2003 AFL Round 2: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 2003 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 2 of the 2003 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Essendon
Back: M. Johnson, D. Fletcher, D. Solomon
Half-back: D. Jacobs, A. McPhee, M. McVeigh
Centre: A. Ramanauskas, J. Reynolds, S. Wellman
Half-forward: P. Barnard, M. Mercuri, J. Hird (capt.)
Forward: D. Cupido, M. Lloyd, D. Rioli
Follower: D. Hille, D. Peverill, J. Johnson
Int.: S. Alessio, J. Bannister, S. Lucas, J. Misiti

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

Essendon (17.10.112) defeated Melbourne (10.15.75).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (3), S. Lucas (2), M. McVeigh (2), A. Ramanauskas (2), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, D. Cupido, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Mercuri, D. Rioli, D. Solomon
Melbourne: B. Green (3), R. Robertson (2), T. Johnstone, D. Neitz, P. Wheatley, M. Whelan, A. Yze

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 April 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,448

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 17.10.112 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 8 . 4 13 . 7 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Melbourne 4 . 4 4 . 7 8 . 11 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin MELB by 14 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 37
Duration 28:29 29:40 29:56 27:24 1:55:29

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy (#7), S. McInerney (#30), D. Woodcock (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sean Wellman ESSE 6 3
Dean Solomon ESSE 7 2
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven INT 59% 1 1 6 4 2 4 12 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
36 Bannister, Jordan INT 73% 0 0 10 4 6 3 1 2 0 5 0 1 4 1
16 Barnard, Paul HFFL 63% 1 0 11 5 6 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 3
13 Cupido, Damian FPL 98% 1 1 12 8 4 5 0 3 0 8 1 2 1 4
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 94% 0 0 15 10 5 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 7 0
19 Hille, David RU 68% 0 1 14 5 9 4 10 1 3 1 2 1 0 3
5 Hird, James (c) HFFR 22% 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1
21 Jacobs, Danny HBFL 87% 0 0 16 7 9 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Johnson, Jason RO 85% 1 1 14 10 4 3 0 2 5 2 0 0 1 2
1 Johnson, Mark BPL 100% 1 0 12 9 3 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 98% 3 1 16 10 6 8 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2
25 Lucas, Scott INT 82% 2 0 10 8 2 4 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 1
33 McPhee, Adam CHB 86% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 0 1 7 0 3 3 0
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFR 100% 2 1 18 13 5 2 0 3 2 5 0 2 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark CHF 65% 1 0 12 6 6 6 0 0 0 5 1 4 1 4
24 Misiti, Joe INT 53% 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 2 1
11 Peverill, Damien RR 88% 0 0 14 5 9 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2
9 Ramanauskas, Adam WL 100% 2 0 24 18 6 5 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 8
29 Reynolds, Joel C 85% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 4 0 3 2 1 5 0
43 Rioli, Dean FPR 93% 1 3 24 15 9 8 1 2 5 4 1 0 4 5
7 Solomon, Dean BPR 100% 1 0 25 19 6 9 0 4 1 6 1 3 4 4
6 Wellman, Sean WR 100% 0 0 23 12 11 4 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 17 10 317 198 119 96 30 35 29 60 16 24 44 48

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Armstrong, Steven INT 76% 0 1 17 12 5 3 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 1
3 Bizzell, Clint HBFL 100% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0
25 Brown, Nathan INT 73% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFL 100% 0 1 10 9 1 4 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 4
35 Ferguson, Ryan CHB 54% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1
30 Godfrey, Simon RO 87% 0 0 26 15 11 4 0 3 5 8 3 2 2 7
18 Green, Brad FPL 100% 3 1 13 11 2 5 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 3
1 Heffernan, Chris HFFR 90% 0 0 9 7 2 3 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 5
16 Johnstone, Travis WR 71% 1 0 17 10 7 6 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 1
11 Jolly, Darren INT 22% 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
29 Lamb, Chris FB 47% 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew C 69% 0 1 14 9 5 5 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 3
7 Moorcroft, Gary FPR 61% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 1 2 5 3 2 2 3 0 0 5 0 3 0 0
24 Robertson, Russell CHF 100% 2 3 19 17 2 6 3 0 1 2 4 0 0 6
42 Walsh, Peter BPR 83% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 4
10 Ward, Daniel HBFR 100% 0 1 19 15 4 7 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 5
31 Wheatley, Paul BPL 84% 1 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 2 5 1 2 2 2
45 Whelan, Matthew RR 100% 1 1 18 14 4 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 5
34 White, Jeff RU 88% 0 1 18 6 12 5 19 0 5 3 1 0 2 2
26 Williams, Luke INT 99% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 0 3 2 1 4 1
13 Yze, Adem WL 95% 1 0 18 15 3 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 10 15 288 200 88 81 35 28 34 49 24 16 27 58

