2005 AFL Season Round 22: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 2005 between Essendon and Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 2005 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Essendon (12.13.85) were defeated by Melbourne (13.17.95).

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 28 August 2005
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 55,016

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.13.85 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 1 7 . 5 9 . 7 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Melbourne 1 . 3 7 . 8 11 . 14 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin ESSE by 16 MELB by 3 MELB by 19 MELB by 10 MELB by 10
Duration 29:51 33:15 29:28 30:44 2:03:18

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: David Neitz
Coach: Neale Daniher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
M. Stevic (#9)
D. Woodcock (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brent Stanton ESSE 24 3
Jason Johnson ESSE 14 2
Travis Johnstone MELB 16 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
23 Bolton, Mark WL 94% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 0 2 0 0
16 Bradley, Kepler FPL 63% 0 1 10 2 8 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
2 Dyson, Ricky RO 67% 1 0 12 6 6 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
3 Henneman, Aaron FB 81% 0 0 4 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
19 Hille, David RU 100% 1 2 19 8 11 4 17 2 7 1 1 1 1 6
5 Hird, James (c) HFFL 100% 1 0 21 18 3 2 0 2 1 2 3 0 4 5
30 Hunt, Sam INT 34% 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1
14 Johnson, Jason C 93% 1 1 27 15 12 5 0 4 2 4 0 2 3 4
1 Johnson, Mark RR 100% 1 1 23 15 8 7 2 2 2 3 1 0 1 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF 94% 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0
41 Lovett, Andrew HFFR 99% 3 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 3
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan HBFL 100% 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 4 2 7 2 3 5 3
25 Lucas, Scott CHB 100% 0 1 21 18 3 6 0 6 0 3 0 2 7 2
10 McVeigh, Mark BPL 100% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 0 4 0 2 3 2
6 Monfries, Angus INT 71% 2 1 11 5 6 3 0 6 2 2 1 0 0 2
11 Peverill, Damien FPR 73% 0 1 22 15 7 6 0 2 4 2 1 0 2 6
20 Richards, Ted BPR 100% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 0 3 1 1 6 1
24 Stanton, Brent WR 99% 1 0 25 18 7 7 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 8
17 Thomas, Paul INT 38% 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 3
4 Watson, Jobe CHF 48% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1
12 Welsh, Andrew HBFR 100% 0 0 19 12 7 7 0 1 3 2 0 1 6 0
8 Winderlich, Jason INT 47% 0 1 11 3 8 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 12 13 315 188 127 70 25 51 35 50 15 21 44 51

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Armstrong, Steven INT 54% 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
21 Bell, Daniel INT 62% 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0
25 Brown, Nathan HBFR 100% 1 0 23 15 8 5 0 1 2 6 1 1 3 0
41 Carroll, Nathan CHB 100% 0 0 10 3 7 5 1 1 0 2 0 2 3 0
36 Davey, Aaron HFFR 100% 1 5 15 10 5 2 0 6 3 2 2 1 0 3
35 Ferguson, Ryan BPL 49% 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2
30 Godfrey, Simon HFFL 91% 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 5
18 Green, Brad WL 95% 3 1 14 11 3 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 4
4 Holland, Ben RO 100% 1 1 12 5 7 3 4 2 5 2 2 2 0 2
16 Johnstone, Travis WR 91% 1 1 26 20 6 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 3 6
23 McDonald, James INT 85% 0 0 22 14 8 3 0 0 5 5 0 1 4 7
5 McLean, Brock INT 82% 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 4
22 Moloney, Brent C 43% 0 1 13 12 1 2 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 8
44 Motlop, Shannon CHF 92% 1 1 20 16 4 2 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 5
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 9% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
8 Nicholson, Alistair FB 100% 0 0 12 6 6 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0
43 Rigoni, Guy RR 54% 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 3 3 0 0 5 0
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 100% 4 1 13 11 2 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 4
31 Wheatley, Paul HBFL 100% 0 1 18 10 8 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 2
45 Whelan, Matthew BPR 100% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 7 1 2 1 1 2 1
34 White, Jeff RU 100% 0 0 15 9 6 4 30 7 1 6 2 2 2 5
13 Yze, Adem FPL 93% 1 2 12 10 2 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 17 308 203 105 74 36 56 38 44 21 15 36 64

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

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
35 R. Ferguson 8 A. Nicholson 45 M. Whelan 19 D. Hille 30 S. Hunt
11 D. Peverill 18 M. Lloyd 16 K. Bradley 1 M. Johnson 6 A. Monfries
FORWARD 2 R. Dyson 17 P. Thomas
HALF-BACK

