2007 AFL Round 4: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 2007 between St Kilda and Essendon during round 4 of the 2007 AFL season. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Telstra Dome. Luke Ball captained the hosts. Matthew Lloyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

St Kilda
Back: J. Blake, S. Fisher, L. Fisher
Half-back: J. Attard, J. Gram, B. Goddard
Centre: X. Clarke, R. Harvey, A. Fiora
Half-forward: N. Dal Santo, N. Riewoldt, L. Montagna
Forward: J. Gwilt, J. Koschitzke, S. Milne
Follower: M. Rix, L. Ball (capt.), S. Baker
Int.: M. Clarke, L. Hayes, A. McQualter, A. Thompson

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

St Kilda (9.14.68) were defeated by Essendon (15.9.99).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: N. Riewoldt (4), S. Milne (3), J. Blake, R. Harvey
Essendon: M. Lloyd (3), S. Lucas (3), A. Davey, D. Fletcher, J. Laycock, A. Lovett, A. Monfries, D. Peverill, P. Ryder, H. Slattery, B. Stanton

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 10th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 April 2007
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 47,605

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 9.14.68 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Essendon 1 . 2 7 . 3 11 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin STKL by 8 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ross Lyon (St Kilda), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Luke Ball (St Kilda), Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Jeffery (#29), H. Kennedy (#7), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adam McPhee ESSE 33 3
Damien Peverill ESSE 11 2
Brent Stanton ESSE 24 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Damien Peverill ESSE 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Brent Stanton ESSE 24 8 0 2 0 0 0
Adam McPhee ESSE 33 6 0 0 2 0 0
Alwyn Davey ESSE 29 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mark McVeigh ESSE 10 2 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Riewoldt STKL 12 1 0 0 0 0 1
Paddy Ryder ESSE 30 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
43 Attard, Jayden HBFL 88% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
10 Baker, Steven RO 80% 0 0 17 7 10 7 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 1
14 Ball, Luke (c) RR 82% 0 1 15 7 8 4 0 6 2 3 1 1 2 3
27 Blake, Jason BPL 100% 1 0 14 10 4 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2
28 Clarke, Matthew INT 63% 0 0 8 1 7 2 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
3 Clarke, Xavier WL 87% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 3 1 7 0 3 0 3
26 Dal Santo, Nick HFFL 87% 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 6 5 3 2 0 1 4
17 Fiora, Aaron WR 100% 0 1 22 12 10 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 5
6 Fisher, Leigh BPR 97% 0 0 17 7 10 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
25 Fisher, Sam FB 16% 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 Goddard, Brendon HBFR 100% 0 1 24 16 8 9 0 1 0 2 2 2 6 2
1 Gram, Jason CHB 88% 0 1 21 15 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5
33 Gwilt, James FPL 100% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 2 1 5 1 3 3 3
35 Harvey, Robert C 83% 1 1 26 14 12 7 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 6
7 Hayes, Lenny INT 73% 0 0 28 15 13 7 0 6 4 3 0 0 1 5
23 Koschitzke, Justin FF 79% 0 2 8 6 2 2 2 2 0 3 2 1 0 1
32 McQualter, Andrew INT 62% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 3
44 Milne, Stephen FPR 91% 3 2 16 13 3 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 2
11 Montagna, Leigh HFFR 90% 0 2 22 15 7 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 5
12 Riewoldt, Nick CHF 85% 4 0 16 13 3 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4
29 Rix, Michael RU 82% 0 1 10 7 3 3 17 1 1 2 1 1 0 2
4 Thompson, Andrew INT 67% 0 0 10 0 10 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 14 338 193 145 102 33 48 32 41 18 15 29 58

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Davey, Alwyn FPR 82% 1 1 12 7 5 6 0 6 0 1 3 0 0 4
2 Dyson, Ricky INT 69% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin CHB 91% 1 0 26 21 5 13 0 2 0 3 0 2 7 1
26 Heffernan, Chris WL 65% 0 0 7 3 4 4 0 9 0 2 1 1 2 0
19 Hille, David RU 39% 0 0 8 4 4 4 8 1 2 2 0 1 1 2
5 Hird, James HFFR 78% 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 6 1 2 0 0 1 2
7 Jetta, Leroy INT 48% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 0
21 Johns, Courtney FPL 86% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3
1 Johnson, Mark HFFL 100% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 2
27 Laycock, Jason INT 71% 1 0 6 3 3 3 9 4 3 3 0 1 1 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) FF 97% 3 0 14 9 5 5 0 4 0 2 3 2 0 2
13 Lovett, Andrew WR 90% 1 4 19 14 5 4 0 2 3 4 1 1 2 5
25 Lucas, Scott CHF 83% 3 0 16 13 3 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
33 McPhee, Adam HBFL 100% 0 0 30 23 7 14 0 5 2 5 1 2 6 2
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFR 99% 0 1 24 15 9 7 0 1 4 3 0 1 3 3
22 Michael, Mal FB 100% 0 0 8 3 5 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
6 Monfries, Angus INT 83% 1 1 16 13 3 8 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 2
11 Peverill, Damien RR 83% 1 0 32 17 15 6 0 2 2 1 0 0 5 5
30 Ryder, Paddy BPR 100% 1 0 12 7 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
20 Slattery, Henry BPL 81% 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 7 1 2 0 1 0 1
24 Stanton, Brent C 87% 1 0 33 24 9 10 0 0 4 1 1 0 5 4
4 Watson, Jobe RO 67% 0 1 25 11 14 3 1 2 6 4 1 1 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 9 352 231 121 127 22 67 33 46 15 18 46 47

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