2003 AFL Round 17: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 2003 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 17 of the 2003 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Matthew Lloyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

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

Essendon
Back: M. Johnson, D. Fletcher, A. Welsh
Half-back: S. Wellman, S. Lucas, S. Alessio
Centre: A. Ramanauskas, J. Johnson, D. Solomon
Half-forward: M. McVeigh, M. Bolton, D. Rioli
Forward: D. Cupido, M. Lloyd (capt.), D. Jacobs
Follower: D. Hille, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti
Int.: P. Barnard, M. Bullen, A. McPhee, D. Peverill

Melbourne (10.11.71) were defeated by Essendon (13.10.88).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: R. Robertson (2), S. Armstrong, C. Bruce, B. Green, T. Johnstone, G. Rigoni, P. Walsh, D. Ward, A. Yze
Essendon: D. Cupido (3), M. Lloyd (3), S. Alessio (2), M. Bolton, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder and Essendon remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 July 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,368

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 10.11.71 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 7 . 7 8 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Essendon 6 . 2 8 . 6 10 . 8 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin ESSE by 29 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration 28:12 29:32 26:11 30:30 1:54:25

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), J. Baldwin (#1), S. Jeffery (#29)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sean Wellman ESSE 6 3
Joe Misiti ESSE 24 2
Guy Rigoni MELB 43 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 68% 1 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2
3 Bizzell, Clint BPR 100% 0 0 18 8 10 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
25 Brown, Nathan HBFL 50% 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1
32 Bruce, Cameron CHF 100% 1 2 12 9 3 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6
41 Carroll, Nathan FPL 100% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0
30 Godfrey, Simon RR 53% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 6 1 1 1 0 3 2
18 Green, Brad HFFL 93% 1 1 14 8 6 1 0 2 0 2 3 2 3 1
1 Heffernan, Chris INT 77% 0 0 16 9 7 4 2 5 4 0 2 0 5 2
16 Johnstone, Travis HFFR 79% 1 1 13 11 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 3
11 Jolly, Darren INT 52% 0 0 10 5 5 3 15 1 1 2 2 0 3 2
23 McDonald, James RO 98% 0 0 24 12 12 7 0 7 5 1 2 1 3 2
37 Miller, Brad CHB 50% 0 1 5 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 0 0 8 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 4
8 Nicholson, Alistair FB 100% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 1 0
43 Rigoni, Guy WL 100% 1 0 27 11 16 4 0 2 5 2 0 0 1 3
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 100% 2 3 18 14 4 7 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 4
42 Walsh, Peter INT 62% 1 0 12 10 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 3
10 Ward, Daniel WR 100% 1 1 11 10 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 5
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 100% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 8 0 1 1 1 2 1
34 White, Jeff RU 48% 0 0 8 4 4 2 17 1 3 2 1 1 0 1
26 Williams, Luke HBFR 74% 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 2 0
13 Yze, Adem C 95% 1 0 19 14 5 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 10 11 287 181 106 64 39 49 32 32 22 14 42 48

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven HBFR 40% 2 0 4 3 1 1 5 1 0 4 1 3 0 0
16 Barnard, Paul INT 44% 0 1 8 2 6 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
23 Bolton, Mark CHF 100% 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2
37 Bullen, Marc INT 61% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
13 Cupido, Damian FPL 85% 3 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 4 1
19 Hille, David RU 95% 0 0 12 8 4 1 23 0 1 2 2 1 1 4
21 Jacobs, Danny FPR 100% 0 0 18 12 6 9 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1
14 Johnson, Jason C 84% 0 0 30 18 12 6 0 2 7 5 0 1 2 3
1 Johnson, Mark BPL 100% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 6 2 1 2 1 2 5
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) FF 100% 3 1 12 11 1 2 0 3 0 5 3 3 0 2
25 Lucas, Scott CHB 65% 0 2 9 5 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
33 McPhee, Adam INT 67% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 2
10 McVeigh, Mark HFFL 100% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 4
2 Mercuri, Mark RR 86% 1 0 19 9 10 7 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 6
24 Misiti, Joe RO 100% 1 2 26 18 8 4 0 3 5 1 1 1 2 5
11 Peverill, Damien INT 88% 0 0 23 14 9 5 0 4 1 1 1 0 5 3
9 Ramanauskas, Adam WL 100% 1 0 23 12 11 3 1 1 2 3 0 3 3 3
43 Rioli, Dean HFFR 100% 1 0 21 11 10 9 0 5 4 2 0 2 1 6
7 Solomon, Dean WR 72% 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 1 4 0 1 3 0
6 Wellman, Sean HBFL 100% 0 0 23 15 8 8 0 3 2 2 0 0 4 4
12 Welsh, Andrew BPR 12% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 13 10 323 201 122 83 29 45 36 45 14 22 34 57

