2003 AFL Round 9: Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 2003 between Melbourne and Fremantle during round 9 of the 2003 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Fremantle at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Peter Bell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Chris Connolly.

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

Fremantle
Back: R. Hayden, A. Grover, R. Haddrill
Half-back: J. Walker, G. Polak, S. McManus
Centre: D. Woods, P. Bell (capt.), M. Pavlich
Half-forward: P. Hasleby, T. Croad, J. Farmer
Forward: P. Medhurst, J. Longmuir, T. Cook
Follower: T. Simmonds, M. Carr, D. Headland
Int.: S. Koops, A. Sandilands, B. Schammer, C. Waterhouse

Melbourne (10.11.71) were defeated by Fremantle (16.5.101).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (4), N. Brown (2), R. Robertson (2), B. Green, C. Heffernan
Fremantle: J. Longmuir (6), J. Farmer (2), S. Koops (2), M. Carr, T. Croad, A. Sandilands, B. Schammer, T. Simmonds, C. Waterhouse

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder and Fremantle were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 24 May 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,009

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fremantle
Score: 10.11.71 - 16.5.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 6 . 5 9 . 6 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Fremantle 4 . 2 7 . 2 13 . 2 16 . 5 16 . 5 (101)
Margin FREM by 16 FREM by 3 FREM by 20 FREM by 30 FREM by 30
Duration 25:25 28:15 28:43 27:01 1:49:24

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Chris Connolly (Fremantle)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Peter Bell (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Jeffery (#29), H. Kennedy (#7), K. Nicholls

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Justin Longmuir FREM 20 3
Nathan Brown MELB 25 2
Matthew Whelan MELB 45 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 71% 0 1 19 11 8 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 5
3 Bizzell, Clint BPR 100% 0 0 20 12 8 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 2
25 Brown, Nathan WR 93% 2 0 32 13 19 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
35 Ferguson, Ryan FB 82% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
30 Godfrey, Simon RO 100% 0 1 12 6 6 3 0 6 2 1 1 1 1 3
18 Green, Brad HFFR 91% 1 1 21 11 10 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5
1 Heffernan, Chris WL 92% 1 0 19 9 10 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 3
40 Jamar, Mark RU 71% 0 1 7 4 3 1 11 1 4 0 2 0 0 1
11 Jolly, Darren FPR 39% 0 0 4 1 3 1 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew C 42% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2
23 McDonald, James HFFL 99% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 4 0 2 0 3 2
37 Miller, Brad CHB 78% 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 4 2 13 10 3 5 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 2
43 Rigoni, Guy INT 60% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0
24 Robertson, Russell CHF 100% 2 2 19 12 7 4 0 4 2 5 0 2 0 2
6 Thompson, Scott INT 40% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
19 Vardy, Peter FPL 85% 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2
10 Ward, Daniel HBFR 100% 0 0 26 16 10 7 0 2 2 2 1 1 3 6
31 Wheatley, Paul INT 69% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 5
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 93% 0 0 24 9 15 3 0 1 5 1 3 0 1 4
26 Williams, Luke HBFL 100% 0 0 20 12 8 9 0 3 0 3 0 1 3 2
13 Yze, Adem RR 95% 0 2 24 16 8 2 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 7
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 10 11 337 183 154 70 16 34 36 29 17 10 27 59

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bell, Peter (c) C 98% 0 0 26 16 10 9 0 4 4 2 0 1 4 2
9 Carr, Matthew RR 100% 1 0 27 19 8 10 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 2
10 Cook, Troy FPR 83% 0 1 14 10 4 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 6
24 Croad, Trent CHF 72% 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 4
33 Farmer, Jeff HFFR 46% 2 1 9 6 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
14 Grover, Antoni FB 85% 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 6
42 Haddrill, Robbie BPR 100% 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 3 0 4 0 1 7 0
4 Hasleby, Paul HFFL 83% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 0 1 5 0 4 1 2
43 Hayden, Roger BPL 95% 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 8 1 2 2 1 8 0
11 Headland, Des RO 94% 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 4
28 Koops, Steven INT 58% 2 0 7 2 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Longmuir, Justin FF 97% 6 1 11 10 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 McManus, Shaun HBFR 84% 0 0 24 17 7 6 0 7 0 4 1 3 3 5
34 Medhurst, Paul FPL 53% 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
29 Pavlich, Matthew WR 85% 0 0 17 9 8 5 1 3 3 0 0 0 4 1
12 Polak, Graham CHB 98% 0 0 17 12 5 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1
31 Sandilands, Aaron INT 53% 1 0 3 2 1 2 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
3 Schammer, Byron INT 59% 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Simmonds, Troy RU 98% 1 0 11 6 5 5 24 0 2 2 0 1 1 3
19 Walker, James HBFL 100% 0 1 14 7 7 6 0 5 1 2 0 1 2 1
26 Waterhouse, Clive INT 60% 1 0 9 4 5 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 3
6 Woods, Dion WL 100% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 5 3 2 1 1 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 16 5 303 194 109 101 36 51 22 38 10 17 42 47

