2005 AFL Round 3: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 2005 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 3 of the 2005 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Steven King captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

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

Geelong
Back: J. Hunt, M. Scarlett, M. Rooke
Half-back: K. Tenace, T. Harley, D. Milburn
Centre: J. Bartel, J. Kelly, P. Riccardi
Half-forward: P. Chapman, H. Playfair, G. Ablett
Forward: D. Johnson, B. Ottens, K. Kingsley
Follower: S. King (capt.), J. Corey, C. Ling
Int.: S. Byrnes, C. Enright, C. Gardiner, A. Mackie

Melbourne (18.6.114) defeated Geelong (8.18.66).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (5), C. Bruce (3), R. Robertson (3), A. Davey (2), B. Green (2), T. Johnstone, C. Sylvia, M. Whelan
Geelong: P. Chapman (3), K. Kingsley (3), G. Ablett, J. Corey

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder and Geelong were then 10th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Friday 8 April 2005
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,793

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.6.114 - 8.18.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 2 11 . 4 14 . 5 18 . 6 18 . 6 (114)
Geelong 1 . 5 5 . 8 6 . 11 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Margin MELB by 27 MELB by 32 MELB by 42 MELB by 48 MELB by 48
Duration 33:55 31:41 26:36 30:28 2:02:40

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Mark Thompson (Geelong)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Steven King (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis, H. Kennedy (#7), K. Nicholls

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 3
Clint Bizzell MELB 3 2
Josh Hunt GEEL 41 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Bell, Daniel INT 57% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 3
3 Bizzell, Clint FB 100% 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 4 2 2 0 1 4 3
25 Brown, Nathan HBFL 79% 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
32 Bruce, Cameron FPR 100% 3 1 30 16 14 7 0 4 4 3 2 0 1 5
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 80% 2 0 6 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
35 Ferguson, Ryan BPR 79% 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
18 Green, Brad WR 95% 2 0 16 12 4 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3
40 Jamar, Mark INT 40% 0 0 3 0 3 0 7 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
16 Johnstone, Travis RR 96% 1 0 18 14 4 3 0 0 3 2 1 1 5 5
23 McDonald, James RO 72% 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 5
5 McLean, Brock C 92% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 3 2 2 0 1 0 3
7 Miller, Brad CHF 100% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 2 4 2 3 0 2
22 Moloney, Brent WL 88% 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 5 3 4 1 2 1 8
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 5 0 12 8 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
43 Rigoni, Guy INT 63% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 4
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 80% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 0
24 Robertson, Russell HFFL 97% 3 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0
12 Sylvia, Colin INT 68% 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2
31 Wheatley, Paul HBFR 86% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 1
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 75% 1 0 12 5 7 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 1
34 White, Jeff RU 67% 0 1 15 8 7 6 15 3 4 1 1 0 2 5
13 Yze, Adem HFFR 87% 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 3 4 1 0 1 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 18 6 286 190 96 80 23 42 33 33 16 18 36 57

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary HFFR 99% 1 1 26 7 19 2 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 5
3 Bartel, Jimmy WL 4% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Byrnes, Shannon INT 76% 0 4 15 11 4 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 7
35 Chapman, Paul HFFL 86% 3 1 19 12 7 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 3
11 Corey, Joel RR 94% 1 0 23 14 9 9 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 1
44 Enright, Corey INT 96% 0 0 20 11 9 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4
16 Gardiner, Charlie INT 58% 0 1 14 12 2 7 1 2 0 1 3 1 2 1
2 Harley, Tom CHB 100% 0 0 12 7 5 7 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 0
41 Hunt, Josh BPL 100% 0 0 25 20 5 11 0 2 1 1 1 1 9 1
28 Johnson, David FPL 90% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
9 Kelly, James C 91% 0 1 19 15 4 4 0 4 2 0 1 0 2 7
1 King, Steven (c) RU 68% 0 0 10 6 4 3 19 1 1 3 1 3 2 1
18 Kingsley, Kent FPR 100% 3 5 13 12 1 7 0 3 0 4 1 1 0 1
45 Ling, Cameron RO 81% 0 0 16 5 11 0 0 1 7 1 3 1 1 3
4 Mackie, Andrew INT 45% 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4
39 Milburn, Darren HBFR 97% 0 2 28 19 9 11 3 1 3 1 2 1 4 7
6 Ottens, Brad FF 90% 0 0 8 1 7 1 17 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
22 Playfair, Henry CHF 67% 0 1 10 7 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
15 Riccardi, Peter WR 79% 0 1 14 11 3 6 0 3 2 2 0 1 2 2
33 Rooke, Max BPR 100% 0 0 17 3 14 5 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 0
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 100% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1
10 Tenace, Kane HBFL 79% 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 18 335 207 128 106 41 32 31 34 18 16 37 57

