2002 AFL Semi Final 2: Adelaide v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 September 2002 between Adelaide and Melbourne in the second semi final of the 2002 AFL season. Adelaide "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Mark Ricciuto captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Adelaide
Back: B. Hart, N. Bassett, T. Edwards
Half-back: N. Smart, K. McGregor, S. Goodwin
Centre: M. Doughty, T. Stenglein, K. Johnson
Half-forward: C. Ladhams, M. Stevens, S. Welsh
Forward: M. Bode, R. Biglands, B. Burton
Follower: M. Clarke, M. Ricciuto (capt.), A. McLeod
Int.: B. Beinke, A. Crowell, G. Johncock, K. Massie

Melbourne
Back: P. Wheatley, C. Lamb, C. Bruce
Half-back: N. Brown, C. Bizzell, P. Walsh
Centre: S. Armstrong, S. Woewodin, T. Johnstone
Half-forward: P. Vardy, D. Jolly, S. Powell
Forward: R. Robertson, D. Neitz (capt.), B. Green
Follower: J. White, A. Yze, S. Godfrey
Int.: A. Leoncelli, J. McDonald, D. Ward, L. Williams

Adelaide (20.10.130) defeated Melbourne (17.16.118).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: M. Stevens (4), B. Beinke (2), B. Burton (2), T. Edwards (2), S. Goodwin (2), K. McGregor (2), A. McLeod (2), M. Bode, K. Johnson, C. Ladhams, S. Welsh
Melbourne: D. Neitz (5), T. Johnstone (4), P. Vardy (3), P. Walsh (2), C. Bruce, B. Green, A. Yze

As a result of this match, Adelaide faced Collingwood in the first preliminary final and Melbourne were eliminated (finishing 6th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Adelaide v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 September 2002
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,533

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Melbourne
Score: 20.10.130 - 17.16.118

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Adelaide	8	.	2	12	.	3	14	.	5	20	.	10	20	.	10	(130)
Melbourne	1	.	4	8	.	10	16	.	15	17	.	16	17	.	16	(118)
Margin	ADEL by 40			ADEL by 17			MELB by 22			ADEL by 12			ADEL by 12
Duration	33:40			30:25			31:39			30:13			2:05:57

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gary Ayres (Adelaide), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates (#6), M. James (#5), S. McLaren (#11)

Player Statistics

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
8	Bassett, Nathan	FB	?	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	0
25	Beinke, Bryan	INT	?	2	0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
35	Biglands, Rhett	FF	?	0	0	5	4	1	2	16	0	2	0	3	0	0	3
10	Bode, Matthew	FPL	?	1	0	12	5	7	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	1	3
24	Burton, Brett	FPR	?	2	2	10	9	1	5	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	2
4	Clarke, Matthew	RU	?	0	0	10	1	9	1	19	1	6	3	1	3	0	1
1	Crowell, Andrew	INT	?	0	0	6	1	5	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	Doughty, Michael	WL	?	0	0	6	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
9	Edwards, Tyson	BPR	?	2	2	26	17	9	8	0	2	1	2	0	1	5	3
36	Goodwin, Simon	HBFR	?	2	0	25	14	11	4	0	1	4	2	2	0	0	4
34	Hart, Ben	BPL	?	0	0	13	11	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	7	0
18	Johncock, Graham	INT	?	0	1	13	13	0	7	0	3	2	4	1	1	5	3
28	Johnson, Kane	WR	?	1	0	26	18	8	5	0	1	3	1	2	0	2	9
40	Ladhams, Chris	HFFL	?	1	0	9	5	4	1	0	11	2	2	0	1	0	1
3	Massie, Kris	INT	?	0	0	10	3	7	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
16	McGregor, Ken	CHB	?	2	1	7	5	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	McLeod, Andrew	RO	?	2	1	17	10	7	1	0	4	2	1	1	1	0	2
32	Ricciuto, Mark (c)	RR	?	0	1	17	7	10	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	6
7	Smart, Nigel	HBFL	?	0	1	9	9	0	5	1	4	0	2	0	1	2	2
20	Stenglein, Tyson	C	?	0	1	23	10	13	4	1	0	8	3	0	2	0	7
19	Stevens, Mark	CHF	?	4	0	8	8	0	5	0	4	0	4	0	3	0	3
17	Welsh, Scott	HFFR	?	1	0	7	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				20	10	266	162	104	68	39	45	40	36	14	18	25	54

