2003 AFL Round 21: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 2003 between Essendon and Fremantle during round 21 of the 2003 AFL season. Essendon hosted Fremantle at Telstra Dome. James Hird captained the hosts. Peter Bell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Chris Connolly.

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

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

Essendon (20.13.133) defeated Fremantle (11.7.73).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (6), J. Johnson (4), D. Hille (3), D. Jacobs (2), M. Bullen, D. Cupido, J. Hird, D. Solomon, A. Welsh
Fremantle: P. Medhurst (4), T. Simmonds (3), P. Bell, M. Carr, J. Longmuir, M. Pavlich

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Fremantle were then 8th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 23 August 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 42,256

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fremantle
Score: 20.13.133 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 10 . 4 14 . 7 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Fremantle 3 . 2 7 . 3 9 . 4 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 60
Duration 29:35 30:42 28:25 29:15 1:57:57

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Chris Connolly (Fremantle)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), Peter Bell (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), S. McInerney (#30), C. Rowe (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jason Johnson ESSE 14 3
James Hird ESSE 5 2
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
23 Bolton, Mark HFFR 100% 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0
37 Bullen, Marc C 80% 1 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 4
13 Cupido, Damian FPR 94% 1 2 14 12 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
38 Harvey, Shane INT 32% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
39 Haynes, Ben INT 87% 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 5
3 Henneman, Aaron INT 52% 0 0 6 2 4 2 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
19 Hille, David RU 88% 3 1 17 11 6 5 11 0 7 0 0 0 1 3
5 Hird, James (c) HFFL 90% 1 1 26 17 9 6 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 10
21 Jacobs, Danny FPL 100% 2 0 14 7 7 3 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 1
14 Johnson, Jason RR 77% 4 1 21 16 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
1 Johnson, Mark RO 100% 0 0 22 15 7 4 1 3 9 0 1 0 2 7
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 96% 6 3 13 11 2 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott CHB 100% 0 1 17 12 5 5 0 2 0 3 0 2 5 1
33 McPhee, Adam FB 92% 0 0 15 6 9 6 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFL 100% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 2
2 Mercuri, Mark BPR 53% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 1 4 0 3 1 2
24 Misiti, Joe CHF 56% 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 1
11 Peverill, Damien WL 87% 0 0 17 5 12 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2
20 Richards, Ted INT 32% 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
43 Rioli, Dean HBFR 82% 0 1 18 12 6 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 2
7 Solomon, Dean WR 100% 1 1 15 11 4 5 0 3 3 5 2 3 3 3
12 Welsh, Andrew BPL 100% 1 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 1 5 0 1 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 20 13 316 206 110 89 18 37 38 33 9 15 31 59

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bell, Peter (c) RR 91% 1 0 33 21 12 10 0 2 3 3 0 0 3 6
9 Carr, Matthew HBFR 100% 1 0 18 15 3 8 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 4
10 Cook, Troy RO 40% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 2
24 Croad, Trent BPL 87% 0 2 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3
33 Farmer, Jeff FPR 86% 0 1 18 13 5 5 1 3 2 3 2 0 1 3
42 Haddrill, Robbie FB 100% 0 0 16 8 8 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0
4 Hasleby, Paul C 86% 0 1 28 16 12 6 0 1 6 1 1 0 0 3
43 Hayden, Roger WL 94% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Headland, Des HFFR 71% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
20 Longmuir, Justin FPL 74% 1 0 5 4 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
21 Longmuir, Troy INT 54% 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
8 McManus, Shaun WR 87% 0 1 13 9 4 6 0 1 3 3 2 2 1 3
18 McPharlin, Luke CHB 100% 0 0 7 7 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
34 Medhurst, Paul FF 94% 4 0 6 6 0 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
23 Parker, Shane HBFL 100% 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 1
29 Pavlich, Matthew HFFL 100% 1 0 24 17 7 10 4 2 3 1 0 1 3 7
12 Polak, Graham CHF 76% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
31 Sandilands, Aaron INT 46% 0 0 6 2 4 4 18 2 1 2 1 0 0 1
3 Schammer, Byron INT 46% 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 1
2 Simmonds, Troy RU 93% 3 0 13 7 6 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
19 Walker, James INT 74% 0 0 11 7 4 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1
6 Woods, Dion BPR 100% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 7 293 199 94 121 38 38 22 28 15 8 38 44

