2003 AFL Round 22: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 2003 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 22 of the 2003 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Stuart Maxfield captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

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

Sydney
Back: B. Mathews, A. Schauble, T. Kennelly
Half-back: L. Barry, C. Bolton, J. Crouch
Centre: N. Davis, B. Kirk, S. Maxfield (capt.)
Half-forward: A. Schneider, A. Goodes, J. Bolton
Forward: M. O'Loughlin, B. Hall, B. Seymour
Follower: S. Doyle, P. Williams, D. Cresswell
Int.: N. Fosdike, R. O'Keefe, L. Roberts-Thomson, J. Sundqvist

Melbourne (9.6.60) were defeated by Sydney (14.10.94).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (2), L. Williams (2), N. Brown, B. Green, J. McDonald, S. Thompson, A. Yze
Sydney: M. O'Loughlin (5), N. Davis (3), A. Schneider (2), J. Crouch, B. Mathews, R. O'Keefe, P. Williams

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder and Sydney were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 30 August 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,969

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 9.6.60 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 4 6 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Sydney 1 . 2 3 . 5 6 . 9 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 11 SYDN by 4 SYDN by 34 SYDN by 34
Duration 27:00 26:56 29:11 31:18 1:54:25

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Paul Roos (Sydney)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Stuart Maxfield (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Jeffery (#29), H. Kennedy (#7), S. McInerney (#30)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nic Fosdike SYDN 12 3
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 2
Michael O'Loughlin SYDN 19 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Armstrong, Steven FPL 82% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1
3 Bizzell, Clint CHB 100% 0 0 12 8 4 5 1 4 0 3 1 0 4 1
25 Brown, Nathan INT 65% 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 Bruce, Cameron CHF 100% 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0
41 Carroll, Nathan BPR 100% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0
35 Ferguson, Ryan FB 84% 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
30 Godfrey, Simon RR 89% 0 1 13 4 9 1 2 8 4 2 0 1 0 1
18 Green, Brad HFFL 98% 1 0 13 7 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 3
40 Jamar, Mark INT 35% 0 0 3 1 2 0 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
16 Johnstone, Travis INT 60% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 7 1 1 1 1 1 2
11 Jolly, Darren RU 65% 0 0 12 4 8 5 29 2 4 4 0 3 0 2
23 McDonald, James FPR 96% 1 0 16 9 7 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 4
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 2 2 10 9 1 4 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 4
43 Rigoni, Guy RO 91% 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 4
24 Robertson, Russell HFFR 47% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Smith, Nick HBFL 70% 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Thompson, Scott WR 90% 1 0 20 11 9 3 0 2 7 6 1 4 3 3
42 Walsh, Peter WL 100% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
10 Ward, Daniel HBFR 100% 0 0 17 10 7 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 5 3
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 100% 0 0 15 5 10 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 1 0
26 Williams, Luke INT 46% 2 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
13 Yze, Adem C 82% 1 1 10 9 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 6 224 126 98 44 57 61 32 33 13 15 29 34

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Barry, Leo HBFL 100% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1
6 Bolton, Craig CHB 100% 0 0 5 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Bolton, Jude HFFR 91% 0 0 23 13 10 2 2 2 8 3 1 0 2 2
8 Cresswell, Daryn RO 72% 0 1 14 7 7 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
28 Crouch, Jared HBFR 92% 1 0 10 4 6 2 0 7 1 3 1 1 2 0
2 Davis, Nick WL 85% 3 1 16 8 8 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 5
15 Doyle, Stephen RU 51% 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Fosdike, Nic INT 70% 0 0 27 14 13 5 0 7 7 0 0 0 2 3
37 Goodes, Adam CHF 91% 0 0 17 9 8 3 20 4 7 0 2 0 2 5
1 Hall, Barry FF 100% 0 0 10 6 4 6 2 3 0 6 0 2 0 1
17 Kennelly, Tadhg BPR 100% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1
31 Kirk, Brett C 97% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 5 6 0 2 0 0 5
4 Mathews, Ben BPL 96% 1 0 23 13 10 4 0 5 2 1 2 1 3 5
11 Maxfield, Stuart (c) WR 82% 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 4 4 1 1 1 1 4
5 O'Keefe, Ryan INT 64% 1 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
19 O'Loughlin, Michael FPL 97% 5 1 14 12 2 7 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 4
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis INT 32% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Schauble, Andrew FB 100% 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 5 1
36 Schneider, Adam HFFL 85% 2 2 13 8 5 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1
7 Seymour, Brad FPR 62% 0 2 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
35 Sundqvist, Jarrad INT 36% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Williams, Paul RR 98% 1 1 18 10 8 4 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 14 10 279 150 129 62 31 50 43 29 15 13 23 49

