2002 AFL Round 18: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 2002 between Essendon and Brisbane Lions during round 18 of the 2002 AFL season. Essendon hosted Brisbane Lions at Colonial Stadium. James Hird captained the hosts. Michael Voss captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

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

Brisbane Lions
M. Voss (capt.), J. Akermanis, M. Ashcroft, S. Black, D. Bradshaw, J. Brown, J. Charman, S. Hart, D. Headland, C. Johnson, J. Leppitsch, A. Lynch, B. McDonald, C. McRae, M. Michael, T. Notting, M. Pike, L. Power, B. Scott, C. Scott, A. Shattock, D. White

Essendon (11.5.71) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (16.12.108).

Goalkickers
Essendon: B. Caracella (2), J. Hird (2), P. Barnard, M. Bolton, C. Heffernan, J. Johnson, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, D. Rioli
Brisbane Lions: D. Headland (3), C. McRae (3), J. Akermanis (2), S. Black, D. Bradshaw, S. Hart, A. Lynch, T. Notting, L. Power, B. Scott, M. Voss

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Brisbane Lions remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 3 August 2002
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Colonial Stadium
Attendance: 43,036

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 11.5.71 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	0	7	.	2	8	.	3	11	.	5	11	.	5	(71)
Brisbane Lions	5	.	2	9	.	3	11	.	5	16	.	12	16	.	12	(108)
Margin	BRIL by 14			BRIL by 13			BRIL by 20			BRIL by 37			BRIL by 37
Duration	28:09			29:56			28:06			30:27			1:56:38

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Leigh Matthews (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), D. Morris (#20), J. Schmitt

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Des Headland	BRIL	1	3
Simon Black	BRIL	20	2
Darryl White	BRIL	33	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	1	0	10	7	3	3	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	2
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	0	0	20	9	11	7	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	2
23	Bolton, Mark	?	?	1	0	18	10	8	5	2	0	1	3	1	2	2	3
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	2	0	10	6	4	5	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	1
31	Fletcher, Dustin	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	3	4	0	3	0	2	2	1
38	Harvey, Shane	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
26	Heffernan, Chris	?	?	1	0	13	7	6	1	0	3	0	3	0	2	2	1
34	Hille, David	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
5	Hird, James (c)	?	?	2	0	15	13	2	6	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	3
21	Jacobs, Danny	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
14	Johnson, Jason	?	?	1	1	17	15	2	3	0	5	3	1	1	0	2	1
1	Johnson, Mark	?	?	0	0	17	13	4	6	2	5	3	4	4	4	6	1
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	1	0	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	Lucas, Scott	?	?	1	1	23	19	4	13	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	8
10	McVeigh, Mark	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	3	0	4	0	2	0	1	1	2
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	0	0	23	9	14	3	0	5	6	3	1	2	1	4
29	Moorcroft, Gary	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2
11	Peverill, Damien	?	?	0	0	27	12	15	4	0	4	3	1	0	0	3	4
9	Ramanauskas, Adam	?	?	0	0	17	14	3	6	0	3	1	1	1	1	1	6
43	Rioli, Dean	?	?	1	1	15	9	6	2	0	3	2	3	0	1	0	2
4	Salmon, Paul	?	?	0	0	5	2	3	1	22	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	3	0	3	2	2	5	0
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				11	5	286	184	102	84	31	50	31	34	11	20	34	49

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
12	Akermanis, Jason	?	?	2	0	13	11	2	6	0	7	2	0	1	0	0	3
10	Ashcroft, Marcus	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	1
20	Black, Simon	?	?	1	3	23	11	12	4	0	4	4	1	1	1	0	4
36	Bradshaw, Daniel	?	?	1	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
16	Brown, Jonathan	?	?	0	1	12	6	6	7	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	3
19	Charman, Jamie	?	?	0	0	9	8	1	4	8	2	2	2	3	2	0	4
32	Hart, Shaun	?	?	1	0	21	13	8	6	0	4	5	1	2	1	4	4
1	Headland, Des	?	?	3	0	28	21	7	8	2	7	4	2	0	1	1	7
2	Johnson, Chris	?	?	0	0	12	4	8	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
23	Leppitsch, Justin	?	?	0	0	17	12	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	3
11	Lynch, Alastair	?	?	1	2	6	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
43	McDonald, Beau	?	?	0	0	5	1	4	2	23	2	0	1	0	1	0	1
4	McRae, Craig	?	?	3	1	11	7	4	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	2
15	Michael, Mal	?	?	0	0	14	7	7	6	2	1	2	0	1	0	2	1
8	Notting, Tim	?	?	1	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
13	Pike, Martin	?	?	0	0	20	16	4	7	0	2	3	1	1	0	3	5
6	Power, Luke	?	?	1	0	9	5	4	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	1
5	Scott, Brad	?	?	1	0	27	17	10	6	0	2	4	2	3	0	3	7
22	Scott, Chris	?	?	0	0	14	11	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	1	5	0
34	Shattock, Aaron	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1
3	Voss, Michael (c)	?	?	1	2	14	11	3	5	0	3	2	3	0	2	0	2
33	White, Darryl	?	?	0	0	20	10	10	6	2	3	3	3	1	0	5	1
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				16	12	299	193	106	96	38	54	35	25	20	11	37	54

