2004 AFL Round 7: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 2004 between Western Bulldogs and Essendon during round 7 of the 2004 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Essendon at Telstra Dome. Chris Grant captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Rohde and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Gilbee, B. Lake, M. Robbins
Half-back: B. Murphy, C. Grant (capt.), R. Smith
Centre: D. Giansiracusa, S. West, C. Faulkner
Half-forward: S. Bassett, J. Rawlings, P. Bowden
Forward: M. Boyd, P. Street, N. Eagleton
Follower: L. Darcy, M. Hahn, B. Johnson
Int.: A. Cooney, B. Harrison, S. Power, F. Ray

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

Western Bulldogs (14.11.95) were defeated by Essendon (18.13.121).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: B. Johnson (3), M. Robbins (3), L. Darcy (2), J. Rawlings (2), P. Bowden, L. Gilbee, B. Murphy, P. Street
Essendon: M. Lloyd (5), N. Lovett-Murray (3), D. Hille (2), J. Murphy (2), D. Rioli (2), D. Solomon (2), J. Hird, J. Misiti

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 13th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Essendon remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2004 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Date: Friday 7 May 2004
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 45,119

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Essendon
Score: 14.11.95 - 18.13.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 2 7 . 5 11 . 9 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Essendon 5 . 2 10 . 6 15 . 7 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration 30:48 32:14 31:13 31:15 2:05:30

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Rohde (Western Bulldogs), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Chris Grant (Western Bulldogs), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), M. Head (#16), S. Jeffery (#29)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Rohan Smith WBUL 5 3
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 2
Nathan Eagleton WBUL 10 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Bassett, Scott HFFL 68% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 0
20 Bowden, Patrick HFFR 97% 1 0 15 9 6 6 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 5
42 Boyd, Matthew FPL 100% 0 0 13 6 7 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 2
17 Cooney, Adam INT 50% 0 0 6 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
14 Darcy, Luke RU 100% 2 1 16 9 7 4 13 4 3 2 2 2 1 3
10 Eagleton, Nathan FPR 93% 0 2 23 17 6 8 1 2 3 3 4 0 2 1
18 Faulkner, Cameron WR 69% 0 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel WL 93% 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 5 3 2 2 0 3 6
9 Gilbee, Lindsay BPL 64% 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1
3 Grant, Chris (c) CHB 100% 0 0 17 11 6 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 0
8 Hahn, Mitch RR 67% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 4
22 Harrison, Ben INT 53% 0 1 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3
6 Johnson, Brad RO 100% 3 1 24 20 4 11 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 6
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 0
2 Murphy, Bob HBFL 100% 1 2 15 14 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 4
15 Power, Sam INT 60% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
24 Rawlings, Jade CHF 100% 2 1 12 11 1 10 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4
1 Ray, Farren INT 34% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
30 Robbins, Matthew BPR 86% 3 0 9 6 3 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
5 Smith, Rohan HBFR 100% 0 1 28 24 4 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 8
31 Street, Peter FF 71% 1 0 2 2 0 2 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 West, Scott C 96% 0 0 23 10 13 3 0 1 5 2 1 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 14 11 286 189 97 92 34 35 24 32 18 7 37 53

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Allan, Matthew INT 55% 0 1 14 9 5 7 13 1 3 0 1 0 2 1
23 Bolton, Mark CHF 100% 0 1 18 12 6 5 0 1 1 3 0 1 6 4
37 Bullen, Marc INT 25% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
36 Dyson, Ricky INT 45% 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0
19 Hille, David RU 79% 2 1 7 5 2 2 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 2
5 Hird, James (c) HFFR 95% 1 0 22 14 8 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 4
14 Johnson, Jason RR 89% 0 1 26 9 17 4 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 3
1 Johnson, Mark WR 100% 0 0 11 8 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 100% 5 2 11 10 1 7 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan FPR 66% 3 0 11 5 6 4 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2
25 Lucas, Scott CHB 96% 0 1 18 14 4 6 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 4
33 McPhee, Adam HBFR 63% 0 2 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 5
24 Misiti, Joe INT 56% 1 0 19 10 9 3 0 2 2 4 0 1 2 1
28 Murphy, Justin WL 100% 2 1 25 12 13 11 0 5 1 2 0 2 1 6
11 Peverill, Damien C 100% 0 0 17 6 11 5 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 6
9 Ramanauskas, Adam BPL 100% 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 2 2
43 Rioli, Dean FPL 82% 2 1 16 12 4 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 5
7 Solomon, Dean RO 98% 2 0 14 12 2 6 0 3 1 5 0 4 1 5
4 Watson, Jobe HFFL 50% 0 0 9 5 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2
6 Wellman, Sean HBFL 100% 0 0 21 11 10 10 0 5 2 1 0 1 2 2
12 Welsh, Andrew BPR 100% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 5 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 18 13 313 195 118 101 22 39 37 37 7 18 31 59

