2005 AFL Round 1: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 2005 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 1 of the 2005 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne
Back: N. Brown, R. Ferguson, C. Bizzell
Half-back: A. Yze, J. Rivers, P. Wheatley
Centre: T. Johnstone, C. Bruce, J. McDonald
Half-forward: R. Robertson, B. Miller, B. McLean
Forward: A. Davey, D. Neitz (capt.), B. Green
Follower: J. White, B. Moloney, M. Whelan
Int.: C. Heffernan, M. Jamar, G. Rigoni, C. Sylvia

Essendon
Back: M. Johnson, D. Fletcher, A. Welsh
Half-back: M. McVeigh, M. Bolton, A. McPhee
Centre: B. Stanton, J. Johnson, A. Ramanauskas
Half-forward: J. Murphy, S. Lucas, J. Hird (capt.)
Forward: A. Henneman, D. Cupido, D. Solomon
Follower: M. Allan, D. Peverill, K. Bradley
Int.: M. Bullen, B. Haynes, A. Monfries, J. Winderlich

Melbourne (15.13.103) defeated Essendon (8.9.57).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: A. Yze (4), A. Davey (2), B. Miller (2), B. Green, T. Johnstone, J. McDonald, B. Moloney, D. Neitz, R. Robertson, J. White
Essendon: S. Lucas (3), A. Henneman (2), J. Johnson, B. Stanton, J. Winderlich

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder and Essendon were then 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 March 2005
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,849

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 15.13.103 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 9 . 8 12 . 11 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Essendon 3 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESSE by 2 MELB by 20 MELB by 39 MELB by 46 MELB by 46
Duration 29:21 30:45 26:10 27:15 1:53:31

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Avon, D. Goldspink (#32), D. Woodcock (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brent Moloney MELB 22 3
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 2
Ryan Ferguson MELB 35 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bizzell, Clint BPR 85% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 0 3 1 0 1 9 0
25 Brown, Nathan BPL 89% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 0 0 4 0 3 3 0
32 Bruce, Cameron C 100% 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 2 7 3 3 2 1 4
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 98% 2 2 9 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
35 Ferguson, Ryan FB 100% 0 0 22 16 6 7 0 0 2 2 2 1 8 0
18 Green, Brad FPR 100% 1 1 25 15 10 8 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 7
1 Heffernan, Chris INT 54% 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 2 1
40 Jamar, Mark INT 44% 0 0 12 3 9 4 9 1 2 2 2 2 2 1
16 Johnstone, Travis WL 65% 1 1 14 12 2 2 0 2 1 3 1 2 1 6
23 McDonald, James WR 67% 1 1 21 16 5 4 0 2 4 1 3 1 0 3
5 McLean, Brock HFFR 81% 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
7 Miller, Brad CHF 100% 2 0 20 7 13 11 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 4
22 Moloney, Brent RR 79% 1 0 24 20 4 3 0 3 4 2 0 0 3 10
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 87% 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
43 Rigoni, Guy INT 39% 0 1 12 8 4 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 86% 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
24 Robertson, Russell HFFL 100% 1 1 12 9 3 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2
12 Sylvia, Colin INT 56% 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1
31 Wheatley, Paul HBFR 100% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1
45 Whelan, Matthew RO 100% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0
34 White, Jeff RU 69% 1 0 9 5 4 2 21 0 4 2 2 1 0 5
13 Yze, Adem HBFL 100% 4 2 11 8 3 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 13 316 204 112 97 30 31 36 40 18 22 41 57

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Allan, Matthew RU 63% 0 0 6 6 0 4 17 0 1 5 0 4 1 0
23 Bolton, Mark CHB 96% 0 0 17 13 4 6 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 6
16 Bradley, Kepler RO 100% 0 0 25 15 10 10 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 1
37 Bullen, Marc INT 59% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cupido, Damian FF 100% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 6
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 2 0 4 2 2 5 0
39 Haynes, Ben INT 61% 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 4 1 1 1 1 2
3 Henneman, Aaron FPL 91% 2 1 10 8 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 1 0 2
5 Hird, James (c) HFFR 99% 0 0 15 11 4 6 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 2
14 Johnson, Jason C 70% 1 0 20 13 7 8 0 5 2 4 0 1 2 4
1 Johnson, Mark BPL 100% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 2 0 2 2 1 5 1
25 Lucas, Scott CHF 93% 3 1 15 14 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 7
33 McPhee, Adam HBFR 95% 0 1 22 16 6 11 1 5 1 7 0 2 2 6
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFL 100% 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1
6 Monfries, Angus INT 58% 0 1 12 8 4 4 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 2
28 Murphy, Justin HFFL 100% 0 0 26 14 12 9 0 2 3 1 3 0 3 3
11 Peverill, Damien RR 88% 0 1 19 12 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
9 Ramanauskas, Adam WR 59% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
7 Solomon, Dean FPR 56% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
24 Stanton, Brent WL 57% 1 0 11 7 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2
12 Welsh, Andrew BPR 100% 0 0 23 15 8 11 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 0
8 Winderlich, Jason INT 55% 1 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 8 9 330 222 108 119 24 42 21 41 22 17 37 52