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
41 J. Hunt 30 M. Scarlett 33 M. Rooke 34 J. White 21 D. Bell
32 C. Bruce 9 D. Neitz (c) 36 A. Davey 16 T. Johnstone 40 M. Jamar
FORWARD 23 J. McDonald 43 G. Rigoni
HALF-BACK

12 C. Sylvia
10 K. Tenace 2 T. Harley 39 D. Milburn



13 A. Yze 7 B. Miller 24 R. Robertson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



3 J. Bartel 9 J. Kelly 15 P. Riccardi



18 B. Green 5 B. McLean 22 B. Moloney FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 S. King (c) 17 S. Byrnes
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Corey 44 C. Enright
35 P. Chapman 22 H. Playfair 29 G. Ablett 45 C. Ling 16 C. Gardiner
31 P. Wheatley 27 J. Rivers 25 N. Brown

4 A. Mackie
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



28 D. Johnson 6 B. Ottens 18 K. Kingsley



35 R. Ferguson 3 C. Bizzell 45 M. Whelan



BACK



Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Matthew Whelan goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:18
MELB Russell Robertson goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 07:41
GEEL Darren Milburn behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 10:35
MELB Russell Robertson goal 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 11:47
MELB Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 13:47
MELB David Neitz goal 4.1.25 - 0.1.1 14:49
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 4.1.25 - 0.2.2 15:51
MELB Aaron Davey goal 5.1.31 - 0.2.2 16:47
GEEL Henry Playfair behind 5.1.31 - 0.3.3 19:27
GEEL Rushed behind 5.1.31 - 0.4.4 24:49
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 5.1.31 - 1.4.10 26:33
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 6.1.37 - 1.4.10 28:29
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 6.1.37 - 1.5.11 30:06
MELB Colin Sylvia behind 6.2.38 - 1.5.11 32:39
Q2 GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 6.2.38 - 1.6.12 00:52
GEEL Joel Corey goal 6.2.38 - 2.6.18 04:45
MELB Brad Green goal 7.2.44 - 2.6.18 06:29
MELB David Neitz goal 8.2.50 - 2.6.18 09:49
MELB David Neitz goal 9.2.56 - 2.6.18 11:16
MELB Brent Moloney behind 9.3.57 - 2.6.18 12:58
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 9.3.57 - 3.6.24 14:29
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 9.3.57 - 4.6.30 17:00
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 9.3.57 - 5.6.36 18:43
MELB Russell Robertson goal 10.3.63 - 5.6.36 22:48
GEEL Peter Riccardi behind 10.3.63 - 5.7.37 26:32
MELB Brad Green goal 11.3.69 - 5.7.37 28:57
MELB Rushed behind 11.4.70 - 5.7.37 30:25
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 11.4.70 - 5.8.38 31:21
Q3 MELB David Neitz goal 12.4.76 - 5.8.38 04:56
GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 12.4.76 - 5.9.39 07:03
GEEL Paul Chapman behind 12.4.76 - 5.10.40 08:51
GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 12.4.76 - 5.11.41 13:21
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 12.4.76 - 6.11.47 15:36
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 13.4.82 - 6.11.47 16:56
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 13.5.83 - 6.11.47 19:16
MELB Aaron Davey goal 14.5.89 - 6.11.47 24:14
Q4 MELB Colin Sylvia goal 15.5.95 - 6.11.47 00:49
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 15.5.95 - 6.12.48 03:06
GEEL Charlie Gardiner behind 15.5.95 - 6.13.49 05:38
MELB Jeff White behind 15.6.96 - 6.13.49 10:13
GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 15.6.96 - 6.14.50 11:19
MELB David Neitz goal 16.6.102 - 6.14.50 12:48
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 16.6.102 - 7.14.56 14:56
GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 16.6.102 - 7.15.57 16:38
GEEL James Kelly behind 16.6.102 - 7.16.58 21:44
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 16.6.102 - 7.17.59 23:22
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 17.6.108 - 7.17.59 24:28
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 17.6.108 - 8.17.65 25:38
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 18.6.114 - 8.17.65 27:00
GEEL Darren Milburn behind 18.6.114 - 8.18.66 28:42