2005 AFL Season Round 5: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 2005 between Sydney and Melbourne during round five of the 2005 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Melbourne at the SCG. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Sydney (7.18.60) were defeated by Melbourne (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 April 2005
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 29,099

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.18.60 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	2	.	5	3	.	10	6	.	12	7	.	18	7	.	18	(60)
Melbourne	4	.	5	6	.	6	10	.	10	14	.	10	14	.	10	(94)
Margin	MELB by 12			MELB by 14			MELB by 22			MELB by 34			MELB by 34
Duration	30:58			30:22			28:58			27:51			1:58:09

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Paul Roos

Melbourne

Captain: David Neitz
Coach: Neale Daniher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
M. Head (#16)
J. Schmitt

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Brock McLean	MELB	5	3
Nathan Brown	MELB	25	2
Travis Johnstone	MELB	16	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
20	Ablett, Luke	WR	96%	0	2	10	5	5	3	0	5	1	1	1	0	0	2
21	Barry, Leo	HBFL	100%	0	0	19	9	10	8	0	2	0	3	0	1	5	2
42	Bevan, Paul	INT	62%	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	8	1	2	1	0	2	1
6	Bolton, Craig	FB	100%	0	0	16	7	9	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	1
24	Bolton, Jude	RO	88%	0	0	31	19	12	5	0	5	7	0	3	0	1	8
32	Buchanan, Amon	FPL	71%	0	1	13	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
28	Crouch, Jared	BPL	100%	0	0	13	6	7	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	2
2	Davis, Nick	HFFR	75%	1	1	9	7	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	3
26	Dempster, Sean	BPR	100%	0	0	11	3	8	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	2	0
37	Goodes, Adam	CHF	89%	0	1	20	9	11	4	6	1	3	1	0	0	2	3
1	Hall, Barry	FF	100%	2	4	8	8	0	6	5	0	0	4	0	3	0	1
16	Jolly, Darren	RU	72%	0	0	13	6	7	5	27	1	4	3	2	2	1	2
17	Kennelly, Tadhg	HBFR	100%	0	0	15	10	5	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	4	2
31	Kirk, Brett	RR	89%	0	0	22	5	17	2	0	5	5	1	4	1	2	2
4	Mathews, Ben	INT	62%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
3	McVeigh, Jarrad	C	49%	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	3
23	Nicks, Matthew	WL	94%	0	0	11	9	2	1	1	5	1	2	1	2	2	4
5	O'Keefe, Ryan	HFFL	92%	2	1	19	11	8	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3
19	O'Loughlin, Michael	FPR	89%	1	2	10	8	2	4	0	2	1	2	1	2	0	1
30	Roberts-Thomson, Lewis	CHB	40%	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Schneider, Adam	INT	78%	1	0	11	6	5	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
8	Spriggs, David	INT	55%	0	0	16	7	9	2	0	4	7	0	2	0	1	3
Rushed					6
Total (22 players)				7	18	300	158	142	64	40	55	34	30	17	14	32	51

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Armstrong, Steven	INT	66%	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	6	1	2	0	2	0	2
21	Bell, Daniel	INT	46%	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
3	Bizzell, Clint	CHB	100%	0	0	16	14	2	5	0	4	2	1	0	1	8	0
25	Brown, Nathan	HBFL	100%	0	0	18	15	3	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	3
36	Davey, Aaron	FPL	95%	1	1	9	7	2	1	0	4	1	2	2	0	0	4
35	Ferguson, Ryan	FB	100%	0	0	13	8	5	7	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2
30	Godfrey, Simon	HFFR	65%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	7	3	1	0	1	0	2
18	Green, Brad	FPR	100%	1	0	11	9	2	4	0	6	0	5	0	3	1	5
40	Jamar, Mark	INT	30%	1	0	3	1	2	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	Johnstone, Travis	C	89%	0	0	18	15	3	6	0	1	4	3	0	0	3	2
23	McDonald, James	RO	66%	0	0	9	6	3	0	1	12	4	0	0	0	1	2
5	McLean, Brock	RR	80%	2	0	22	12	10	3	0	13	8	3	0	1	1	6
7	Miller, Brad	CHF	100%	0	0	12	8	4	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	5	0
44	Motlop, Shannon	INT	75%	0	2	12	10	2	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	1
9	Neitz, David (c)	FF	100%	3	1	9	9	0	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	2
43	Rigoni, Guy	WL	60%	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	Rivers, Jared	BPL	97%	0	0	19	13	6	9	0	0	1	2	1	1	5	1
24	Robertson, Russell	HFFL	92%	3	2	9	8	1	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	2
12	Sylvia, Colin	BPR	82%	0	0	12	8	4	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	2
31	Wheatley, Paul	WR	87%	0	1	9	7	2	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	2
34	White, Jeff	RU	70%	1	0	12	9	3	1	20	2	9	3	1	2	0	2
13	Yze, Adem	HBFR	100%	2	2	16	13	3	2	0	3	3	4	2	3	2	5
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				14	10	254	187	67	74	35	74	45	33	14	17	40	47

