2004 AFL Round 6: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 2004 between Essendon and Sydney during round 6 of the 2004 AFL season. Essendon hosted Sydney at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Stuart Maxfield captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

Essendon
Back: M. Johnson, D. Fletcher, A. Welsh
Half-back: S. Wellman, S. Lucas, D. Peverill
Centre: A. McPhee, J. Johnson, R. Dyson
Half-forward: M. Bolton, J. Hird (capt.), N. Lovett-Murray
Forward: J. Murphy, M. Lloyd, D. Rioli
Follower: D. Hille, D. Solomon, A. Ramanauskas
Int.: M. Allan, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, B. Stanton

Sydney
Back: B. Mathews, H. James, J. Crouch
Half-back: L. Barry, C. Bolton, T. Kennelly
Centre: S. Maxfield (capt.), B. Kirk, J. Saddington
Half-forward: A. Schneider, B. Hall, P. Williams
Forward: R. O'Keefe, A. Goodes, N. Davis
Follower: J. Ball, N. Fosdike, J. Bolton
Int.: P. Bevan, S. Doyle, J. McVeigh, A. Rogers

Essendon (16.12.108) defeated Sydney (15.8.98).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (3), D. Solomon (3), D. Peverill (2), R. Dyson, J. Hird, J. Johnson, N. Lovett-Murray, S. Lucas, J. Murphy, D. Rioli, B. Stanton
Sydney: B. Hall (4), R. O'Keefe (2), A. Schneider (2), P. Williams (2), C. Bolton, J. Bolton, N. Davis, B. Kirk, S. Maxfield

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Sydney were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2004 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Saturday 1 May 2004
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,946

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 16.12.108 - 15.8.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 6 7 . 8 12 . 10 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Sydney 4 . 3 4 . 6 8 . 7 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration 31:20 26:12 30:45 32:52 2:01:09

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Paul Roos (Sydney)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), Stuart Maxfield (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis, D. Goldspink (#32), S. Meredith (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adam McPhee ESSE 33 3
James Hird ESSE 5 2
Barry Hall SYDN 1 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Allan, Matthew INT 42% 0 0 8 7 1 1 17 0 3 1 3 1 1 2
23 Bolton, Mark HFFL 100% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
36 Dyson, Ricky WR 59% 1 1 6 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 97% 0 0 23 18 5 9 0 1 1 0 2 0 5 0
19 Hille, David RU 58% 0 0 11 9 2 3 25 3 3 4 0 1 1 4
5 Hird, James (c) CHF 100% 1 0 23 17 6 4 0 4 7 4 1 4 4 5
14 Johnson, Jason C 79% 1 1 23 16 7 6 0 3 4 1 0 0 2 4
1 Johnson, Mark BPL 75% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 100% 3 1 6 5 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan HFFR 72% 1 1 12 8 4 5 2 2 1 4 0 2 0 3
25 Lucas, Scott CHB 98% 1 2 15 12 3 5 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 6
33 McPhee, Adam WL 100% 0 1 13 9 4 6 3 3 2 3 0 2 0 5
2 Mercuri, Mark INT 58% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 5 3 2 2 2 1 0
24 Misiti, Joe INT 52% 0 0 13 9 4 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 4
28 Murphy, Justin FPL 100% 1 0 15 7 8 4 0 1 4 1 0 1 3 2
11 Peverill, Damien HBFR 100% 2 0 10 7 3 1 0 4 3 1 1 1 0 4
9 Ramanauskas, Adam RO 82% 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 1
43 Rioli, Dean FPR 77% 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 7 0 2 0 0 1 1
7 Solomon, Dean RR 94% 3 1 19 9 10 0 0 5 8 1 5 0 1 1
34 Stanton, Brent INT 57% 1 2 9 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
6 Wellman, Sean HBFL 100% 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
12 Welsh, Andrew BPR 100% 0 0 14 13 1 7 0 1 2 3 0 1 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 16 12 268 194 74 70 49 57 51 35 21 18 31 50

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Ball, Jason RU 53% 0 0 8 6 2 5 12 1 1 4 1 3 0 3
21 Barry, Leo HBFL 100% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 0
42 Bevan, Paul INT 98% 0 0 19 16 3 7 0 2 2 2 2 0 6 2
6 Bolton, Craig CHB 100% 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 5 0 2 2 2 1 0
24 Bolton, Jude RO 88% 1 0 16 8 8 3 3 5 2 4 0 2 0 5
28 Crouch, Jared BPR 95% 0 1 14 11 3 2 0 5 5 1 0 1 0 4
2 Davis, Nick FPR 87% 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1
15 Doyle, Stephen INT 57% 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0
12 Fosdike, Nic RR 75% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 5
37 Goodes, Adam FF 100% 0 0 15 9 6 4 13 2 2 1 1 1 2 0
1 Hall, Barry CHF 100% 4 1 19 12 7 12 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 4
18 James, Heath FB 7% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
17 Kennelly, Tadhg HBFR 100% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
31 Kirk, Brett C 96% 1 0 19 13 6 4 0 8 5 4 0 1 2 6
4 Mathews, Ben BPL 100% 0 0 14 9 5 9 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart (c) WL 88% 1 1 15 12 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 6
3 McVeigh, Jarrad INT 42% 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
5 O'Keefe, Ryan FPL 100% 2 0 18 16 2 8 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 5
45 Rogers, Aaron INT 34% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
22 Saddington, Jason WR 100% 0 0 13 8 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
13 Schneider, Adam HFFL 81% 2 1 14 12 2 5 0 1 2 4 0 2 3 5
10 Williams, Paul HFFR 100% 2 0 17 10 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 15 8 256 176 80 84 34 47 30 40 18 21 31 48

