Essendon v Melbourne – Round 2 2003 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2003 AFLRound 2Sat, 5 Apr, 2:10 pm AEST

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11275

17.1010.15

Essendon by 37

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Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
ESS	2.2 14	8.4 52	13.7 85	17.10 112
MEL	4.4 28	4.7 31	8.11 59	10.15 75

MCG, MelbourneMostly sunny, 18°Lead changes 2

Recap

Essendon too strong for Melbourne

Essendon 17.10 (112) beat Melbourne 10.15 (75) at MCG in Round 2, a 37-point win after trailing by 20.

Matthew Lloyd kicked three goals for Essendon and Mark McVeigh two; Brad Green kicked three for Melbourne.

Dean Solomon led the way with 25 disposals and a goal.

A run of six straight goals in the second quarter turned a 15-point deficit into a 22-point lead.

Melbourne won the inside-50 count 58–48 but kicked 10.15.

In context

Essendon have now beaten Melbourne 6 times in a row.

Best on ground

Dean Solomon

Essendon · #7 · 100% game time

8.2

More from Round 2

Friday 4 April

FTCarlton13.1391–16.11107Collingwood

Saturday 5 April

Disposals

GodfreyMEL26
SolomonESS25
RamanauskasESS24

Goals

LloydESS3.1
GreenMEL3.1
LucasESS2.0

Marks

SolomonESS9
LloydESS8
RioliESS8

Tackles

Essendon17.10112

Essendon player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
7D. Solomon	8.2	25	1	0	9	4	1	110	19	6	4	0
43D. Rioli	8.0	24	1	3	8	2	5	106	15	9	5	1
9A. Ramanauskas	7.7	24	2	0	5	1	2	98	18	6	8	0
18M. Lloyd	7.3	16	3	1	8	1	0	88	10	6	2	0
10M. McVeigh	6.8	18	2	1	2	3	2	74	13	5	1	0
6S. Wellman	6.7	23	0	0	4	1	1	72	12	11	2	0
29J. Reynolds	6.5	13	0	0	6	4	0	67	8	5	0	0
21D. Jacobs	6.4	16	0	0	5	2	0	63	7	9	0	1
14J. Johnson	6.4	14	1	1	3	2	5	62	10	4	2	0
19D. Hille	6.3	14	0	1	4	1	3	59	5	9	3	10
13D. Cupido	6.3	12	1	1	5	3	0	61	8	4	4	0
1M. Johnson	6.2	12	1	0	5	1	1	56	9	3	4	1
25S. LucasInt	6.1	10	2	0	4	1	0	54	8	2	1	1
31D. Fletcher	5.9	15	0	0	2	0	1	49	10	5	0	2
16P. Barnard	5.9	11	1	0	1	3	0	48	5	6	3	0
27S. AlessioInt	5.9	6	1	1	4	1	0	48	4	2	0	12
11D. Peverill	5.8	14	0	0	3	1	1	45	5	9	2	1
33A. McPhee	5.7	13	0	0	6	0	1	44	9	4	0	0
2M. Mercuri	5.7	12	1	0	6	0	0	43	6	6	4	0
24J. MisitiInt	5.7	12	0	1	2	1	4	43	10	2	1	0
36J. BannisterInt	5.5	10	0	0	3	2	0	39	4	6	1	1
5J. Hird	4.3	3	0	0	1	1	2	17	3	0	1	0
Team		317	17	10	96	35	29	1346	198	119	48	30

Melbourne10.1575

Melbourne player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
24R. Robertson	7.6	19	2	3	6	0	1	95	17	2	6	3
30S. Godfrey	7.3	26	0	0	4	3	5	88	15	11	7	0
10D. Ward	7.2	19	0	1	7	2	0	84	15	4	5	0
45M. Whelan	7.1	18	1	1	4	3	2	82	14	4	5	0
34J. White	6.9	18	0	1	5	0	5	78	6	12	2	19
13A. Yze	6.8	18	1	0	4	1	4	73	15	3	4	0
18B. Green	6.8	13	3	1	5	1	1	74	11	2	3	0
16T. Johnstone	6.6	17	1	0	6	0	4	69	10	7	1	0
2S. ArmstrongInt	6.5	17	0	1	3	2	2	67	12	5	1	0
36A. Leoncelli	6.3	14	0	1	5	1	2	59	9	5	3	2
1C. Heffernan	6.3	9	0	0	3	5	1	59	7	2	5	5
42P. Walsh	6.2	16	0	0	4	1	0	57	12	4	4	0
25N. BrownInt	6.1	12	0	0	5	2	2	55	8	4	1	0
26L. WilliamsInt	6.1	12	0	0	4	3	0	54	7	5	1	0
32C. Bruce	6.1	10	0	1	4	3	0	53	9	1	4	1
31P. Wheatley	5.9	13	1	0	3	0	2	47	11	2	2	0
3C. Bizzell	5.4	13	0	0	2	0	0	36	5	8	0	0
7G. Moorcroft	5.1	9	0	0	3	0	0	30	6	3	2	0
9D. Neitz	4.6	5	1	2	2	0	0	21	3	2	0	3
11D. JollyInt	4.5	2	0	0	2	1	1	19	2	0	1	2
35R. Ferguson	4.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	11	3	2	1	0
29C. Lamb	3.5	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0
Team		288	10	12	81	28	34	1214	200	88	58	35

