2003 AFL Round 7: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 2003 between Richmond and Essendon during round 7 of the 2003 AFL season. Richmond hosted Essendon at MCG. Darren Gaspar captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Danny Frawley and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Richmond
Back: R. Hilton, T. Zantuck, A. Fiora
Half-back: A. Kellaway, D. Gaspar (capt.), M. Chaffey
Centre: G. Tivendale, M. Coughlan, C. Newman
Half-forward: L. Cameron, J. Bowden, B. Nicholls
Forward: A. Krakouer, G. Stafford, K. Pettifer
Follower: R. Vardy, K. Johnson, D. Rodan
Int.: C. Biddiscombe, T. Fleming, M. Rogers, J. Schulz

Essendon
Back: M. Johnson, D. Jacobs, M. Bolton
Half-back: M. McVeigh, S. Wellman, D. Solomon
Centre: J. Reynolds, J. Misiti, A. McPhee
Half-forward: J. Hird (capt.), S. Lucas, P. Barnard
Forward: M. Mercuri, M. Lloyd, J. Winderlich
Follower: D. Hille, J. Johnson, D. Peverill
Int.: S. Alessio, J. Bannister, S. Harvey, A. Welsh

Richmond (11.18.84) defeated Essendon (5.12.42).

Goalkickers
Richmond: A. Krakouer (5), C. Biddiscombe (2), A. Kellaway, B. Nicholls, G. Stafford, R. Vardy
Essendon: M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, D. Solomon

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 5th) and Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 May 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,196

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 11.18.84 - 5.12.42

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 2 6 . 8 10 . 13 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Essendon 0 . 2 3 . 6 4 . 8 5 . 12 5 . 12 (42)
Margin RICH by 24 RICH by 20 RICH by 41 RICH by 42 RICH by 42
Duration 27:10 27:47 30:00 26:25 1:51:22

Honour Roll

Coaches: Danny Frawley (Richmond), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Darren Gaspar (Richmond), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. James (#5), S. McInerney (#30), C. Rowe (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Kane Johnson RICH 28 3
Mark Coughlan RICH 24 2
Greg Stafford RICH 10 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Biddiscombe, Craig INT 68% 2 0 13 11 2 7 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3
11 Bowden, Joel CHF 100% 0 0 23 10 13 5 0 4 4 3 1 0 3 2
15 Cameron, Leon HFFL 87% 0 1 17 9 8 5 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 6
6 Chaffey, Mark HBFR 92% 0 1 18 17 1 7 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 3
24 Coughlan, Mark C 98% 0 1 29 16 13 4 0 6 9 7 4 2 5 4
14 Fiora, Aaron BPR 52% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
19 Fleming, Tim INT 51% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Gaspar, Darren (c) CHB 100% 0 0 7 5 2 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0
1 Hilton, Rory BPL 81% 0 3 12 10 2 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
28 Johnson, Kane RR 100% 0 2 30 23 7 7 0 2 6 2 2 0 5 5
39 Kellaway, Andrew HBFL 100% 1 1 19 11 8 6 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1
27 Krakouer, Andrew FPL 93% 5 2 14 10 4 2 0 6 2 0 4 0 0 0
35 Newman, Chris WR 100% 0 1 9 5 4 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2
26 Nicholls, Bill HFFR 43% 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
8 Pettifer, Kayne FPR 100% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1
18 Rodan, David RO 90% 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 3 3 1 2 0 3 0
4 Rogers, Matthew INT 47% 0 1 6 5 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
25 Schulz, Jay INT 5% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stafford, Greg FF 99% 1 0 17 8 9 10 17 0 1 1 0 0 2 3
32 Tivendale, Greg WL 100% 0 0 22 19 3 7 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 10
41 Vardy, Royce RU 96% 1 2 10 8 2 6 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 2
36 Zantuck, Ty FB 100% 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 6 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 18 298 199 99 96 21 42 37 31 21 8 38 48

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven INT 66% 0 2 11 7 4 3 22 0 5 2 0 0 0 1
36 Bannister, Jordan INT 69% 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Barnard, Paul HFFR 90% 0 0 13 8 5 4 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1
23 Bolton, Mark BPR 100% 0 0 17 8 9 9 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 4
38 Harvey, Shane INT 47% 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3
19 Hille, David RU 49% 0 0 5 3 2 0 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
5 Hird, James (c) HFFL 10% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Jacobs, Danny FB 100% 0 0 12 9 3 6 4 3 1 1 1 0 5 0
14 Johnson, Jason RR 100% 0 1 27 21 6 6 0 4 5 4 2 2 2 8
1 Johnson, Mark BPL 100% 1 0 10 6 4 6 0 1 1 4 0 3 2 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 100% 1 0 8 6 2 6 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 5
25 Lucas, Scott CHF 100% 1 1 16 15 1 5 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 8
33 McPhee, Adam WR 100% 0 0 17 8 9 5 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFL 100% 0 1 16 12 4 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 2
2 Mercuri, Mark FPL 81% 1 0 12 4 8 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
24 Misiti, Joe C 54% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 2
11 Peverill, Damien RO 86% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
29 Reynolds, Joel WL 100% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 4
7 Solomon, Dean HBFR 100% 1 2 16 12 4 4 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 3
6 Wellman, Sean CHB 100% 0 0 15 9 6 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2
12 Welsh, Andrew INT 72% 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 2 1 3 0 3 2 1
8 Winderlich, Jason FPR 77% 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 5 12 261 163 98 84 42 44 26 39 8 21 25 46