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
43 R. Hayden 14 A. Grover 42 R. Haddrill 40 M. Jamar 2 S. Armstrong
11 D. Jolly 9 D. Neitz (c) 19 P. Vardy 13 A. Yze 43 G. Rigoni
FORWARD 30 S. Godfrey 6 S. Thompson
HALF-BACK

31 P. Wheatley
19 J. Walker 12 G. Polak 8 S. McManus



18 B. Green 24 R. Robertson 23 J. McDonald



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 D. Woods 32 P. Bell (c) 29 M. Pavlich



25 N. Brown 36 A. Leoncelli 1 C. Heffernan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Simmonds 28 S. Koops
HALF-FORWARD 9 M. Carr 31 A. Sandilands
4 P. Hasleby 24 T. Croad 33 J. Farmer 11 D. Headland 3 B. Schammer
10 D. Ward 37 B. Miller 26 L. Williams

26 C. Waterhouse
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



34 P. Medhurst 20 J. Longmuir 10 T. Cook



3 C. Bizzell 35 R. Ferguson 45 M. Whelan



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Chris Connolly

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Justin Longmuir behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:32
MELB David Neitz behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 04:51
FREM Jeff Farmer goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 08:44
MELB Simon Godfrey behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 10:44
MELB David Neitz goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 12:54
FREM Jeff Farmer behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 16:35
FREM Matthew Carr goal 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 17:43
FREM Steven Koops goal 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 19:52
MELB Brad Green behind 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 21:12
FREM Clive Waterhouse goal 1.3.9 - 4.2.26 22:18
MELB Peter Vardy behind 1.4.10 - 4.2.26 23:56
Q2 FREM Troy Simmonds goal 1.4.10 - 5.2.32 03:16
FREM Trent Croad goal 1.4.10 - 6.2.38 04:29
MELB Steven Armstrong behind 1.5.11 - 6.2.38 06:35
FREM Jeff Farmer goal 1.5.11 - 7.2.44 07:42
MELB David Neitz goal 2.5.17 - 7.2.44 12:11
MELB David Neitz goal 3.5.23 - 7.2.44 17:25
MELB David Neitz goal 4.5.29 - 7.2.44 20:53
MELB Nathan Brown goal 5.5.35 - 7.2.44 22:42
MELB Brad Green goal 6.5.41 - 7.2.44 27:10
Q3 MELB Chris Heffernan goal 7.5.47 - 7.2.44 00:55
FREM Justin Longmuir goal 7.5.47 - 8.2.50 03:10
MELB Russell Robertson goal 8.5.53 - 8.2.50 07:07
FREM Byron Schammer goal 8.5.53 - 9.2.56 09:12
FREM Justin Longmuir goal 8.5.53 - 10.2.62 12:02
MELB Nathan Brown goal 9.5.59 - 10.2.62 14:06
FREM Justin Longmuir goal 9.5.59 - 11.2.68 15:32
FREM Aaron Sandilands goal 9.5.59 - 12.2.74 21:25
FREM Steven Koops goal 9.5.59 - 13.2.80 22:25
MELB Adem Yze behind 9.6.60 - 13.2.80 27:34
Q4 MELB Mark Jamar behind 9.7.61 - 13.2.80 01:30
FREM James Walker behind 9.7.61 - 13.3.81 05:45
MELB Russell Robertson behind 9.8.62 - 13.3.81 08:16
MELB Russell Robertson goal 10.8.68 - 13.3.81 11:00
MELB Adem Yze behind 10.9.69 - 13.3.81 12:19
FREM Justin Longmuir goal 10.9.69 - 14.3.87 13:06
FREM Justin Longmuir goal 10.9.69 - 15.3.93 15:13
MELB David Neitz behind 10.10.70 - 15.3.93 16:55
FREM Justin Longmuir goal 10.10.70 - 16.3.99 19:48
MELB Russell Robertson behind 10.11.71 - 16.3.99 22:01
FREM Troy Cook behind 10.11.71 - 16.4.100 23:14
FREM Des Headland behind 10.11.71 - 16.5.101 26:04