2011 AFL Round 1: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 2011 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 1 of the 2011 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Brad Green captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dean Bailey and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Melbourne
Back: C. Bartram, J. Rivers, J. MacDonald
Half-back: J. Grimes, C. Garland, J. Bennell
Centre: N. Jones, B. Moloney, L. Tapscott
Half-forward: R. Bail, C. Sylvia, L. Jurrah
Forward: J. Watts, B. Green (capt.), A. Maric
Follower: M. Jamar, L. Dunn, A. Davey
Int.: N. Jetta, S. Martin, J. Trengove
Sub.: R. Petterd

Sydney
Back: P. Bevan, T. Richards, M. Mattner
Half-back: R. Shaw, H. Grundy, A. Everitt
Centre: B. Sumner, K. Jack, N. Smith
Half-forward: L. Jetta, A. Goodes, B. McGlynn
Forward: R. O'Keefe, S. Reid, J. White
Follower: S. Mumford, J. Kennedy, J. McVeigh
Int.: J. Bolton, D. Hannebery, G. Rohan
Sub.: M. Seaby

Melbourne (11.18.84) drew with Sydney (11.18.84).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: L. Dunn (2), B. Green (2), L. Jurrah (2), J. Bennell, N. Jetta, N. Jones, B. Moloney, C. Sylvia
Sydney: J. Bolton (3), B. McGlynn (3), A. Goodes (2), A. Everitt, S. Reid, J. White

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder and Sydney were then 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Sunday 27 March 2011
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,951

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne drew with Sydney
Score: 11.18.84 - 11.18.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 8 8 . 12 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Sydney 5 . 3 7 . 5 10 . 14 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Margin SYDN by 13 SYDN by 9 SYDN by 14 level drawn
Duration 30:49 29:29 30:01 30:47 2:01:06

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Bailey (Melbourne), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Brad Green (Melbourne), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Armstrong (#26), S. Jeffery (#29), S. McBurney (#3)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ryan O'Keefe SYDN 5 3
Brent Moloney MELB 22 2
Ben McGlynn SYDN 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brent Moloney MELB 22 10 2 0 0 0 0
Heath Grundy SYDN 39 4 0 ? ? 0 ?
Martin Mattner SYDN 29 4 0 ? ? 0 ?
Ryan O'Keefe SYDN 5 4 0 ? ? 0 ?
Ted Richards SYDN 25 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Grimes MELB 16 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mark Jamar MELB 40 2 0 0 0 1 0
Colin Garland MELB 20 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
44 Bail, Rohan HFFL 84% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 2
3 Bartram, Clint BPL 94% 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 4 0
7 Bennell, Jamie HBFR 81% 1 1 15 6 9 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
36 Davey, Aaron RO 81% 0 0 21 17 4 1 0 4 4 1 1 1 3 4
14 Dunn, Lynden RR 85% 2 4 14 9 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
20 Garland, Colin CHB 98% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 1 2 0 1 6 0
18 Green, Brad (c) FF 91% 2 1 19 13 6 3 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 3
16 Grimes, Jack HBFL 95% 0 0 23 18 5 10 0 3 2 4 1 1 5 2
40 Jamar, Mark RU 83% 0 1 13 6 7 3 29 2 2 1 2 1 2 2
39 Jetta, Neville INT 80% 1 1 10 5 5 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
2 Jones, Nathan WL 84% 1 0 16 9 7 4 0 5 2 3 1 0 3 2
24 Jurrah, Liam HFFR 91% 2 2 9 5 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MacDonald, Joel BPR 86% 0 0 19 9 10 5 0 2 0 5 0 3 2 3
19 Maric, Addam FPR↓ 63% 0 2 13 6 7 1 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 3
34 Martin, Stefan INT 66% 0 1 17 9 8 8 6 1 2 2 2 1 2 1
22 Moloney, Brent C 85% 1 0 27 13 14 2 0 7 10 3 1 1 3 3
15 Petterd, Ricky SUB↑ 24% 0 1 6 4 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2
27 Rivers, Jared FB 96% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 5 0 2 0 1 2 2
12 Sylvia, Colin CHF 85% 1 0 17 11 6 5 1 6 1 2 3 1 1 7
35 Tapscott, Luke WR 79% 0 0 19 16 3 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 3
9 Trengove, Jack INT 84% 0 2 23 11 12 5 0 3 4 4 1 2 2 2
4 Watts, Jack FPL 84% 0 2 13 9 4 6 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 11 18 341 209 132 92 38 59 32 47 22 18 42 51

