2005 AFL Round 4: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 2005 between Geelong and Essendon during round 4 of the 2005 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Essendon at Telstra Dome. 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. Hunt, M. Scarlett, M. Rooke
Half-back: C. Enright, T. Harley, D. Milburn
Centre: K. Tenace, J. Kelly, D. Johnson
Half-forward: P. Chapman, H. Playfair, G. Ablett
Forward: S. Johnson, B. Ottens, K. Kingsley
Follower: S. King (capt.), J. Corey, C. Ling
Int.: J. Bartel, S. Byrnes, C. Gardiner, P. Riccardi

Essendon
Back: P. Thomas, D. Fletcher, M. Bolton
Half-back: M. McVeigh, A. McPhee, N. Lovett-Murray
Centre: A. Welsh, J. Johnson, A. Lovett
Half-forward: S. Lucas, K. Bradley, R. Dyson
Forward: D. Solomon, M. Lloyd, J. Hird (capt.)
Follower: A. Henneman, M. Johnson, D. Peverill
Int.: B. Haynes, J. Laycock, A. Monfries, B. Stanton

Geelong (19.17.131) defeated Essendon (11.9.75).

Goalkickers
Geelong: K. Kingsley (3), G. Ablett (2), J. Bartel (2), P. Chapman (2), S. Johnson (2), B. Ottens (2), H. Playfair (2), C. Gardiner, D. Johnson, J. Kelly, P. Riccardi
Essendon: M. Lloyd (5), S. Lucas (2), J. Hird, M. Johnson, J. Laycock, A. Monfries

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Essendon were then 16th on the ladder (down from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 April 2005
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 48,653

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 19.17.131 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 4 5 . 10 12 . 15 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Essendon 3 . 1 5 . 5 9 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin GEEL by 3 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 56 GEEL by 56
Duration 28:15 28:50 33:12 29:13 1:59:30

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), J. Quigley (#14), J. Schmitt

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Corey Enright GEEL 44 3
Josh Hunt GEEL 41 2
Paul Chapman GEEL 35 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary HFFR 100% 2 1 21 10 11 3 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 5
3 Bartel, Jimmy INT 66% 2 1 20 14 6 9 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 5
17 Byrnes, Shannon INT 49% 0 1 12 6 6 3 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 5
35 Chapman, Paul HFFL 100% 2 2 17 15 2 0 0 4 3 2 4 2 0 2
11 Corey, Joel RR 85% 0 0 21 12 9 3 2 7 4 4 3 1 5 0
44 Enright, Corey HBFL 100% 0 0 31 25 6 7 0 2 3 2 2 0 7 7
16 Gardiner, Charlie INT 61% 1 0 11 5 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
2 Harley, Tom CHB 72% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
41 Hunt, Josh BPL 95% 0 0 22 16 6 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2
28 Johnson, David WR 83% 1 0 8 7 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Johnson, Steve FPL 70% 2 2 18 12 6 7 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 5
9 Kelly, James C 87% 1 0 21 14 7 6 0 7 3 0 2 0 2 7
1 King, Steven (c) RU 73% 0 0 15 6 9 5 8 2 2 3 1 3 0 2
18 Kingsley, Kent FPR 100% 3 2 15 12 3 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
45 Ling, Cameron RO 76% 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1
39 Milburn, Darren HBFR 93% 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 3
6 Ottens, Brad FF 99% 2 1 17 8 9 8 15 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
22 Playfair, Henry CHF 87% 2 3 12 9 3 8 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
15 Riccardi, Peter INT 63% 1 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 9
33 Rooke, Max BPR 94% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 3 0
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 100% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1
10 Tenace, Kane WL 46% 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 19 17 348 223 125 106 26 54 31 37 17 15 31 66

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
23 Bolton, Mark BPR 90% 0 0 8 5 3 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Bradley, Kepler CHF 100% 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 0
2 Dyson, Ricky HFFR 81% 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 0
39 Haynes, Ben INT 50% 0 1 15 13 2 6 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 5
3 Henneman, Aaron RU 72% 0 0 3 1 2 0 9 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
5 Hird, James (c) FPR 100% 1 1 23 16 7 6 0 1 4 2 1 1 1 7
14 Johnson, Jason C 88% 0 0 27 19 8 8 0 2 3 4 0 1 2 7
1 Johnson, Mark RR 96% 1 1 20 13 7 7 0 2 1 3 2 3 3 2
26 Laycock, Jason INT 61% 1 0 8 7 1 3 7 0 4 0 2 0 0 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 100% 5 2 10 8 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
41 Lovett, Andrew WR 95% 0 2 13 7 6 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan HBFR 70% 0 0 6 2 4 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1
25 Lucas, Scott HFFL 100% 2 0 11 8 3 6 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 6
33 McPhee, Adam CHB 100% 0 0 17 12 5 8 2 1 1 7 0 4 7 1
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFL 74% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 2
6 Monfries, Angus INT 56% 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2
11 Peverill, Damien RO 99% 0 1 26 13 13 1 1 3 6 4 0 1 1 3
7 Solomon, Dean FPL 83% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 6 0 3 1 1 2 1
24 Stanton, Brent INT 42% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 2 1
17 Thomas, Paul BPL 100% 0 0 11 2 9 2 0 2 2 3 1 2 1 0
12 Welsh, Andrew WL 43% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 11 9 286 187 99 90 21 39 29 48 15 17 39 43

