2003 AFL Round 3: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 2003 between Essendon and Carlton during round 3 of the 2003 AFL season. Essendon hosted Carlton at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Andrew McKay captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

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

Carlton
Back: A. Franchina, B. Fisher, S. Beaumont
Half-back: A. McKay (capt.), B. Thornton, M. Lappin
Centre: S. Camporeale, J. Murphy, T. Sporn
Half-forward: A. Hickmott, L. Whitnall, R. Houlihan
Forward: D. Hulme, B. Fevola, J. Waite
Follower: B. French, S. Wiggins, A. Koutoufides
Int.: J. Davies, J. McCormick, A. Merrington, I. Prendergast

Essendon (13.16.94) were defeated by Carlton (15.15.105).

Goalkickers
Essendon: D. Rioli (3), M. Lloyd (2), D. Cupido, J. Hird, M. Johnson, S. Lucas, D. Peverill, A. Ramanauskas, D. Solomon, A. Welsh
Carlton: B. Fevola (4), L. Whitnall (3), B. Fisher (2), A. Hickmott (2), R. Houlihan (2), A. Koutoufides, J. Waite

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Carlton were then 13th on the ladder (up from 16th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Friday 11 April 2003
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,268

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 13.16.94 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 9 . 6 11 . 10 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Carlton 4 . 7 6 . 9 11 . 12 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin CARL by 11 ESSE by 15 CARL by 2 CARL by 11 CARL by 11
Duration 30:57 32:45 32:39 29:00 2:05:21

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Denis Pagan (Carlton)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), Andrew McKay (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), S. McBurney, D. Morris (#20)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ryan Houlihan CARL 33 3
Darren Hulme CARL 27 2
James Hird ESSE 5 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 57% 0 0 13 9 4 3 12 2 5 3 2 3 1 4
16 Barnard, Paul HFFL 76% 0 0 18 6 12 6 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2
13 Cupido, Damian FPR 99% 1 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 99% 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 1 0 9 1 5 4 0
19 Hille, David RU 50% 0 0 4 2 2 1 10 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
5 Hird, James (c) HFFR 100% 1 1 27 17 10 4 0 4 3 2 1 0 3 5
21 Jacobs, Danny HBFR 100% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 2
14 Johnson, Jason C 71% 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 2
1 Johnson, Mark WR 100% 1 0 16 11 5 6 2 0 4 2 1 0 2 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 100% 2 3 10 8 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott CHF 86% 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 1
33 McPhee, Adam CHB 100% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 5 1 0 2 0 2 2
10 McVeigh, Mark WL 100% 0 1 15 11 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 4
2 Mercuri, Mark INT 55% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 5 0 1 2 0 1 1
24 Misiti, Joe INT 11% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
11 Peverill, Damien RR 91% 1 0 22 12 10 3 0 2 4 3 0 0 2 1
9 Ramanauskas, Adam RO 100% 1 5 25 18 7 3 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 11
29 Reynolds, Joel BPL 42% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0
43 Rioli, Dean FPL 91% 3 3 19 16 3 6 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 4
7 Solomon, Dean HBFL 100% 1 1 19 13 6 5 1 3 2 7 1 3 2 6
6 Wellman, Sean BPR 85% 0 0 20 13 7 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 6 1
12 Welsh, Andrew INT 85% 1 0 12 5 7 5 0 4 0 2 0 1 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 16 314 204 110 79 25 47 33 48 21 21 39 52

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Beaumont, Simon BPR 100% 0 1 15 12 3 5 2 4 1 1 1 0 6 3
16 Camporeale, Scott WL 100% 0 0 26 22 4 2 0 5 6 3 1 1 7 7
13 Davies, Justin INT 27% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
25 Fevola, Brendan FF 100% 4 1 14 11 3 2 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 4
14 Fisher, Brad FB 80% 2 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
45 Franchina, Anthony BPL 82% 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 2
11 French, Barnaby RU 84% 0 0 10 5 5 3 26 1 4 2 1 1 0 3
9 Hickmott, Adrian HFFL 85% 2 1 11 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
33 Houlihan, Ryan HFFR 100% 2 1 28 26 2 8 1 0 3 5 1 2 1 6
27 Hulme, Darren FPL 80% 0 1 14 7 7 2 0 6 2 1 0 1 1 1
43 Koutoufides, Anthony RO 100% 1 1 21 9 12 3 0 2 8 1 0 0 1 4
12 Lappin, Matthew HBFR 100% 0 1 15 12 3 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 5
41 McCormick, Jonathon INT 28% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 McKay, Andrew (c) HBFL 100% 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 1
19 Merrington, Andrew INT 16% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
18 Murphy, Justin C 89% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 2 5
28 Prendergast, Ian INT 54% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 1
36 Sporn, Trent WR 100% 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 5 3
32 Thornton, Bret CHB 100% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 3 0
30 Waite, Jarrad FPR 85% 1 1 15 12 3 4 0 2 2 4 1 2 1 4
8 Whitnall, Lance CHF 100% 3 6 17 14 3 9 3 1 1 3 3 2 0 3
34 Wiggins, Simon RR 88% 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 15 267 194 73 54 32 42 38 41 21 21 33 60

