2003 AFL Round 20: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 2003 between Essendon and Richmond during round 20 of the 2003 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Richmond at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Matthew Richardson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Danny Frawley.

Essendon
Back: M. McVeigh, D. Fletcher, A. Henneman
Half-back: A. Welsh, S. Lucas, D. Solomon
Centre: M. Johnson, J. Misiti, A. McPhee
Half-forward: D. Cupido, M. Bolton, J. Hird (capt.)
Forward: D. Jacobs, M. Lloyd, D. Rioli
Follower: D. Hille, M. Bullen, D. Peverill
Int.: S. Alessio, B. Haynes, C. McGrath, M. Mercuri

Richmond
Back: M. Chaffey, A. Kellaway, C. Newman
Half-back: D. Kellaway, T. Zantuck, G. Tivendale
Centre: A. Fiora, K. Johnson, M. Richardson (capt.)
Half-forward: K. Pettifer, B. Holland, J. Blumfield
Forward: A. Krakouer, J. Bowden, L. Cameron
Follower: B. Ottens, M. Coughlan, D. Rodan
Int.: A. Houlihan, M. McGrath, B. Nicholls, G. Stafford

Essendon (13.14.92) defeated Richmond (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (6), D. Cupido (3), M. Bolton, S. Lucas, M. McVeigh, D. Solomon
Richmond: M. Coughlan, A. Fiora, A. Kellaway, A. Krakouer, B. Ottens, D. Rodan, G. Stafford

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 8th on the ladder and Richmond remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Sunday 17 August 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 40,846

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 13.14.92 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 9 . 8 12 . 12 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Richmond 2 . 5 5 . 5 5 . 8 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 46 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 39
Duration 29:53 31:34 27:02 26:24 1:54:53

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Danny Frawley (Richmond)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), Matthew Richardson (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Fussell, D. Goldspink (#32), S. Jeffery (#29)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Coughlan RICH 24 3
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 2
Scott Lucas ESSE 25 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven INT 30% 0 0 5 2 3 1 5 0 2 2 0 1 1 1
23 Bolton, Mark CHF 69% 1 1 8 5 3 4 1 6 2 1 0 1 1 2
37 Bullen, Marc RR 76% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 4
13 Cupido, Damian HFFL 100% 3 1 14 11 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 1 0 1 1 1 9 0
39 Haynes, Ben INT 61% 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 5
3 Henneman, Aaron BPR 47% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
19 Hille, David RU 76% 0 0 10 7 3 3 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
5 Hird, James (c) HFFR 100% 0 1 23 13 10 5 0 1 3 4 0 1 1 4
21 Jacobs, Danny FPL 100% 0 0 16 6 10 9 0 4 0 2 1 0 5 0
1 Johnson, Mark WL 97% 0 0 16 10 6 4 3 5 8 3 1 0 1 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 100% 6 3 16 11 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott CHB 100% 1 1 22 19 3 8 0 2 0 5 0 0 5 4
28 McGrath, Cory INT 35% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2
33 McPhee, Adam WR 100% 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 4 0 1 2 0 4 2
10 McVeigh, Mark BPL 100% 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3
2 Mercuri, Mark INT 68% 0 3 17 8 9 8 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2
24 Misiti, Joe C 78% 0 0 23 8 15 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 3
11 Peverill, Damien RO 100% 0 1 21 9 12 4 0 5 5 2 1 0 1 4
43 Rioli, Dean FPR 77% 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 7
7 Solomon, Dean HBFR 85% 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 2 0 4 0 3 0 4
12 Welsh, Andrew HBFL 100% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 14 319 195 124 101 23 51 29 39 10 12 39 60

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Blumfield, Justin HFFR 83% 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 3
11 Bowden, Joel FF 89% 0 0 25 16 9 6 0 1 1 4 0 1 3 5
15 Cameron, Leon FPR 50% 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
6 Chaffey, Mark BPL 100% 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 2
24 Coughlan, Mark RR 97% 1 1 34 17 17 6 0 4 6 1 0 0 2 2
14 Fiora, Aaron WL 100% 1 0 18 11 7 6 0 3 1 2 1 1 6 2
16 Holland, Ben CHF 97% 0 0 10 2 8 6 1 2 1 3 0 2 2 1
44 Houlihan, Adam INT 43% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 3
28 Johnson, Kane C 91% 0 0 22 15 7 3 0 6 4 4 1 3 2 3
39 Kellaway, Andrew FB 100% 1 0 21 15 6 11 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 1
3 Kellaway, Duncan HBFL 85% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 1
27 Krakouer, Andrew FPL 100% 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0
30 McGrath, Marty INT 52% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Newman, Chris BPR 100% 0 0 12 4 8 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1
26 Nicholls, Bill INT 39% 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
5 Ottens, Brad RU 94% 1 3 23 12 11 12 18 5 3 1 1 0 1 3
8 Pettifer, Kayne HFFL 71% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2
12 Richardson, Matthew (c) WR 100% 0 3 28 19 9 13 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 7
18 Rodan, David RO 95% 1 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 6
10 Stafford, Greg INT 63% 1 0 5 3 2 3 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
32 Tivendale, Greg HBFR 99% 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 3 6 4 2 0 1 4
36 Zantuck, Ty CHB 53% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 7 11 322 192 130 95 31 44 33 39 12 10 40 51

