Geelong Cats v Essendon – Round 1 2002 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2002 AFLRound 1Sat, 30 Mar, 7:10 pm AEDT

Home

76126

11.1018.18

Essendon by 50

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GEE	2.0 12	7.2 44	8.6 54	11.10 76
ESS	4.5 29	11.9 75	17.12 114	18.18 126

MCG, MelbourneMostly sunny, 18°Lead changes 3

Recap

Essendon 18.18 (126) beat Geelong 11.10 (76) at MCG in Round 1, a 50-point win.

Essendon led at every change.

Matthew Lloyd kicked six goals for Essendon and James Hird two; Kent Kingsley kicked four for Geelong.

Jason Johnson led the way with 32 disposals and 13 marks.

A run of four straight goals across the first and second quarters turned a 1-point deficit into a 24-point lead.

Essendon won the inside-50 count 70–52 and won the clearances 45–26.

Best on ground

More from Round 1

Geelong Cats11.1076

Essendon18.18126

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

0:25GoalC. EnrightGEE1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
2:13BehindM. LloydESS1.0 (6) – 0.1 (1)
8:30BehindA. HennemanESS1.0 (6) – 0.2 (2)
10:25GoalM. LloydESSLead change1.0 (6) – 1.2 (8)
13:26BehindS. LucasESS1.0 (6) – 1.3 (9)
14:12BehindJ. JohnsonESS1.0 (6) – 1.4 (10)
17:33GoalP. RiccardiGEELead change2.0 (12) – 1.4 (10)
18:57BehindM. MercuriESS2.0 (12) – 1.5 (11)
20:32GoalS. LucasESSLead change2.0 (12) – 2.5 (17)
23:25GoalM. LloydESS2.0 (12) – 3.5 (23)
24:49GoalP. BarnardESS2.0 (12) – 4.5 (29)

1:18RushedEssendonESS2.0 (12) – 4.6 (30)
1:48GoalM. MercuriESS2.0 (12) – 5.6 (36)
3:45BehindC. MooneyGEE2.1 (13) – 5.6 (36)
4:34BehindS. LucasESS2.1 (13) – 5.7 (37)
6:23GoalB. GrgicGEE3.1 (19) – 5.7 (37)
7:28GoalJ. BlumfieldESS3.1 (19) – 6.7 (43)
11:51GoalJ. HirdESS3.1 (19) – 7.7 (49)
14:36RushedGeelongGEE3.2 (20) – 7.7 (49)
16:18GoalD. HilleESS3.2 (20) – 8.7 (55)
18:14BehindJ. JohnsonESS3.2 (20) – 8.8 (56)
19:23GoalK. KingsleyGEE4.2 (26) – 8.8 (56)
22:01GoalA. LordGEE5.2 (32) – 8.8 (56)
23:07BehindG. MoorcroftESS5.2 (32) – 8.9 (57)
25:22GoalM. BoltonESS5.2 (32) – 9.9 (63)
26:45GoalK. KingsleyGEE6.2 (38) – 9.9 (63)
28:38GoalM. LloydESS6.2 (38) – 10.9 (69)
30:41GoalJ. MisitiESS6.2 (38) – 11.9 (75)
32:01GoalK. KingsleyGEE7.2 (44) – 11.9 (75)

0:48BehindP. RiccardiGEE7.3 (45) – 11.9 (75)
2:11RushedGeelongGEE7.4 (46) – 11.9 (75)
2:54BehindA. LordGEE7.5 (47) – 11.9 (75)
5:32BehindK. KingsleyGEE7.6 (48) – 11.9 (75)
7:05GoalC. HeffernanESS7.6 (48) – 12.9 (81)
9:06GoalM. LloydESS7.6 (48) – 13.9 (87)
10:35GoalB. GrahamGEE8.6 (54) – 13.9 (87)
12:31BehindM. McVeighESS8.6 (54) – 13.10 (88)
14:58GoalM. LloydESS8.6 (54) – 14.10 (94)
17:06RushedEssendonESS8.6 (54) – 14.11 (95)
18:00BehindS. LucasESS8.6 (54) – 14.12 (96)
19:33GoalJ. MisitiESS8.6 (54) – 15.12 (102)
21:17GoalA. RamanauskasESS8.6 (54) – 16.12 (108)
23:52GoalM. LloydESS8.6 (54) – 17.12 (114)