2005 AFL 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 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Melbourne at 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
Back: J. Hunt, M. Scarlett, T. Harley
Half-back: M. Rooke, C. Mooney, D. Milburn
Centre: M. Egan, J. Bartel, B. Sanderson
Half-forward: G. Ablett, H. Playfair, S. Johnson
Forward: K. Kingsley, N. Ablett, J. Kelly
Follower: S. King (capt.), J. Corey, C. Ling
Int.: C. Gardiner, A. Mackie, P. Riccardi, K. Tenace

Melbourne
Back: R. Ferguson, A. Nicholson, M. Whelan
Half-back: P. Wheatley, N. Carroll, N. Brown
Centre: B. Green, B. Moloney, S. Godfrey
Half-forward: S. Motlop, B. Miller, R. Robertson
Forward: B. Holland, B. McLean, A. Davey
Follower: J. White, J. McDonald, T. Johnstone
Int.: C. Bruce, C. Heffernan, G. Rigoni, A. Yze (capt.)

Geelong (18.8.116) defeated Melbourne (9.7.61).

Goalkickers
Geelong: G. Ablett (3), J. Kelly (3), C. Ling (2), A. Mackie (2), C. Mooney (2), H. Playfair (2), N. Ablett, S. Johnson, K. Kingsley, K. Tenace
Melbourne: R. Robertson (4), P. Wheatley (2), A. Davey, B. Holland, A. Yze

As a result of this match, Geelong faced Sydney in the second semi final and Melbourne were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 2
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Steven King (Geelong), Adem Yze (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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