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Armstrong, Steven	WL	?	0	1	12	8	4	5	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	2
3	Bizzell, Clint	CHB	?	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	2	0	4	3	1	2	1
25	Brown, Nathan	HBFL	?	0	0	4	2	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
32	Bruce, Cameron	BPR	?	1	0	21	10	11	8	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	2
30	Godfrey, Simon	RO	?	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	4	1	2	2	1	2	1
18	Green, Brad	FPR	?	1	1	6	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
16	Johnstone, Travis	WR	?	4	1	25	21	4	5	1	4	5	2	1	0	4	6
11	Jolly, Darren	CHF	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	2	0	2	0	0
29	Lamb, Chris	FB	?	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2
36	Leoncelli, Andrew	INT	?	0	0	12	10	2	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	2
23	McDonald, James	INT	?	0	0	11	8	3	1	0	6	1	1	1	0	1	2
9	Neitz, David (c)	FF	?	5	0	6	6	0	5	3	1	0	3	1	2	0	0
7	Powell, Stephen	HFFR	?	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
24	Robertson, Russell	FPL	?	0	4	13	10	3	8	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	6
19	Vardy, Peter	HFFL	?	3	2	8	7	1	3	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	1
42	Walsh, Peter	HBFR	?	2	0	8	6	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4
10	Ward, Daniel	INT	?	0	0	16	8	8	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	4	1
31	Wheatley, Paul	BPL	?	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	White, Jeff	RU	?	0	1	13	8	5	5	18	3	3	1	6	1	2	2
26	Williams, Luke	INT	?	0	0	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
22	Woewodin, Shane	C	?	0	0	15	9	6	5	1	6	4	2	0	2	3	3
13	Yze, Adem	RR	?	1	0	22	18	4	3	1	2	7	2	0	0	2	6
Rushed					6
Total (22 players)				17	16	220	157	63	72	31	47	31	30	18	14	29	46

