2004 AFL Round 20: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 2004 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 20 of the 2004 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at Telstra Dome. 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, A. Nicholson, T. Broadbridge
Half-back: C. Bizzell, J. Rivers, N. Brown
Centre: B. Green, S. Godfrey, P. Wheatley
Half-forward: R. Robertson, B. Miller, A. Yze
Forward: L. Williams, D. Neitz (capt.), C. Bruce
Follower: J. White, P. Read, J. McDonald
Int.: D. Bell, C. Heffernan, B. Holland, D. Jolly

Sydney
Back: J. Crouch, A. Schauble, C. Bolton
Half-back: L. Barry, A. Goodes, T. Kennelly
Centre: L. Ablett, S. Maxfield (capt.), B. Mathews
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, B. Hall, S. Doyle
Forward: P. Williams, M. O'Loughlin, M. Nicks
Follower: J. Ball, B. Kirk, J. Bolton
Int.: P. Bevan, A. Buchanan, N. Davis, J. McVeigh

Melbourne (7.4.46) were defeated by Sydney (10.7.67).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Holland (2), R. Robertson (2), C. Heffernan, D. Neitz, J. White
Sydney: M. O'Loughlin (5), S. Doyle (2), J. Ball, J. Crouch, R. O'Keefe

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and Sydney were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2004 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 14 August 2004
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 34,991

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 7.4.46 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 3 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 4 7 . 4 (46)
Sydney 3 . 3 7 . 7 10 . 7 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin SYDN by 20 SYDN by 29 SYDN by 27 SYDN by 21 SYDN by 21
Duration 26:11 28:50 28:08 27:20 1:50:29

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McBurney, S. McLaren (#11), M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tadhg Kennelly SYDN 17 3
Michael O'Loughlin SYDN 19 2
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Bell, Daniel INT 48% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 3
3 Bizzell, Clint HBFL 94% 0 0 18 11 7 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
20 Broadbridge, Troy BPR 84% 0 0 8 6 2 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
25 Brown, Nathan HBFR 100% 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 3 5 2 1 1 2 1
32 Bruce, Cameron FPR 98% 0 0 12 10 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 5
30 Godfrey, Simon C 47% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 3
18 Green, Brad WL 100% 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 6
1 Heffernan, Chris INT 88% 1 1 21 9 12 2 0 7 4 2 1 0 1 0
4 Holland, Ben INT 76% 2 1 11 7 4 7 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Jolly, Darren INT 30% 0 0 4 2 2 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 McDonald, James RO 78% 0 0 14 8 6 2 1 8 0 4 0 1 0 5
7 Miller, Brad CHF 100% 0 0 13 10 3 8 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 6
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 1 2 10 8 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1
8 Nicholson, Alistair FB 100% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1
28 Read, Phil RR 79% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 6 0 3 1 1 1 3
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 84% 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 5 3 2 1 1 2 1
24 Robertson, Russell HFFL 79% 2 0 14 7 7 8 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 2
31 Wheatley, Paul WR 85% 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 83% 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 8 3 1 3 0 2 5
34 White, Jeff RU 70% 1 0 9 5 4 0 23 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
26 Williams, Luke FPL 77% 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0
13 Yze, Adem HFFR 100% 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 7 4 269 172 97 77 40 67 32 36 13 11 27 50

