Jacobs behind 9.13.67 - 6.7.43 17:39
KANG David King behind 9.14.68 - 6.7.43 18:25
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 9.14.68 - 7.7.49 19:22
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 9.14.68 - 8.7.55 22:59
KANG David King goal 10.14.74 - 8.7.55 24:05
ESSE Paul Barnard behind 10.14.74 - 8.8.56 25:42
KANG Leigh Harding behind 10.15.75 - 8.8.56 26:33
ESSE Rushed behind 10.15.75 - 8.9.57 27:40
ESSE Joel Reynolds behind 10.15.75 - 8.10.58 28:27
KANG Matthew Burton behind 10.16.76 - 8.10.58 29:37
KANG Digby Morrell goal 11.16.82 - 8.10.58 31:46
Q4 ESSE Gary Moorcroft goal 11.16.82 - 9.10.64 03:01
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 11.16.82 - 10.10.70 06:58
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 11.16.82 - 10.11.71 08:35
ESSE Danny Jacobs goal 11.16.82 - 11.11.77 09:31
KANG Byron Pickett behind 11.17.83 - 11.11.77 14:06
KANG Byron Pickett behind 11.18.84 - 11.11.77 15:10
KANG Rushed behind 11.19.85 - 11.11.77 19:48
ESSE Shane Harvey behind 11.19.85 - 11.12.78 21:02
ESSE Dustin Fletcher goal 11.19.85 - 12.12.84 22:08
KANG Shane Clayton behind 11.20.86 - 12.12.84 24:48
KANG Jason McCartney goal 12.20.92 - 12.12.84 29:48