2004 AFL Round 13: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 2004 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 13 of the 2004 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Essendon
Back: A. Henneman, K. Bradley, A. Welsh
Half-back: M. McVeigh, A. McPhee, M. Bolton
Centre: D. Peverill, J. Johnson, B. Stanton
Half-forward: A. Ramanauskas, S. Lucas, B. Haynes
Forward: J. Hird (capt.), M. Lloyd, M. Johnson
Follower: M. Allan, D. Solomon, J. Murphy
Int.: M. Bullen, D. Hille, N. Lovett-Murray, J. Misiti

Melbourne
Back: P. Wheatley, A. Nicholson, N. Brown
Half-back: A. Yze, J. Rivers, M. Whelan
Centre: B. Green, C. Heffernan, C. Bruce
Half-forward: R. Robertson, B. Miller, P. Vardy
Forward: A. Davey, D. Neitz (capt.), P. Read
Follower: J. White, T. Broadbridge, B. McLean
Int.: B. Holland, J. McDonald, S. Thompson, P. Walsh

Essendon (10.9.69) were defeated by Melbourne (13.17.95).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (5), B. Haynes, D. Hille, J. Hird, A. McPhee, J. Murphy
Melbourne: D. Neitz (4), C. Bruce (2), A. Davey (2), B. Green, B. McLean, B. Miller, S. Thompson, A. Yze

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2004 AFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 20 June 2004
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,314

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.9.69 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 4 . 3 8 . 6 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Melbourne 1 . 6 6 . 14 9 . 16 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin ESSE by 1 MELB by 23 MELB by 16 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration 26:50 31:06 28:25 28:12 1:54:33

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy (#7), B. Rosebury (#8), C. Rowe (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jeff White MELB 34 3
Nathan Brown MELB 25 2
Adem Yze MELB 13 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Allan, Matthew RU 65% 0 0 14 5 9 5 18 0 1 0 0 0 2 2
23 Bolton, Mark HBFR 100% 0 0 14 6 8 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
16 Bradley, Kepler FB 78% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 1
37 Bullen, Marc INT 39% 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
39 Haynes, Ben HFFR 88% 1 0 20 16 4 7 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 9
3 Henneman, Aaron BPL 100% 0 0 6 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 Hille, David INT 71% 1 0 6 5 1 6 16 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
5 Hird, James (c) FPL 100% 1 0 26 22 4 4 0 6 5 3 3 1 5 2
14 Johnson, Jason C 97% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2
1 Johnson, Mark FPR 81% 0 0 9 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 100% 5 2 13 11 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan INT 41% 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Lucas, Scott CHF 100% 0 1 24 17 7 9 0 6 0 7 0 0 4 3
33 McPhee, Adam CHB 100% 1 1 20 15 5 4 1 4 2 4 2 2 3 5
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFL 100% 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 4
24 Misiti, Joe INT 27% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1
28 Murphy, Justin RO 100% 1 0 23 12 11 5 0 8 0 6 1 2 1 6
11 Peverill, Damien WL 87% 0 0 18 7 11 6 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 3
9 Ramanauskas, Adam HFFL 73% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0
7 Solomon, Dean RR 94% 0 2 11 6 5 4 1 6 1 1 0 1 0 3
34 Stanton, Brent WR 62% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2
12 Welsh, Andrew BPR 96% 0 0 20 8 12 4 0 4 1 1 1 0 6 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 10 9 284 177 107 77 38 54 23 40 7 9 35 49

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Broadbridge, Troy RR 100% 0 0 14 6 8 5 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
25 Brown, Nathan BPR 89% 0 1 28 18 10 7 0 4 1 2 0 0 7 3
32 Bruce, Cameron WR 100% 2 2 25 13 12 5 0 7 4 3 1 3 2 8
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 100% 2 0 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
18 Green, Brad WL 100% 1 0 32 20 12 12 0 1 3 1 0 1 3 5
1 Heffernan, Chris C 79% 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 4 5 0 2 0 0 4
4 Holland, Ben INT 44% 0 3 6 5 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
23 McDonald, James INT 57% 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 3
5 McLean, Brock RO 72% 1 1 12 8 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
7 Miller, Brad CHF 100% 1 0 18 7 11 9 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 5
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 4 5 11 10 1 7 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
8 Nicholson, Alistair FB 100% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Read, Phil FPR 53% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 100% 0 0 17 10 7 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
24 Robertson, Russell HFFL 66% 0 1 9 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Thompson, Scott INT 22% 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Vardy, Peter HFFR 89% 0 2 9 6 3 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
42 Walsh, Peter INT 41% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0
31 Wheatley, Paul BPL 100% 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 4 4 0 2 0 7 3
45 Whelan, Matthew HBFR 100% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 1
34 White, Jeff RU 87% 0 0 19 14 5 6 14 1 2 2 0 0 1 8
13 Yze, Adem HBFL 100% 1 2 26 19 7 5 0 3 2 2 0 1 3 7
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 13 17 325 209 116 90 22 50 35 24 9 7 32 55