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke WL 60% 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1
27 Ball, Jason RU 73% 1 0 17 9 8 6 9 2 3 1 0 0 0 2
21 Barry, Leo HBFL 100% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 0
42 Bevan, Paul INT 54% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0
6 Bolton, Craig BPR 100% 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 0
24 Bolton, Jude RO 79% 0 0 21 8 13 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 5 2
32 Buchanan, Amon INT 58% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 6 1 2 1 0 0 1
28 Crouch, Jared BPL 92% 1 1 13 6 7 0 0 8 2 1 0 0 1 1
2 Davis, Nick INT 63% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4
15 Doyle, Stephen HFFR 71% 2 1 8 5 3 4 23 1 2 0 1 0 2 0
37 Goodes, Adam CHB 97% 0 1 22 11 11 8 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 4
1 Hall, Barry CHF 100% 0 0 13 9 4 6 3 4 1 1 1 1 0 2
17 Kennelly, Tadhg HBFR 100% 0 0 28 14 14 7 0 4 0 2 0 0 8 3
31 Kirk, Brett RR 94% 0 0 15 3 12 0 0 5 3 2 0 1 1 3
4 Mathews, Ben WR 94% 0 0 19 8 11 4 0 7 2 2 0 1 1 2
11 Maxfield, Stuart (c) C 70% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 3
3 McVeigh, Jarrad INT 31% 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
23 Nicks, Matthew FPR 87% 0 0 18 9 9 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 7 1
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 100% 1 2 18 12 6 2 0 4 2 4 1 3 0 5
19 O'Loughlin, Michael FF 97% 5 0 16 13 3 10 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4
25 Schauble, Andrew FB 100% 0 0 15 3 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 Williams, Paul FPL 79% 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 10 7 318 165 153 78 39 69 27 27 11 13 42 40

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
28 J. Crouch 25 A. Schauble 6 C. Bolton 34 J. White 21 D. Bell
32 C. Bruce 9 D. Neitz (c) 26 L. Williams 28 P. Read 1 C. Heffernan
FORWARD 23 J. McDonald 4 B. Holland
HALF-BACK

11 D. Jolly
21 L. Barry 37 A. Goodes 17 T. Kennelly



13 A. Yze 7 B. Miller 24 R. Robertson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



20 L. Ablett 11 S. Maxfield (c) 4 B. Mathews



31 P. Wheatley 30 S. Godfrey 18 B. Green FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 J. Ball 42 P. Bevan
HALF-FORWARD 31 B. Kirk 32 A. Buchanan
5 R. O'Keefe 1 B. Hall 15 S. Doyle 24 J. Bolton 2 N. Davis
25 N. Brown 27 J. Rivers 3 C. Bizzell

3 J. McVeigh
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



10 P. Williams 19 M. O'Loughlin 23 M. Nicks



20 T. Broadbridge 8 A. Nicholson 45 M. Whelan



BACK



Sydney Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Stephen Doyle behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:18
SYDN Stephen Doyle goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 07:48
MELB David Neitz behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 09:33
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 14:31
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 0.1.1 - 3.1.19 16:12
SYDN Jared Crouch behind 0.1.1 - 3.2.20 18:20
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 0.1.1 - 3.3.21 22:07
Q2 MELB Jeff White goal 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 00:40
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 1.1.7 - 3.4.22 02:27
MELB Chris Heffernan behind 1.2.8 - 3.4.22 03:11
SYDN Stephen Doyle goal 1.2.8 - 4.4.28 06:24
SYDN Jared Crouch goal 1.2.8 - 5.4.34 08:40
SYDN Jason Ball goal 1.2.8 - 6.4.40 11:36
SYDN Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 6.5.41 14:35
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 1.2.8 - 7.5.47 16:05
SYDN Luke Ablett behind 1.2.8 - 7.6.48 18:57
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 1.2.8 - 7.7.49 22:06
MELB Ben Holland goal 2.2.14 - 7.7.49 24:00
MELB Chris Heffernan goal 3.2.20 - 7.7.49 28:43
Q3 MELB Ben Holland goal 4.2.26 - 7.7.49 02:20
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 4.2.26 - 8.7.55 04:37
MELB David Neitz goal 5.2.32 - 8.7.55 06:55
MELB Ben Holland behind 5.3.33 - 8.7.55 12:58
MELB David Neitz behind 5.4.34 - 8.7.55 14:30
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 5.4.34 - 9.7.61 17:09
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 5.4.34 - 10.7.67 19:26
MELB Russell Robertson goal 6.4.40 - 10.7.67 28:03
Q4 MELB Russell Robertson goal 7.4.46 - 10.7.67 09:27