2004 AFL 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 AFL season. Geelong hosted Essendon at 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
Back: J. Corey, M. Scarlett, D. Milburn
Half-back: J. Hunt, T. Harley, D. Wojcinski
Centre: P. Koulouriotis, C. Ling, P. Riccardi
Half-forward: C. Gardiner, C. Mooney, J. Bartel
Forward: S. Johnson, B. Graham, D. Haynes
Follower: S. King (capt.), P. Chapman, G. Ablett
Int.: C. Enright, D. Johnson, B. Moloney, H. Playfair

Essendon
Back: A. Ramanauskas, D. Fletcher, A. Welsh
Half-back: J. Murphy, M. Bolton, D. Peverill
Centre: M. McVeigh, J. Hird (capt.), S. Wellman
Half-forward: B. Stanton, S. Lucas, J. Watson
Forward: D. Cupido, M. Lloyd, M. Johnson
Follower: D. Hille, D. Solomon, J. Johnson
Int.: M. Allan, M. Bullen, M. Mercuri, T. Richards

Geelong (10.14.74) defeated Essendon (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Geelong: P. Chapman (2), D. Haynes (2), G. Ablett, B. Graham, S. Johnson, S. King, H. Playfair, P. Riccardi
Essendon: M. Lloyd (3), J. Johnson (2), M. Bullen, J. Hird, J. Murphy, J. Watson

As a result of this match, Geelong faced Brisbane Lions in the second preliminary final and Essendon were eliminated (finishing 6th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2004 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Steven King (Geelong), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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