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
31 P. Wheatley 8 A. Nicholson 25 N. Brown 27 M. Allan 37 M. Bullen
1 M. Johnson 18 M. Lloyd 5 J. Hird (c) 7 D. Solomon 19 D. Hille
FORWARD 28 J. Murphy 42 N. Lovett-Murray
HALF-BACK

24 J. Misiti
13 A. Yze 27 J. Rivers 45 M. Whelan



39 B. Haynes 25 S. Lucas 9 A. Ramanauskas



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 B. Green 1 C. Heffernan 32 C. Bruce



34 B. Stanton 14 J. Johnson 11 D. Peverill FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 4 B. Holland
HALF-FORWARD 20 T. Broadbridge 23 J. McDonald
24 R. Robertson 7 B. Miller 19 P. Vardy 5 B. McLean 6 S. Thompson
23 M. Bolton 33 A. McPhee 10 M. McVeigh

42 P. Walsh
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



36 A. Davey 9 D. Neitz (c) 28 P. Read



12 A. Welsh 16 K. Bradley 3 A. Henneman



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB David Neitz behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:26
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 02:14
MELB Peter Vardy behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 03:38
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 1.0.6 - 0.3.3 05:07
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 2.0.12 - 0.3.3 07:38
MELB Aaron Davey goal 2.0.12 - 1.3.9 14:58
MELB Ben Holland behind 2.0.12 - 1.4.10 19:32
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray behind 2.1.13 - 1.4.10 22:00
MELB David Neitz behind 2.1.13 - 1.5.11 24:09
MELB Ben Holland behind 2.1.13 - 1.6.12 25:48
Q2 ESSE Adam McPhee behind 2.2.14 - 1.6.12 01:51
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 3.2.20 - 1.6.12 03:28
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 3.3.21 - 1.6.12 04:55
MELB Scott Thompson goal 3.3.21 - 2.6.18 07:00
MELB Brock McLean goal 3.3.21 - 3.6.24 08:21
MELB Peter Vardy behind 3.3.21 - 3.7.25 10:00
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 3.3.21 - 3.8.26 10:46
MELB Russell Robertson behind 3.3.21 - 3.9.27 11:42
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 4.3.27 - 3.9.27 13:01
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 4.3.27 - 4.9.33 14:23
MELB Nathan Brown behind 4.3.27 - 4.10.34 17:10
MELB David Neitz behind 4.3.27 - 4.11.35 20:40
MELB David Neitz goal 4.3.27 - 5.11.41 24:20
MELB Ben Holland behind 4.3.27 - 5.12.42 26:20
MELB Brad Green goal 4.3.27 - 6.12.48 27:21
MELB Adem Yze behind 4.3.27 - 6.13.49 29:04
MELB David Neitz behind 4.3.27 - 6.14.50 30:09
Q3 ESSE Justin Murphy goal 5.3.33 - 6.14.50 02:23
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 5.4.34 - 6.14.50 05:23
MELB David Neitz goal 5.4.34 - 7.14.56 08:00
MELB David Neitz behind 5.4.34 - 7.15.57 09:12
MELB Brock McLean behind 5.4.34 - 7.16.58 10:45
ESSE Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 7.16.58 13:18
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 6.5.41 - 7.16.58 13:59
ESSE Ben Haynes goal 7.5.47 - 7.16.58 14:57
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 7.6.48 - 7.16.58 18:37
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 7.6.48 - 8.16.64 23:04
MELB Adem Yze goal 7.6.48 - 9.16.70 24:11
ESSE James Hird goal 8.6.54 - 9.16.70 27:39
Q4 ESSE Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 9.16.70 00:13
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 8.8.56 - 9.16.70 01:45
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 8.9.57 - 9.16.70 04:50
MELB Adem Yze behind 8.9.57 - 9.17.71 06:03
MELB David Neitz goal 8.9.57 - 10.17.77 07:03
MELB Brad Miller goal 8.9.57 - 11.17.83 09:15
MELB David Neitz goal 8.9.57 - 12.17.89 10:33
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 9.9.63 - 12.17.89 15:45
MELB Aaron Davey goal 9.9.63 - 13.17.95 20:20
ESSE David Hille goal 10.9.69 - 13.17.95 23:31