2003 AFL Round 4: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 2003 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 4 of the 2003 AFL season. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Skilled Stadium. Steven King captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Geelong
Back: B. Grgic, M. Scarlett, B. Sanderson
Half-back: D. Johnson, B. Graham, D. Milburn
Centre: P. Riccardi, C. Enright, J. Bartel
Half-forward: M. Rooke, C. Mooney, P. Chapman
Forward: G. Ablett, K. Kingsley, D. Wojcinski
Follower: S. King (capt.), J. Corey, C. Ling
Int.: P. Chambers, D. Clarke, J. Kelly, W. Slade

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

Geelong (13.12.90) defeated Melbourne (6.8.44).

Goalkickers
Geelong: K. Kingsley (5), D. Clarke (2), G. Ablett, J. Bartel, C. Enright, B. Grgic, D. Milburn, P. Riccardi
Melbourne: D. Neitz (2), C. Bruce, S. Godfrey, B. Green, C. Heffernan

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 14th on the ladder (up from 16th) and Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 April 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Skilled Stadium
Attendance: 23,001

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 13.12.90 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 0 4 . 5 7 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Melbourne 3 . 1 4 . 6 6 . 7 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 1 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 46 GEEL by 46
Duration 25:47 28:40 27:29 29:53 1:51:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Steven King (Geelong), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. McKenzie (#24), S. McLaren (#11), S. Wenn

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Joel Corey GEEL 11 3
Steven King GEEL 1 2
Chris Heffernan MELB 1 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary FPL 97% 1 1 15 10 5 3 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2
3 Bartel, Jimmy WR 71% 1 0 16 5 11 4 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 2
31 Chambers, Paul INT 34% 0 0 3 1 2 2 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
35 Chapman, Paul HFFR 83% 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 6
14 Clarke, David INT 68% 2 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 3
11 Corey, Joel RR 100% 0 2 24 13 11 2 1 3 5 4 1 1 0 5
44 Enright, Corey C 94% 1 1 23 14 9 10 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 5
7 Graham, Ben CHB 100% 0 0 14 7 7 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 7 1
25 Grgic, Brent BPL 72% 1 1 15 11 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3
28 Johnson, David HBFL 71% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 3 1
9 Kelly, James INT 77% 0 1 17 7 10 4 0 5 4 0 1 0 1 3
1 King, Steven (c) RU 100% 0 0 16 9 7 9 21 2 2 4 1 3 1 6
18 Kingsley, Kent FF 98% 5 2 12 10 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
45 Ling, Cameron RO 95% 0 0 31 18 13 10 0 4 5 1 2 1 4 2
39 Milburn, Darren HBFR 99% 1 0 12 6 6 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 45% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
15 Riccardi, Peter WL 95% 1 2 19 11 8 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2
33 Rooke, Max HFFL 100% 0 0 20 11 9 1 0 2 2 3 3 1 6 1
27 Sanderson, Brenton BPR 100% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 4 0
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 100% 0 0 7 7 0 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 1
12 Slade, Will INT 8% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Wojcinski, David FPR 94% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 13 12 314 186 128 83 32 44 31 37 16 15 42 49

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bizzell, Clint CHB 100% 0 0 9 8 1 4 2 4 1 2 0 0 1 2
25 Brown, Nathan BPL 82% 0 1 12 10 2 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 1
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFR 97% 1 1 19 12 7 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2
41 Carroll, Nathan BPR 93% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
35 Ferguson, Ryan FB 89% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Godfrey, Simon RO 48% 1 1 8 6 2 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 3
18 Green, Brad FPL 88% 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 Heffernan, Chris WL 99% 1 1 21 17 4 6 1 7 5 1 3 0 3 9
16 Johnstone, Travis C 80% 0 1 17 15 2 4 0 3 2 5 1 0 4 1
11 Jolly, Darren WR 65% 0 0 2 2 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew INT 49% 0 1 14 9 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
23 McDonald, James FPR 79% 0 0 21 10 11 6 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 5
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 2 1 4 3 1 3 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
43 Rigoni, Guy INT 39% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 3 3 1 3 0 2
24 Robertson, Russell CHF 100% 0 1 12 4 8 6 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 1
19 Vardy, Peter INT 84% 0 0 9 1 8 1 0 5 2 3 1 3 0 1
42 Walsh, Peter INT 51% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Ward, Daniel HBFR 91% 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 3 0 6 0 2 2 4
45 Whelan, Matthew RR 72% 0 0 7 4 3 1 1 7 2 0 1 0 1 1
34 White, Jeff RU 98% 0 0 24 11 13 7 11 0 3 3 3 1 0 3
26 Williams, Luke HBFL 100% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 1
13 Yze, Adem HFFL 96% 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 1 4 3 2 0 2 8
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 6 8 269 175 94 81 26 56 25 40 15 16 31 49