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

Richmond Coach: Danny Frawley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 M. Johnson 21 D. Jacobs 23 M. Bolton 41 R. Vardy 22 C. Biddiscombe
8 K. Pettifer 10 G. Stafford 27 A. Krakouer 28 K. Johnson 19 T. Fleming
FORWARD 18 D. Rodan 4 M. Rogers
HALF-BACK

25 J. Schulz
10 M. McVeigh 6 S. Wellman 7 D. Solomon



26 B. Nicholls 11 J. Bowden 15 L. Cameron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 J. Reynolds 24 J. Misiti 33 A. McPhee



35 C. Newman 24 M. Coughlan 32 G. Tivendale FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 27 S. Alessio
HALF-FORWARD 14 J. Johnson 36 J. Bannister
5 J. Hird (c) 25 S. Lucas 16 P. Barnard 11 D. Peverill 38 S. Harvey
6 M. Chaffey 2 D. Gaspar (c) 39 A. Kellaway

12 A. Welsh
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



2 M. Mercuri 18 M. Lloyd 8 J. Winderlich



14 A. Fiora 36 T. Zantuck 1 R. Hilton



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:21
RICH Royce Vardy goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 02:50
RICH Leon Cameron behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 13:43
RICH Andrew Kellaway behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 15:00
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 15:46
RICH Andrew Kellaway goal 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 16:57
RICH Greg Stafford goal 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 22:13
RICH Andrew Krakouer goal 4.2.26 - 0.2.2 23:25
Q2 RICH Royce Vardy behind 4.3.27 - 0.2.2 00:55
RICH Bill Nicholls behind 4.4.28 - 0.2.2 02:51
RICH Rory Hilton behind 4.5.29 - 0.2.2 04:31
RICH Bill Nicholls goal 5.5.35 - 0.2.2 07:21
RICH Kane Johnson behind 5.6.36 - 0.2.2 08:32
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 5.6.36 - 0.3.3 09:26
ESSE Steven Alessio behind 5.6.36 - 0.4.4 12:54
RICH Royce Vardy behind 5.7.37 - 0.4.4 14:30
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 5.7.37 - 1.4.10 15:33
RICH Matthew Rogers behind 5.8.38 - 1.4.10 16:48
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 5.8.38 - 1.5.11 17:52
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 5.8.38 - 2.5.17 19:48
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 5.8.38 - 3.5.23 21:43
RICH Craig Biddiscombe goal 6.8.44 - 3.5.23 23:09
ESSE Shane Harvey behind 6.8.44 - 3.6.24 26:28
Q3 RICH Mark Coughlan behind 6.9.45 - 3.6.24 01:39
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 6.9.45 - 3.7.25 02:29
RICH Chris Newman behind 6.10.46 - 3.7.25 06:37
RICH Andrew Krakouer goal 7.10.52 - 3.7.25 08:41
RICH Andrew Krakouer behind 7.11.53 - 3.7.25 10:48
RICH Craig Biddiscombe goal 8.11.59 - 3.7.25 11:55
RICH Rushed behind 8.12.60 - 3.7.25 14:22
RICH Andrew Krakouer goal 9.12.66 - 3.7.25 16:24
ESSE Dean Solomon goal 9.12.66 - 4.7.31 22:51
RICH Andrew Krakouer goal 10.12.72 - 4.7.31 24:15
ESSE Steven Alessio behind 10.12.72 - 4.8.32 27:11
RICH Kane Johnson behind 10.13.73 - 4.8.32 29:31
Q4 ESSE Rushed behind 10.13.73 - 4.9.33 00:51
RICH Andrew Krakouer goal 11.13.79 - 4.9.33 03:04
RICH Rory Hilton behind 11.14.80 - 4.9.33 04:12
ESSE Rushed behind 11.14.80 - 4.10.34 05:08
RICH Rushed behind 11.15.81 - 4.10.34 07:58
ESSE Rushed behind 11.15.81 - 4.11.35 10:49
RICH Mark Chaffey behind 11.16.82 - 4.11.35 13:04
RICH Rory Hilton behind 11.17.83 - 4.11.35 14:03
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 11.17.83 - 4.12.36 17:42
RICH Andrew Krakouer behind 11.18.84 - 4.12.36 21:44
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 11.18.84 - 5.12.42 25:00