2003 AFL Round 5: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 2003 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 5 of the 2003 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. Stuart Maxfield captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Sydney
Back: B. Mathews, A. Schauble, C. Bolton
Half-back: L. Barry, J. Saddington, T. Kennelly
Centre: A. Schneider, J. Bolton, B. Kirk
Half-forward: P. Williams, A. Goodes, M. Nicks
Forward: M. O'Loughlin, B. Hall, D. Cresswell
Follower: J. Ball, J. Crouch, S. Maxfield (capt.)
Int.: N. Davis, N. Fosdike, J. Meiklejohn, R. Warfe

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

Sydney (17.7.109) defeated Melbourne (13.7.85).

Goalkickers
Sydney: N. Davis (3), M. O'Loughlin (3), A. Schneider (3), J. Ball (2), J. Bolton, A. Goodes, B. Hall, S. Maxfield, M. Nicks, P. Williams
Melbourne: D. Neitz (6), J. White (3), D. Jolly (2), G. Moorcroft, S. Thompson

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 9th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Melbourne were then 13th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Friday 25 April 2003
Time: 6:45 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 24,286

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 17.7.109 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 3 6 . 4 7 . 4 17 . 7 17 . 7 (109)
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 4 10 . 6 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin MELB by 5 SYDN by 6 MELB by 20 SYDN by 24 SYDN by 24
Duration 26:12 27:50 33:27 33:09 2:00:38

Honour Roll

Coaches: Paul Roos (Sydney), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Stuart Maxfield (Sydney), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Head (#16), S. McLaren (#11), S. Wenn
Boundary Umpire: A. Pearson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 3
Jude Bolton SYDN 24 2
Travis Johnstone MELB 16 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Ball, Jason RU 91% 2 0 22 10 12 10 12 0 2 2 1 2 1 1
21 Barry, Leo HBFL 100% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
6 Bolton, Craig BPR 69% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
24 Bolton, Jude C 93% 1 1 24 12 12 5 1 5 4 1 2 1 0 5
8 Cresswell, Daryn FPR 73% 0 0 26 15 11 3 0 1 5 2 1 0 2 4
28 Crouch, Jared RR 100% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 3
2 Davis, Nick INT 87% 3 1 8 7 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
12 Fosdike, Nic INT 72% 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 4
37 Goodes, Adam CHF 100% 1 0 18 11 7 5 6 0 1 4 0 1 1 6
1 Hall, Barry FF 100% 1 2 10 7 3 5 3 3 0 4 1 4 0 3
17 Kennelly, Tadhg HBFR 100% 0 0 19 6 13 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 0
31 Kirk, Brett WR 91% 0 0 20 8 12 4 0 12 2 3 0 1 3 3
4 Mathews, Ben BPL 88% 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 2 3 1 1 0 4 1
11 Maxfield, Stuart (c) RO 93% 1 0 22 15 7 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 5 7
43 Meiklejohn, James INT 20% 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 Nicks, Matthew HFFR 81% 1 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 1 4 3 3 1 3
19 O'Loughlin, Michael FPL 89% 3 1 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1
22 Saddington, Jason CHB 100% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 1
25 Schauble, Andrew FB 14% 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
36 Schneider, Adam WL 78% 3 1 13 9 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 4
33 Warfe, Rowan INT 61% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
10 Williams, Paul HFFL 100% 1 0 19 9 10 2 0 6 6 2 1 1 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 7 310 174 136 69 24 51 37 32 15 16 34 57

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bizzell, Clint FB 100% 0 0 14 7 7 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2
25 Brown, Nathan BPL 78% 0 0 17 9 8 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 4
32 Bruce, Cameron BPR 100% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
35 Ferguson, Ryan INT 1% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Godfrey, Simon RO 60% 0 0 9 5 4 2 1 5 2 2 2 1 1 3
18 Green, Brad FPL 65% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
1 Heffernan, Chris C 93% 0 0 13 8 5 2 2 4 1 2 0 1 1 3
16 Johnstone, Travis WR 88% 0 0 21 11 10 2 1 0 6 5 1 2 3 3
11 Jolly, Darren INT 59% 2 0 11 6 5 2 10 2 3 3 3 1 0 2
36 Leoncelli, Andrew WL 75% 0 0 22 13 9 8 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 6
23 McDonald, James FPR 100% 0 1 17 12 5 3 0 4 6 1 1 1 3 3
37 Miller, Brad CHB 100% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 0
7 Moorcroft, Gary INT 89% 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 3
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 6 1 15 9 6 7 1 2 1 3 1 3 0 3
24 Robertson, Russell CHF 100% 0 1 12 8 4 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2
6 Thompson, Scott INT 43% 1 0 7 3 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 3
19 Vardy, Peter HFFR 63% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
10 Ward, Daniel HBFR 100% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 2
45 Whelan, Matthew RR 90% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 4 5 2 0 1 1 2
34 White, Jeff RU 96% 3 0 17 9 8 9 28 1 2 1 1 0 2 1
26 Williams, Luke HBFL 99% 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 1 0 4 0 5 2
13 Yze, Adem HFFL 100% 0 1 22 19 3 4 0 2 2 3 0 0 10 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 13 7 278 170 108 83 44 41 35 36 16 15 37 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

