2008 AFL Round 18: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 2008 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 18 of the 2008 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Matthew Lloyd captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Matthew Knights and the visitors were coached by Dean Bailey.

Essendon
Back: J. Nash, M. Michael, D. Fletcher
Half-back: A. McPhee, P. Ryder, J. Atkinson
Centre: R. Dyson, J. Watson, H. Slattery
Half-forward: A. Monfries, M. Lloyd (capt.), S. Lonergan
Forward: J. Laycock, K. Reimers, L. Jetta
Follower: D. Hille, A. Welsh, B. Stanton
Int.: A. Lovett, N. Lovett-Murray, D. Peverill, A. Ramanauskas

Melbourne
Back: M. Whelan, C. Garland, M. Warnock
Half-back: C. Johnson, S. Martin, P. Wheatley
Centre: L. Dunn, C. Bruce, S. Buckley
Half-forward: B. Green, M. Bate, A. Davey
Forward: P. Johnson, C. Sylvia, A. Wonaeamirri
Follower: M. Jamar, C. Bartram, J. McDonald
Int.: D. Bell, A. Maric, C. Morton, S. Valenti

Essendon (19.10.124) defeated Melbourne (17.6.108).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (8), A. Monfries (3), A. Lovett (2), A. McPhee (2), J. Atkinson, L. Jetta, K. Reimers, H. Slattery
Melbourne: C. Morton (3), C. Sylvia (3), M. Bate (2), A. Maric (2), C. Bartram, S. Buckley, A. Davey, B. Green, M. Jamar, P. Johnson, A. Wonaeamirri

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 12th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 August 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,334

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 19.10.124 - 17.6.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 9 . 6 14 . 8 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Melbourne 2 . 2 7 . 3 11 . 5 17 . 6 17 . 6 (108)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration 27:20 32:46 29:45 31:22 2:01:13

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Knights (Essendon), Dean Bailey (Melbourne)
Captains: Matthew Lloyd (Essendon), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Fila (#20), H. Kennedy (#7), D. Sully (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 3
Cale Morton MELB 10 2
Adam McPhee ESSE 33 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 10 2 0 0 0 0
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 8 0 2 0 0 0
Cale Morton MELB 10 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Damien Peverill ESSE 11 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Henry Slattery ESSE 20 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Angus Monfries ESSE 6 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
38 Atkinson, Jarrod HBFR 71% 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 1 4 0 3 6 3
2 Dyson, Ricky WL 75% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin BPR 84% 0 0 21 13 8 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
19 Hille, David RU 82% 0 0 14 9 5 2 12 1 4 2 1 1 2 1
7 Jetta, Leroy FPR 86% 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
27 Laycock, Jason FPL 69% 0 0 6 2 4 0 8 2 1 4 1 2 0 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) CHF 98% 8 1 15 11 4 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
36 Lonergan, Sam HFFR 79% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 0
13 Lovett, Andrew INT 84% 2 0 21 11 10 4 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan INT 85% 0 0 28 13 15 11 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 0
33 McPhee, Adam HBFL 92% 2 0 18 14 4 8 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 7
22 Michael, Mal FB 77% 0 0 9 2 7 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0
6 Monfries, Angus HFFL 95% 3 2 16 13 3 7 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 4
17 Nash, Jay BPL 89% 0 0 23 12 11 3 0 5 3 0 2 0 1 6
11 Peverill, Damien INT 72% 0 0 30 17 13 3 0 1 9 0 5 0 3 6
9 Ramanauskas, Adam INT 64% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 1
37 Reimers, Kyle FF 67% 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
30 Ryder, Paddy CHB 93% 0 0 14 9 5 9 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 2
20 Slattery, Henry WR 97% 1 0 11 6 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1
5 Stanton, Brent RO 85% 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 5 2 3 2 1 0 7
4 Watson, Jobe C 77% 0 0 18 7 11 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 2 2
12 Welsh, Andrew RR 80% 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 8 2 1 1 1 3 1
Rushed 7
Total (22 players) 19 10 359 212 147 100 20 58 33 39 30 18 36 56

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartram, Clint RR 94% 1 0 11 5 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
6 Bate, Matthew CHF 94% 2 1 23 13 10 10 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 6
21 Bell, Daniel INT 76% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 0
32 Bruce, Cameron C 77% 0 1 28 13 15 10 0 2 3 7 0 2 0 4
1 Buckley, Simon WR 82% 1 0 19 10 9 5 0 1 1 6 0 4 3 5
36 Davey, Aaron HFFR 49% 1 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 1 1
14 Dunn, Lynden WL 83% 0 0 12 10 2 6 3 3 0 2 2 2 1 2
20 Garland, Colin FB 77% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1
18 Green, Brad HFFL 84% 1 0 21 15 6 7 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 6
40 Jamar, Mark RU 84% 1 1 12 5 7 4 24 4 2 3 3 1 0 0
17 Johnson, Chris HBFL 88% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 3 0
11 Johnson, Paul FPL 93% 1 0 14 8 6 6 8 3 2 2 0 0 3 3
19 Maric, Addam INT 72% 2 0 16 11 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
33 Martin, Stefan CHB 92% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1
23 McDonald, James RO 76% 0 0 23 9 14 4 0 4 9 2 4 1 1 3
10 Morton, Cale INT 76% 3 0 26 15 11 7 0 2 2 5 0 2 1 5
12 Sylvia, Colin FF 92% 3 1 23 21 2 11 4 3 1 6 0 1 1 9
44 Valenti, Shane INT 72% 0 0 19 9 10 8 0 5 4 4 1 2 2 0
37 Warnock, Matthew BPR 93% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
31 Wheatley, Paul HBFR 88% 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 3 5 2 1 0 0 4
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 81% 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
39 Wonaeamirri, Austin FPR 78% 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 4 2 4 2 2 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 17 6 352 201 151 108 39 47 37 60 18 29 31 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