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
4 B. Mathews 25 A. Schauble 17 T. Kennelly 11 D. Jolly 25 N. Brown
23 J. McDonald 9 D. Neitz (c) 2 S. Armstrong 30 S. Godfrey 40 M. Jamar
FORWARD 43 G. Rigoni 16 T. Johnstone
HALF-BACK

26 L. Williams
21 L. Barry 6 C. Bolton 28 J. Crouch



24 R. Robertson 32 C. Bruce 18 B. Green



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 N. Davis 31 B. Kirk 11 S. Maxfield (c)



6 S. Thompson 13 A. Yze 42 P. Walsh FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 S. Doyle 12 N. Fosdike
HALF-FORWARD 10 P. Williams 5 R. O'Keefe
36 A. Schneider 37 A. Goodes 24 J. Bolton 8 D. Cresswell 30 L. Roberts-Thomson
10 D. Ward 3 C. Bizzell 15 N. Smith

35 J. Sundqvist
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



19 M. O'Loughlin 1 B. Hall 7 B. Seymour



41 N. Carroll 35 R. Ferguson 45 M. Whelan



BACK



Sydney Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:51
MELB Brad Green goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 04:34
MELB Adem Yze goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 05:43
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 08:59
SYDN Nick Davis behind 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 11:16
MELB Adem Yze behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 13:12
MELB David Neitz goal 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 22:05
Q2 SYDN Brad Seymour behind 3.1.19 - 1.3.9 02:21
MELB Scott Thompson goal 4.1.25 - 1.3.9 04:40
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 4.1.25 - 1.4.10 09:04
SYDN Ben Mathews goal 4.1.25 - 2.4.16 10:09
MELB Nathan Brown goal 5.1.31 - 2.4.16 12:50
MELB Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 2.4.16 15:49
SYDN Brad Seymour behind 5.2.32 - 2.5.17 18:40
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 5.2.32 - 3.5.23 20:06
MELB Simon Godfrey behind 5.3.33 - 3.5.23 22:19
MELB David Neitz behind 5.4.34 - 3.5.23 26:14
Q3 SYDN Adam Schneider behind 5.4.34 - 3.6.24 03:34
SYDN Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 3.7.25 05:27
SYDN Paul Williams behind 5.4.34 - 3.8.26 06:16
SYDN Daryn Cresswell behind 5.4.34 - 3.9.27 06:54
SYDN Paul Williams goal 5.4.34 - 4.9.33 14:29
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 5.4.34 - 5.9.39 18:01
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 5.4.34 - 6.9.45 20:44
MELB David Neitz behind 5.5.35 - 6.9.45 22:17
MELB Luke Williams goal 6.5.41 - 6.9.45 26:23
Q4 SYDN Nick Davis goal 6.5.41 - 7.9.51 00:42
SYDN Nick Davis goal 6.5.41 - 8.9.57 02:05
SYDN Adam Schneider behind 6.5.41 - 8.10.58 05:10
MELB David Neitz goal 7.5.47 - 8.10.58 06:55
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 7.5.47 - 9.10.64 08:41
SYDN Nick Davis goal 7.5.47 - 10.10.70 11:25
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 7.5.47 - 11.10.76 14:46
MELB James McDonald goal 8.5.53 - 11.10.76 16:42
SYDN Jared Crouch goal 8.5.53 - 12.10.82 20:29
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 8.5.53 - 13.10.88 23:38
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 8.5.53 - 14.10.94 26:31
MELB Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 14.10.94 27:40
MELB Luke Williams goal 9.6.60 - 14.10.94 29:06