2003 AFL Round 4: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 2003 between Western Bulldogs and Essendon during round 4 of the 2003 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Essendon at Telstra Dome. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Rohde and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Western Bulldogs
Back: M. Robbins, S. Bassett, M. Hahn
Half-back: B. Murphy, W. Skipper, P. Dimattina
Centre: R. Smith, S. West, S. Garlick
Half-forward: J. McMahon, D. Bandy, S. Power
Forward: M. Croft, N. Brown, K. McGuinness
Follower: L. Darcy, D. Giansiracusa, B. Johnson
Int.: M. Alvey, P. Bowden, D. Cross, R. Hargrave

Essendon
Back: M. Johnson, A. Welsh, D. Jacobs
Half-back: D. Solomon, S. Lucas, J. Bannister
Centre: A. McPhee, J. Hird (capt.), M. McVeigh
Half-forward: D. Rioli, M. Bolton, M. Mercuri
Forward: D. Cupido, M. Lloyd, S. Alessio
Follower: D. Hille, J. Johnson, D. Peverill
Int.: S. Harvey, J. Reynolds, T. Richards, D. Walsh

Western Bulldogs (16.14.110) were defeated by Essendon (20.9.129).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: N. Brown (5), B. Johnson (3), S. Garlick (2), R. Smith (2), P. Bowden, M. Hahn, K. McGuinness, J. McMahon
Essendon: M. Lloyd (5), D. Hille (4), S. Harvey (3), D. Cupido (2), S. Alessio, J. Hird, J. Johnson, S. Lucas, T. Richards, D. Solomon

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 13th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 April 2003
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 35,238

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Essendon
Score: 16.14.110 - 20.9.129

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 5 . 4 8 . 8 12 . 12 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Essendon 3 . 2 9 . 4 15 . 6 20 . 9 20 . 9 (129)
Margin WBUL by 14 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration 29:27 29:31 29:31 31:31 2:00:00

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Rohde (Western Bulldogs), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Western Bulldogs), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Jeffery (#29), S. McInerney (#30), K. Nicholls

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Hille ESSE 19 3
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 2
Nathan Brown WBUL 17 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
31 Alvey, Mark INT 15% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Bandy, Daniel CHF 100% 0 1 17 7 10 7 7 0 0 3 0 1 0 3
12 Bassett, Scott FB 100% 0 0 9 2 7 3 0 3 3 3 1 2 2 1
20 Bowden, Patrick INT 48% 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 4
17 Brown, Nathan FF 100% 5 6 20 16 4 7 0 4 0 4 2 0 0 4
16 Croft, Matthew FPL 100% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
38 Cross, Daniel INT 29% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
14 Darcy, Luke RU 100% 0 0 24 12 12 7 20 5 5 4 1 1 1 5
28 Dimattina, Paul HBFR 97% 0 1 22 12 10 5 0 3 3 2 2 1 5 5
4 Garlick, Simon WR 100% 2 2 19 14 5 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 3
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel RR 100% 0 0 24 15 9 6 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2
8 Hahn, Mitch BPR 90% 1 2 17 14 3 4 1 4 2 5 1 0 1 3
25 Hargrave, Ryan INT 75% 0 0 9 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
6 Johnson, Brad RO 100% 3 0 22 15 7 5 0 2 1 6 0 1 0 3
29 McGuinness, Kieran FPR 78% 1 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 2 3 1 0 3 1
23 McMahon, Jordan HFFL 77% 1 0 9 4 5 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2
2 Murphy, Bob HBFL 100% 0 0 21 16 5 9 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 5
15 Power, Sam HFFR 80% 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1
30 Robbins, Matthew BPL 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 Skipper, Wayde CHB 92% 0 1 15 6 9 3 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 6
5 Smith, Rohan WL 100% 2 0 24 17 7 4 0 1 1 5 1 2 6 3
7 West, Scott C 95% 0 0 28 8 20 4 0 3 9 1 1 0 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 14 334 194 140 91 30 38 32 53 15 10 30 60

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven FPR 45% 1 0 4 4 0 2 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 2
36 Bannister, Jordan HBFR 100% 0 0 17 6 11 4 0 1 4 2 0 0 3 1
23 Bolton, Mark CHF 100% 0 0 17 8 9 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 1
13 Cupido, Damian FPL 92% 2 0 11 10 1 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 3
38 Harvey, Shane INT 65% 3 0 17 12 5 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
19 Hille, David RU 93% 4 0 22 15 7 8 8 0 6 2 1 0 0 5
5 Hird, James (c) C 100% 1 0 27 18 9 4 0 2 3 9 0 3 5 3
21 Jacobs, Danny BPR 100% 0 0 13 7 6 8 0 1 0 2 0 1 6 0
14 Johnson, Jason RR 95% 1 1 31 21 10 7 0 4 8 4 2 1 1 6
1 Johnson, Mark BPL 100% 0 0 14 4 10 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 100% 5 3 17 15 2 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
25 Lucas, Scott CHB 97% 1 3 18 17 1 9 1 4 0 4 0 1 3 3
33 McPhee, Adam WL 38% 0 0 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
10 McVeigh, Mark WR 72% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
2 Mercuri, Mark HFFR 78% 0 1 17 11 6 3 0 1 3 3 0 2 2 3
11 Peverill, Damien RO 100% 0 0 17 6 11 6 0 9 3 1 1 1 2 0
29 Reynolds, Joel INT 52% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
20 Richards, Ted INT 47% 1 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
43 Rioli, Dean HFFL 88% 0 0 16 10 6 3 3 3 2 3 0 2 2 3
7 Solomon, Dean HBFL 100% 1 1 17 10 7 5 2 4 1 3 3 2 1 2
17 Walsh, Darren INT 40% 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1
12 Welsh, Andrew FB 100% 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 20 9 329 201 128 100 20 41 36 50 10 15 39 50

