2002 AFL Round 15: West Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 2002 between West Coast and Essendon during round 15 of the 2002 AFL season. West Coast hosted Essendon at Subiaco Oval. Ben Cousins captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

West Coast
B. Cousins (capt.), D. Banfield, M. Braun, C. Chambers, M. Collica, D. Cox, A. Embley, C. Fletcher, M. Gardiner, K. Green, A. Hunter, G. Jakovich, C. Judd, D. Kerr, Q. Lynch, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, A. McIntosh, A. Williams, T. Wilson, D. Wirrpanda, J. Wooden

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, J. Bannister, P. Barnard, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, C. Heffernan, D. Hille, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. McVeigh, G. Moorcroft, D. Peverill, A. Ramanauskas, J. Reynolds, D. Rioli, S. Wellman, A. Welsh

West Coast (13.12.90) defeated Essendon (8.15.63).

Goalkickers
West Coast: C. Fletcher (2), M. Gardiner (2), T. Wilson (2), D. Wirrpanda (2), C. Chambers, B. Cousins, D. Cox, D. Kerr, P. Matera
Essendon: J. Hird (2), J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, D. Hille, M. Lloyd, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: West Coast v Essendon
Date: Sunday 14 July 2002
Time: 1:40 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 37,600

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Essendon
Score: 13.12.90 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
West Coast	3	.	4	6	.	9	7	.	10	13	.	12	13	.	12	(90)
Essendon	1	.	2	3	.	6	6	.	10	8	.	15	8	.	15	(63)
Margin	WCST by 14			WCST by 21			WCST by 6			WCST by 27			WCST by 27
Duration	29:08			31:21			29:27			29:53			1:59:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (West Coast), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Ben Cousins (West Coast), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore (#19), C. Mitchell (#4), K. Nicholls

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Chad Fletcher	WCST	7	3
Glen Jakovich	WCST	27	2
David Wirrpanda	WCST	44	1

Player Statistics

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
6	Banfield, Drew	?	?	0	0	20	15	5	5	0	1	7	3	2	2	2	5
10	Braun, Michael	?	?	0	1	14	11	3	2	0	4	2	1	1	1	1	2
15	Chambers, Callum	?	?	1	0	12	8	4	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	2
22	Collica, Michael	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	4	1	5	1	1	0	1	1	0
9	Cousins, Ben (c)	?	?	1	0	21	16	5	3	0	3	6	1	0	0	1	5
20	Cox, Dean	?	?	1	0	7	6	1	1	18	2	1	5	3	1	0	2
32	Embley, Andrew	?	?	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
7	Fletcher, Chad	?	?	2	0	23	19	4	3	0	5	4	3	0	1	0	5
1	Gardiner, Michael	?	?	2	1	18	13	5	10	16	0	1	3	0	0	2	4
35	Green, Kasey	?	?	0	0	16	7	9	7	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1
39	Hunter, Adam	?	?	0	0	14	7	7	4	0	6	3	1	1	0	1	3
27	Jakovich, Glen	?	?	0	0	21	15	6	4	2	2	4	2	2	2	6	0
3	Judd, Chris	?	?	0	1	19	13	6	6	0	7	1	1	2	0	1	6
4	Kerr, Daniel	?	?	1	1	14	6	8	2	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	1
45	Lynch, Quinten	?	?	0	2	17	12	5	4	3	0	1	5	2	1	0	6
30	Matera, Peter	?	?	0	1	10	8	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
33	Matera, Phillip	?	?	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	McIntosh, Ashley	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
37	Williams, Andrew	?	?	0	0	15	13	2	5	0	3	3	3	1	0	1	7
40	Wilson, Troy	?	?	2	1	7	4	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0
44	Wirrpanda, David	?	?	2	1	22	15	7	3	0	3	2	2	1	0	1	2
13	Wooden, Josh	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	5	0	3	0	4	0	2	2	1
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				13	12	299	204	95	75	40	53	41	47	19	15	27	55

