2003 AFL Elimination Final 1: Fremantle v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 2003 between Fremantle and Essendon in the first elimination final of the 2003 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Essendon at Subiaco Oval. Peter Bell captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Connolly and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Fremantle
Back: R. Hayden, R. Haddrill, L. McPharlin
Half-back: M. Carr, A. Sandilands, S. Parker
Centre: D. Woods, P. Bell (capt.), L. Webster
Half-forward: D. Headland, J. Longmuir, S. McManus
Forward: P. Medhurst, A. Grover, J. Farmer
Follower: T. Simmonds, M. Pavlich, P. Hasleby
Int.: T. Longmuir, G. Polak, S. Thornton, J. Walker

Essendon
Back: A. Welsh, D. Fletcher, D. Jacobs
Half-back: M. McVeigh, A. McPhee, S. Wellman
Centre: D. Solomon, J. Johnson, D. Peverill
Half-forward: M. Bolton, S. Lucas, B. Haynes
Forward: D. Rioli, M. Lloyd, D. Cupido
Follower: D. Hille, M. Johnson, J. Hird (capt.)
Int.: M. Bullen, A. Henneman, C. McGrath, J. Misiti

Fremantle (8.9.57) were defeated by Essendon (15.11.101).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: P. Medhurst (2), M. Pavlich (2), J. Farmer, P. Hasleby, D. Headland, L. Webster
Essendon: M. Lloyd (5), D. Cupido (2), J. Hird (2), B. Haynes, A. Henneman, D. Hille, J. Johnson, D. Peverill, A. Welsh

As a result of this match, Essendon faced Port Adelaide in the first semi final and Fremantle were eliminated (finishing 7th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 1
Teams: Fremantle v Essendon
Date: Friday 5 September 2003
Time: 6:40 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 42,770

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. by Essendon
Score: 8.9.57 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 2 . 2 3 . 4 4 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Essendon 3 . 3 7 . 6 11 . 8 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 44
Duration 29:16 31:36 27:45 33:07 2:01:44

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Connolly (Fremantle), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Peter Bell (Fremantle), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. James (#5), S. McLaren (#11), S. Wenn

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bell, Peter (c) C 100% 0 0 26 18 8 5 0 2 4 0 1 0 3 3
9 Carr, Matthew HBFL 96% 0 0 22 16 6 8 1 4 1 2 1 1 3 2
33 Farmer, Jeff FPR 58% 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
14 Grover, Antoni FF 89% 0 0 23 14 9 5 0 2 2 4 0 0 4 4
42 Haddrill, Robbie FB 89% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 5 0 1 4 0
4 Hasleby, Paul RO 91% 1 1 28 16 12 5 0 3 5 4 1 2 0 2
43 Hayden, Roger BPL 79% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 7 1 5 1 1 0 2
11 Headland, Des HFFL 96% 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 6 3 4 0 3 1 0
20 Longmuir, Justin CHF 62% 0 0 7 2 5 3 8 1 1 3 0 3 0 2
21 Longmuir, Troy INT 65% 0 1 9 8 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5
8 McManus, Shaun HFFR 92% 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 2
18 McPharlin, Luke BPR 100% 0 0 14 11 3 9 0 5 1 2 1 1 5 1
34 Medhurst, Paul FPL 100% 2 1 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
23 Parker, Shane HBFR 68% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
29 Pavlich, Matthew RR 98% 2 0 18 12 6 6 0 1 2 3 2 1 3 6
12 Polak, Graham INT 80% 0 2 13 9 4 7 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3
31 Sandilands, Aaron CHB 71% 0 0 12 5 7 5 41 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
2 Simmonds, Troy RU 93% 0 2 11 8 3 6 4 0 2 3 1 2 1 3
22 Thornton, Scott INT 65% 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 Walker, James INT 64% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0
37 Webster, Luke WR 91% 1 1 18 15 3 7 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 5
6 Woods, Dion WL 53% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 9 303 200 103 101 56 55 30 42 13 17 39 45

