2003 AFL Round 15: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 2003 between Adelaide and Essendon during round 15 of the 2003 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Essendon at AAMI Stadium. Mark Ricciuto captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Adelaide
Back: N. Smart, N. Bassett, B. Hart
Half-back: K. Massie, K. McGregor, T. Edwards
Centre: T. Stenglein, M. Ricciuto (capt.), B. Burton
Half-forward: G. Johncock, W. Carey, C. Ladhams
Forward: S. Welsh, R. Biglands, J. Begley
Follower: R. Burns, A. McLeod, M. Bickley
Int.: M. Bode, M. Clarke, R. Shirley, J. Torney

Essendon
Back: M. McVeigh, D. Fletcher, S. Wellman
Half-back: A. McPhee, D. Jacobs, A. Welsh
Centre: D. Solomon, R. Forster-Knight, A. Ramanauskas
Half-forward: S. Lucas, P. Barnard, D. Peverill
Forward: D. Cupido, M. Lloyd, C. McGrath
Follower: D. Hille, M. Johnson, J. Hird (capt.)
Int.: M. Bolton, M. Bullen, J. Reynolds, T. Richards

Adelaide (13.12.90) defeated Essendon (7.7.49).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: S. Welsh (6), R. Biglands (2), R. Burns, M. Clarke, G. Johncock, M. Ricciuto, T. Stenglein
Essendon: T. Richards (3), J. Hird, M. Lloyd, C. McGrath, S. Wellman

As a result of this match, Adelaide remained 4th on the ladder and Essendon remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Friday 11 July 2003
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: AAMI Stadium
Attendance: 41,758

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 13.12.90 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 4 . 3 7 . 7 10 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Essendon 1 . 3 2 . 4 6 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin ADEL by 18 ADEL by 33 ADEL by 28 ADEL by 41 ADEL by 41
Duration 29:42 28:26 32:22 27:59 1:58:29

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gary Ayres (Adelaide), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. James (#5), S. McInerney (#30), S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Scott Welsh ADEL 17 3
Mark Ricciuto ADEL 32 2
James Hird ESSE 5 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
8 Bassett, Nathan FB 100% 0 0 12 6 6 3 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 0
28 Begley, James FPR 75% 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 4
26 Bickley, Mark RO 81% 0 0 25 19 6 2 0 9 10 1 1 0 0 5
35 Biglands, Rhett FF 77% 2 0 10 7 3 3 21 3 1 1 2 0 0 1
10 Bode, Matthew INT 53% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0
5 Burns, Ronnie RU 93% 1 1 13 6 7 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2
24 Burton, Brett WR 100% 0 0 30 22 8 4 0 2 7 1 7 1 4 5
2 Carey, Wayne CHF 62% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5
4 Clarke, Matthew INT 38% 1 0 8 3 5 0 20 2 6 0 2 0 1 0
9 Edwards, Tyson HBFR 100% 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 2
34 Hart, Ben BPR 100% 0 1 17 12 5 6 0 6 2 2 1 2 0 4
18 Johncock, Graham HFFL 85% 1 2 8 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 3
40 Ladhams, Chris HFFR 88% 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 3 5 0 2 0 0 3
3 Massie, Kris HBFL 92% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 2
16 McGregor, Ken CHB 100% 0 1 12 7 5 5 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 2
23 McLeod, Andrew RR 95% 0 0 21 15 6 0 0 2 4 6 0 4 2 5
32 Ricciuto, Mark (c) C 93% 1 1 27 18 9 2 0 4 6 4 3 2 4 3
12 Shirley, Robert INT 24% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 0
7 Smart, Nigel BPL 100% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 1
20 Stenglein, Tyson WL 100% 1 0 16 12 4 3 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 4
15 Torney, Jason INT 46% 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Welsh, Scott FPL 100% 6 2 18 16 2 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 13 12 305 203 102 54 43 68 47 29 31 19 26 53

