2005 AFL Season Elimination Final 2: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 2005 between Geelong and Melbourne in the second elimination final of the 2005 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Steven King captained the hosts. Adem Yze captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Geelong (18.8.116) defeated Melbourne (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Second Elimination Final
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 September 2005
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 65,018

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 18.8.116 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	5	.	4	12	.	5	16	.	8	18	.	8	18	.	8	(116)
Melbourne	2	.	3	6	.	4	6	.	6	9	.	7	9	.	7	(61)
Margin	GEEL by 19			GEEL by 37			GEEL by 62			GEEL by 55			GEEL by 55
Duration	32:26			32:20			32:48			28:20			2:05:54

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 (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Steven King
Coach: Mark Thompson

Melbourne

Captain: Adem Yze
Coach: Neale Daniher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
J. Schmitt
S. Wenn

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ablett, Gary	HFFL	82%	3	0	19	16	3	3	0	7	2	1	1	1	1	8
23	Ablett, Nathan	FF	73%	1	0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
3	Bartel, Jimmy	C	91%	0	1	30	19	11	11	0	3	1	2	0	1	3	1
11	Corey, Joel	RR	92%	0	0	21	11	10	7	0	3	4	0	3	0	2	1
19	Egan, Matthew	WL	94%	0	0	11	8	3	5	1	0	1	3	0	2	3	0
16	Gardiner, Charlie	INT	78%	0	0	12	10	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	3
2	Harley, Tom	BPR	80%	0	1	12	10	2	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0
41	Hunt, Josh	BPL	88%	0	0	17	8	9	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	2
20	Johnson, Steve	HFFR	84%	1	1	11	5	6	2	0	4	2	5	2	3	0	1
9	Kelly, James	FPR	80%	3	0	17	14	3	9	0	3	4	3	0	1	1	2
1	King, Steven (c)	RU	64%	0	0	17	13	4	6	25	2	5	6	2	3	1	3
18	Kingsley, Kent	FPL	90%	1	0	12	8	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3
45	Ling, Cameron	RO	97%	2	0	23	15	8	9	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1
4	Mackie, Andrew	INT	67%	2	0	11	9	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	3
39	Milburn, Darren	HBFR	84%	0	1	21	15	6	12	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	2
21	Mooney, Cam	CHB	81%	2	0	26	22	4	11	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3
22	Playfair, Henry	CHF	75%	2	0	11	6	5	3	3	4	1	4	3	2	0	2
15	Riccardi, Peter	INT	59%	0	0	15	9	6	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1
33	Rooke, Max	HBFL	88%	0	0	17	8	9	8	0	3	2	2	1	1	0	1
27	Sanderson, Brenton	WR	81%	0	1	18	11	7	6	0	1	4	2	0	1	1	6
30	Scarlett, Matthew	FB	100%	0	2	11	8	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1
10	Tenace, Kane	INT	73%	1	0	15	14	1	7	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	3
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				18	8	353	242	111	136	31	41	37	47	19	21	28	49

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
25	Brown, Nathan	HBFR	100%	0	0	27	18	9	13	0	0	2	3	3	0	4	3
32	Bruce, Cameron	INT	92%	0	1	16	8	8	4	1	0	1	3	0	1	1	4
41	Carroll, Nathan	CHB	100%	0	0	20	9	11	6	1	1	1	3	2	0	5	0
36	Davey, Aaron	FPR	92%	1	1	10	9	1	1	0	2	1	4	0	2	0	5
35	Ferguson, Ryan	BPL	100%	0	0	13	8	5	6	4	3	0	3	1	2	4	1
30	Godfrey, Simon	WR	67%	0	1	13	9	4	1	0	7	1	7	0	2	0	1
18	Green, Brad	WL	90%	0	0	14	8	6	4	1	1	0	3	0	2	1	1
1	Heffernan, Chris	INT	66%	0	0	9	4	5	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	1
4	Holland, Ben	FPL	94%	1	0	15	11	4	2	3	4	6	4	5	3	2	2
16	Johnstone, Travis	RO	44%	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1
23	McDonald, James	RR	78%	0	0	15	8	7	0	0	9	6	0	3	0	0	1
5	McLean, Brock	FF	45%	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
7	Miller, Brad	CHF	100%	0	0	13	6	7	9	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	2
22	Moloney, Brent	C	100%	0	0	20	10	10	2	0	0	4	4	1	2	2	6
44	Motlop, Shannon	HFFL	78%	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	4	2	2	1	1	1	2
8	Nicholson, Alistair	FB	100%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	1
43	Rigoni, Guy	INT	40%	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	3
24	Robertson, Russell	HFFR	100%	4	2	8	8	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
31	Wheatley, Paul	HBFL	73%	2	0	6	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
45	Whelan, Matthew	BPR	100%	0	0	18	10	8	10	0	6	3	1	0	0	2	2
34	White, Jeff	RU	62%	0	0	4	3	1	2	17	2	0	2	2	2	1	1
13	Yze, Adem (c)	INT	79%	1	0	13	9	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				9	7	268	162	106	79	27	54	30	50	21	19	29	39