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

First quarterESS 2.2 (14) · MEL 4.4 (28)

0:37BehindD. RioliESS0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
2:15BehindB. GreenMELLevel0.1 (1) – 0.1 (1)
3:59BehindA. LeoncelliMELLead change0.1 (1) – 0.2 (2)
7:08BehindJ. WhiteMEL0.1 (1) – 0.3 (3)
9:25GoalT. JohnstoneMEL0.1 (1) – 1.3 (9)
12:57GoalP. WheatleyMEL0.1 (1) – 2.3 (15)
15:08GoalB. GreenMEL0.1 (1) – 3.3 (21)
18:37GoalA. RamanauskasESS1.1 (7) – 3.3 (21)
21:56GoalD. SolomonESS2.1 (13) – 3.3 (21)
23:47BehindD. RioliESS2.2 (14) – 3.3 (21)
24:18GoalR. RobertsonMEL2.2 (14) – 4.3 (27)
25:30BehindD. WardMEL2.2 (14) – 4.4 (28)

Second quarterESS 6.2 (38) · MEL 0.3 (3)

1:09BehindR. RobertsonMEL2.2 (14) – 4.5 (29)
2:27GoalM. MercuriESS3.2 (20) – 4.5 (29)
5:17GoalM. LloydESS4.2 (26) – 4.5 (29)
6:28GoalS. LucasESSLead change5.2 (32) – 4.5 (29)
10:05BehindR. RobertsonMEL5.2 (32) – 4.6 (30)
11:41GoalA. RamanauskasESS6.2 (38) – 4.6 (30)
14:26BehindJ. JohnsonESS6.3 (39) – 4.6 (30)
15:50GoalS. AlessioESS7.3 (45) – 4.6 (30)
21:15RushedMelbourneMEL7.3 (45) – 4.7 (31)
22:18BehindS. AlessioESS7.4 (46) – 4.7 (31)
25:08GoalM. LloydESS8.4 (52) – 4.7 (31)

Third quarterESS 5.3 (33) · MEL 4.4 (28)

0:43BehindD. RioliESS8.5 (53) – 4.7 (31)
3:57GoalM. WhelanMEL8.5 (53) – 5.7 (37)
5:08BehindR. RobertsonMEL8.5 (53) – 5.8 (38)
5:49BehindM. WhelanMEL8.5 (53) – 5.9 (39)
6:23BehindM. McVeighESS8.6 (54) – 5.9 (39)
7:48BehindM. LloydESS8.7 (55) – 5.9 (39)
10:48GoalB. GreenMEL8.7 (55) – 6.9 (45)
13:31GoalS. LucasESS9.7 (61) – 6.9 (45)
17:14GoalM. LloydESS10.7 (67) – 6.9 (45)
19:03BehindS. ArmstrongMEL10.7 (67) – 6.10 (46)
20:22GoalB. GreenMEL10.7 (67) – 7.10 (52)
21:51GoalJ. JohnsonESS11.7 (73) – 7.10 (52)
23:09GoalM. JohnsonESS12.7 (79) – 7.10 (52)
24:05RushedMelbourneMEL12.7 (79) – 7.11 (53)
24:37GoalR. RobertsonMEL12.7 (79) – 8.11 (59)
27:42GoalD. CupidoESS13.7 (85) – 8.11 (59)

Last quarterESS 4.3 (27) · MEL 2.4 (16)

2:44BehindC. BruceMEL13.7 (85) – 8.12 (60)
5:04BehindD. CupidoESS13.8 (86) – 8.12 (60)
6:11BehindD. HilleESS13.9 (87) – 8.12 (60)
7:31GoalM. McVeighESS14.9 (93) – 8.12 (60)
8:46GoalA. YzeMEL14.9 (93) – 9.12 (66)
10:46BehindD. NeitzMEL14.9 (93) – 9.13 (67)
12:37GoalD. RioliESS15.9 (99) – 9.13 (67)
19:02GoalD. NeitzMEL15.9 (99) – 10.13 (73)
20:54GoalM. McVeighESS16.9 (105) – 10.13 (73)
22:21BehindJ. MisitiESS16.10 (106) – 10.13 (73)
24:00RushedMelbourneMEL16.10 (106) – 10.14 (74)
24:41GoalP. BarnardESS17.10 (112) – 10.14 (74)
27:01BehindD. NeitzMEL17.10 (112) – 10.15 (75)

Essendon too strong for Melbourne

In context

More from Round 2

Friday 4 April

Saturday 5 April

Score worm

Interchange

The ball

Disposals

Goals

Marks

Tackles

First quarterESS 2.2 (14) · MEL 4.4 (28)

Second quarterESS 6.2 (38) · MEL 0.3 (3)

Third quarterESS 5.3 (33) · MEL 4.4 (28)

Last quarterESS 4.3 (27) · MEL 2.4 (16)

Sunday 6 April

Interchange

Essendon v Melbourne, Round 2 2003

Essendon too strong for Melbourne

In context

More from Round 2

Friday 4 April

Saturday 5 April

Score worm

Interchange

The ball

Disposals

Goals

Marks

Tackles

First quarterESS 2.2 (14) · MEL 4.4 (28)

Second quarterESS 6.2 (38) · MEL 0.3 (3)

Third quarterESS 5.3 (33) · MEL 4.4 (28)

Last quarterESS 4.3 (27) · MEL 2.4 (16)

Sunday 6 April

Interchange