2011 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Etihad Stadium (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 11-1-10, P%: 100.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Carlton (Elimination Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Jobe Watson (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Stewart Crameri (34)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): David Zaharakis

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jobe Watson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bellchambers, Tom #44 13 R02-R09, R11, R13-R14, R19, R22 8 0
Browne, Alex #24 2 R11-R12 0 0
Carlisle, Jake #22 7 R18-R23, EF 3 0
Colyer, Travis #32 10 R08, R11-R12, R15-R19, R23, EF 7 0
Crameri, Stewart #45 20 R01-R09, R11-R13, R15-R22 34 2
Davey, Alwyn #29 14 R02-R03, R09, R14-R23, EF 16 0
Dempsey, Courtenay #15 4 R01-R04 0 0
Dyson, Ricky #2 6 R16-R21 0 0
Fletcher, Dustin #31 19 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11-R17, R20-R22, EF 1 3
Hardingham, Kyle #34 22 R01-R09, R11-R13, R15-R23, EF 1 0
Heppell, Dyson #21 23 R01-R09, R11-R23, EF 3 4
Hibberd, Michael #43 9 R06, R08-R09, R11-R16 1 0
Hille, David #19 19 R01, R05-R09, R11-R12, R14-R23, EF 20 3
Hocking, Heath #39 17 R01-R08, R13-R17, R20-R22, EF 9 5
Hooker, Cale #26 13 R01-R09, R11-R13, R23 0 0
Howlett, Ben #40 23 R01-R09, R11-R23, EF 9 1
Hurley, Michael #18 18 R01-R07, R12-R18, R20-R21, R23, EF 27 6
Jetta, Leroy #7 23 R01-R09, R11-R23, EF 27 0
Lonergan, Sam #14 12 R01-R09, R11, R13-R14 4 0
Lovett-Murray, Nathan #42 14 R01-R09, R11-R12, R22-R23, EF 2 0
McVeigh, Mark #10 23 R01-R09, R11-R23, EF 5 0
Melksham, Jake #17 23 R01-R09, R11-R23, EF 6 3
Monfries, Angus #6 22 R01, R03-R09, R11-R23, EF 31 3
Myers, David #23 14 R01-R02, R08-R09, R11-R14, R18-R20, R22-R23, EF 2 1
Pears, Tayte #16 9 R13-R18, R21, R23, EF 0 0
Prismall, Brent #9 8 R04, R13-R19 1 0
Reimers, Kyle #37 15 R05-R09, R15-R23, EF 27 3
Ross, Michael #38 2 R19-R20 0 0
Ryder, Paddy #30 23 R01-R09, R11-R23, EF 27 1
Slattery, Henry #20 8 R05-R07, R09, R11-R12, R17-R18 0 0
Stanton, Brent #5 21 R01-R07, R09, R11, R13-R23, EF 15 6
Watson, Jobe #4 17 R01-R08, R12-R14, R19-R23, EF 15 15
Welsh, Andrew #12 6 R12, R14-R15, R21-R23 2 0
Winderlich, Jason #8 4 R01-R04 6 0
Zaharakis, David #11 23 R01-R09, R11-R23, EF 31 4

Team Line-Up

Back: Ricky Dyson Dustin Fletcher Michael Hibberd
Half-Back: Dyson Heppell Tayte Pears Kyle Hardingham
Centre: Ben Howlett Jobe Watson Brent Stanton
Half-Forward: Michael Hurley Paddy Ryder Leroy Jetta
Forward: Angus Monfries Stewart Crameri David Zaharakis
Follower: Tom Bellchambers Heath Hocking Sam Lonergan
Interchange: Mark McVeigh Jake Melksham Kyle Reimers
David Hille

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Hird, James 23 11 -1- 11 R01-R09, R11-R23, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/03/2011 Round 1 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN ESS by 55 James Hird Jobe Watson
03/04/2011 Round 2 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 5 James Hird Jobe Watson
10/04/2011 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 52 James Hird Jobe Watson
16/04/2011 Round 4 Carlton AWAY DRAW drawn James Hird Jobe Watson
25/04/2011 Round 5 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 30 James Hird Jobe Watson
01/05/2011 Round 6 Gold Coast HOME WIN ESS by 139 James Hird Paddy Ryder
08/05/2011 Round 7 West Coast HOME WIN ESS by 16 James Hird Jobe Watson
14/05/2011 Round 8 Brisbane Lions AWAY WIN ESS by 36 James Hird Jobe Watson
21/05/2011 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 16 James Hird unknown
Round 10 BYE
03/06/2011 Round 11 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 33 James Hird unknown
12/06/2011 Round 12 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 34 James Hird Jobe Watson
18/06/2011 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 21 James Hird Jobe Watson
24/06/2011 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 65 James Hird Jobe Watson
02/07/2011 Round 15 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 4 James Hird unknown
09/07/2011 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 39 James Hird unknown
15/07/2011 Round 17 Adelaide AWAY WIN ESS by 11 James Hird unknown
23/07/2011 Round 18 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 74 James Hird unknown
31/07/2011 Round 19 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 74 James Hird Jobe Watson
06/08/2011 Round 20 Sydney HOME WIN ESS by 1 James Hird Jobe Watson
13/08/2011 Round 21 Western Bulldogs AWAY WIN ESS by 49 James Hird Jobe Watson
20/08/2011 Round 22 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 57 James Hird Jobe Watson
28/08/2011 Round 23 Port Adelaide HOME WIN ESS by 7 James Hird Jobe Watson
Round 24 BYE
11/09/2011 Elimination Final Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 62 James Hird Jobe Watson