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

Western Bulldogs Coach: Peter Rohde
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 M. Johnson 12 A. Welsh 21 D. Jacobs 14 L. Darcy 31 M. Alvey
29 K. McGuinness 17 N. Brown 16 M. Croft 13 D. Giansiracusa 20 P. Bowden
FORWARD 6 B. Johnson 38 D. Cross
HALF-BACK

25 R. Hargrave
7 D. Solomon 25 S. Lucas 36 J. Bannister



15 S. Power 11 D. Bandy 23 J. McMahon



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 A. McPhee 5 J. Hird (c) 10 M. McVeigh



4 S. Garlick 7 S. West 5 R. Smith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 38 S. Harvey
HALF-FORWARD 14 J. Johnson 29 J. Reynolds
43 D. Rioli 23 M. Bolton 2 M. Mercuri 11 D. Peverill 20 T. Richards
28 P. Dimattina 34 W. Skipper 2 B. Murphy

17 D. Walsh
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



13 D. Cupido 18 M. Lloyd 27 S. Alessio



8 M. Hahn 12 S. Bassett 30 M. Robbins



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Nathan Brown behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 05:59
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 07:46
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 08:38
WBUL Rohan Smith goal 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 10:17
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 11:39
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 2.3.15 - 0.1.1 15:06
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 2.3.15 - 0.2.2 15:43
WBUL Paul Dimattina behind 2.4.16 - 0.2.2 18:47
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 2.4.16 - 1.2.8 19:56
WBUL Simon Garlick goal 3.4.22 - 1.2.8 21:18
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 4.4.28 - 1.2.8 22:23
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 5.4.34 - 1.2.8 23:24
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 5.4.34 - 2.2.14 24:40
ESSE David Hille goal 5.4.34 - 3.2.20 28:00
Q2 ESSE David Hille goal 5.4.34 - 4.2.26 01:05
WBUL Wayde Skipper behind 5.5.35 - 4.2.26 04:31
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 5.5.35 - 5.2.32 05:21
WBUL Simon Garlick goal 6.5.41 - 5.2.32 07:28
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 6.5.41 - 6.2.38 09:02
WBUL Simon Garlick behind 6.6.42 - 6.2.38 12:56
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 6.6.42 - 6.3.39 14:26
WBUL Rohan Smith goal 7.6.48 - 6.3.39 18:20
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 8.6.54 - 6.3.39 19:34
ESSE Shane Harvey goal 8.6.54 - 7.3.45 20:24
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 8.6.54 - 8.3.51 21:23
WBUL Simon Garlick behind 8.7.55 - 8.3.51 22:20
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 8.8.56 - 8.3.51 23:17
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 8.8.56 - 8.4.52 26:42
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 8.8.56 - 9.4.58 29:24
Q3 ESSE David Hille goal 8.8.56 - 10.4.64 00:49
WBUL Daniel Bandy behind 8.9.57 - 10.4.64 02:32
WBUL Rushed behind 8.10.58 - 10.4.64 05:00
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 8.10.58 - 10.5.65 05:30
ESSE James Hird goal 8.10.58 - 11.5.71 06:29
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 8.10.58 - 11.6.72 07:42
ESSE Shane Harvey goal 8.10.58 - 12.6.78 09:21
ESSE Ted Richards goal 8.10.58 - 13.6.84 11:03
ESSE Dean Solomon goal 8.10.58 - 14.6.90 13:03
ESSE Shane Harvey goal 8.10.58 - 15.6.96 14:32
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 8.11.59 - 15.6.96 17:45
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 9.11.65 - 15.6.96 19:51
WBUL Kieran McGuinness goal 10.11.71 - 15.6.96 22:27
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 11.11.77 - 15.6.96 23:50
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 11.12.78 - 15.6.96 24:46
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 12.12.84 - 15.6.96 25:54
Q4 ESSE Damian Cupido goal 12.12.84 - 16.6.102 01:11
WBUL Patrick Bowden goal 13.12.90 - 16.6.102 02:47
ESSE David Hille goal 13.12.90 - 17.6.108 05:20
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 13.12.90 - 17.7.109 07:24
WBUL Nathan Brown behind 13.13.91 - 17.7.109 08:36
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 14.13.97 - 17.7.109 09:01
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 14.13.97 - 18.7.115 13:38
WBUL Jordan McMahon goal 15.13.103 - 18.7.115 15:45
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 15.13.103 - 18.8.116 17:33
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 15.13.103 - 19.8.122 21:30
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 15.13.103 - 19.9.123 25:13
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 15.14.104 - 19.9.123 26:20
WBUL Nathan Brown goal 16.14.110 - 19.9.123 27:37
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 16.14.110 - 20.9.129 29:22