8 J. Winderlich
31 P. Wheatley 41 N. Carroll 25 N. Brown



41 A. Lovett 4 J. Watson 5 J. Hird (c)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 B. Green 22 B. Moloney 16 T. Johnstone



24 B. Stanton 14 J. Johnson 23 M. Bolton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 2 S. Armstrong
HALF-FORWARD 43 G. Rigoni 21 D. Bell
30 S. Godfrey 44 S. Motlop 36 A. Davey 4 B. Holland 23 J. McDonald
12 A. Welsh 25 S. Lucas 42 N. Lovett-Murray

5 B. McLean
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



13 A. Yze 9 D. Neitz (c) 24 R. Robertson



20 T. Richards 3 A. Henneman 10 M. McVeigh



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Russell Robertson goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:03
MELB Russell Robertson behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 05:46
ESSE David Hille behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 08:18
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 11:25
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 12:57
MELB Shannon Motlop behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 14:43
ESSE Ricky Dyson goal 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 16:17
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 4.1.25 - 1.2.8 27:38
MELB Adem Yze behind 4.1.25 - 1.3.9 28:55
Q2 MELB Simon Godfrey behind 4.1.25 - 1.4.10 01:24
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 4.1.25 - 2.4.16 02:28
MELB Adem Yze goal 4.1.25 - 3.4.22 03:56
MELB Brent Moloney behind 4.1.25 - 3.5.23 05:05
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 5.1.31 - 3.5.23 06:26
ESSE Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 3.5.23 07:34
MELB Ben Holland goal 5.2.32 - 4.5.29 09:20
MELB Brad Green goal 5.2.32 - 5.5.35 10:53
ESSE Andrew Lovett goal 6.2.38 - 5.5.35 12:27
ESSE Sam Hunt behind 6.3.39 - 5.5.35 16:10
MELB Aaron Davey behind 6.3.39 - 5.6.36 16:53
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 7.3.45 - 5.6.36 17:39
MELB Shannon Motlop goal 7.3.45 - 6.6.42 19:18
MELB Russell Robertson goal 7.3.45 - 7.6.48 20:17
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 7.4.46 - 7.6.48 24:42
ESSE Jason Winderlich behind 7.5.47 - 7.6.48 26:37
MELB Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 7.7.49 27:33
MELB Aaron Davey behind 7.5.47 - 7.8.50 32:04
Q3 MELB Aaron Davey goal 7.5.47 - 8.8.56 02:03
MELB Ben Holland behind 7.5.47 - 8.9.57 04:52
MELB Russell Robertson goal 7.5.47 - 9.9.63 07:10
MELB Aaron Davey behind 7.5.47 - 9.10.64 09:08
MELB Brad Green goal 7.5.47 - 10.10.70 10:06
MELB Aaron Davey behind 7.5.47 - 10.11.71 11:33
ESSE Andrew Lovett goal 8.5.53 - 10.11.71 12:09
ESSE Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 10.11.71 13:39
ESSE David Hille goal 9.6.60 - 10.11.71 16:20
MELB Brad Green behind 9.6.60 - 10.12.72 18:13
MELB Adem Yze behind 9.6.60 - 10.13.73 20:21
MELB Paul Wheatley behind 9.6.60 - 10.14.74 22:59
MELB Brad Green goal 9.6.60 - 11.14.80 24:08
ESSE Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 11.14.80 28:16
Q4 MELB Aaron Davey behind 9.7.61 - 11.15.81 01:58
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 9.8.62 - 11.15.81 02:50
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 10.8.68 - 11.15.81 03:44
ESSE Andrew Lovett goal 11.8.74 - 11.15.81 06:21
MELB Nathan Brown goal 11.8.74 - 12.15.87 09:25
ESSE James Hird goal 12.8.80 - 12.15.87 14:23
ESSE Kepler Bradley behind 12.9.81 - 12.15.87 16:09
ESSE Angus Monfries behind 12.10.82 - 12.15.87 17:32
ESSE David Hille behind 12.11.83 - 12.15.87 19:43
MELB Rushed behind 12.11.83 - 12.16.88 23:53
MELB Russell Robertson goal 12.11.83 - 13.16.94 26:42
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 12.11.83 - 13.17.95 27:37
ESSE Mark Johnson behind 12.12.84 - 13.17.95 28:39
ESSE Damien Peverill behind 12.13.85 - 13.17.95 30:22