2004 AFL Season Semi Final 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 September 2004 between Geelong and Essendon in the first semi final of the 2004 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at the MCG. Steven King captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (10.14.74) defeated Essendon (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 2004 AFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 11 September 2004
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 53,356

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 10.14.74 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	2	.	5	5	.	8	9	.	11	10	.	14	10	.	14	(74)
Essendon	0	.	4	1	.	6	4	.	8	9	.	10	9	.	10	(64)
Margin	GEEL by 13			GEEL by 26			GEEL by 33			GEEL by 10			GEEL by 10
Duration	32:10			29:13			30:53			29:55			2:02:11

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Steven King
Coach: Mark Thompson

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. James (#5)
C. Rowe (#12)
M. Vozzo (#2)

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ablett, Gary	RO	100%	1	1	22	15	7	2	0	4	7	6	0	3	0	8
3	Bartel, Jimmy	HFFR	100%	0	0	33	24	9	1	0	8	7	3	3	1	3	9
35	Chapman, Paul	RR	73%	2	1	16	12	4	4	0	0	2	4	1	3	2	1
11	Corey, Joel	BPL	100%	0	0	23	11	12	6	0	4	3	2	2	0	2	2
44	Enright, Corey	INT	46%	0	1	13	10	3	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2
16	Gardiner, Charlie	HFFL	75%	0	2	10	8	2	3	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	4
7	Graham, Ben	FF	100%	1	2	16	10	6	8	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	9
2	Harley, Tom	CHB	100%	0	0	17	11	6	6	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2
8	Haynes, David	FPR	96%	2	2	15	8	7	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
41	Hunt, Josh	HBFL	100%	0	1	15	9	6	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	1
28	Johnson, David	INT	34%	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
20	Johnson, Steve	FPL	84%	1	0	16	12	4	3	0	0	5	1	2	0	1	3
1	King, Steven (c)	RU	88%	1	1	18	14	4	2	31	0	7	2	1	1	3	3
36	Koulouriotis, Paul	WL	68%	0	0	11	9	2	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	3
45	Ling, Cameron	C	95%	0	0	25	21	4	6	0	4	4	1	3	0	1	7
39	Milburn, Darren	BPR	100%	0	0	24	14	10	7	0	3	3	1	1	1	4	3
32	Moloney, Brent	INT	37%	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
21	Mooney, Cam	CHF	100%	0	1	23	16	7	8	0	1	2	2	0	0	4	1
22	Playfair, Henry	INT	36%	1	0	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	1
15	Riccardi, Peter	WR	67%	1	0	11	6	5	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
30	Scarlett, Matthew	FB	100%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	3	1	1	1	1	4	0
40	Wojcinski, David	HBFR	100%	0	0	18	12	6	2	0	4	2	2	0	1	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				10	14	348	236	112	83	32	44	49	40	20	16	31	65

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Allan, Matthew	INT	32%	0	0	5	4	1	1	9	0	1	3	1	3	1	2
23	Bolton, Mark	CHB	100%	0	0	7	7	0	2	0	5	0	2	2	1	2	3
37	Bullen, Marc	INT	78%	1	0	16	9	7	3	0	5	5	1	3	0	4	1
13	Cupido, Damian	FPL	65%	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1
31	Fletcher, Dustin	FB	70%	0	0	10	9	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	5	0
19	Hille, David	RU	100%	0	0	12	5	7	2	19	1	1	5	0	1	2	3
5	Hird, James (c)	C	100%	1	1	33	21	12	9	0	0	4	4	1	0	3	6
14	Johnson, Jason	RO	100%	2	1	23	17	6	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	7
1	Johnson, Mark	FPR	100%	0	0	13	6	7	1	0	1	3	3	3	2	1	0
18	Lloyd, Matthew	FF	100%	3	0	10	9	1	5	0	1	0	4	1	2	0	2
25	Lucas, Scott	CHF	100%	0	0	23	18	5	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	4	3
10	McVeigh, Mark	WL	100%	0	0	16	11	5	1	0	2	2	3	0	2	2	2
2	Mercuri, Mark	INT	75%	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0
28	Murphy, Justin	HBFL	100%	1	1	22	11	11	6	0	6	1	2	1	0	1	7
11	Peverill, Damien	HBFR	100%	0	2	12	9	3	3	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	4
9	Ramanauskas, Adam	BPL	100%	0	0	23	14	9	6	0	2	1	3	0	0	9	0
20	Richards, Ted	INT	4%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Solomon, Dean	RR	100%	0	1	14	7	7	0	0	9	3	5	1	4	1	0
34	Stanton, Brent	HFFL	54%	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
4	Watson, Jobe	HFFR	77%	1	0	17	9	8	4	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	2
6	Wellman, Sean	WR	44%	0	0	7	5	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	Welsh, Andrew	BPR	100%	0	0	12	12	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	1	5	2
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				9	10	297	195	102	63	28	56	28	52	16	20	45	46