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

Player Line-Up

Adelaide							Coach: Gary Ayres
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	31	P. Wheatley	29	C. Lamb	32	C. Bruce	4	M. Clarke	25	B. Beinke
	24	B. Burton	35	R. Biglands	10	M. Bode	32	M. Ricciuto (c)	1	A. Crowell
FORWARD							23	A. McLeod	18	G. Johncock
HALF-BACK									3	K. Massie
	25	N. Brown	3	C. Bizzell	42	P. Walsh
	17	S. Welsh	19	M. Stevens	40	C. Ladhams
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	2	S. Armstrong	22	S. Woewodin	16	T. Johnstone
	28	K. Johnson	20	T. Stenglein	11	M. Doughty	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							34	J. White	36	A. Leoncelli
HALF-FORWARD							13	A. Yze	23	J. McDonald
	19	P. Vardy	11	D. Jolly	7	S. Powell	30	S. Godfrey	10	D. Ward
	36	S. Goodwin	16	K. McGregor	7	N. Smart			26	L. Williams
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	24	R. Robertson	9	D. Neitz (c)	18	B. Green
	9	T. Edwards	8	N. Bassett	34	B. Hart
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Tyson Edwards behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:28
	ADEL	Brett Burton goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	04:10
	MELB	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	05:59
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	1.1.7	-	0.2.2	08:24
	ADEL	Simon Goodwin goal	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	09:34
	ADEL	Kane Johnson goal	3.1.19	-	0.2.2	11:11
	ADEL	Simon Goodwin goal	4.1.25	-	0.2.2	12:44
	ADEL	Tyson Edwards behind	4.2.26	-	0.2.2	14:11
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	4.2.26	-	0.3.3	15:16
	ADEL	Ken McGregor goal	5.2.32	-	0.3.3	16:13
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	5.2.32	-	0.4.4	17:55
	ADEL	Scott Welsh goal	6.2.38	-	0.4.4	20:10
	MELB	Travis Johnstone goal	6.2.38	-	1.4.10	28:04
	ADEL	Chris Ladhams goal	7.2.44	-	1.4.10	30:53
	ADEL	Bryan Beinke goal	8.2.50	-	1.4.10	32:14
Q2	MELB	Rushed behind	8.2.50	-	1.5.11	01:06
	MELB	David Neitz goal	8.2.50	-	2.5.17	04:08
	ADEL	Tyson Stenglein behind	8.3.51	-	2.5.17	05:52
	MELB	David Neitz goal	8.3.51	-	3.5.23	08:12
	MELB	Brad Green goal	8.3.51	-	4.5.29	09:23
	MELB	Jeff White behind	8.3.51	-	4.6.30	11:19
	ADEL	Mark Stevens goal	9.3.57	-	4.6.30	13:06
	MELB	Rushed behind	9.3.57	-	4.7.31	14:14
	MELB	Peter Vardy goal	9.3.57	-	5.7.37	14:48
	MELB	Adem Yze goal	9.3.57	-	6.7.43	16:55
	ADEL	Ken McGregor goal	10.3.63	-	6.7.43	18:38
	MELB	Peter Vardy goal	10.3.63	-	7.7.49	20:06
	MELB	Cameron Bruce goal	10.3.63	-	8.7.55	21:48
	ADEL	Andrew McLeod goal	11.3.69	-	8.7.55	22:46
	ADEL	Bryan Beinke goal	12.3.75	-	8.7.55	24:38
	MELB	Travis Johnstone behind	12.3.75	-	8.8.56	28:03
	MELB	Rushed behind	12.3.75	-	8.9.57	29:14
	MELB	Brad Green behind	12.3.75	-	8.10.58	30:09
Q3	ADEL	Mark Stevens goal	13.3.81	-	8.10.58	01:07
	MELB	David Neitz goal	13.3.81	-	9.10.64	03:08
	MELB	Peter Vardy goal	13.3.81	-	10.10.70	05:18
	MELB	Travis Johnstone goal	13.3.81	-	11.10.76	06:55
	MELB	Peter Vardy behind	13.3.81	-	11.11.77	09:07
	MELB	Steven Armstrong behind	13.3.81	-	11.12.78	10:34
	MELB	Travis Johnstone goal	13.3.81	-	12.12.84	11:07
	MELB	Peter Walsh goal	13.3.81	-	13.12.90	13:02
	ADEL	Graham Johncock behind	13.4.82	-	13.12.90	15:02
	MELB	Rushed behind	13.4.82	-	13.13.91	17:00
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	13.4.82	-	13.14.92	18:50
	MELB	David Neitz goal	13.4.82	-	14.14.98	19:59
	MELB	Travis Johnstone goal	13.4.82	-	15.14.104	21:33
	ADEL	Nigel Smart behind	13.5.83	-	15.14.104	24:01
	MELB	Peter Walsh goal	13.5.83	-	16.14.110	24:28
	MELB	Rushed behind	13.5.83	-	16.15.111	27:12
	ADEL	Tyson Edwards goal	14.5.89	-	16.15.111	30:34
Q4	MELB	Peter Vardy behind	14.5.89	-	16.16.112	05:11
	ADEL	Matthew Bode goal	15.5.95	-	16.16.112	06:27
	ADEL	Brett Burton behind	15.6.96	-	16.16.112	09:20
	ADEL	Tyson Edwards goal	16.6.102	-	16.16.112	09:45
	ADEL	Mark Stevens goal	17.6.108	-	16.16.112	11:41
	ADEL	Andrew McLeod goal	18.6.114	-	16.16.112	14:53
	ADEL	Mark Stevens goal	19.6.120	-	16.16.112	16:14
	MELB	David Neitz goal	19.6.120	-	17.16.118	17:36
	ADEL	Mark Ricciuto behind	19.7.121	-	17.16.118	19:38
	ADEL	Brett Burton goal	20.7.127	-	17.16.118	20:06
	ADEL	Andrew McLeod behind	20.8.128	-	17.16.118	21:42
	ADEL	Brett Burton behind	20.9.129	-	17.16.118	24:07
	ADEL	Ken McGregor behind	20.10.130	-	17.16.118	30:00

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