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

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
31 P. Wheatley 29 C. Lamb 42 P. Walsh 19 D. Hille 27 S. Alessio
43 D. Rioli 18 M. Lloyd 13 D. Cupido 11 D. Peverill 36 J. Bannister
FORWARD 14 J. Johnson 25 S. Lucas
HALF-BACK

24 J. Misiti
3 C. Bizzell 35 R. Ferguson 10 D. Ward



5 J. Hird (c) 2 M. Mercuri 16 P. Barnard



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 A. Yze 36 A. Leoncelli 16 T. Johnstone



6 S. Wellman 29 J. Reynolds 9 A. Ramanauskas FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 2 S. Armstrong
HALF-FORWARD 45 M. Whelan 25 N. Brown
32 C. Bruce 24 R. Robertson 1 C. Heffernan 30 S. Godfrey 11 D. Jolly
10 M. McVeigh 33 A. McPhee 21 D. Jacobs

26 L. Williams
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 B. Green 9 D. Neitz (c) 7 G. Moorcroft



7 D. Solomon 31 D. Fletcher 1 M. Johnson



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Dean Rioli behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:37
MELB Brad Green behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 02:15
MELB Andrew Leoncelli behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 03:59
MELB Jeff White behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 07:08
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 09:25
MELB Paul Wheatley goal 0.1.1 - 2.3.15 12:57
MELB Brad Green goal 0.1.1 - 3.3.21 15:08
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 18:37
ESSE Dean Solomon goal 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 21:56
ESSE Dean Rioli behind 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 23:47
MELB Russell Robertson goal 2.2.14 - 4.3.27 24:18
MELB Daniel Ward behind 2.2.14 - 4.4.28 25:30
Q2 MELB Russell Robertson behind 2.2.14 - 4.5.29 01:09
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 3.2.20 - 4.5.29 02:27
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 4.2.26 - 4.5.29 05:17
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 5.2.32 - 4.5.29 06:28
MELB Russell Robertson behind 5.2.32 - 4.6.30 10:05
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 6.2.38 - 4.6.30 11:41
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 6.3.39 - 4.6.30 14:26
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 7.3.45 - 4.6.30 15:50
MELB Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 4.7.31 21:15
ESSE Steven Alessio behind 7.4.46 - 4.7.31 22:18
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 8.4.52 - 4.7.31 25:08
Q3 ESSE Dean Rioli behind 8.5.53 - 4.7.31 00:43
MELB Matthew Whelan goal 8.5.53 - 5.7.37 03:57
MELB Russell Robertson behind 8.5.53 - 5.8.38 05:08
MELB Matthew Whelan behind 8.5.53 - 5.9.39 05:49
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 8.6.54 - 5.9.39 06:23
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 8.7.55 - 5.9.39 07:48
MELB Brad Green goal 8.7.55 - 6.9.45 10:48
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 9.7.61 - 6.9.45 13:31
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 10.7.67 - 6.9.45 17:14
MELB Steven Armstrong behind 10.7.67 - 6.10.46 19:03
MELB Brad Green goal 10.7.67 - 7.10.52 20:22
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 11.7.73 - 7.10.52 21:51
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 12.7.79 - 7.10.52 23:09
MELB Rushed behind 12.7.79 - 7.11.53 24:05
MELB Russell Robertson goal 12.7.79 - 8.11.59 24:37
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 13.7.85 - 8.11.59 27:42
Q4 MELB Cameron Bruce behind 13.7.85 - 8.12.60 02:44
ESSE Damian Cupido behind 13.8.86 - 8.12.60 05:04
ESSE David Hille behind 13.9.87 - 8.12.60 06:11
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 14.9.93 - 8.12.60 07:31
MELB Adem Yze goal 14.9.93 - 9.12.66 08:46
MELB David Neitz behind 14.9.93 - 9.13.67 10:46
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 15.9.99 - 9.13.67 12:37
MELB David Neitz goal 15.9.99 - 10.13.73 19:02
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 16.9.105 - 10.13.73 20:54
ESSE Joe Misiti behind 16.10.106 - 10.13.73 22:21
MELB Rushed behind 16.10.106 - 10.14.74 24:00
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 17.10.112 - 10.14.74 24:41
MELB David Neitz behind 17.10.112 - 10.15.75 27:01