2003 AFL Round 7: Melbourne v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 2003 between Melbourne and Port Adelaide during round 7 of the 2003 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Matthew Primus captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Mark Williams.

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

Port Adelaide
Back: D. Hardwick, D. Wakelin, M. Bishop
Half-back: G. Wanganeen, S. Paxman, M. Wilson
Centre: R. James, N. Stevens, J. Schofield
Half-forward: C. Cornes, W. Tredrea, T. Thurstans
Forward: P. Burgoyne, S. Burgoyne, D. Brogan
Follower: M. Primus (capt.), J. Carr, K. Cornes
Int.: S. Cochrane, C. Cockatoo-Collins, A. Kingsley, B. Pickett

Melbourne (16.15.111) defeated Port Adelaide (12.12.84).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: A. Leoncelli (3), D. Neitz (3), R. Robertson (3), C. Bruce, R. Ferguson, M. Jamar, T. Johnstone, J. McDonald, S. Thompson, P. Vardy
Port Adelaide: P. Burgoyne (3), S. Burgoyne (2), C. Cockatoo-Collins (2), C. Cornes (2), J. Carr, S. Cochrane, W. Tredrea

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 13th on the ladder and Port Adelaide were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Port Adelaide
Date: Sunday 11 May 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,410

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Port Adelaide
Score: 16.15.111 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	7	.	5	10	.	9	13	.	12	16	.	15	16	.	15	(111)
Port Adelaide	3	.	2	6	.	5	7	.	9	12	.	12	12	.	12	(84)
Margin	MELB by 27			MELB by 28			MELB by 39			MELB by 27			MELB by 27
Duration	31:34			27:57			26:12			28:53			1:54:36

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Mark Williams (Port Adelaide)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Matthew Primus (Port Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), B. Rosebury (#8), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Andrew Leoncelli	MELB	36	3
Chris Heffernan	MELB	1	2
Gavin Wanganeen	PADL	4	1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Armstrong, Steven	INT	65%	0	1	17	7	10	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	2
3	Bizzell, Clint	BPR	100%	0	0	15	9	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	2
25	Brown, Nathan	BPL	30%	0	0	7	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2
32	Bruce, Cameron	HBFR	100%	1	1	24	11	13	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	2
35	Ferguson, Ryan	FB	60%	1	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
30	Godfrey, Simon	RO	75%	0	0	12	5	7	1	0	5	1	1	1	1	1	2
18	Green, Brad	INT	73%	0	1	18	15	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7
1	Heffernan, Chris	WL	100%	0	0	22	12	10	2	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	7
40	Jamar, Mark	FPR	58%	1	0	6	2	4	1	10	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
16	Johnstone, Travis	WR	24%	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
11	Jolly, Darren	RU	64%	0	0	7	2	5	2	15	1	0	1	0	1	2	0
36	Leoncelli, Andrew	C	100%	3	0	27	18	9	8	0	2	5	3	1	1	2	7
23	McDonald, James	HFFL	100%	1	0	28	11	17	8	0	3	2	2	1	1	0	4
37	Miller, Brad	CHB	100%	0	0	9	7	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2
9	Neitz, David (c)	FF	100%	3	1	12	9	3	6	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	4
24	Robertson, Russell	CHF	100%	3	3	13	11	2	8	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	3
6	Thompson, Scott	INT	62%	1	1	18	8	10	5	0	5	3	4	1	2	1	3
19	Vardy, Peter	FPL	100%	1	3	10	7	3	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2
10	Ward, Daniel	INT	89%	0	0	19	12	7	4	0	4	1	2	0	1	4	2
45	Whelan, Matthew	HFFR	100%	0	0	18	9	9	4	0	2	5	2	1	1	1	3
26	Williams, Luke	HBFL	100%	0	0	15	8	7	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3
13	Yze, Adem	RR	100%	0	1	20	9	11	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	5	1
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				16	15	327	181	146	88	28	35	24	29	10	15	37	60

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
19	Bishop, Matthew	BPR	100%	0	0	13	9	4	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	5	0
20	Brogan, Dean	FPR	82%	0	0	14	4	10	7	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
7	Burgoyne, Peter	FPL	94%	3	1	18	14	4	7	0	3	1	2	0	2	1	3
8	Burgoyne, Shaun	FF	100%	2	1	9	4	5	2	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	3
9	Carr, Josh	RR	89%	1	1	23	18	5	5	0	2	4	2	1	0	2	2
26	Cochrane, Stuart	INT	82%	1	0	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
12	Cockatoo-Collins, Che	INT	90%	2	1	14	10	4	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	2
35	Cornes, Chad	HFFL	92%	2	1	18	12	6	11	1	2	0	4	0	0	2	2
18	Cornes, Kane	RO	89%	0	0	19	11	8	8	0	1	3	2	1	0	4	2
11	Hardwick, Damien	BPL	54%	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	0
38	James, Roger	WL	86%	0	1	17	12	5	7	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	4
29	Kingsley, Adam	INT	85%	0	0	22	15	7	7	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	6
14	Paxman, Stephen	CHB	68%	0	0	5	3	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	0
15	Pickett, Byron	INT	76%	0	0	10	6	4	4	0	2	1	3	1	2	1	1
1	Primus, Matthew (c)	RU	10%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Schofield, Jarrad	WR	67%	0	0	24	13	11	5	0	1	3	3	0	1	1	7
36	Stevens, Nick	C	100%	0	0	30	19	11	5	0	3	6	2	2	0	2	6
28	Thurstans, Toby	HFFR	45%	0	0	7	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0
16	Tredrea, Warren	CHF	100%	1	2	21	13	8	13	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	7
2	Wakelin, Darryl	FB	100%	0	0	7	3	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0
4	Wanganeen, Gavin	HBFL	100%	0	1	31	22	9	9	0	2	2	1	3	0	3	2
21	Wilson, Michael	HBFR	91%	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				12	12	329	208	121	113	21	34	27	38	15	10	39	53