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
4 B. Mathews 18 H. James 28 J. Crouch 19 D. Hille 27 M. Allan
43 D. Rioli 18 M. Lloyd 28 J. Murphy 7 D. Solomon 2 M. Mercuri
FORWARD 9 A. Ramanauskas 24 J. Misiti
HALF-BACK

34 B. Stanton
21 L. Barry 6 C. Bolton 17 T. Kennelly



42 N. Lovett-Murray 5 J. Hird (c) 23 M. Bolton



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 S. Maxfield (c) 31 B. Kirk 22 J. Saddington



36 R. Dyson 14 J. Johnson 33 A. McPhee FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 J. Ball 42 P. Bevan
HALF-FORWARD 12 N. Fosdike 15 S. Doyle
13 A. Schneider 1 B. Hall 10 P. Williams 24 J. Bolton 3 J. McVeigh
11 D. Peverill 25 S. Lucas 6 S. Wellman

45 A. Rogers
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



5 R. O'Keefe 37 A. Goodes 2 N. Davis



12 A. Welsh 31 D. Fletcher 1 M. Johnson



BACK



Sydney Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Dean Solomon goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:31
SYDN Nick Davis goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:01
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:26
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 11:14
SYDN Jared Crouch behind 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 12:18
ESSE Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 15:44
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 17:16
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 18:29
SYDN Craig Bolton goal 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 20:40
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 21:54
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 2.4.16 - 3.2.20 22:28
SYDN Barry Hall goal 2.4.16 - 4.2.26 23:47
SYDN Adam Schneider behind 2.4.16 - 4.3.27 25:34
ESSE Damien Peverill goal 3.4.22 - 4.3.27 26:21
ESSE Damien Peverill goal 4.4.28 - 4.3.27 27:20
ESSE Ricky Dyson behind 4.5.29 - 4.3.27 28:45
ESSE Ricky Dyson goal 5.5.35 - 4.3.27 29:39
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 5.6.36 - 4.3.27 30:58
Q2 ESSE Dean Solomon goal 6.6.42 - 4.3.27 02:36
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray behind 6.7.43 - 4.3.27 04:17
ESSE Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 4.3.27 05:33
SYDN Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 4.4.28 10:44
SYDN Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 4.5.29 18:16
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 7.8.50 - 4.5.29 20:40
SYDN Barry Hall behind 7.8.50 - 4.6.30 25:35
Q3 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 8.8.56 - 4.6.30 01:03
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 9.8.62 - 4.6.30 02:41
SYDN Brett Kirk goal 9.8.62 - 5.6.36 04:20
ESSE Justin Murphy goal 10.8.68 - 5.6.36 05:32
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 10.8.68 - 6.6.42 07:24
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 10.9.69 - 6.6.42 08:51
SYDN Barry Hall goal 10.9.69 - 7.6.48 12:42
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 11.9.75 - 7.6.48 18:14
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 11.10.76 - 7.6.48 21:54
SYDN Barry Hall goal 11.10.76 - 8.6.54 23:45
SYDN Stuart Maxfield behind 11.10.76 - 8.7.55 25:35
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 12.10.82 - 8.7.55 27:51
Q4 ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 12.11.83 - 8.7.55 01:45
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 12.12.84 - 8.7.55 04:44
ESSE James Hird goal 13.12.90 - 8.7.55 05:53
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 14.12.96 - 8.7.55 08:08
SYDN Stuart Maxfield goal 14.12.96 - 9.7.61 09:44
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 14.12.96 - 10.7.67 12:26
SYDN Paul Williams goal 14.12.96 - 11.7.73 13:43
SYDN Barry Hall goal 14.12.96 - 12.7.79 15:14
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 15.12.102 - 12.7.79 18:10
ESSE Dean Solomon goal 16.12.108 - 12.7.79 20:25
SYDN Paul Williams goal 16.12.108 - 13.7.85 21:51
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 16.12.108 - 14.7.91 25:21
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 16.12.108 - 15.7.97 29:39
SYDN Rushed behind 16.12.108 - 15.8.98 30:53