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	0	0	3	1	2	0	9	0	2	3	1	3	0	2
36	Bannister, Jordan	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	0	1	14	8	6	2	0	2	4	1	1	0	1	2
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	1	0	16	11	5	3	0	5	3	1	0	1	1	4
23	Bolton, Mark	?	?	0	0	16	7	9	4	0	2	0	1	3	1	6	0
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	1	1	22	15	7	7	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
26	Heffernan, Chris	?	?	0	0	9	4	5	3	0	7	1	2	0	1	1	1
34	Hille, David	?	?	1	0	16	7	9	5	2	1	2	2	0	1	1	3
5	Hird, James (c)	?	?	2	2	24	18	6	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	2
21	Jacobs, Danny	?	?	0	1	18	11	7	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0
14	Johnson, Jason	?	?	0	0	28	12	16	3	0	11	4	6	2	3	1	1
1	Johnson, Mark	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	5	2	5	0	2	1	2	3	4
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	1	3	13	10	3	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	3
25	Lucas, Scott	?	?	0	1	15	14	1	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	3	4
10	McVeigh, Mark	?	?	0	0	12	11	1	2	0	7	2	3	0	1	1	3
29	Moorcroft, Gary	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	4
11	Peverill, Damien	?	?	0	0	24	10	14	3	0	2	5	1	1	0	4	2
9	Ramanauskas, Adam	?	?	1	0	11	9	2	4	1	2	0	4	0	3	3	2
40	Reynolds, Joel	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
43	Rioli, Dean	?	?	1	1	9	4	5	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	16	13	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	1	4	2
41	Welsh, Andrew	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	0
Rushed					5
Total (22 players)				8	15	308	192	116	72	16	60	31	44	15	19	38	48

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	WCST	Michael Gardiner goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:29
	ESSE	Paul Barnard behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	02:32
	WCST	Troy Wilson behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	05:14
	WCST	Peter Matera behind	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	05:49
	WCST	Michael Gardiner goal	2.2.14	-	0.1.1	07:01
	ESSE	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	0.2.2	09:54
	WCST	Troy Wilson goal	3.2.20	-	0.2.2	11:09
	WCST	Michael Gardiner behind	3.3.21	-	0.2.2	12:57
	ESSE	Adam Ramanauskas goal	3.3.21	-	1.2.8	19:48
	WCST	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	1.2.8	22:39
Q2	ESSE	Scott Lucas behind	3.4.22	-	1.3.9	02:22
	WCST	Chris Judd behind	3.5.23	-	1.3.9	07:44
	WCST	Rushed behind	3.6.24	-	1.3.9	08:44
	WCST	Daniel Kerr behind	3.7.25	-	1.3.9	09:57
	ESSE	Rushed behind	3.7.25	-	1.4.10	10:42
	ESSE	James Hird goal	3.7.25	-	2.4.16	11:45
	ESSE	Rushed behind	3.7.25	-	2.5.17	13:24
	WCST	Callum Chambers goal	4.7.31	-	2.5.17	14:12
	WCST	Michael Braun behind	4.8.32	-	2.5.17	18:18
	WCST	Rushed behind	4.9.33	-	2.5.17	23:48
	ESSE	James Hird behind	4.9.33	-	2.6.18	25:03
	WCST	David Wirrpanda goal	5.9.39	-	2.6.18	26:20
	ESSE	James Hird goal	5.9.39	-	3.6.24	29:04
	WCST	Dean Cox goal	6.9.45	-	3.6.24	30:38
Q3	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd behind	6.9.45	-	3.7.25	05:51
	ESSE	Blake Caracella behind	6.9.45	-	3.8.26	13:36
	WCST	David Wirrpanda goal	7.9.51	-	3.8.26	14:48
	ESSE	Justin Blumfield goal	7.9.51	-	4.8.32	15:59
	ESSE	Dean Rioli goal	7.9.51	-	5.8.38	19:43
	WCST	Quinten Lynch behind	7.10.52	-	5.8.38	21:12
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd behind	7.10.52	-	5.9.39	21:46
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd behind	7.10.52	-	5.10.40	22:37
	ESSE	David Hille goal	7.10.52	-	6.10.46	23:32
Q4	ESSE	Dean Rioli behind	7.10.52	-	6.11.47	00:48
	WCST	Daniel Kerr goal	8.10.58	-	6.11.47	03:00
	WCST	Troy Wilson goal	9.10.64	-	6.11.47	05:27
	ESSE	James Hird behind	9.10.64	-	6.12.48	06:33
	ESSE	Blake Caracella goal	9.10.64	-	7.12.54	12:02
	WCST	Quinten Lynch behind	9.11.65	-	7.12.54	13:17
	WCST	Phillip Matera goal	10.11.71	-	7.12.54	16:03
	ESSE	Rushed behind	10.11.71	-	7.13.55	17:38
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	10.11.71	-	8.13.61	18:56
	WCST	David Wirrpanda behind	10.12.72	-	8.13.61	19:48
	WCST	Ben Cousins goal	11.12.78	-	8.13.61	22:05
	WCST	Chad Fletcher goal	12.12.84	-	8.13.61	23:38
	ESSE	Danny Jacobs behind	12.12.84	-	8.14.62	24:53
	ESSE	Rushed behind	12.12.84	-	8.15.63	26:39
	WCST	Chad Fletcher goal	13.12.90	-	8.15.63	27:29

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