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

Melbourne							Coach: Neale Daniher
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	11	D. Hardwick	2	D. Wakelin	19	M. Bishop	11	D. Jolly	2	S. Armstrong
	40	M. Jamar	9	D. Neitz (c)	19	P. Vardy	13	A. Yze	18	B. Green
FORWARD							30	S. Godfrey	6	S. Thompson
HALF-BACK									10	D. Ward
	4	G. Wanganeen	14	S. Paxman	21	M. Wilson
	45	M. Whelan	24	R. Robertson	23	J. McDonald
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	38	R. James	36	N. Stevens	6	J. Schofield
	16	T. Johnstone	36	A. Leoncelli	1	C. Heffernan	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							1	M. Primus (c)	26	S. Cochrane
HALF-FORWARD							9	J. Carr	12	C. Cockatoo-Collins
	35	C. Cornes	16	W. Tredrea	28	T. Thurstans	18	K. Cornes	29	A. Kingsley
	32	C. Bruce	37	B. Miller	26	L. Williams			15	B. Pickett
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	7	P. Burgoyne	8	S. Burgoyne	20	D. Brogan
	3	C. Bizzell	35	R. Ferguson	25	N. Brown
BACK
Port Adelaide							Coach: Mark Williams

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Adem Yze behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:21
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	02:41
	MELB	Andrew Leoncelli goal	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	04:50
	MELB	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	0.0.0	06:28
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	3.2.20	-	0.0.0	07:39
	MELB	Mark Jamar goal	4.2.26	-	0.0.0	09:11
	PADL	Warren Tredrea behind	4.2.26	-	0.1.1	11:30
	PADL	Peter Burgoyne goal	4.2.26	-	1.1.7	12:21
	MELB	David Neitz goal	5.2.32	-	1.1.7	14:49
	PADL	Josh Carr behind	5.2.32	-	1.2.8	16:47
	PADL	Chad Cornes goal	5.2.32	-	2.2.14	18:33
	MELB	James McDonald goal	6.2.38	-	2.2.14	19:30
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	6.3.39	-	2.2.14	22:00
	MELB	Rushed behind	6.4.40	-	2.2.14	24:11
	PADL	Shaun Burgoyne goal	6.4.40	-	3.2.20	25:55
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	6.5.41	-	3.2.20	27:18
	MELB	Peter Vardy goal	7.5.47	-	3.2.20	30:07
Q2	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	8.5.53	-	3.2.20	02:32
	MELB	Travis Johnstone goal	9.5.59	-	3.2.20	03:56
	MELB	Brad Green behind	9.6.60	-	3.2.20	06:24
	MELB	David Neitz goal	10.6.66	-	3.2.20	09:15
	PADL	Gavin Wanganeen behind	10.6.66	-	3.3.21	10:38
	MELB	Peter Vardy behind	10.7.67	-	3.3.21	11:12
	MELB	Peter Vardy behind	10.8.68	-	3.3.21	13:14
	PADL	Josh Carr goal	10.8.68	-	4.3.27	14:56
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	10.9.69	-	4.3.27	16:20
	PADL	Rushed behind	10.9.69	-	4.4.28	16:58
	PADL	Stuart Cochrane goal	10.9.69	-	5.4.34	17:36
	PADL	Shaun Burgoyne goal	10.9.69	-	6.4.40	21:56
	PADL	Roger James behind	10.9.69	-	6.5.41	26:23
Q3	PADL	Peter Burgoyne behind	10.9.69	-	6.6.42	01:42
	PADL	Rushed behind	10.9.69	-	6.7.43	06:03
	PADL	Chad Cornes behind	10.9.69	-	6.8.44	07:24
	MELB	David Neitz goal	11.9.75	-	6.8.44	08:16
	PADL	Warren Tredrea behind	11.9.75	-	6.9.45	10:35
	MELB	Andrew Leoncelli goal	12.9.81	-	6.9.45	12:08
	MELB	Ryan Ferguson goal	13.9.87	-	6.9.45	13:55
	MELB	David Neitz behind	13.10.88	-	6.9.45	15:35
	MELB	Rushed behind	13.11.89	-	6.9.45	18:09
	PADL	Che Cockatoo-Collins goal	13.11.89	-	7.9.51	18:53
	MELB	Peter Vardy behind	13.12.90	-	7.9.51	23:55
Q4	PADL	Peter Burgoyne goal	13.12.90	-	8.9.57	02:46
	MELB	Cameron Bruce behind	13.13.91	-	8.9.57	04:27
	MELB	Scott Thompson goal	14.13.97	-	8.9.57	05:50
	MELB	Steven Armstrong behind	14.14.98	-	8.9.57	06:50
	MELB	Andrew Leoncelli goal	15.14.104	-	8.9.57	07:24
	PADL	Warren Tredrea goal	15.14.104	-	9.9.63	08:54
	PADL	Chad Cornes goal	15.14.104	-	10.9.69	10:46
	PADL	Che Cockatoo-Collins behind	15.14.104	-	10.10.70	12:04
	PADL	Shaun Burgoyne behind	15.14.104	-	10.11.71	13:26
	PADL	Peter Burgoyne goal	15.14.104	-	11.11.77	15:02
	MELB	Scott Thompson behind	15.15.105	-	11.11.77	19:40
	PADL	Che Cockatoo-Collins goal	15.15.105	-	12.11.83	21:17
	PADL	Rushed behind	15.15.105	-	12.12.84	23:59
	MELB	Cameron Bruce goal	16.15.111	-	12.12.84	26:09

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