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	BRIL	Jason Akermanis goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:15
	ESSE	James Hird goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	04:44
	ESSE	Chris Heffernan goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	11:09
	BRIL	Simon Black behind	2.0.12	-	1.1.7	12:01
	ESSE	James Hird goal	3.0.18	-	1.1.7	12:58
	BRIL	Des Headland goal	3.0.18	-	2.1.13	14:49
	BRIL	Craig McRae goal	3.0.18	-	3.1.19	18:08
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown behind	3.0.18	-	3.2.20	20:12
	BRIL	Alastair Lynch goal	3.0.18	-	4.2.26	24:51
	BRIL	Craig McRae goal	3.0.18	-	5.2.32	25:43
Q2	ESSE	Scott Lucas goal	4.0.24	-	5.2.32	02:50
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	5.0.30	-	5.2.32	06:26
	ESSE	Paul Barnard goal	6.0.36	-	5.2.32	08:20
	BRIL	Des Headland goal	6.0.36	-	6.2.38	12:14
	BRIL	Daniel Bradshaw goal	6.0.36	-	7.2.44	14:21
	ESSE	Rushed behind	6.1.37	-	7.2.44	17:33
	ESSE	Dean Rioli behind	6.2.38	-	7.2.44	19:54
	BRIL	Shaun Hart goal	6.2.38	-	8.2.50	22:11
	ESSE	Blake Caracella goal	7.2.44	-	8.2.50	25:54
	BRIL	Simon Black goal	7.2.44	-	9.2.56	27:11
	BRIL	Alastair Lynch behind	7.2.44	-	9.3.57	29:55
Q3	BRIL	Luke Power goal	7.2.44	-	10.3.63	02:55
	BRIL	Rushed behind	7.2.44	-	10.4.64	04:43
	ESSE	Jason Johnson behind	7.3.45	-	10.4.64	13:45
	BRIL	Rushed behind	7.3.45	-	10.5.65	16:32
	BRIL	Brad Scott goal	7.3.45	-	11.5.71	24:21
	ESSE	Mark Bolton goal	8.3.51	-	11.5.71	27:00
Q4	BRIL	Alastair Lynch behind	8.3.51	-	11.6.72	00:14
	BRIL	Craig McRae goal	8.3.51	-	12.6.78	01:04
	ESSE	Rushed behind	8.4.52	-	12.6.78	05:55
	BRIL	Tim Notting goal	8.4.52	-	13.6.84	07:29
	BRIL	Simon Black behind	8.4.52	-	13.7.85	09:06
	BRIL	Tim Notting behind	8.4.52	-	13.8.86	10:27
	BRIL	Michael Voss behind	8.4.52	-	13.9.87	11:55
	BRIL	Craig McRae behind	8.4.52	-	13.10.88	13:55
	BRIL	Michael Voss behind	8.4.52	-	13.11.89	15:07
	ESSE	Jason Johnson goal	9.4.58	-	13.11.89	16:16
	BRIL	Michael Voss goal	9.4.58	-	14.11.95	18:31
	ESSE	Blake Caracella goal	10.4.64	-	14.11.95	20:28
	BRIL	Des Headland goal	10.4.64	-	15.11.101	21:30
	BRIL	Jason Akermanis goal	10.4.64	-	16.11.107	22:56
	ESSE	Scott Lucas behind	10.5.65	-	16.11.107	28:18
	BRIL	Simon Black behind	10.5.65	-	16.12.108	29:32
	ESSE	Dean Rioli goal	11.5.71	-	16.12.108	30:26

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