2006 AFL Round 12: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 2006 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 12 of the 2006 AFL season. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Telstra Dome. David Hille captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Essendon
Back: A. Welsh, K. Bradley, D. Solomon
Half-back: M. Johnson, A. McPhee, N. Lovett-Murray
Centre: B. Stanton, J. Johnson, M. Bolton
Half-forward: J. Hird, D. Hille (capt.), S. Lucas
Forward: J. Reynolds, C. Johns, A. Monfries
Follower: H. Slattery, M. McVeigh, C. Heffernan
Int.: S. Camporeale, D. Peverill, P. Ryder, J. Watson

Melbourne
Back: M. Whelan, N. Carroll, B. Holland
Half-back: D. Ward, J. Rivers, C. Bartram
Centre: C. Bruce, T. Johnstone, B. Green
Half-forward: A. Davey, L. Dunn, B. Pickett
Forward: R. Robertson, D. Neitz (capt.), A. Yze
Follower: J. White, P. Read, J. McDonald
Int.: M. Bate, M. Jamar, C. Johnson, C. Sylvia

Essendon (10.15.75) were defeated by Melbourne (16.15.111).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Lucas (2), J. Reynolds (2), D. Hille, M. Johnson, A. McPhee, A. Monfries, P. Ryder, B. Stanton
Melbourne: R. Robertson (4), D. Neitz (3), C. Bruce (2), L. Dunn (2), C. Bartram, A. Davey, T. Johnstone, P. Read, C. Sylvia

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 16th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 18 June 2006
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 35,019

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.15.75 - 16.15.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 8 4 . 12 7 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 7 12 . 10 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Margin ESSE by 5 MELB by 1 MELB by 27 MELB by 36 MELB by 36
Duration 27:40 27:21 29:40 28:45 1:53:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: David Hille (Essendon), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis (#23), C. Hendrie (#24), C. Kamolins (#19)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Travis Johnstone MELB 16 3
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 2
James McDonald MELB 23 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
James McDonald MELB 23 10 2 0 0 0 0
Travis Johnstone MELB 16 8 0 2 0 0 0
Nathan Carroll MELB 41 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Henry Slattery ESSE 20 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Andrew Welsh ESSE 12 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Brad Green MELB 18 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dean Solomon ESSE 7 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
23 Bolton, Mark WR 92% 0 0 13 4 9 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
16 Bradley, Kepler FB 100% 0 0 23 9 14 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
17 Camporeale, Scott INT 60% 0 0 24 17 7 6 0 0 3 5 1 0 3 4
26 Heffernan, Chris RO 91% 0 2 20 12 8 2 0 2 1 4 3 0 0 2
19 Hille, David (c) CHF 95% 1 1 13 4 9 4 17 1 4 0 0 0 0 3
5 Hird, James HFFL 75% 0 0 23 8 15 7 0 1 3 1 0 1 3 3
21 Johns, Courtney FF 90% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2
14 Johnson, Jason C 65% 0 0 11 2 9 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0
1 Johnson, Mark HBFL 91% 1 0 21 13 8 5 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 5
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan HBFR 100% 0 0 19 12 7 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 4 2
25 Lucas, Scott HFFR 93% 2 1 14 11 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 5
33 McPhee, Adam CHB 100% 1 1 25 18 7 8 1 3 2 5 0 2 0 6
10 McVeigh, Mark RR 96% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 0
6 Monfries, Angus FPR 74% 1 1 17 10 7 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
11 Peverill, Damien INT 58% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 0
29 Reynolds, Joel FPL 75% 2 2 14 7 7 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
30 Ryder, Paddy INT 35% 1 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
20 Slattery, Henry RU 91% 0 0 16 8 8 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 1
7 Solomon, Dean BPR 85% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 1
24 Stanton, Brent WL 70% 1 3 21 17 4 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 7
4 Watson, Jobe INT 62% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 2
12 Welsh, Andrew BPL 100% 0 0 26 11 15 10 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 10 15 363 199 164 108 21 30 29 42 14 16 35 48