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

Western Bulldogs Coach: Peter Rohde
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
9 A. Ramanauskas 31 D. Fletcher 12 A. Welsh 14 L. Darcy 17 A. Cooney
10 N. Eagleton 31 P. Street 42 M. Boyd 8 M. Hahn 22 B. Harrison
FORWARD 6 B. Johnson 15 S. Power
HALF-BACK

1 F. Ray
6 S. Wellman 25 S. Lucas 33 A. McPhee



20 P. Bowden 24 J. Rawlings 12 S. Bassett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 J. Murphy 11 D. Peverill 1 M. Johnson



18 C. Faulkner 7 S. West 13 D. Giansiracusa FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 27 M. Allan
HALF-FORWARD 14 J. Johnson 37 M. Bullen
4 J. Watson 23 M. Bolton 5 J. Hird (c) 7 D. Solomon 36 R. Dyson
5 R. Smith 3 C. Grant (c) 2 B. Murphy

24 J. Misiti
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 D. Rioli 18 M. Lloyd 42 N. Lovett-Murray



30 M. Robbins 36 B. Lake 9 L. Gilbee



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Dean Solomon goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 05:44
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 06:43
WBUL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 08:03
ESSE Dean Solomon goal 0.1.1 - 3.0.18 08:40
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 0.2.2 - 3.0.18 10:34
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 13:48
ESSE Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 15:05
WBUL Matthew Robbins goal 2.2.14 - 3.1.19 17:51
ESSE Dean Rioli goal 2.2.14 - 4.1.25 19:24
WBUL Jade Rawlings goal 3.2.20 - 4.1.25 21:54
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 3.2.20 - 5.1.31 24:05
ESSE Dean Rioli behind 3.2.20 - 5.2.32 29:33
Q2 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 3.2.20 - 6.2.38 01:40
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 3.3.21 - 6.2.38 04:00
ESSE Mark Bolton behind 3.3.21 - 6.3.39 04:32
ESSE Justin Murphy behind 3.3.21 - 6.4.40 05:27
WBUL Matthew Robbins goal 4.3.27 - 6.4.40 06:57
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 4.3.27 - 7.4.46 08:36
WBUL Peter Street goal 5.3.33 - 7.4.46 12:09
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 6.3.39 - 7.4.46 14:39
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 6.4.40 - 7.4.46 17:47
ESSE Joe Misiti goal 6.4.40 - 8.4.52 18:57
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 7.4.46 - 8.4.52 20:56
WBUL Rohan Smith behind 7.5.47 - 8.4.52 23:12
ESSE Matthew Allan behind 7.5.47 - 8.5.53 23:52
ESSE Justin Murphy goal 7.5.47 - 9.5.59 25:52
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 7.5.47 - 10.5.65 28:06
ESSE David Hille behind 7.5.47 - 10.6.66 30:01
Q3 WBUL Bob Murphy behind 7.6.48 - 10.6.66 00:31
ESSE David Hille goal 7.6.48 - 11.6.72 03:21
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 7.7.49 - 11.6.72 05:49
ESSE David Hille goal 7.7.49 - 12.6.78 07:42
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 7.7.49 - 12.7.79 09:29
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 8.7.55 - 12.7.79 10:40
WBUL Luke Darcy behind 8.8.56 - 12.7.79 12:37
WBUL Jade Rawlings goal 9.8.62 - 12.7.79 14:34
ESSE Justin Murphy goal 9.8.62 - 13.7.85 16:42
WBUL Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 13.7.85 20:10
ESSE James Hird goal 9.9.63 - 14.7.91 21:02
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 9.9.63 - 15.7.97 23:16
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 10.9.69 - 15.7.97 24:32
WBUL Patrick Bowden goal 11.9.75 - 15.7.97 30:19
Q4 WBUL Luke Darcy goal 12.9.81 - 15.7.97 01:56
WBUL Luke Darcy goal 13.9.87 - 15.7.97 05:09
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 13.9.87 - 15.8.98 10:00
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 13.9.87 - 15.9.99 11:53
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 13.9.87 - 15.10.100 14:31
WBUL Ben Harrison behind 13.10.88 - 15.10.100 15:49
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 13.10.88 - 16.10.106 18:01
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 13.10.88 - 16.11.107 19:41
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 13.10.88 - 17.11.113 20:55
WBUL Jade Rawlings behind 13.11.89 - 17.11.113 22:52
ESSE Rushed behind 13.11.89 - 17.12.114 24:42
WBUL Matthew Robbins goal 14.11.95 - 17.12.114 25:58
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 14.11.95 - 17.13.115 28:05
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 14.11.95 - 18.13.121 30:21