2001 AFL – Round 16 – Essendon vs North Melbourne

2001 AFL Round 16
Essendon 27.9.171
North Melbourne 25.9.159
51,878 people at the MCG

One of the all time classic matches!

Channel 7 full game coverage: Commentators – Anthony Hudson, Craig Hutchison, Doug Hawkins, Richard Osborne.

Goalkickers:
Essendon – Matthew Lloyd 9, Jason Johnson 4, Blake Caracella 3, James Hird 2, Cory McGrath 2, Gary Moorcroft 2, Adam Ramanauskas, Mark Johnson, Danny Jacobs, Chris Heffernan, Mark Bolton.

North Melbourne – Corey McKernan 5, Saverio Rocca 4, Jess Sinclair 3, Byron Pickett 3, Brent Harvey 3, Shannon Grant 2, Brady Rawlings 2, Matthew Burton, Shannon Watt, David Teague.

Matthew Lloyd interview after the game 2:18:18

Records in this match:

– Greatest comeback in AFL/VFL history (69 points at the 12 minute mark of the 2nd quarter).
– 52 goals in the match equalled the most goals in a match.
– The Kangaroos’ first quarter score of 12.1 (73) was, at the time, the fourth-highest quarter time score of all time.
– The teams’ combined score of 52.18 (330) was only fifteen points short of the all-time record, and as of 2022 stands as the seventh-highest scoring game of all time.
– The Kangaroos’ losing score of 25.9 (159) stands as the second-highest of all time, behind only the 25.13 (163) scored by Geelong in an 8-point loss to Hawthorn in Round 6, 1989.