2005 AFL Round 16: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 2005 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 16 of the 2005 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at Telstra Dome. David Neitz captained the hosts. Adam Goodes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

Melbourne
Back: M. Whelan, R. Ferguson, A. Yze
Half-back: C. Bizzell, J. Rivers, P. Wheatley
Centre: B. Green, T. Johnstone, B. Moloney
Half-forward: C. Sylvia, B. Holland, A. Davey
Forward: P. Read, D. Neitz (capt.), R. Robertson
Follower: J. White, C. Bruce, J. McDonald
Int.: N. Brown, N. Carroll, D. Ward, L. Williams

Sydney
Back: J. Ball, L. Barry, C. Bolton
Half-back: A. Schneider, L. Roberts-Thomson, T. Kennelly
Centre: A. Buchanan, L. Ablett, J. Crouch
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, B. Hall, J. Bolton
Forward: N. Davis, M. O'Loughlin, A. Goodes (capt.)
Follower: D. Jolly, B. Kirk, P. Williams
Int.: S. Dempster, N. Fosdike, N. Malceski, B. Mathews

Melbourne (11.12.78) were defeated by Sydney (16.8.104).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (6), T. Johnstone (2), A. Davey, B. Holland, C. Sylvia
Sydney: B. Hall (7), N. Davis (2), A. Buchanan, A. Goodes, D. Jolly, B. Kirk, B. Mathews, R. O'Keefe, M. O'Loughlin

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Sydney were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 16 July 2005
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 28,749

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 11.12.78 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Sydney 6 . 2 8 . 5 14 . 5 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin SYDN by 11 SYDN by 10 SYDN by 30 SYDN by 26 SYDN by 26
Duration 31:36 28:27 30:45 27:51 1:58:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Paul Roos (Sydney)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Adam Goodes (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Nicholls (#15), M. Vozzo (#2), S. Wenn

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brett Kirk SYDN 31 3
Barry Hall SYDN 1 2
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bizzell, Clint HBFL 68% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
25 Brown, Nathan INT 72% 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 2
32 Bruce, Cameron RR 100% 0 1 10 7 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2
41 Carroll, Nathan INT 78% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 5 1
36 Davey, Aaron HFFR 100% 1 2 15 10 5 4 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 4
35 Ferguson, Ryan FB 100% 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
18 Green, Brad WL 76% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
4 Holland, Ben CHF 100% 1 0 12 8 4 4 3 5 3 3 1 2 0 2
16 Johnstone, Travis C 83% 2 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 4 2 0 0 3 4
23 McDonald, James RO 69% 0 0 17 9 8 8 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1
22 Moloney, Brent WR 80% 0 1 18 13 5 5 0 6 4 2 1 1 2 6
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 6 1 14 11 3 5 0 4 0 2 3 2 0 1
28 Read, Phil FPL 45% 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 6 1 5 1 5 1 4
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 59% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 6 1
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 100% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
12 Sylvia, Colin HFFL 77% 1 0 9 6 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
10 Ward, Daniel INT 96% 0 1 14 9 5 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 3
31 Wheatley, Paul HBFR 74% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 94% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 5 4 2 2 0 3 4
34 White, Jeff RU 100% 0 0 9 6 3 2 28 6 5 3 2 2 1 1
26 Williams, Luke INT 44% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Yze, Adem BPR 86% 0 1 12 11 1 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 5
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 11 12 246 167 79 70 32 66 36 36 18 16 32 47

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke C 80% 0 0 12 8 4 3 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 5
27 Ball, Jason BPL 72% 0 0 15 13 2 6 17 0 2 1 1 1 2 3
21 Barry, Leo FB 100% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 4 1 3 1 0
6 Bolton, Craig BPR 100% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 4 1 1 0 1 4 0
24 Bolton, Jude HFFR 77% 0 0 15 12 3 3 1 8 4 2 1 1 2 7
32 Buchanan, Amon WL 85% 1 0 13 5 8 0 0 6 3 4 2 4 2 3
28 Crouch, Jared WR 100% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Davis, Nick FPL 82% 2 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
26 Dempster, Sean INT 29% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fosdike, Nic INT 61% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 2
37 Goodes, Adam (c) FPR 97% 1 0 22 16 6 10 1 1 4 0 1 0 3 3
1 Hall, Barry CHF 99% 7 0 16 12 4 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
16 Jolly, Darren RU 79% 1 1 7 4 3 0 14 0 2 0 4 0 0 3
17 Kennelly, Tadhg HBFR 100% 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 2
31 Kirk, Brett RR 93% 1 0 29 17 12 6 0 7 3 4 2 1 2 6
40 Malceski, Nick INT 35% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Mathews, Ben INT 68% 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 91% 1 1 19 13 6 3 0 5 4 3 0 2 0 8
19 O'Loughlin, Michael FF 93% 1 1 15 9 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis CHB 100% 0 1 9 5 4 3 2 4 1 0 3 0 4 0
13 Schneider, Adam HBFL 91% 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 1
10 Williams, Paul RO 69% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 16 8 260 173 87 72 36 52 34 34 16 18 30 50

