2005 AFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 2005 between Melbourne and Sydney during round sixteen of the 2005 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (11.12.78) were defeated by Sydney (16.8.104).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: David Neitz
Coach: Neale Daniher

Sydney

Captain: Adam Goodes
Coach: Paul Roos

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	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

Links

2005 AFL Season

The information provided on this site does not necessarily align with the official record. The purpose of this site is to present its author's attempt to amalgamate a variety of sources of information on the VFL/AFL, VFA/VFL, SANFL, WAFL, TSL and other competitions to provide its users a unified view of the people (e.g. players, coaches, draftees and umpires), places, events (e.g. matches, drafts and awards) and other entities that have contributed to the rich history of Australian rules football.