2003 AFL Round 6: Fremantle v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 2003 between Fremantle and Essendon during round 6 of the 2003 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Essendon at Subiaco Oval. Peter Bell captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Connolly and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Fremantle
P. Bell (capt.), M. Carr, T. Cook, T. Croad, J. Farmer, A. Grover, R. Haddrill, P. Hasleby, R. Hayden, D. Headland, S. Koops, J. Longmuir, S. McManus, P. Medhurst, S. Parker, M. Pavlich, G. Polak, A. Sandilands, T. Simmonds, J. Walker, C. Waterhouse, D. Woods

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, M. Bolton, D. Cupido, D. Fletcher, D. Hille, D. Jacobs, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, C. McGrath, A. McPhee, M. McVeigh, J. Misiti, D. Peverill, J. Reynolds, D. Rioli, D. Solomon, D. Walsh, S. Wellman, A. Welsh

Fremantle (20.11.131) defeated Essendon (15.10.100).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: J. Longmuir (3), P. Medhurst (3), M. Pavlich (3), P. Bell (2), T. Cook (2), T. Croad (2), D. Headland (2), J. Farmer, P. Hasleby, S. McManus
Essendon: M. Lloyd (5), S. Alessio (3), D. Cupido (2), D. Hille, J. Johnson, C. McGrath, A. McPhee, J. Misiti

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Essendon were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fremantle v Essendon
Date: Sunday 4 May 2003
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 28,492

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Essendon
Score: 20.11.131 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 4 . 2 9 . 4 18 . 6 20 . 11 20 . 11 (131)
Essendon 3 . 3 7 . 4 11 . 4 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin FREM by 5 FREM by 12 FREM by 44 FREM by 31 FREM by 31
Duration 29:24 31:18 32:33 29:30 2:02:45

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Connolly (Fremantle), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Peter Bell (Fremantle), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), D. Margetts, M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Hasleby FREM 4 3
Peter Bell FREM 32 2
Des Headland FREM 11 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bell, Peter (c) ? 100% 2 1 27 19 8 5 0 2 5 1 2 1 1 5
9 Carr, Matthew ? 86% 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
10 Cook, Troy ? 95% 2 0 27 16 11 6 0 7 6 0 2 0 0 9
24 Croad, Trent ? 87% 2 3 14 10 4 4 0 0 0 5 3 3 0 3
33 Farmer, Jeff ? 93% 1 3 10 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
14 Grover, Antoni ? 70% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
42 Haddrill, Robbie ? 85% 0 0 15 7 8 8 0 5 1 1 1 0 3 0
4 Hasleby, Paul ? 97% 1 1 32 21 11 9 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 6
43 Hayden, Roger ? 88% 0 0 20 8 12 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
11 Headland, Des ? 98% 2 0 28 20 8 10 1 3 3 2 2 0 1 6
28 Koops, Steven ? 53% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 2
20 Longmuir, Justin ? 73% 3 0 13 11 2 7 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 2
8 McManus, Shaun ? 78% 1 0 16 13 3 4 0 5 1 1 1 1 3 3
34 Medhurst, Paul ? 80% 3 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0
23 Parker, Shane ? 85% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
29 Pavlich, Matthew ? 95% 3 0 21 16 5 4 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 4
12 Polak, Graham ? 69% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0
31 Sandilands, Aaron ? 46% 0 0 5 4 1 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Simmonds, Troy ? 92% 0 0 22 16 6 9 12 0 6 2 1 1 4 2
19 Walker, James ? 65% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 Waterhouse, Clive ? 70% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 3
6 Woods, Dion ? 95% 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 20 11 333 222 111 102 31 37 34 34 22 12 28 53