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

Sydney							Coach: Paul Roos
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	27	J. Rivers	35	R. Ferguson	12	C. Sylvia	16	D. Jolly	42	P. Bevan
	19	M. O'Loughlin	1	B. Hall	32	A. Buchanan	31	B. Kirk	4	B. Mathews
FORWARD							24	J. Bolton	13	A. Schneider
HALF-BACK									8	D. Spriggs
	25	N. Brown	3	C. Bizzell	13	A. Yze
	2	N. Davis	37	A. Goodes	5	R. O'Keefe
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	43	G. Rigoni	16	T. Johnstone	31	P. Wheatley
	20	L. Ablett	3	J. McVeigh	23	M. Nicks	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							34	J. White	2	S. Armstrong
HALF-FORWARD							5	B. McLean	21	D. Bell
	24	R. Robertson	7	B. Miller	30	S. Godfrey	23	J. McDonald	40	M. Jamar
	17	T. Kennelly	30	L. Roberts-Thomson	21	L. Barry			44	S. Motlop
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	36	A. Davey	9	D. Neitz (c)	18	B. Green
	26	S. Dempster	6	C. Bolton	28	J. Crouch
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	04:35
	MELB	David Neitz goal	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	05:30
	SYDN	Ryan O'Keefe behind	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	06:33
	MELB	Adem Yze goal	0.2.2	-	2.0.12	07:18
	MELB	Brad Green goal	0.2.2	-	3.0.18	11:06
	SYDN	Nick Davis goal	1.2.8	-	3.0.18	14:06
	MELB	Brock McLean goal	1.2.8	-	4.0.24	15:01
	MELB	Shannon Motlop behind	1.2.8	-	4.1.25	16:25
	SYDN	Amon Buchanan behind	1.3.9	-	4.1.25	17:55
	MELB	Adem Yze behind	1.3.9	-	4.2.26	19:47
	MELB	Aaron Davey behind	1.3.9	-	4.3.27	20:47
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	1.4.10	-	4.3.27	22:00
	SYDN	Adam Schneider goal	2.4.16	-	4.3.27	23:05
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	2.4.16	-	4.4.28	26:56
	SYDN	Rushed behind	2.5.17	-	4.4.28	27:32
	MELB	Shannon Motlop behind	2.5.17	-	4.5.29	30:29
Q2	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin behind	2.6.18	-	4.5.29	01:34
	MELB	Adem Yze goal	2.6.18	-	5.5.35	05:43
	MELB	Mark Jamar goal	2.6.18	-	6.5.41	09:24
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	3.6.24	-	6.5.41	13:34
	SYDN	Nick Davis behind	3.7.25	-	6.5.41	17:39
	MELB	Adem Yze behind	3.7.25	-	6.6.42	20:44
	SYDN	Rushed behind	3.8.26	-	6.6.42	22:42
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin behind	3.9.27	-	6.6.42	26:27
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	3.10.28	-	6.6.42	28:49
Q3	SYDN	Ryan O'Keefe goal	4.10.34	-	6.6.42	03:10
	MELB	Paul Wheatley behind	4.10.34	-	6.7.43	06:12
	MELB	David Neitz goal	4.10.34	-	7.7.49	09:36
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	4.10.34	-	7.8.50	11:06
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	4.10.34	-	8.8.56	11:57
	SYDN	Ryan O'Keefe goal	5.10.40	-	8.8.56	14:28
	SYDN	Adam Goodes behind	5.11.41	-	8.8.56	16:52
	SYDN	Luke Ablett behind	5.12.42	-	8.8.56	17:48
	MELB	David Neitz behind	5.12.42	-	8.9.57	20:19
	MELB	David Neitz goal	5.12.42	-	9.9.63	21:09
	MELB	Jeff White goal	5.12.42	-	10.9.69	23:52
	MELB	Rushed behind	5.12.42	-	10.10.70	26:16
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	6.12.48	-	10.10.70	28:53
Q4	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	6.13.49	-	10.10.70	04:05
	SYDN	Rushed behind	6.14.50	-	10.10.70	05:03
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin goal	7.14.56	-	10.10.70	09:11
	SYDN	Luke Ablett behind	7.15.57	-	10.10.70	11:33
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	7.15.57	-	11.10.76	16:41
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	7.15.57	-	12.10.82	19:16
	MELB	Brock McLean goal	7.15.57	-	13.10.88	20:16
	SYDN	Rushed behind	7.16.58	-	13.10.88	21:54
	SYDN	Rushed behind	7.17.59	-	13.10.88	22:51
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	7.17.59	-	14.10.94	24:17
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	7.18.60	-	14.10.94	27:44

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