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
	35	R. Ferguson	8	A. Nicholson	45	M. Whelan	1	S. King (c)	16	C. Gardiner
	9	J. Kelly	23	N. Ablett	18	K. Kingsley	11	J. Corey	4	A. Mackie
FORWARD							45	C. Ling	15	P. Riccardi
HALF-BACK									10	K. Tenace
	31	P. Wheatley	41	N. Carroll	25	N. Brown
	20	S. Johnson	22	H. Playfair	29	G. Ablett
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	18	B. Green	22	B. Moloney	30	S. Godfrey
	27	B. Sanderson	3	J. Bartel	19	M. Egan	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							34	J. White	32	C. Bruce
HALF-FORWARD							23	J. McDonald	1	C. Heffernan
	44	S. Motlop	7	B. Miller	24	R. Robertson	16	T. Johnstone	43	G. Rigoni
	39	D. Milburn	21	C. Mooney	33	M. Rooke			13	A. Yze (c)
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	4	B. Holland	5	B. McLean	36	A. Davey
	2	T. Harley	30	M. Scarlett	41	J. Hunt
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	James Kelly goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:18
	GEEL	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	04:16
	MELB	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	06:02
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	07:00
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	08:45
	GEEL	Cameron Ling goal	2.2.14	-	0.2.2	10:08
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel behind	2.3.15	-	0.2.2	11:47
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	2.3.15	-	1.2.8	15:30
	GEEL	Brenton Sanderson behind	2.4.16	-	1.2.8	16:47
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	2.4.16	-	1.3.9	18:22
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	3.4.22	-	1.3.9	19:36
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	4.4.28	-	1.3.9	20:58
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	4.4.28	-	2.3.15	22:28
	GEEL	Kent Kingsley goal	5.4.34	-	2.3.15	30:54
Q2	GEEL	Kane Tenace goal	6.4.40	-	2.3.15	04:56
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	6.4.40	-	3.3.21	06:53
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	6.4.40	-	4.3.27	09:59
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	7.4.46	-	4.3.27	14:50
	GEEL	Henry Playfair goal	8.4.52	-	4.3.27	16:03
	GEEL	Cameron Ling goal	9.4.58	-	4.3.27	19:07
	GEEL	James Kelly goal	10.4.64	-	4.3.27	20:10
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	11.4.70	-	4.3.27	22:14
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	11.4.70	-	5.3.33	25:07
	MELB	Simon Godfrey behind	11.4.70	-	5.4.34	26:41
	MELB	Ben Holland goal	11.4.70	-	6.4.40	28:15
	GEEL	Matthew Scarlett behind	11.5.71	-	6.4.40	30:43
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie goal	12.5.77	-	6.4.40	31:28
Q3	GEEL	Darren Milburn behind	12.6.78	-	6.4.40	05:17
	GEEL	James Kelly goal	13.6.84	-	6.4.40	06:39
	GEEL	Matthew Scarlett behind	13.7.85	-	6.4.40	08:30
	GEEL	Tom Harley behind	13.8.86	-	6.4.40	18:11
	GEEL	Nathan Ablett goal	14.8.92	-	6.4.40	19:35
	MELB	Rushed behind	14.8.92	-	6.5.41	21:22
	MELB	Aaron Davey behind	14.8.92	-	6.6.42	22:13
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	15.8.98	-	6.6.42	24:37
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	16.8.104	-	6.6.42	26:07
Q4	GEEL	Henry Playfair goal	17.8.110	-	6.6.42	08:31
	MELB	Cameron Bruce behind	17.8.110	-	6.7.43	12:17
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie goal	18.8.116	-	6.7.43	14:01
	MELB	Paul Wheatley goal	18.8.116	-	7.7.49	15:28
	MELB	Adem Yze goal	18.8.116	-	8.7.55	21:54
	MELB	Paul Wheatley goal	18.8.116	-	9.7.61	23:56

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