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
23 Bolton, Mark HFFL 100% 0 2 16 10 6 6 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2
37 Bullen, Marc INT 45% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Cupido, Damian FPR 65% 2 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 0
39 Haynes, Ben HFFR 49% 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
3 Henneman, Aaron INT 53% 1 1 5 3 2 0 5 1 4 0 1 0 0 0
19 Hille, David RU 85% 1 1 17 12 5 6 7 0 5 0 2 0 1 2
5 Hird, James (c) RO 80% 2 0 28 20 8 7 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 7
21 Jacobs, Danny BPR 100% 0 0 19 11 8 7 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 1
14 Johnson, Jason C 74% 1 1 20 14 6 4 0 0 6 2 1 1 2 5
1 Johnson, Mark RR 100% 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 4 6 0 1 0 3 4
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 88% 5 1 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott CHF 100% 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 10
28 McGrath, Cory INT 43% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
33 McPhee, Adam CHB 87% 0 0 17 10 7 8 0 1 3 4 2 2 2 4
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFL 100% 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 1
24 Misiti, Joe INT 75% 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0
11 Peverill, Damien WR 100% 1 0 25 11 14 7 0 3 9 2 0 0 2 1
43 Rioli, Dean FPL 79% 0 1 10 6 4 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 3
7 Solomon, Dean WL 77% 0 2 7 5 2 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 4
6 Wellman, Sean HBFR 100% 0 1 15 12 3 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 2
12 Welsh, Andrew BPL 100% 1 0 22 18 4 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 15 11 319 212 107 92 14 28 51 31 17 13 34 56

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

Fremantle Coach: Chris Connolly
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 A. Welsh 31 D. Fletcher 21 D. Jacobs 2 T. Simmonds 21 T. Longmuir
33 J. Farmer 14 A. Grover 34 P. Medhurst 29 M. Pavlich 12 G. Polak
FORWARD 4 P. Hasleby 22 S. Thornton
HALF-BACK

19 J. Walker
10 M. McVeigh 33 A. McPhee 6 S. Wellman



8 S. McManus 20 J. Longmuir 11 D. Headland



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 D. Solomon 14 J. Johnson 11 D. Peverill



37 L. Webster 32 P. Bell (c) 6 D. Woods FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 37 M. Bullen
HALF-FORWARD 1 M. Johnson 3 A. Henneman
23 M. Bolton 25 S. Lucas 39 B. Haynes 5 J. Hird (c) 28 C. McGrath
23 S. Parker 31 A. Sandilands 9 M. Carr

24 J. Misiti
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 D. Rioli 18 M. Lloyd 13 D. Cupido



18 L. McPharlin 42 R. Haddrill 43 R. Hayden



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Paul Hasleby behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 05:45
FREM Jeff Farmer goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 09:11
ESSE David Hille behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 11:52
FREM Paul Hasleby goal 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 13:04
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 15:08
ESSE Dean Rioli behind 2.1.13 - 0.3.3 17:34
FREM Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 0.3.3 20:41
ESSE David Hille goal 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 21:44
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 24:14
ESSE James Hird goal 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 27:28
Q2 FREM Troy Simmonds behind 2.3.15 - 3.3.21 04:00
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 2.3.15 - 4.3.27 04:39
ESSE Mark Bolton behind 2.3.15 - 4.4.28 08:19
ESSE Damien Peverill goal 2.3.15 - 5.4.34 11:42
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 2.3.15 - 5.5.35 13:22
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 2.3.15 - 6.5.41 14:47
ESSE James Hird goal 2.3.15 - 7.5.47 16:38
FREM Luke Webster behind 2.4.16 - 7.5.47 19:33
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 2.4.16 - 7.6.48 25:47
FREM Luke Webster goal 3.4.22 - 7.6.48 27:35
Q3 FREM Troy Longmuir behind 3.5.23 - 7.6.48 00:14
ESSE Damian Cupido behind 3.5.23 - 7.7.49 06:55
FREM Troy Simmonds behind 3.6.24 - 7.7.49 08:12
FREM Des Headland goal 4.6.30 - 7.7.49 10:20
ESSE Mark Bolton behind 4.6.30 - 7.8.50 16:40
ESSE Ben Haynes goal 4.6.30 - 8.8.56 20:20
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 4.6.30 - 9.8.62 22:57
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 4.6.30 - 10.8.68 24:05
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 4.6.30 - 11.8.74 25:15
Q4 ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 4.6.30 - 11.9.75 01:17
FREM Graham Polak behind 4.7.31 - 11.9.75 02:59
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 4.7.31 - 12.9.81 04:59
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 4.7.31 - 13.9.87 08:03
FREM Paul Medhurst goal 5.7.37 - 13.9.87 11:10
FREM Graham Polak behind 5.8.38 - 13.9.87 12:54
FREM Paul Medhurst behind 5.9.39 - 13.9.87 16:12
FREM Paul Medhurst goal 6.9.45 - 13.9.87 17:29
ESSE Aaron Henneman behind 6.9.45 - 13.10.88 19:17
ESSE Sean Wellman behind 6.9.45 - 13.11.89 19:44
ESSE Aaron Henneman goal 6.9.45 - 14.11.95 21:44
ESSE Andrew Welsh goal 6.9.45 - 15.11.101 23:23
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 7.9.51 - 15.11.101 25:46
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 8.9.57 - 15.11.101 27:32