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

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
6 M. Chaffey 39 A. Kellaway 35 C. Newman 19 D. Hille 27 S. Alessio
43 D. Rioli 18 M. Lloyd 21 D. Jacobs 37 M. Bullen 39 B. Haynes
FORWARD 11 D. Peverill 28 C. McGrath
HALF-BACK

2 M. Mercuri
3 D. Kellaway 36 T. Zantuck 32 G. Tivendale



5 J. Hird (c) 23 M. Bolton 13 D. Cupido



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 A. Fiora 28 K. Johnson 12 M. Richardson (c)



33 A. McPhee 24 J. Misiti 1 M. Johnson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 5 B. Ottens 44 A. Houlihan
HALF-FORWARD 24 M. Coughlan 30 M. McGrath
8 K. Pettifer 16 B. Holland 13 J. Blumfield 18 D. Rodan 26 B. Nicholls
7 D. Solomon 25 S. Lucas 12 A. Welsh

10 G. Stafford
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



27 A. Krakouer 11 J. Bowden 15 L. Cameron



3 A. Henneman 31 D. Fletcher 10 M. McVeigh



BACK



Richmond Coach: Danny Frawley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 RICH Matthew Richardson behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:05
RICH Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 04:10
RICH David Rodan goal 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 05:31
RICH Matthew Richardson behind 0.0.0 - 1.3.9 08:34
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 1.0.6 - 1.3.9 09:26
RICH Leon Cameron behind 1.0.6 - 1.4.10 13:02
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 2.0.12 - 1.4.10 14:30
RICH Andrew Krakouer goal 2.0.12 - 2.4.16 16:17
ESSE Dean Solomon goal 3.0.18 - 2.4.16 22:36
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 3.1.19 - 2.4.16 24:36
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 3.2.20 - 2.4.16 25:24
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 4.2.26 - 2.4.16 27:39
RICH Mark Coughlan behind 4.2.26 - 2.5.17 29:47
Q2 ESSE James Hird behind 4.3.27 - 2.5.17 00:40
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 5.3.33 - 2.5.17 02:25
ESSE Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 2.5.17 03:45
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 6.4.40 - 2.5.17 06:44
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 6.5.41 - 2.5.17 11:45
RICH Aaron Fiora goal 6.5.41 - 3.5.23 12:58
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 6.6.42 - 3.5.23 14:56
RICH Andrew Kellaway goal 6.6.42 - 4.5.29 17:07
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 7.6.48 - 4.5.29 19:16
ESSE Ben Haynes behind 7.7.49 - 4.5.29 22:19
RICH Brad Ottens goal 7.7.49 - 5.5.35 24:34
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 8.7.55 - 5.5.35 27:43
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 9.7.61 - 5.5.35 29:31
ESSE Damian Cupido behind 9.8.62 - 5.5.35 31:26
Q3 ESSE Mark Bolton goal 10.8.68 - 5.5.35 03:41
ESSE Mark Mercuri behind 10.9.69 - 5.5.35 07:55
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 10.10.70 - 5.5.35 08:44
ESSE Damien Peverill behind 10.11.71 - 5.5.35 12:18
ESSE Mark Bolton behind 10.12.72 - 5.5.35 13:43
RICH Matthew Richardson behind 10.12.72 - 5.6.36 15:11
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 11.12.78 - 5.6.36 15:52
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 12.12.84 - 5.6.36 16:57
RICH Rushed behind 12.12.84 - 5.7.37 19:59
RICH Brad Ottens behind 12.12.84 - 5.8.38 24:22
Q4 RICH Mark Coughlan goal 12.12.84 - 6.8.44 05:36
RICH Greg Stafford goal 12.12.84 - 7.8.50 08:08
RICH Brad Ottens behind 12.12.84 - 7.9.51 14:10
RICH Brad Ottens behind 12.12.84 - 7.10.52 15:30
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 12.13.85 - 7.10.52 18:06
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 13.13.91 - 7.10.52 20:33
ESSE Rushed behind 13.14.92 - 7.10.52 22:36
RICH Bill Nicholls behind 13.14.92 - 7.11.53 23:21