Essendon Coach: Matthew Knights
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
45 M. Whelan 20 C. Garland 37 M. Warnock 19 D. Hille 13 A. Lovett
7 L. Jetta 37 K. Reimers 27 J. Laycock 12 A. Welsh 42 N. Lovett-Murray
FORWARD 5 B. Stanton 11 D. Peverill
HALF-BACK

9 A. Ramanauskas
17 C. Johnson 33 S. Martin 31 P. Wheatley



36 S. Lonergan 18 M. Lloyd (c) 6 A. Monfries



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 L. Dunn 32 C. Bruce 1 S. Buckley



20 H. Slattery 4 J. Watson 2 R. Dyson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 40 M. Jamar 21 D. Bell
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Bartram 19 A. Maric
18 B. Green 6 M. Bate 36 A. Davey 23 J. McDonald 10 C. Morton
38 J. Atkinson 30 P. Ryder 33 A. McPhee

44 S. Valenti
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 P. Johnson 12 C. Sylvia 39 A. Wonaeamirri



31 D. Fletcher 22 M. Michael 17 J. Nash



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Dean Bailey

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:36
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:54
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 04:07
MELB Matthew Bate behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 07:13
MELB Addam Maric goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 08:43
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 12:08
MELB Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 17:10
MELB Clint Bartram goal 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 23:35
Q2 MELB Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 01:10
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 4.1.25 - 2.3.15 01:44
MELB Cale Morton goal 4.1.25 - 3.3.21 03:34
ESSE Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 04:40
ESSE Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 05:27
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 06:22
MELB Simon Buckley goal 4.3.27 - 5.3.33 09:21
ESSE Andrew Lovett goal 5.3.33 - 5.3.33 10:46
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 6.3.39 - 5.3.33 12:18
ESSE Angus Monfries behind 6.4.40 - 5.3.33 15:21
MELB Matthew Bate goal 6.4.40 - 6.3.39 16:28
ESSE Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 6.3.39 17:48
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 7.5.47 - 6.3.39 21:30
ESSE Andrew Lovett goal 8.5.53 - 6.3.39 23:16
ESSE Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 6.3.39 26:09
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 9.6.60 - 6.3.39 27:39
MELB Aaron Davey goal 9.6.60 - 7.3.45 29:16
Q3 MELB Colin Sylvia goal 9.6.60 - 8.3.51 00:39
MELB Paul Johnson goal 9.6.60 - 9.3.57 01:51
ESSE Angus Monfries behind 9.7.61 - 9.3.57 04:35
MELB Mark Jamar behind 9.7.61 - 9.4.58 08:47
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 10.7.67 - 9.4.58 09:38
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 10.8.68 - 9.4.58 11:27
MELB Austin Wonaeamirri goal 10.8.68 - 10.4.64 13:19
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 10.8.68 - 11.4.70 15:37
ESSE Jarrod Atkinson goal 11.8.74 - 11.4.70 17:12
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 12.8.80 - 11.4.70 19:08
ESSE Kyle Reimers goal 13.8.86 - 11.4.70 21:13
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 14.8.92 - 11.4.70 23:42
MELB Colin Sylvia behind 14.8.92 - 11.5.71 26:25
Q4 ESSE Henry Slattery goal 15.8.98 - 11.5.71 01:16
MELB Brad Green goal 15.8.98 - 12.5.77 03:13
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 16.8.104 - 12.5.77 05:28
MELB Mark Jamar goal 16.8.104 - 13.5.83 09:36
MELB Cale Morton goal 16.8.104 - 14.5.89 11:28
ESSE Rushed behind 16.9.105 - 14.5.89 13:42
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 16.9.105 - 14.6.90 14:58
MELB Cale Morton goal 16.9.105 - 15.6.96 17:03
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 17.9.111 - 15.6.96 18:33
MELB Matthew Bate goal 17.9.111 - 16.6.102 20:37
ESSE Leroy Jetta goal 18.9.117 - 16.6.102 21:46
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 19.9.123 - 16.6.102 25:40
ESSE Rushed behind 19.10.124 - 16.6.102 27:42
MELB Addam Maric goal 19.10.124 - 17.6.108 29:25