Sydney Coach: Paul Roos
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 N. Brown 3 C. Bizzell 32 C. Bruce 27 J. Ball 2 N. Davis
8 D. Cresswell 1 B. Hall 19 M. O'Loughlin 28 J. Crouch 12 N. Fosdike
FORWARD 11 S. Maxfield (c) 43 J. Meiklejohn
HALF-BACK

33 R. Warfe
26 L. Williams 37 B. Miller 10 D. Ward



23 M. Nicks 37 A. Goodes 10 P. Williams



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



36 A. Leoncelli 1 C. Heffernan 16 T. Johnstone



31 B. Kirk 24 J. Bolton 36 A. Schneider FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 35 R. Ferguson
HALF-FORWARD 45 M. Whelan 11 D. Jolly
13 A. Yze 24 R. Robertson 19 P. Vardy 30 S. Godfrey 7 G. Moorcroft
17 T. Kennelly 22 J. Saddington 21 L. Barry

6 S. Thompson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



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



6 C. Bolton 25 A. Schauble 4 B. Mathews



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:27
MELB David Neitz goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 03:06
MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 06:22
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 10:04
SYDN Adam Schneider behind 0.3.3 - 1.1.7 11:00
MELB David Neitz goal 0.3.3 - 2.1.13 14:37
MELB Adem Yze behind 0.3.3 - 2.2.14 17:08
SYDN Nick Davis goal 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 18:33
MELB David Neitz goal 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 22:03
SYDN Barry Hall goal 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 23:41
Q2 MELB Gary Moorcroft goal 2.3.15 - 4.2.26 00:38
SYDN Matthew Nicks goal 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 02:34
MELB James McDonald behind 3.3.21 - 4.3.27 04:18
MELB David Neitz goal 3.3.21 - 5.3.33 05:50
SYDN Nick Davis goal 4.3.27 - 5.3.33 10:27
SYDN Nick Davis behind 4.4.28 - 5.3.33 12:42
MELB Russell Robertson behind 4.4.28 - 5.4.34 18:24
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 5.4.34 - 5.4.34 19:40
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 6.4.40 - 5.4.34 21:10
Q3 MELB Jeff White goal 6.4.40 - 6.4.40 05:12
MELB David Neitz goal 6.4.40 - 7.4.46 08:31
MELB David Neitz goal 6.4.40 - 8.4.52 17:40
MELB Jeff White goal 6.4.40 - 9.4.58 20:08
MELB Darren Jolly goal 6.4.40 - 10.4.64 22:24
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 7.4.46 - 10.4.64 23:25
MELB Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 10.5.65 31:30
MELB David Neitz behind 7.4.46 - 10.6.66 33:20
Q4 SYDN Jude Bolton behind 7.5.47 - 10.6.66 01:36
SYDN Nick Davis goal 8.5.53 - 10.6.66 02:49
MELB Jeff White goal 8.5.53 - 11.6.72 04:22
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 9.5.59 - 11.6.72 05:22
SYDN Jason Ball goal 10.5.65 - 11.6.72 08:31
MELB Darren Jolly goal 10.5.65 - 12.6.78 10:15
SYDN Barry Hall behind 10.6.66 - 12.6.78 11:20
SYDN Barry Hall behind 10.7.67 - 12.6.78 12:37
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 11.7.73 - 12.6.78 13:22
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 12.7.79 - 12.6.78 15:04
SYDN Jason Ball goal 13.7.85 - 12.6.78 17:01
SYDN Paul Williams goal 14.7.91 - 12.6.78 21:57
MELB Scott Thompson goal 14.7.91 - 13.6.84 23:16
MELB Rushed behind 14.7.91 - 13.7.85 24:12
SYDN Stuart Maxfield goal 15.7.97 - 13.7.85 28:24
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 16.7.103 - 13.7.85 30:18
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 17.7.109 - 13.7.85 31:59