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
24 T. Croad 42 R. Haddrill 6 D. Woods 19 D. Hille 38 S. Harvey
13 D. Cupido 18 M. Lloyd 21 D. Jacobs 14 J. Johnson 39 B. Haynes
FORWARD 1 M. Johnson 3 A. Henneman
HALF-BACK

20 T. Richards
23 S. Parker 18 L. McPharlin 9 M. Carr



23 M. Bolton 24 J. Misiti 5 J. Hird (c)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



43 R. Hayden 4 P. Hasleby 8 S. McManus



7 D. Solomon 37 M. Bullen 11 D. Peverill FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Simmonds 21 T. Longmuir
HALF-FORWARD 32 P. Bell (c) 31 A. Sandilands
29 M. Pavlich 12 G. Polak 11 D. Headland 10 T. Cook 3 B. Schammer
43 D. Rioli 25 S. Lucas 10 M. McVeigh

19 J. Walker
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



20 J. Longmuir 34 P. Medhurst 33 J. Farmer



2 M. Mercuri 33 A. McPhee 12 A. Welsh



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Chris Connolly

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:54
FREM Peter Bell goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:05
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:58
FREM Trent Croad behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 12:17
FREM Shaun McManus behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 16:47
ESSE Marc Bullen goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 19:25
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 21:24
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 23:59
FREM Troy Simmonds goal 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 25:48
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 26:55
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 27:58
FREM Troy Simmonds goal 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 29:29
Q2 ESSE Dean Solomon behind 4.4.28 - 3.2.20 00:13
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 5.4.34 - 3.2.20 02:23
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 6.4.40 - 3.2.20 04:06
FREM Paul Medhurst goal 6.4.40 - 4.2.26 05:33
FREM Justin Longmuir goal 6.4.40 - 5.2.32 06:40
ESSE Andrew Welsh goal 7.4.46 - 5.2.32 10:14
FREM Paul Hasleby behind 7.4.46 - 5.3.33 12:03
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 8.4.52 - 5.3.33 12:55
FREM Paul Medhurst goal 8.4.52 - 6.3.39 14:45
ESSE Dean Solomon goal 9.4.58 - 6.3.39 16:31
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 9.4.58 - 7.3.45 20:01
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 10.4.64 - 7.3.45 27:30
Q3 FREM Troy Simmonds goal 10.4.64 - 8.3.51 02:08
FREM Paul Medhurst goal 10.4.64 - 9.3.57 09:52
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 10.5.65 - 9.3.57 11:48
ESSE Ben Haynes behind 10.6.66 - 9.3.57 12:56
FREM Jeff Farmer behind 10.6.66 - 9.4.58 17:50
ESSE Danny Jacobs goal 11.6.72 - 9.4.58 19:15
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 12.6.78 - 9.4.58 21:04
ESSE Damian Cupido goal 13.6.84 - 9.4.58 23:13
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 13.7.85 - 9.4.58 24:57
ESSE David Hille goal 14.7.91 - 9.4.58 26:47
Q4 ESSE James Hird behind 14.8.92 - 9.4.58 01:24
FREM Rushed behind 14.8.92 - 9.5.59 03:02
ESSE James Hird goal 15.8.98 - 9.5.59 04:25
ESSE Damian Cupido behind 15.9.99 - 9.5.59 05:16
ESSE Dean Rioli behind 15.10.100 - 9.5.59 06:13
ESSE Danny Jacobs goal 16.10.106 - 9.5.59 12:16
ESSE Damian Cupido behind 16.11.107 - 9.5.59 13:46
FREM Trent Croad behind 16.11.107 - 9.6.60 14:49
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 17.11.113 - 9.6.60 16:32
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 18.11.119 - 9.6.60 17:39
FREM Rushed behind 18.11.119 - 9.7.61 19:11
ESSE David Hille goal 19.11.125 - 9.7.61 21:01
ESSE Rushed behind 19.12.126 - 9.7.61 22:54
FREM Paul Medhurst goal 19.12.126 - 10.7.67 23:41
FREM Matthew Carr goal 19.12.126 - 11.7.73 26:17
ESSE David Hille behind 19.13.127 - 11.7.73 27:39
ESSE David Hille goal 20.13.133 - 11.7.73 29:08