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
45 A. Franchina 14 B. Fisher 29 S. Beaumont 19 D. Hille 27 S. Alessio
13 D. Cupido 18 M. Lloyd 43 D. Rioli 11 D. Peverill 2 M. Mercuri
FORWARD 9 A. Ramanauskas 24 J. Misiti
HALF-BACK

12 A. Welsh
5 A. McKay (c) 32 B. Thornton 12 M. Lappin



5 J. Hird (c) 25 S. Lucas 16 P. Barnard



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 S. Camporeale 18 J. Murphy 36 T. Sporn



1 M. Johnson 14 J. Johnson 10 M. McVeigh FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 B. French 13 J. Davies
HALF-FORWARD 34 S. Wiggins 41 J. McCormick
9 A. Hickmott 8 L. Whitnall 33 R. Houlihan 43 A. Koutoufides 19 A. Merrington
21 D. Jacobs 33 A. McPhee 7 D. Solomon

28 I. Prendergast
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



27 D. Hulme 25 B. Fevola 30 J. Waite



6 S. Wellman 31 D. Fletcher 29 J. Reynolds



BACK



Carlton Coach: Denis Pagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 CARL Lance Whitnall behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:15
CARL Lance Whitnall behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 01:49
CARL Anthony Koutoufides behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 05:36
CARL Ryan Houlihan goal 0.0.0 - 1.3.9 06:04
CARL Brad Fisher goal 0.0.0 - 2.3.15 09:14
CARL Brendan Fevola goal 0.0.0 - 3.3.21 10:31
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 1.0.6 - 3.3.21 13:52
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 2.0.12 - 3.3.21 15:07
CARL Lance Whitnall behind 2.0.12 - 3.4.22 17:44
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 2.1.13 - 3.4.22 19:49
CARL Adrian Hickmott behind 2.1.13 - 3.5.23 22:57
ESSE James Hird goal 3.1.19 - 3.5.23 24:39
CARL Brendan Fevola behind 3.1.19 - 3.6.24 25:44
ESSE James Hird behind 3.2.20 - 3.6.24 27:33
CARL Brendan Fevola goal 3.2.20 - 4.6.30 29:06
CARL Lance Whitnall behind 3.2.20 - 4.7.31 30:50
Q2 CARL Lance Whitnall goal 3.2.20 - 5.7.37 02:19
ESSE Dean Solomon goal 4.2.26 - 5.7.37 04:26
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 5.2.32 - 5.7.37 06:54
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 6.2.38 - 5.7.37 10:00
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 6.3.39 - 5.7.37 10:59
ESSE Dean Rioli behind 6.4.40 - 5.7.37 12:29
CARL Jarrad Waite behind 6.4.40 - 5.8.38 13:34
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 7.4.46 - 5.8.38 15:04
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 8.4.52 - 5.8.38 16:48
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 9.4.58 - 5.8.38 18:41
CARL Lance Whitnall behind 9.4.58 - 5.9.39 20:29
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 9.5.59 - 5.9.39 23:25
CARL Brendan Fevola goal 9.5.59 - 6.9.45 27:45
ESSE Dean Rioli behind 9.6.60 - 6.9.45 31:21
Q3 CARL Lance Whitnall goal 9.6.60 - 7.9.51 01:35
CARL Anthony Koutoufides goal 9.6.60 - 8.9.57 03:19
CARL Brad Fisher goal 9.6.60 - 9.9.63 04:49
CARL Ryan Houlihan behind 9.6.60 - 9.10.64 10:32
CARL Brendan Fevola goal 9.6.60 - 10.10.70 11:58
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 9.7.61 - 10.10.70 14:22
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 9.8.62 - 10.10.70 15:19
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 10.8.68 - 10.10.70 16:51
ESSE Andrew Welsh goal 11.8.74 - 10.10.70 19:16
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 11.9.75 - 10.10.70 20:08
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 11.10.76 - 10.10.70 21:00
CARL Darren Hulme behind 11.10.76 - 10.11.71 22:52
CARL Jarrad Waite goal 11.10.76 - 11.11.77 23:15
CARL Rushed behind 11.10.76 - 11.12.78 31:41
Q4 CARL Adrian Hickmott goal 11.10.76 - 12.12.84 01:17
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 11.11.77 - 12.12.84 02:55
ESSE Rushed behind 11.12.78 - 12.12.84 05:49
ESSE Damien Peverill goal 12.12.84 - 12.12.84 07:40
CARL Lance Whitnall goal 12.12.84 - 13.12.90 11:36
ESSE Rushed behind 12.13.85 - 13.12.90 13:16
ESSE Dean Rioli behind 12.14.86 - 13.12.90 15:53
CARL Ryan Houlihan goal 12.14.86 - 14.12.96 16:45
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 12.15.87 - 14.12.96 19:01
CARL Matthew Lappin behind 12.15.87 - 14.13.97 20:01
CARL Adrian Hickmott goal 12.15.87 - 15.13.103 20:27
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 12.16.88 - 15.13.103 22:12
CARL Simon Beaumont behind 12.16.88 - 15.14.104 23:54
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 13.16.94 - 15.14.104 24:37
CARL Lance Whitnall behind 13.16.94 - 15.15.105 27:44