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Barnard, Paul CHF 66% 0 0 8 5 3 4 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 2
23 Bolton, Mark INT 38% 0 1 3 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
37 Bullen, Marc INT 59% 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 4
13 Cupido, Damian FPL 78% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 6 0
15 Forster-Knight, Robert C 100% 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 0
19 Hille, David RU 85% 0 0 8 3 5 1 23 4 2 3 0 2 2 1
5 Hird, James (c) RO 100% 1 0 20 17 3 2 0 4 8 3 1 1 5 2
21 Jacobs, Danny CHB 66% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1 Johnson, Mark RR 100% 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 10 2 4 3 4 1 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 100% 1 1 10 7 3 4 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 2
25 Lucas, Scott HFFL 94% 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 6 3 6 2 2 3 1
28 McGrath, Cory FPR 92% 1 0 15 11 4 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 1
33 McPhee, Adam HBFL 67% 0 0 13 7 6 1 3 4 2 3 3 1 1 3
10 McVeigh, Mark BPL 100% 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0
11 Peverill, Damien HFFR 100% 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 7 6 3 3 1 1 4
9 Ramanauskas, Adam WR 91% 0 1 14 12 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 4
29 Reynolds, Joel INT 37% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Richards, Ted INT 81% 3 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
7 Solomon, Dean WL 93% 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 8 4 4 2 3 0 4
6 Wellman, Sean BPR 80% 1 0 9 6 3 1 0 7 1 2 1 2 1 2
12 Welsh, Andrew HBFR 72% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 7 7 240 169 71 42 33 75 42 54 19 31 32 36

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

Adelaide Coach: Gary Ayres
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
10 M. McVeigh 31 D. Fletcher 6 S. Wellman 5 R. Burns 10 M. Bode
28 J. Begley 35 R. Biglands 17 S. Welsh 23 A. McLeod 4 M. Clarke
FORWARD 26 M. Bickley 12 R. Shirley
HALF-BACK

15 J. Torney
33 A. McPhee 21 D. Jacobs 12 A. Welsh



40 C. Ladhams 2 W. Carey 18 G. Johncock



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 D. Solomon 15 R. Forster-Knight 9 A. Ramanauskas



24 B. Burton 32 M. Ricciuto (c) 20 T. Stenglein FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 23 M. Bolton
HALF-FORWARD 1 M. Johnson 37 M. Bullen
25 S. Lucas 16 P. Barnard 11 D. Peverill 5 J. Hird (c) 29 J. Reynolds
9 T. Edwards 16 K. McGregor 3 K. Massie

20 T. Richards
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



13 D. Cupido 18 M. Lloyd 28 C. McGrath



34 B. Hart 8 N. Bassett 7 N. Smart



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:11
ADEL Rhett Biglands goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 04:19
ADEL Graham Johncock behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 07:28
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 08:57
ADEL Scott Welsh goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 09:52
ADEL Graham Johncock behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 11:08
ADEL Ronnie Burns goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 15:29
ADEL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 16:45
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 20:54
ADEL Matthew Clarke goal 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 25:43
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 4.3.27 - 1.3.9 28:56
Q2 ESSE Ted Richards goal 4.3.27 - 2.3.15 03:44
ADEL Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 2.3.15 04:38
ADEL Scott Welsh behind 4.5.29 - 2.3.15 05:09
ESSE Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 2.4.16 08:17
ADEL Scott Welsh goal 5.5.35 - 2.4.16 10:26
ADEL Scott Welsh behind 5.6.36 - 2.4.16 14:54
ADEL Ronnie Burns behind 5.7.37 - 2.4.16 18:58
ADEL Scott Welsh goal 6.7.43 - 2.4.16 22:12
ADEL Scott Welsh goal 7.7.49 - 2.4.16 23:17
Q3 ADEL Ben Hart behind 7.8.50 - 2.4.16 00:50
ADEL Scott Welsh goal 8.8.56 - 2.4.16 03:35
ADEL Graham Johncock goal 9.8.62 - 2.4.16 05:07
ESSE Ted Richards goal 9.8.62 - 3.4.22 10:54
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 9.8.62 - 3.5.23 17:35
ADEL Tyson Stenglein goal 10.8.68 - 3.5.23 21:45
ESSE Cory McGrath goal 10.8.68 - 4.5.29 23:18
ESSE Ted Richards goal 10.8.68 - 5.5.35 24:20
ADEL Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 5.5.35 26:19
ESSE Sean Wellman goal 10.9.69 - 6.5.41 29:56
Q4 ADEL Mark Ricciuto goal 11.9.75 - 6.5.41 02:46
ESSE Mark Bolton behind 11.9.75 - 6.6.42 04:30
ADEL Ken McGregor behind 11.10.76 - 6.6.42 06:29
ADEL Rhett Biglands goal 12.10.82 - 6.6.42 07:13
ESSE James Hird goal 12.10.82 - 7.6.48 09:24
ADEL Rushed behind 12.11.83 - 7.6.48 15:55
ADEL Scott Welsh goal 13.11.89 - 7.6.48 16:34
ESSE Rushed behind 13.11.89 - 7.7.49 23:48
ADEL Mark Ricciuto behind 13.12.90 - 7.7.49 26:48