2002 AFL Round 21: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 2002 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 21 of the 2002 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

Melbourne
D. Neitz (capt.), C. Bizzell, N. Brown, C. Bruce, R. Funcke, S. Godfrey, B. Green, T. Johnstone, D. Jolly, C. Lamb, A. Leoncelli, S. Powell, R. Robertson, P. Vardy, P. Walsh, D. Ward, P. Wheatley, M. Whelan, J. White, L. Williams, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), L. Barry, J. Bolton, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, A. Dunkley, B. Fixter, N. Fosdike, A. Goodes, B. Hall, T. Kennelly, B. Kirk, B. Mathews, D. McPherson, M. Nicks, R. O'Keefe, M. O'Loughlin, J. Saddington, A. Schauble, B. Seymour, J. Sundqvist, P. Williams

Melbourne (11.11.77) were defeated by Sydney (23.7.145).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (3), R. Robertson (2), P. Wheatley (2), C. Bruce, D. Jolly, S. Powell, S. Woewodin
Sydney: B. Hall (7), M. O'Loughlin (4), D. Cresswell (3), A. Goodes (3), R. O'Keefe (2), P. Kelly, T. Kennelly, B. Kirk, A. Schauble

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Sydney were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 24 August 2002
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,146

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 11.11.77 - 23.7.145

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 6 7 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Sydney 6 . 3 12 . 3 17 . 5 23 . 7 23 . 7 (145)
Margin SYDN by 31 SYDN by 45 SYDN by 57 SYDN by 68 SYDN by 68
Duration 29:42 30:36 33:09 31:06 2:04:33

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Paul Roos (Sydney)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Paul Kelly (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Baldwin (#1), S. McInerney (#30), C. Mitchell (#4)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Barry Hall SYDN 1 3
Daryn Cresswell SYDN 8 2
Tadhg Kennelly SYDN 17 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 0 1 1 3 1 0 3 3
25 Brown, Nathan ? ? 0 2 29 13 16 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 1 0 20 10 10 6 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1
15 Funcke, Ross ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Godfrey, Simon ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2
18 Green, Brad ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 2
11 Jolly, Darren ? ? 1 0 5 1 4 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
29 Lamb, Chris ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 5 0 7 4 2 0 1 2 2
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 3 1 9 5 4 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
7 Powell, Stephen ? ? 1 0 26 13 13 5 0 3 3 3 2 0 4 4
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 6 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 4
19 Vardy, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 4
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 3 2 3 1 1 6 1
10 Ward, Daniel ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 6 1 0 3 0 3 4
31 Wheatley, Paul ? ? 2 0 18 10 8 7 0 2 0 4 0 0 2 4
45 Whelan, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 7 42 4 5 1 3 0 1 5
26 Williams, Luke ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 3 0 3 2 1 3 1 2 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 1 26 24 2 4 0 2 7 3 0 0 1 7
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 11 11 315 182 133 77 50 50 36 36 21 8 33 51

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0
24 Bolton, Jude ? ? 0 0 15 4 11 2 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 3
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 3 0 26 15 11 7 1 2 5 2 1 1 1 6
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 2 4
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
9 Fixter, Ben ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 7 0 1 1 0 1 2
12 Fosdike, Nic ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 4 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 3
37 Goodes, Adam ? ? 3 0 11 10 1 1 17 4 3 5 1 4 1 7
1 Hall, Barry ? ? 7 3 19 17 2 11 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 4
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 4 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 3
17 Kennelly, Tadhg ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 5 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 7
31 Kirk, Brett ? ? 1 0 19 8 11 4 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1
4 Mathews, Ben ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 3
5 O'Keefe, Ryan ? ? 2 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 4 0 13 6 7 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
25 Schauble, Andrew ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 11 2 9 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2
35 Sundqvist, Jarrad ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Williams, Paul ? ? 0 0 30 17 13 2 0 6 3 4 0 1 8 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 23 7 294 172 122 72 29 47 34 36 8 21 32 57

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 SYDN Barry Hall goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:15
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:01
SYDN Tadhg Kennelly goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 08:03
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 11:18
SYDN Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 12:47
SYDN Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 14:18
SYDN Barry Hall goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 15:54
SYDN Nic Fosdike behind 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 19:17
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 1.1.7 - 4.3.27 21:36
SYDN Daryn Cresswell goal 1.1.7 - 5.3.33 24:51
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 1.1.7 - 6.3.39 26:19
MELB Nathan Brown behind 1.2.8 - 6.3.39 28:25
Q2 SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 1.2.8 - 7.3.45 03:17
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 1.2.8 - 8.3.51 05:56
MELB Stephen Powell goal 2.2.14 - 8.3.51 08:25
MELB Jeff White behind 2.3.15 - 8.3.51 10:19
MELB Adem Yze behind 2.4.16 - 8.3.51 11:09
MELB Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 8.3.51 12:39
SYDN Barry Hall goal 2.5.17 - 9.3.57 14:52
SYDN Barry Hall goal 2.5.17 - 10.3.63 16:30
MELB Shane Woewodin goal 3.5.23 - 10.3.63 19:12
MELB David Neitz goal 4.5.29 - 10.3.63 23:03
SYDN Barry Hall goal 4.5.29 - 11.3.69 24:49
SYDN Brett Kirk goal 4.5.29 - 12.3.75 26:29
MELB Nathan Brown behind 4.6.30 - 12.3.75 27:28
Q3 SYDN Andrew Schauble goal 4.6.30 - 13.3.81 00:23
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 4.6.30 - 14.3.87 01:45
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 4.6.30 - 15.3.93 03:21
SYDN Andrew Schauble behind 4.6.30 - 15.4.94 09:23
SYDN Barry Hall goal 4.6.30 - 16.4.100 10:55
MELB Darren Jolly goal 5.6.36 - 16.4.100 12:56
MELB Paul Wheatley goal 6.6.42 - 16.4.100 14:18
SYDN Daryn Cresswell goal 6.6.42 - 17.4.106 17:07
MELB Paul Wheatley goal 7.6.48 - 17.4.106 19:59
MELB Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 17.4.106 24:52
MELB Russell Robertson behind 7.8.50 - 17.4.106 26:43
SYDN Barry Hall behind 7.8.50 - 17.5.107 30:16
Q4 MELB Russell Robertson goal 8.8.56 - 17.5.107 00:57
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 8.8.56 - 18.5.113 04:29
MELB David Neitz behind 8.9.57 - 18.5.113 06:05
MELB David Neitz goal 9.9.63 - 18.5.113 08:36
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 9.9.63 - 19.5.119 09:47
SYDN Daryn Cresswell goal 9.9.63 - 20.5.125 12:41
MELB Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 20.5.125 14:07
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 9.10.64 - 21.5.131 16:30
SYDN Paul Kelly goal 9.10.64 - 22.5.137 18:25
MELB Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 22.5.137 20:02
SYDN Barry Hall behind 9.11.65 - 22.6.138 21:10
MELB Russell Robertson goal 10.11.71 - 22.6.138 22:15
MELB David Neitz goal 11.11.77 - 22.6.138 23:50
SYDN Barry Hall behind 11.11.77 - 22.7.139 27:28
SYDN Barry Hall goal 11.11.77 - 23.7.145 28:30