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
1 M. Johnson 31 D. Fletcher 12 A. Welsh 34 J. White 1 C. Heffernan
18 B. Green 9 D. Neitz (c) 36 A. Davey 22 B. Moloney 40 M. Jamar
FORWARD 45 M. Whelan 43 G. Rigoni
HALF-BACK

12 C. Sylvia
10 M. McVeigh 23 M. Bolton 33 A. McPhee



5 B. McLean 7 B. Miller 24 R. Robertson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



24 B. Stanton 14 J. Johnson 9 A. Ramanauskas



23 J. McDonald 32 C. Bruce 16 T. Johnstone FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 M. Allan 37 M. Bullen
HALF-FORWARD 11 D. Peverill 39 B. Haynes
28 J. Murphy 25 S. Lucas 5 J. Hird (c) 16 K. Bradley 6 A. Monfries
31 P. Wheatley 27 J. Rivers 13 A. Yze

8 J. Winderlich
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 A. Henneman 13 D. Cupido 7 D. Solomon



3 C. Bizzell 35 R. Ferguson 25 N. Brown



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Brent Moloney goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:09
MELB Adem Yze goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:25
ESSE Aaron Henneman behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 06:42
MELB David Neitz behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 07:50
ESSE Aaron Henneman goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 08:51
ESSE Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 10:13
ESSE Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 12:16
ESSE Aaron Henneman goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 14:09
ESSE Damien Peverill behind 2.1.13 - 2.4.16 19:04
MELB Brock McLean behind 2.2.14 - 2.4.16 22:37
MELB Aaron Davey goal 3.2.20 - 2.4.16 24:06
ESSE Jason Winderlich goal 3.2.20 - 3.4.22 27:25
Q2 MELB Russell Robertson goal 4.2.26 - 3.4.22 02:45
MELB Adem Yze behind 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 04:19
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 4.3.27 - 3.5.23 05:01
MELB David Neitz goal 5.3.33 - 3.5.23 06:22
MELB Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 3.5.23 08:23
MELB Brad Miller goal 6.4.40 - 3.5.23 09:39
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 6.4.40 - 4.5.29 10:47
ESSE Angus Monfries behind 6.4.40 - 4.6.30 12:25
MELB Jeff White goal 7.4.46 - 4.6.30 13:49
MELB Chris Heffernan behind 7.5.47 - 4.6.30 16:29
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 7.5.47 - 5.6.36 18:58
MELB Russell Robertson behind 7.6.48 - 5.6.36 20:02
MELB Aaron Davey goal 8.6.54 - 5.6.36 21:46
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 8.6.54 - 6.6.42 24:55
MELB Brad Green behind 8.7.55 - 6.6.42 28:48
MELB James McDonald behind 8.8.56 - 6.6.42 29:17
MELB James McDonald goal 9.8.62 - 6.6.42 29:58
Q3 MELB Brad Green goal 10.8.68 - 6.6.42 05:16
MELB Adem Yze goal 11.8.74 - 6.6.42 07:21
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 11.8.74 - 6.7.43 09:45
ESSE Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 6.8.44 13:17
MELB Guy Rigoni behind 11.9.75 - 6.8.44 15:50
MELB Adem Yze goal 12.9.81 - 6.8.44 18:26
MELB Aaron Davey behind 12.10.82 - 6.8.44 20:36
MELB Adem Yze behind 12.11.83 - 6.8.44 24:49
Q4 MELB Aaron Davey behind 12.12.84 - 6.8.44 00:16
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 12.12.84 - 7.8.50 03:45
MELB Adem Yze goal 13.12.90 - 7.8.50 08:59
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 13.12.90 - 8.8.56 10:55
MELB Brad Miller goal 14.12.96 - 8.8.56 14:53
ESSE Rushed behind 14.12.96 - 8.9.57 19:18
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 14.13.97 - 8.9.57 20:47
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 15.13.103 - 8.9.57 23:29