2003 AFL Season 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 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (8.9.57) were defeated by Essendon (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: First Elimination Final
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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Fremantle) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Fremantle

Captain: Peter Bell
Coach: Chris Connolly

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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