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? 71% 3 1 12 6 6 4 9 0 3 2 1 1 1 1
23 Bolton, Mark ? 95% 0 0 10 8 2 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 3
13 Cupido, Damian ? 81% 2 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? 13% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
19 Hille, David ? 70% 1 1 8 6 2 2 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
5 Hird, James (c) ? 80% 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 2 4 4 1 0 1 3
21 Jacobs, Danny ? 100% 0 0 13 5 8 5 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0
14 Johnson, Jason ? 94% 1 3 29 17 12 3 0 3 5 4 0 1 2 9
1 Johnson, Mark ? 100% 0 0 18 6 12 4 0 1 2 2 3 2 2 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? 97% 5 0 16 11 5 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
25 Lucas, Scott ? 100% 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4
28 McGrath, Cory ? 59% 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
33 McPhee, Adam ? 93% 1 1 11 7 4 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 2 2
10 McVeigh, Mark ? 100% 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? 100% 1 0 25 8 17 5 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 2
11 Peverill, Damien ? 83% 0 1 7 3 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
29 Reynolds, Joel ? 85% 0 0 11 6 5 1 1 2 1 4 1 3 1 3
43 Rioli, Dean ? 31% 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
7 Solomon, Dean ? 100% 0 1 8 6 2 4 2 2 1 4 0 3 0 0
17 Walsh, Darren ? 48% 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? 100% 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 0 3 2 2 6 3
12 Welsh, Andrew ? 100% 0 0 21 12 9 4 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 15 10 279 173 106 66 23 28 33 41 12 22 27 45

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jason Johnson behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 04:44
ESSE David Hille behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 05:31
FREM Paul Medhurst behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 08:02
FREM Trent Croad goal 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 10:35
FREM Paul Hasleby goal 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 16:39
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 18:42
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 20:24
FREM Paul Medhurst goal 3.1.19 - 1.3.9 21:57
FREM Trent Croad behind 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 23:35
ESSE Joe Misiti goal 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 25:30
ESSE David Hille goal 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 28:10
FREM Trent Croad goal 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 29:16
Q2 FREM Jeff Farmer behind 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 00:53
FREM Shaun McManus goal 5.3.33 - 3.3.21 01:39
ESSE Damien Peverill behind 5.3.33 - 3.4.22 05:13
FREM Peter Bell goal 6.3.39 - 3.4.22 09:03
FREM Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 3.4.22 10:28
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 6.4.40 - 4.4.28 12:39
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 6.4.40 - 5.4.34 15:25
FREM Des Headland goal 7.4.46 - 5.4.34 20:31
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 7.4.46 - 6.4.40 22:52
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 7.4.46 - 7.4.46 24:00
FREM Troy Cook goal 8.4.52 - 7.4.46 27:23
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 9.4.58 - 7.4.46 28:35
Q3 FREM Jeff Farmer goal 10.4.64 - 7.4.46 00:33
FREM Justin Longmuir goal 11.4.70 - 7.4.46 03:12
FREM Des Headland goal 12.4.76 - 7.4.46 05:18
FREM Paul Medhurst goal 13.4.82 - 7.4.46 08:40
FREM Justin Longmuir goal 14.4.88 - 7.4.46 10:26
FREM Justin Longmuir goal 15.4.94 - 7.4.46 14:03
ESSE Cory McGrath goal 15.4.94 - 8.4.52 15:41
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 15.4.94 - 9.4.58 17:57
FREM Jeff Farmer behind 15.5.95 - 9.4.58 20:06
FREM Peter Bell behind 15.6.96 - 9.4.58 20:30
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 15.6.96 - 10.4.64 21:12
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 16.6.102 - 10.4.64 23:40
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 17.6.108 - 10.4.64 27:09
FREM Peter Bell goal 18.6.114 - 10.4.64 28:44
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 18.6.114 - 11.4.70 31:13
Q4 FREM Trent Croad behind 18.7.115 - 11.4.70 01:48
FREM Paul Hasleby behind 18.8.116 - 11.4.70 03:38
FREM Paul Medhurst goal 19.8.122 - 11.4.70 05:13
FREM Troy Cook goal 20.8.128 - 11.4.70 06:30
FREM Jeff Farmer behind 20.9.129 - 11.4.70 07:53
ESSE Steven Alessio behind 20.9.129 - 11.5.71 10:49
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 20.9.129 - 11.6.72 11:37
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 20.9.129 - 12.6.78 14:44
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 20.9.129 - 13.6.84 16:53
ESSE Cory McGrath behind 20.9.129 - 13.7.85 17:57
FREM Rushed behind 20.10.130 - 13.7.85 20:09
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 20.10.130 - 13.8.86 20:56
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 20.10.130 - 14.8.92 23:40
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 20.10.130 - 14.9.93 24:29
ESSE Darren Walsh behind 20.10.130 - 14.10.94 26:00
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 20.10.130 - 15.10.100 27:32
FREM Trent Croad behind 20.11.131 - 15.10.100 28:54