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

Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 N. Brown 35 R. Ferguson 41 N. Carroll 1 S. King (c) 31 P. Chambers
40 D. Wojcinski 18 K. Kingsley 29 G. Ablett 11 J. Corey 14 D. Clarke
FORWARD 45 C. Ling 9 J. Kelly
HALF-BACK

12 W. Slade
26 L. Williams 3 C. Bizzell 10 D. Ward



35 P. Chapman 21 C. Mooney 33 M. Rooke



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 C. Heffernan 16 T. Johnstone 11 D. Jolly



3 J. Bartel 44 C. Enright 15 P. Riccardi FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 36 A. Leoncelli
HALF-FORWARD 45 M. Whelan 43 G. Rigoni
13 A. Yze 24 R. Robertson 32 C. Bruce 30 S. Godfrey 19 P. Vardy
39 D. Milburn 7 B. Graham 28 D. Johnson

42 P. Walsh
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 B. Green 9 D. Neitz (c) 23 J. McDonald



27 B. Sanderson 30 M. Scarlett 25 B. Grgic



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:37
MELB David Neitz goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 02:51
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 08:42
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 17:47
MELB David Neitz goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 21:43
MELB Brad Green goal 2.0.12 - 3.1.19 24:20
Q2 GEEL Gary Ablett goal 3.0.18 - 3.1.19 00:52
GEEL Peter Riccardi goal 4.0.24 - 3.1.19 04:03
GEEL Peter Riccardi behind 4.1.25 - 3.1.19 05:50
GEEL Joel Corey behind 4.2.26 - 3.1.19 07:37
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 4.3.27 - 3.1.19 08:42
MELB Nathan Brown behind 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 10:32
GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 4.4.28 - 3.2.20 11:41
MELB Chris Heffernan behind 4.4.28 - 3.3.21 12:31
MELB Andrew Leoncelli behind 4.4.28 - 3.4.22 14:56
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 4.4.28 - 4.4.28 16:18
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 4.4.28 - 4.5.29 18:17
GEEL Paul Chapman behind 4.5.29 - 4.5.29 19:49
MELB David Neitz behind 4.5.29 - 4.6.30 26:16
Q3 GEEL Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 4.6.30 02:51
MELB Russell Robertson behind 4.6.30 - 4.7.31 04:53
MELB Simon Godfrey goal 4.6.30 - 5.7.37 06:13
GEEL David Clarke goal 5.6.36 - 5.7.37 11:21
MELB Chris Heffernan goal 5.6.36 - 6.7.43 12:42
GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 5.7.37 - 6.7.43 14:24
GEEL James Kelly behind 5.8.38 - 6.7.43 18:22
GEEL Joel Corey behind 5.9.39 - 6.7.43 19:45
GEEL Darren Milburn goal 6.9.45 - 6.7.43 21:31
GEEL Corey Enright goal 7.9.51 - 6.7.43 23:03
Q4 GEEL Brent Grgic behind 7.10.52 - 6.7.43 01:54
GEEL Brent Grgic goal 8.10.58 - 6.7.43 04:00
GEEL Peter Riccardi behind 8.11.59 - 6.7.43 09:24
GEEL David Clarke goal 9.11.65 - 6.7.43 10:37
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 10.11.71 - 6.7.43 15:01
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 11.11.77 - 6.7.43 16:27
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 12.11.83 - 6.7.43 18:01
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 13.11.89 - 6.7.43 24:49
GEEL Corey Enright behind 13.12.90 - 6.7.43 25:50
MELB Simon Godfrey behind 13.12.90 - 6.8.44 27:17