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

Geelong							Coach: Mark Thompson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	9	A. Ramanauskas	31	D. Fletcher	12	A. Welsh	1	S. King (c)	44	C. Enright
	8	D. Haynes	7	B. Graham	20	S. Johnson	35	P. Chapman	28	D. Johnson
FORWARD							29	G. Ablett	32	B. Moloney
HALF-BACK									22	H. Playfair
	28	J. Murphy	23	M. Bolton	11	D. Peverill
	3	J. Bartel	21	C. Mooney	16	C. Gardiner
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	10	M. McVeigh	5	J. Hird (c)	6	S. Wellman
	15	P. Riccardi	45	C. Ling	36	P. Koulouriotis	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							19	D. Hille	27	M. Allan
HALF-FORWARD							7	D. Solomon	37	M. Bullen
	34	B. Stanton	25	S. Lucas	4	J. Watson	14	J. Johnson	2	M. Mercuri
	40	D. Wojcinski	2	T. Harley	41	J. Hunt			20	T. Richards
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	13	D. Cupido	18	M. Lloyd	1	M. Johnson
	39	D. Milburn	30	M. Scarlett	11	J. Corey
BACK
Essendon							Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Jason Johnson behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	02:36
	GEEL	Paul Chapman behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	03:50
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	04:14
	ESSE	Dean Solomon behind	1.1.7	-	0.2.2	07:07
	GEEL	Charlie Gardiner behind	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	09:41
	GEEL	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	0.2.2	12:21
	GEEL	Ben Graham behind	1.4.10	-	0.2.2	12:54
	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	1.5.11	-	0.2.2	15:34
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.5.11	-	0.3.3	19:56
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.5.11	-	0.4.4	23:38
	GEEL	Peter Riccardi goal	2.5.17	-	0.4.4	30:17
Q2	GEEL	David Haynes goal	3.5.23	-	0.4.4	08:34
	GEEL	Steven King behind	3.6.24	-	0.4.4	10:12
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	3.6.24	-	1.4.10	17:13
	GEEL	Corey Enright behind	3.7.25	-	1.4.10	19:35
	ESSE	Rushed behind	3.7.25	-	1.5.11	21:49
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	4.7.31	-	1.5.11	23:15
	GEEL	Ben Graham goal	5.7.37	-	1.5.11	24:41
	ESSE	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	1.6.12	25:50
	GEEL	Rushed behind	5.8.38	-	1.6.12	27:50
Q3	ESSE	Damien Peverill behind	5.8.38	-	1.7.13	02:54
	GEEL	Henry Playfair goal	6.8.44	-	1.7.13	09:30
	ESSE	Marc Bullen goal	6.8.44	-	2.7.19	11:05
	ESSE	Damien Peverill behind	6.8.44	-	2.8.20	12:23
	GEEL	Steven King goal	7.8.50	-	2.8.20	14:05
	GEEL	David Haynes goal	8.8.56	-	2.8.20	16:33
	GEEL	Josh Hunt behind	8.9.57	-	2.8.20	18:38
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	9.9.63	-	2.8.20	21:59
	ESSE	Jason Johnson goal	9.9.63	-	3.8.26	22:55
	GEEL	Ben Graham behind	9.10.64	-	3.8.26	24:35
	GEEL	Charlie Gardiner behind	9.11.65	-	3.8.26	26:21
	ESSE	Jason Johnson goal	9.11.65	-	4.8.32	27:08
Q4	ESSE	James Hird behind	9.11.65	-	4.9.33	02:27
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	10.11.71	-	4.9.33	04:19
	GEEL	David Haynes behind	10.12.72	-	4.9.33	06:29
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	10.12.72	-	5.9.39	08:07
	ESSE	Justin Murphy behind	10.12.72	-	5.10.40	12:01
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	10.12.72	-	6.10.46	16:08
	ESSE	Justin Murphy goal	10.12.72	-	7.10.52	18:09
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	10.13.73	-	7.10.52	19:38
	ESSE	James Hird goal	10.13.73	-	8.10.58	21:45
	GEEL	David Haynes behind	10.14.74	-	8.10.58	25:26
	ESSE	Jobe Watson goal	10.14.74	-	9.10.64	28:09

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