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
17 P. Thomas 31 D. Fletcher 23 M. Bolton 1 S. King (c) 3 J. Bartel
18 K. Kingsley 6 B. Ottens 20 S. Johnson 11 J. Corey 17 S. Byrnes
FORWARD 45 C. Ling 16 C. Gardiner
HALF-BACK

15 P. Riccardi
10 M. McVeigh 33 A. McPhee 42 N. Lovett-Murray



29 G. Ablett 22 H. Playfair 35 P. Chapman



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 A. Welsh 14 J. Johnson 41 A. Lovett



28 D. Johnson 9 J. Kelly 10 K. Tenace FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 3 A. Henneman 39 B. Haynes
HALF-FORWARD 1 M. Johnson 26 J. Laycock
25 S. Lucas 16 K. Bradley 2 R. Dyson 11 D. Peverill 6 A. Monfries
39 D. Milburn 2 T. Harley 44 C. Enright

24 B. Stanton
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



7 D. Solomon 18 M. Lloyd 5 J. Hird (c)



33 M. Rooke 30 M. Scarlett 41 J. Hunt



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Mark Johnson goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:49
GEEL Brad Ottens goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:09
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 09:35
GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 13:47
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 14:36
GEEL Henry Playfair behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 16:08
GEEL James Kelly goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 16:46
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 18:10
GEEL Henry Playfair behind 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 21:42
ESSE Jason Laycock goal 3.3.21 - 3.1.19 23:51
GEEL Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 3.1.19 27:08
Q2 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 3.4.22 - 4.1.25 01:17
ESSE Ben Haynes behind 3.4.22 - 4.2.26 02:31
GEEL Paul Chapman behind 3.5.23 - 4.2.26 05:14
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 3.6.24 - 4.2.26 07:11
GEEL Brad Ottens goal 4.6.30 - 4.2.26 08:44
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 5.6.36 - 4.2.26 12:12
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 5.6.36 - 5.2.32 13:43
GEEL Henry Playfair behind 5.7.37 - 5.2.32 15:34
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 5.8.38 - 5.2.32 16:20
ESSE Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 5.3.33 18:20
GEEL Paul Chapman behind 5.9.39 - 5.3.33 19:19
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 5.9.39 - 5.4.34 20:02
GEEL Brad Ottens behind 5.10.40 - 5.4.34 23:32
ESSE James Hird behind 5.10.40 - 5.5.35 26:19
Q3 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 5.10.40 - 6.5.41 01:23
ESSE James Hird goal 5.10.40 - 7.5.47 03:23
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 5.10.40 - 8.5.53 05:48
ESSE Damien Peverill behind 5.10.40 - 8.6.54 07:42
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 5.10.40 - 9.6.60 10:07
GEEL David Johnson goal 6.10.46 - 9.6.60 12:55
GEEL Kent Kingsley goal 7.10.52 - 9.6.60 14:01
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 8.10.58 - 9.6.60 15:48
GEEL Kent Kingsley behind 8.11.59 - 9.6.60 17:48
GEEL Henry Playfair goal 9.11.65 - 9.6.60 19:25
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 9.12.66 - 9.6.60 21:02
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 9.13.67 - 9.6.60 21:52
GEEL Henry Playfair goal 10.13.73 - 9.6.60 23:11
GEEL Rushed behind 10.14.74 - 9.6.60 25:21
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 11.14.80 - 9.6.60 26:28
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 12.14.86 - 9.6.60 30:04
GEEL Kane Tenace behind 12.15.87 - 9.6.60 31:07
Q4 ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 12.15.87 - 9.7.61 01:04
GEEL Peter Riccardi goal 13.15.93 - 9.7.61 01:37
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 14.15.99 - 9.7.61 03:28
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 15.15.105 - 9.7.61 05:05
ESSE Mark Johnson behind 15.15.105 - 9.8.62 07:19
GEEL Charlie Gardiner goal 16.15.111 - 9.8.62 09:21
GEEL Jimmy Bartel behind 16.16.112 - 9.8.62 11:06
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 17.16.118 - 9.8.62 12:23
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 17.16.118 - 10.8.68 16:08
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 18.16.124 - 10.8.68 18:59
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 18.16.124 - 10.9.69 20:27
GEEL Rushed behind 18.17.125 - 10.9.69 23:58
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 18.17.125 - 11.9.75 24:55
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 19.17.131 - 11.9.75 27:30