2002 AFL Round 13: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 2002 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 13 of the 2002 AFL season. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Colonial Stadium. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

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

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

Essendon (18.12.120) defeated Melbourne (16.12.108).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. McVeigh (3), A. Ramanauskas (3), P. Barnard (2), C. Heffernan (2), M. Mercuri (2), J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, D. Hille, S. Lucas, D. Rioli, P. Salmon
Melbourne: D. Neitz (5), R. Robertson (4), S. Woewodin (2), N. Brown, C. Bruce, B. Green, D. Schwarz, P. Vardy

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 5th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Friday 28 June 2002
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: Colonial Stadium
Attendance: 41,817

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 18.12.120 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 2 12 . 7 17 . 11 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 5 10 . 9 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin ESSE by 22 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration 31:05 29:36 29:35 29:55 2:00:11

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), M. Ellis, D. Woodcock (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adam Ramanauskas ESSE 9 3
Mark McVeigh ESSE 10 2
Danny Jacobs ESSE 21 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 26 18 8 9 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 5
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 6 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 2
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 1 3 1 3 1 0 7 0
15 Forster-Knight, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 2 0 26 18 8 6 0 3 5 1 1 0 5 3
34 Hille, David ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 6 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
21 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 13 1 2 3 2 2 0 5 0
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 4 0 1 1 0 6 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 3
12 McAlister, Daniel ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 3 3 18 13 5 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 3
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
11 Peverill, Damien ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 5 1 6 2 0 1 0 5 1
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 3 0 13 9 4 3 0 7 5 1 1 1 1 6
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
4 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 7 13 0 3 4 0 3 2 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 10 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 9
41 Welsh, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 18 12 307 215 92 113 21 49 29 29 13 11 46 48

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 0
20 Broadbridge, Troy ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 1
25 Brown, Nathan ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 4 0 0 2 3 0 1 3 6
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2
4 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3
18 Green, Brad ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 4 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 1
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 0 2 3 5 0 1 1 5
11 Jolly, Darren ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
29 Lamb, Chris ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 2 20 13 7 4 0 3 4 2 1 1 1 4
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 7
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 5 2 10 9 1 8 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 2
7 Powell, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 4 1 17 13 4 8 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 6
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 2
19 Vardy, Peter ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 4 2 3 0 2 2 2
10 Ward, Daniel ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 1 3 3 0 0 3 5
45 Whelan, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 5 0 2 2 0 1 1
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 26 1 6 3 3 0 0 6
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 2 1 26 15 11 3 0 6 3 1 1 0 5 0
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 5 0 2 5 3 0 0 1 6
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 16 12 302 207 95 80 41 37 42 49 11 13 27 65

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 Adem Yze behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:22
MELB Andrew Leoncelli behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 01:22
MELB David Neitz goal 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 02:39
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 03:54
MELB David Neitz goal 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 06:11
ESSE Justin Blumfield goal 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 07:10
MELB Russell Robertson behind 2.0.12 - 2.3.15 09:41
ESSE David Hille goal 3.0.18 - 2.3.15 11:26
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 4.0.24 - 2.3.15 12:49
ESSE Chris Heffernan goal 5.0.30 - 2.3.15 15:29
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 5.1.31 - 2.3.15 17:23
MELB David Schwarz goal 5.1.31 - 3.3.21 20:03
MELB Nathan Brown behind 5.1.31 - 3.4.22 21:20
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 6.1.37 - 3.4.22 22:37
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 7.1.43 - 3.4.22 25:56
ESSE Rushed behind 7.2.44 - 3.4.22 30:16
Q2 ESSE Paul Barnard behind 7.3.45 - 3.4.22 01:25
ESSE Chris Heffernan goal 8.3.51 - 3.4.22 04:13
ESSE Paul Barnard behind 8.4.52 - 3.4.22 06:02
MELB Russell Robertson goal 8.4.52 - 4.4.28 07:10
MELB Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 4.5.29 10:16
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 9.4.58 - 4.5.29 13:33
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 10.4.64 - 4.5.29 17:05
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 10.5.65 - 4.5.29 19:11
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 10.6.66 - 4.5.29 19:36
ESSE Paul Salmon goal 11.6.72 - 4.5.29 23:33
ESSE Mark Bolton goal 12.6.78 - 4.5.29 25:27
ESSE Blake Caracella behind 12.7.79 - 4.5.29 27:14
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 12.7.79 - 5.5.35 28:57
Q3 ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 13.7.85 - 5.5.35 01:40
MELB Brad Green behind 13.7.85 - 5.6.36 04:00
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 14.7.91 - 5.6.36 05:19
MELB David Neitz goal 14.7.91 - 6.6.42 07:03
MELB Andrew Leoncelli behind 14.7.91 - 6.7.43 09:17
MELB Russell Robertson goal 14.7.91 - 7.7.49 10:46
MELB David Neitz behind 14.7.91 - 7.8.50 11:46
ESSE Sean Wellman behind 14.8.92 - 7.8.50 13:02
MELB Shane Woewodin goal 14.8.92 - 8.8.56 14:18
ESSE Sean Wellman behind 14.9.93 - 8.8.56 15:20
MELB Rushed behind 14.9.93 - 8.9.57 16:57
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 15.9.99 - 8.9.57 17:31
MELB Brad Green goal 15.9.99 - 9.9.63 18:30
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 16.9.105 - 9.9.63 22:08
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 17.9.111 - 9.9.63 23:18
ESSE David Hille behind 17.10.112 - 9.9.63 24:37
MELB Peter Vardy goal 17.10.112 - 10.9.69 25:51
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 17.11.113 - 10.9.69 29:34
Q4 ESSE Rushed behind 17.12.114 - 10.9.69 02:03
MELB Shane Woewodin behind 17.12.114 - 10.10.70 03:47
MELB David Neitz goal 17.12.114 - 11.10.76 04:56
MELB Peter Vardy behind 17.12.114 - 11.11.77 08:44
MELB David Neitz goal 17.12.114 - 12.11.83 11:26
MELB Russell Robertson goal 17.12.114 - 13.11.89 15:27
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 18.12.120 - 13.11.89 18:23
MELB Shane Woewodin goal 18.12.120 - 14.11.95 19:32
MELB Russell Robertson goal 18.12.120 - 15.11.101 22:33
MELB Nathan Brown goal 18.12.120 - 16.11.107 24:54
MELB David Neitz behind 18.12.120 - 16.12.108 26:30