R. Petterd replaced A. Maric.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
42 Bevan, Paul BPL 86% 0 1 10 4 6 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 1
24 Bolton, Jude INT 82% 3 2 16 11 5 4 0 3 2 2 2 1 0 4
13 Everitt, Andrejs HBFR 92% 1 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 1
37 Goodes, Adam CHF 98% 2 3 14 11 3 8 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5
39 Grundy, Heath CHB 93% 0 0 21 11 10 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1
4 Hannebery, Dan INT 74% 0 1 15 7 8 4 0 7 2 1 0 1 1 5
15 Jack, Kieren C 78% 0 1 21 15 6 2 0 7 5 5 2 2 1 8
32 Jetta, Lewis HFFL 92% 0 1 14 10 4 5 0 5 1 1 0 0 3 2
12 Kennedy, Josh RR 78% 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 4 8 0 1 0 2 2
29 Mattner, Martin BPR 95% 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 6 1
21 McGlynn, Ben HFFR 97% 3 1 17 11 6 3 0 3 4 3 3 2 0 4
3 McVeigh, Jarrad RO 88% 0 1 22 17 5 4 0 5 4 3 0 0 5 6
41 Mumford, Shane RU 75% 0 0 8 3 5 4 25 6 2 4 0 4 0 2
5 O'Keefe, Ryan FPL 91% 0 3 31 21 10 6 0 6 5 8 0 3 2 5
20 Reid, Sam FF↓ 73% 1 1 12 6 6 5 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 2
25 Richards, Ted FB 96% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
16 Rohan, Gary INT 69% 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1
1 Seaby, Mark SUB↑ 16% 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 0
2 Shaw, Rhyce HBFL 79% 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
40 Smith, Nick WR 94% 0 0 13 8 5 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2
22 Sumner, Byron WL 78% 0 1 8 2 6 2 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 0
18 White, Jesse FPR 76% 1 0 7 4 3 2 1 4 0 2 1 1 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 18 305 187 118 75 27 80 38 44 18 22 36 55

M. Seaby replaced S. Reid.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Adam Goodes behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:51
SYDN Ben McGlynn goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:49
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 06:52
MELB Lynden Dunn goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 09:55
SYDN Sam Reid goal 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 11:32
MELB Stefan Martin behind 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 13:46
SYDN Andrejs Everitt goal 1.1.7 - 4.1.25 15:24
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 2.1.13 - 4.1.25 16:37
MELB Addam Maric behind 2.2.14 - 4.1.25 18:51
MELB Brad Green goal 3.2.20 - 4.1.25 19:33
SYDN Ben McGlynn goal 3.2.20 - 5.1.31 25:14
SYDN Sam Reid behind 3.2.20 - 5.2.32 26:36
SYDN Jude Bolton behind 3.2.20 - 5.3.33 27:23
Q2 SYDN Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 5.4.34 01:07
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 3.2.20 - 6.4.40 02:06
MELB Liam Jurrah goal 4.2.26 - 6.4.40 04:34
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 4.2.26 - 6.5.41 07:16
MELB Lynden Dunn behind 4.3.27 - 6.5.41 08:38
MELB Neville Jetta goal 5.3.33 - 6.5.41 10:08
SYDN Jesse White goal 5.3.33 - 7.5.47 14:35
MELB Jack Trengove behind 5.4.34 - 7.5.47 16:26
MELB Jack Watts behind 5.5.35 - 7.5.47 16:53
MELB Addam Maric behind 5.6.36 - 7.5.47 22:40
MELB Jack Trengove behind 5.7.37 - 7.5.47 24:28
MELB Lynden Dunn behind 5.8.38 - 7.5.47 25:35
Q3 SYDN Lewis Jetta behind 5.8.38 - 7.6.48 00:19
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 5.8.38 - 8.6.54 01:30
MELB Lynden Dunn behind 5.9.39 - 8.6.54 02:44
SYDN Kieren Jack behind 5.9.39 - 8.7.55 04:23
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh behind 5.9.39 - 8.8.56 05:03
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 5.9.39 - 9.8.62 06:27
MELB Brent Moloney goal 6.9.45 - 9.8.62 07:42
SYDN Jude Bolton behind 6.9.45 - 9.9.63 11:55
MELB Neville Jetta behind 6.10.46 - 9.9.63 13:00
MELB Liam Jurrah behind 6.11.47 - 9.9.63 13:44
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 6.11.47 - 9.10.64 14:25
SYDN Dan Hannebery behind 6.11.47 - 9.11.65 14:53
SYDN Ben McGlynn goal 6.11.47 - 10.11.71 16:59
SYDN Ben McGlynn behind 6.11.47 - 10.12.72 20:45
MELB Nathan Jones goal 7.11.53 - 10.12.72 23:18
SYDN Paul Bevan behind 7.11.53 - 10.13.73 24:53
MELB Jamie Bennell goal 8.11.59 - 10.13.73 25:30
MELB Lynden Dunn behind 8.12.60 - 10.13.73 28:03
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 8.12.60 - 10.14.74 29:33
Q4 MELB Lynden Dunn goal 9.12.66 - 10.14.74 01:03
MELB Ricky Petterd behind 9.13.67 - 10.14.74 02:31
MELB Jamie Bennell behind 9.14.68 - 10.14.74 03:57
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 9.14.68 - 11.14.80 06:56
MELB Jack Watts behind 9.15.69 - 11.14.80 08:51
MELB Liam Jurrah behind 9.16.70 - 11.14.80 10:37
SYDN Byron Sumner behind 9.16.70 - 11.15.81 13:17
MELB Liam Jurrah goal 10.16.76 - 11.15.81 14:52
MELB Mark Jamar behind 10.17.77 - 11.15.81 17:04
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 10.17.77 - 11.16.82 18:36
MELB Brad Green behind 10.18.78 - 11.16.82 22:04
MELB Brad Green goal 11.18.84 - 11.16.82 23:46
SYDN Rushed behind 11.18.84 - 11.17.83 26:24
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 11.18.84 - 11.18.84 29:44