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
27 J. Ball 21 L. Barry 6 C. Bolton 34 J. White 25 N. Brown
24 R. Robertson 9 D. Neitz (c) 28 P. Read 32 C. Bruce 41 N. Carroll
FORWARD 23 J. McDonald 10 D. Ward
HALF-BACK

26 L. Williams
13 A. Schneider 30 L. Roberts-Thomson 17 T. Kennelly



36 A. Davey 4 B. Holland 12 C. Sylvia



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



32 A. Buchanan 20 L. Ablett 28 J. Crouch



22 B. Moloney 16 T. Johnstone 18 B. Green FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 16 D. Jolly 26 S. Dempster
HALF-FORWARD 31 B. Kirk 12 N. Fosdike
5 R. O'Keefe 1 B. Hall 24 J. Bolton 10 P. Williams 40 N. Malceski
31 P. Wheatley 27 J. Rivers 3 C. Bizzell

4 B. Mathews
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



2 N. Davis 19 M. O'Loughlin 37 A. Goodes (c)



13 A. Yze 35 R. Ferguson 45 M. Whelan



BACK



Sydney Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Adam Goodes goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:57
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 02:31
MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 07:06
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 07:44
SYDN Darren Jolly goal 0.1.1 - 3.1.19 09:39
MELB Ben Holland goal 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 11:39
MELB Brent Moloney behind 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 12:50
MELB Aaron Davey behind 1.3.9 - 3.1.19 14:29
SYDN Barry Hall goal 1.3.9 - 4.1.25 16:03
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 2.3.15 - 4.1.25 18:01
MELB David Neitz goal 3.3.21 - 4.1.25 22:08
SYDN Barry Hall goal 3.3.21 - 5.1.31 23:55
MELB David Neitz goal 4.3.27 - 5.1.31 26:07
SYDN Darren Jolly behind 4.3.27 - 5.2.32 27:05
SYDN Nick Davis goal 4.3.27 - 6.2.38 29:22
Q2 MELB Adem Yze behind 4.4.28 - 6.2.38 02:03
SYDN Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 6.3.39 05:53
SYDN Lewis Roberts-Thomson behind 4.4.28 - 6.4.40 07:32
SYDN Nick Davis goal 4.4.28 - 7.4.46 09:40
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 4.4.28 - 7.5.47 11:39
SYDN Ben Mathews goal 4.4.28 - 8.5.53 14:59
MELB Aaron Davey behind 4.5.29 - 8.5.53 17:14
MELB David Neitz goal 5.5.35 - 8.5.53 18:34
MELB Daniel Ward behind 5.6.36 - 8.5.53 21:27
MELB David Neitz goal 6.6.42 - 8.5.53 24:09
MELB Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 8.5.53 27:12
Q3 SYDN Barry Hall goal 6.7.43 - 9.5.59 02:57
SYDN Barry Hall goal 6.7.43 - 10.5.65 05:19
SYDN Brett Kirk goal 6.7.43 - 11.5.71 07:22
MELB Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 11.5.71 09:01
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 7.8.50 - 11.5.71 13:03
MELB Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 11.5.71 14:59
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 7.9.51 - 12.5.77 18:13
SYDN Barry Hall goal 7.9.51 - 13.5.83 19:51
SYDN Barry Hall goal 7.9.51 - 14.5.89 21:33
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 8.9.57 - 14.5.89 26:52
MELB David Neitz behind 8.10.58 - 14.5.89 28:38
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 8.11.59 - 14.5.89 30:20
Q4 SYDN Rushed behind 8.11.59 - 14.6.90 01:33
MELB Aaron Davey goal 9.11.65 - 14.6.90 04:13
MELB David Neitz goal 10.11.71 - 14.6.90 06:32
MELB David Neitz goal 11.11.77 - 14.6.90 08:57
MELB Phil Read behind 11.12.78 - 14.6.90 15:10
SYDN Rushed behind 11.12.78 - 14.7.91 15:48
SYDN Barry Hall goal 11.12.78 - 15.7.97 18:53
SYDN Rushed behind 11.12.78 - 15.8.98 23:46
SYDN Amon Buchanan goal 11.12.78 - 16.8.104 25:13