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
19 Bartram, Clint HBFR 100% 1 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 2
6 Bate, Matthew INT 79% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2
32 Bruce, Cameron WL 100% 2 0 17 14 3 7 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 6
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 100% 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 3 0 1 2 0 6 1
36 Davey, Aaron HFFL 98% 1 1 16 10 6 2 0 3 5 4 0 1 3 3
14 Dunn, Lynden CHF 75% 2 0 14 8 6 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
18 Green, Brad WR 92% 0 0 23 20 3 10 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 8
4 Holland, Ben BPR 100% 0 0 14 4 10 3 0 5 0 3 2 2 3 0
40 Jamar, Mark INT 57% 0 0 5 2 3 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Johnson, Chris INT 74% 0 1 15 8 7 7 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0
16 Johnstone, Travis C 78% 1 2 24 19 5 6 0 3 5 2 1 1 1 5
23 McDonald, James RO 68% 0 1 29 17 12 8 0 5 1 2 2 1 3 5
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 87% 3 1 10 7 3 5 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 2
33 Pickett, Byron HFFR 51% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1
28 Read, Phil RR 48% 1 0 7 5 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 100% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 1
24 Robertson, Russell FPL 100% 4 3 18 10 8 6 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 0
12 Sylvia, Colin INT 55% 1 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
10 Ward, Daniel HBFL 93% 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 4
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 86% 0 0 15 7 8 7 0 2 2 1 2 1 3 0
34 White, Jeff RU 71% 0 2 19 11 8 13 22 4 2 2 1 0 4 1
13 Yze, Adem FPR 87% 0 1 18 13 5 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 5
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 16 15 330 206 124 121 30 53 25 39 16 14 32 52

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 ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:55
ESSE Joel Reynolds goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:58
ESSE Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 04:44
ESSE Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 05:58
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 1.4.10 - 0.0.0 07:42
MELB Russell Robertson goal 1.4.10 - 1.0.6 09:23
ESSE Rushed behind 1.5.11 - 1.0.6 10:52
MELB Adem Yze behind 1.5.11 - 1.1.7 12:32
ESSE Chris Heffernan behind 1.6.12 - 1.1.7 15:26
MELB Clint Bartram goal 1.6.12 - 2.1.13 16:30
MELB Jeff White behind 1.6.12 - 2.2.14 18:45
ESSE Joel Reynolds behind 1.7.13 - 2.2.14 19:58
ESSE Joel Reynolds goal 2.7.19 - 2.2.14 22:04
MELB Rushed behind 2.7.19 - 2.3.15 25:06
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 2.8.20 - 2.3.15 26:08
Q2 ESSE Joel Reynolds behind 2.9.21 - 2.3.15 02:03
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 3.9.27 - 2.3.15 07:07
MELB Russell Robertson behind 3.9.27 - 2.4.16 08:36
MELB Russell Robertson goal 3.9.27 - 3.4.22 11:42
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 3.9.27 - 4.4.28 13:10
MELB Aaron Davey behind 3.9.27 - 4.5.29 15:12
MELB Russell Robertson goal 3.9.27 - 5.5.35 18:06
ESSE Angus Monfries behind 3.10.28 - 5.5.35 19:48
MELB Russell Robertson behind 3.10.28 - 5.6.36 21:07
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 3.10.28 - 5.7.37 21:59
ESSE Chris Heffernan behind 3.11.29 - 5.7.37 23:28
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 4.11.35 - 5.7.37 24:31
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 4.12.36 - 5.7.37 26:21
Q3 MELB Russell Robertson behind 4.12.36 - 5.8.38 03:47
MELB David Neitz behind 4.12.36 - 5.9.39 05:28
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 4.13.37 - 5.9.39 08:03
MELB David Neitz goal 4.13.37 - 6.9.45 10:02
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 4.13.37 - 7.9.51 11:46
ESSE David Hille goal 5.13.43 - 7.9.51 13:26
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 5.13.43 - 8.9.57 14:56
MELB Rushed behind 5.13.43 - 8.10.58 17:21
MELB Phil Read goal 5.13.43 - 9.10.64 19:41
MELB David Neitz goal 5.13.43 - 10.10.70 21:25
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 6.13.49 - 10.10.70 22:54
MELB Lynden Dunn goal 6.13.49 - 11.10.76 25:27
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 7.13.55 - 11.10.76 28:08
MELB Aaron Davey goal 7.13.55 - 12.10.82 28:55
Q4 MELB Lynden Dunn goal 7.13.55 - 13.10.88 02:29
MELB James McDonald behind 7.13.55 - 13.11.89 04:55
MELB David Neitz goal 7.13.55 - 14.11.95 06:47
ESSE David Hille behind 7.14.56 - 14.11.95 08:47
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 7.15.57 - 14.11.95 11:57
MELB Russell Robertson goal 7.15.57 - 15.11.101 13:09
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 8.15.63 - 15.11.101 15:10
ESSE Paddy Ryder goal 9.15.69 - 15.11.101 16:56
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 9.15.69 - 15.12.102 19:40
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 9.15.69 - 16.12.108 20:50
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 10.15.75 - 16.12.108 22:14
MELB Chris Johnson behind 10.15.75 - 16.13.109 23:45
MELB Jeff White behind 10.15.75 - 16.14.110 26:11
MELB Rushed behind 10.15.75 - 16.15.111 26:48