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
1 M. Johnson 31 D. Fletcher 12 A. Welsh 34 J. White 2 S. Armstrong
24 R. Robertson 9 D. Neitz (c) 41 N. Carroll 30 S. Godfrey 1 C. Heffernan
FORWARD 23 J. McDonald 11 D. Jolly
HALF-BACK

42 P. Walsh
6 S. Wellman 25 S. Lucas 27 S. Alessio



16 T. Johnstone 32 C. Bruce 18 B. Green



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 A. Ramanauskas 14 J. Johnson 7 D. Solomon



10 D. Ward 13 A. Yze 43 G. Rigoni FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 16 P. Barnard
HALF-FORWARD 2 M. Mercuri 37 M. Bullen
10 M. McVeigh 23 M. Bolton 43 D. Rioli 24 J. Misiti 33 A. McPhee
26 L. Williams 37 B. Miller 25 N. Brown

11 D. Peverill
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



13 D. Cupido 18 M. Lloyd (c) 21 D. Jacobs



3 C. Bizzell 8 A. Nicholson 45 M. Whelan



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Steven Alessio goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:37
MELB Guy Rigoni goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 01:53
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 03:27
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 05:39
ESSE Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 08:40
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 10:47
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 1.1.7 - 4.1.25 12:00
MELB Brad Miller behind 1.2.8 - 4.1.25 14:33
ESSE Mark Mercuri goal 1.2.8 - 5.1.31 16:04
MELB Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 5.1.31 22:23
ESSE Mark Bolton goal 1.3.9 - 6.1.37 22:50
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 1.3.9 - 6.2.38 24:42
Q2 MELB Adem Yze goal 2.3.15 - 6.2.38 02:52
MELB Russell Robertson goal 3.3.21 - 6.2.38 03:52
MELB Russell Robertson behind 3.4.22 - 6.2.38 04:43
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 4.4.28 - 6.2.38 05:35
ESSE Joe Misiti behind 4.4.28 - 6.3.39 07:22
MELB Steven Armstrong behind 4.5.29 - 6.3.39 09:30
MELB Daniel Ward goal 5.5.35 - 6.3.39 10:16
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 5.6.36 - 6.3.39 11:25
ESSE Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 6.4.40 13:02
ESSE Paul Barnard behind 5.6.36 - 6.5.41 13:41
MELB Steven Armstrong goal 6.6.42 - 6.5.41 15:11
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 6.6.42 - 7.5.47 17:59
MELB Russell Robertson goal 7.6.48 - 7.5.47 19:26
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 7.6.48 - 8.5.53 20:58
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 7.6.48 - 8.6.54 23:32
MELB Russell Robertson behind 7.7.49 - 8.6.54 28:57
Q3 MELB Travis Johnstone goal 8.7.55 - 8.6.54 00:20
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 8.7.55 - 8.7.55 04:28
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 8.7.55 - 9.7.61 10:47
ESSE Joe Misiti goal 8.7.55 - 10.7.67 13:02
MELB Brad Green behind 8.8.56 - 10.7.67 15:34
ESSE Joe Misiti behind 8.8.56 - 10.8.68 23:36
Q4 MELB Daniel Ward behind 8.9.57 - 10.8.68 03:01
MELB Brad Green goal 9.9.63 - 10.8.68 05:49
MELB Peter Walsh goal 10.9.69 - 10.8.68 09:40
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 10.10.70 - 10.8.68 11:21
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 10.10.70 - 11.8.74 12:52
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 10.10.70 - 11.9.75 14:38
ESSE Rushed behind 10.10.70 - 11.10.76 19:48
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 10.10.70 - 12.10.82 22:55
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 10.10.70 - 13.10.88 23:34
MELB Russell Robertson behind 10.11.71 - 13.10.88 29:26