2007 AFL Round 3: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 2007 between Carlton and Essendon during round 3 of the 2007 AFL season. Carlton hosted Essendon at MCG. Lance Whitnall captained the hosts. Matthew Lloyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Carlton
Back: R. Houlihan, S. O'hAilpin, B. Thornton
Half-back: A. Walker, L. Whitnall (capt.), H. Scotland
Centre: S. Wiggins, N. Stevens, K. Simpson
Half-forward: A. Carrazzo, J. Waite, B. Fisher
Forward: J. Russell, B. Fevola, E. Betts
Follower: C. Ackland, B. Gibbs, M. Murphy
Int.: A. Bentick, C. Cloke, J. Kennedy, M. Lappin

Essendon
Back: P. Ryder, M. Michael, M. McVeigh
Half-back: A. McPhee, D. Fletcher, H. Slattery
Centre: B. Stanton, J. Hird, C. Heffernan
Half-forward: M. Johnson, S. Lucas, A. Lovett
Forward: L. Jetta, M. Lloyd (capt.), A. Davey
Follower: D. Hille, J. Winderlich, D. Peverill
Int.: R. Dyson, J. Laycock, A. Monfries, J. Watson

Carlton (18.17.125) defeated Essendon (17.20.122).

Goalkickers
Carlton: B. Fevola (8), M. Lappin (3), B. Fisher (2), E. Betts, A. Carrazzo, R. Houlihan, N. Stevens, A. Walker
Essendon: M. Lloyd (5), A. Lovett (3), S. Lucas (3), M. McVeigh (3), A. Davey, A. Monfries, J. Watson

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 April 2007
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 64,710

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 18.17.125 - 17.20.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 1 8 . 7 15 . 11 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Essendon 7 . 9 12 . 13 13 . 16 17 . 20 17 . 20 (122)
Margin ESSE by 38 ESSE by 30 CARL by 7 CARL by 3 CARL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Denis Pagan (Carlton), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Lance Whitnall (Carlton), Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Nicholls (#28), D. Sully (#12), M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brendan Fevola CARL 25 3
Heath Scotland CARL 29 2
James Hird ESSE 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brendan Fevola CARL 25 10 2 0 0 0 0
James Hird ESSE 5 7 0 1 1 0 0
Heath Scotland CARL 29 7 0 1 1 0 0
Mark McVeigh ESSE 10 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jason Winderlich ESSE 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ryan Houlihan CARL 33 1 0 0 0 0 1
Marc Murphy CARL 3 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Ackland, Cain RU 60% 0 0 12 5 7 2 16 2 4 2 1 1 0 2
7 Bentick, Adam INT 66% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 9 5 0 0 0 1 3
19 Betts, Eddie FPR 78% 1 1 7 3 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Carrazzo, Andrew HFFL 96% 1 1 23 15 8 7 0 6 5 4 2 2 1 7
28 Cloke, Cameron INT 44% 0 0 6 1 5 3 10 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
25 Fevola, Brendan FF 100% 8 2 17 13 4 11 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2
14 Fisher, Brad HFFR 89% 2 1 17 12 5 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
4 Gibbs, Bryce RR 88% 0 0 13 10 3 4 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 2
33 Houlihan, Ryan BPL 100% 1 1 24 16 8 6 1 1 5 3 0 2 4 4
5 Kennedy, Josh INT 45% 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
12 Lappin, Matthew INT 72% 3 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
3 Murphy, Marc RO 92% 0 2 23 14 9 3 0 2 6 5 3 0 1 7
17 O'hAilpin, Setanta FB 100% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 6 0 1 2 1 5 0
2 Russell, Jordan FPL 85% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 2 0 4 2 2 1 2
29 Scotland, Heath HBFR 100% 0 0 26 16 10 9 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 2
6 Simpson, Kade WR 87% 0 1 7 5 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 1
24 Stevens, Nick C 90% 1 1 17 11 6 3 0 4 7 4 1 3 0 6
32 Thornton, Bret BPR 100% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
30 Waite, Jarrad CHF 100% 0 1 13 7 6 3 0 1 1 4 0 3 2 4
1 Walker, Andrew HBFL 85% 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 3
8 Whitnall, Lance (c) CHB 61% 0 1 10 8 2 4 6 1 2 2 0 2 1 4
34 Wiggins, Simon WL 61% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 18 17 287 175 112 87 36 60 39 42 13 23 32 57

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Davey, Alwyn FPR 83% 1 0 14 8 6 5 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1
2 Dyson, Ricky INT 63% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin CHB 95% 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 1 0 3 0 2 5 0
26 Heffernan, Chris WR 83% 0 0 18 6 12 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 3 2
19 Hille, David RU 58% 0 0 10 6 4 4 21 2 1 1 1 0 1 3
5 Hird, James C 82% 0 0 29 15 14 8 0 4 3 0 1 0 3 4
7 Jetta, Leroy FPL 56% 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1 Johnson, Mark HFFL 100% 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 3 4 2 2 1 0 1
27 Laycock, Jason INT 50% 0 0 8 4 4 3 10 0 3 2 1 0 0 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) FF 100% 5 3 18 12 6 7 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
13 Lovett, Andrew HFFR 88% 3 2 15 11 4 4 0 4 0 4 2 2 2 2
25 Lucas, Scott CHF 97% 3 5 18 17 1 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
33 McPhee, Adam HBFL 100% 0 0 20 14 6 9 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 2
10 McVeigh, Mark BPR 100% 3 0 13 9 4 5 0 4 3 0 2 0 1 2
22 Michael, Mal FB 92% 0 0 11 4 7 5 1 3 3 0 0 0 4 0
6 Monfries, Angus INT 62% 1 1 14 7 7 4 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 3
11 Peverill, Damien RO 91% 0 2 25 14 11 4 0 3 5 1 2 1 0 6
30 Ryder, Paddy BPL 91% 0 0 7 3 4 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
20 Slattery, Henry HBFR 88% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 4 1 3 3 1 0 0
24 Stanton, Brent WL 81% 0 1 20 15 5 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 6
4 Watson, Jobe INT 59% 1 0 19 12 7 5 0 4 7 1 1 0 1 3
8 Winderlich, Jason RR 83% 0 2 24 19 5 6 0 1 3 1 2 1 5 6
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 17 20 339 209 130 106 34 50 38 31 23 13 34 54

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

Player Line-Up

Carlton Coach: Denis Pagan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
30 P. Ryder 22 M. Michael 10 M. McVeigh 11 C. Ackland 7 A. Bentick
19 E. Betts 25 B. Fevola 2 J. Russell 4 B. Gibbs 28 C. Cloke
FORWARD 3 M. Murphy 5 J. Kennedy
HALF-BACK

12 M. Lappin
33 A. McPhee 31 D. Fletcher 20 H. Slattery



14 B. Fisher 30 J. Waite 44 A. Carrazzo



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



24 B. Stanton 5 J. Hird 26 C. Heffernan



6 K. Simpson 24 N. Stevens 34 S. Wiggins FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 2 R. Dyson
HALF-FORWARD 8 J. Winderlich 27 J. Laycock
1 M. Johnson 25 S. Lucas 13 A. Lovett 11 D. Peverill 6 A. Monfries
29 H. Scotland 8 L. Whitnall (c) 1 A. Walker

4 J. Watson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



7 L. Jetta 18 M. Lloyd (c) 29 A. Davey



32 B. Thornton 17 S. O'hAilpin 33 R. Houlihan



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy