2009 AFL Round 16: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 2009 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 16 of the 2009 AFL season. Essendon hosted Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. Matthew Lloyd captained the hosts. Brad Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Knights and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Essendon
Back: H. Slattery, T. Pears, M. Hurley
Half-back: K. Reimers, D. Fletcher, A. McPhee
Centre: M. McVeigh, R. Dyson, A. Lovett
Half-forward: S. Lonergan, S. Lucas, H. Hocking
Forward: J. Winderlich, M. Lloyd (capt.), A. Davey
Follower: P. Ryder, A. Welsh, J. Watson
Int.: C. Dempsey, C. Hooker, B. Prismall, B. Stanton

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. Harbrow, B. Lake, R. Hargrave
Half-back: L. Gilbee, T. Williams, D. Morris
Centre: L. Picken, M. Boyd, D. Cross
Half-forward: S. Higgins, M. Hahn, B. Johnson (capt.)
Forward: J. Hill, S. Welsh, B. Murphy
Follower: B. Hudson, A. Cooney, R. Griffen
Int.: J. Akermanis, N. Eagleton, W. Minson, C. Ward

Essendon (11.4.70) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (15.13.103).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (2), A. Davey, H. Hocking, M. Hurley, S. Lonergan, B. Prismall, K. Reimers, P. Ryder, B. Stanton, J. Winderlich
Western Bulldogs: M. Hahn (5), S. Welsh (3), S. Higgins (2), A. Cooney, D. Cross, J. Hill, W. Minson, B. Murphy

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 8th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 17 July 2009
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 47,120

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 11.4.70 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 6 . 2 8 . 2 11 . 4 11 . 4 (70)
Western Bulldogs 3 . 5 4 . 6 10 . 9 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin WBUL by 4 ESSE by 8 WBUL by 19 WBUL by 33 WBUL by 33
Duration 29:19 28:55 28:55 29:59 1:57:08

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Knights (Essendon), Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Matthew Lloyd (Essendon), Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), S. Jeffery (#29), S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mitch Hahn WBUL 8 3
Shaun Higgins WBUL 7 2
Daniel Cross WBUL 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Mitch Hahn WBUL 8 10 2 0 0 0 0
Brian Lake WBUL 36 8 0 2 0 0 0
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 3 0 0 1 0 0
Brad Johnson WBUL 6 3 0 0 1 0 0
Shaun Higgins WBUL 7 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Williams WBUL 12 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 1 0 0 0 0 1
Michael Hurley ESSE 22 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
29 Davey, Alwyn FPR 92% 1 0 12 4 8 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 1 3
15 Dempsey, Courtenay INT 62% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 1
2 Dyson, Ricky C 99% 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin CHB 90% 0 0 25 15 10 5 0 3 1 4 0 2 4 0
39 Hocking, Heath HFFR 81% 1 0 16 10 6 7 0 4 2 3 0 1 1 2
26 Hooker, Cale INT 49% 0 0 8 1 7 3 2 9 1 3 0 2 1 1
22 Hurley, Michael BPR 82% 1 0 15 6 9 7 0 3 0 2 0 2 4 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) FF 98% 2 1 12 8 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Lonergan, Sam HFFL 84% 1 0 11 5 6 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 2
13 Lovett, Andrew WR 91% 0 1 27 21 6 5 0 0 2 4 1 0 3 7
25 Lucas, Scott CHF 85% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
33 McPhee, Adam HBFR 85% 0 0 19 10 9 8 0 2 0 6 1 3 0 1
10 McVeigh, Mark WL 90% 0 0 18 7 11 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 2
16 Pears, Tayte FB 88% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 3
9 Prismall, Brent INT 63% 1 0 21 12 9 9 0 1 5 1 0 0 3 2
37 Reimers, Kyle HBFL 81% 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 5 0 2 3 0 1 4
30 Ryder, Paddy RU 80% 1 0 14 8 6 7 18 6 1 3 2 2 0 2
20 Slattery, Henry BPL 84% 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 0
5 Stanton, Brent INT 76% 1 0 25 14 11 7 0 3 3 2 1 1 6 3
4 Watson, Jobe RO 78% 0 0 11 1 10 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Welsh, Andrew RR 82% 0 1 24 10 14 4 0 6 2 3 0 1 1 2
8 Winderlich, Jason FPL 81% 1 0 22 14 8 8 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 6
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 11 4 368 200 168 112 20 67 25 49 9 20 39 47

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Akermanis, Jason INT 70% 0 1 18 6 12 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 4
5 Boyd, Matthew C 90% 0 0 29 14 15 5 0 6 6 3 1 0 2 2
17 Cooney, Adam RR 78% 1 0 28 16 12 7 0 2 4 0 1 0 2 1
4 Cross, Daniel WR 87% 1 0 28 8 20 10 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 1
10 Eagleton, Nathan INT 77% 0 1 13 5 8 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 6
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFL 78% 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 2
16 Griffen, Ryan RO 83% 0 1 28 18 10 7 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 7
8 Hahn, Mitch CHF 72% 5 1 19 13 6 6 0 5 1 3 2 1 1 3
40 Harbrow, Jarrod BPL 92% 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 4 0
25 Hargrave, Ryan BPR 87% 0 0 22 13 9 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 5
7 Higgins, Shaun HFFL 70% 2 0 24 17 7 8 0 4 4 2 2 0 1 3
20 Hill, Josh FPL 80% 1 1 16 10 6 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5
15 Hudson, Ben RU 70% 0 0 19 2 17 4 17 2 5 2 1 2 0 0
6 Johnson, Brad (c) HFFR 87% 0 3 30 21 9 14 0 2 1 4 3 0 0 6
36 Lake, Brian FB 98% 0 0 18 7 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
27 Minson, Will INT 73% 1 0 20 9 11 7 14 3 1 1 1 0 1 4
38 Morris, Dale HBFR 100% 0 0 15 8 7 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0
2 Murphy, Bob FPR 69% 1 0 18 12 6 8 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 4
42 Picken, Liam WL 86% 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 5 0 2 1 1 2 1
14 Ward, Callan INT 82% 0 2 16 8 8 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
28 Welsh, Scott FF 88% 3 2 11 9 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
12 Williams, Tom CHB 85% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 13 431 228 203 131 33 61 33 28 20 9 36 60

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
40 J. Harbrow 36 B. Lake 25 R. Hargrave 30 P. Ryder 15 C. Dempsey
29 A. Davey 18 M. Lloyd (c) 8 J. Winderlich 12 A. Welsh 26 C. Hooker
FORWARD 4 J. Watson 9 B. Prismall
HALF-BACK

5 B. Stanton
9 L. Gilbee 12 T. Williams 38 D. Morris



39 H. Hocking 25 S. Lucas 14 S. Lonergan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



42 L. Picken 5 M. Boyd 4 D. Cross



13 A. Lovett 2 R. Dyson 10 M. McVeigh FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 B. Hudson 21 J. Akermanis
HALF-FORWARD 17 A. Cooney 10 N. Eagleton
7 S. Higgins 8 M. Hahn 6 B. Johnson (c) 16 R. Griffen 27 W. Minson
33 A. McPhee 31 D. Fletcher 37 K. Reimers

14 C. Ward
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



20 J. Hill 28 S. Welsh 2 B. Murphy



22 M. Hurley 16 T. Pears 20 H. Slattery



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Heath Hocking goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:20
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:53
ESSE Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 04:21
WBUL Callan Ward behind 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 07:35
ESSE Brent Prismall goal 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 10:08
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 13:55
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 16:16
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 18:58
ESSE Kyle Reimers goal 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 22:16
WBUL Callan Ward behind 3.1.19 - 2.4.16 23:36
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 3.1.19 - 2.5.17 25:59
WBUL Josh Hill goal 3.1.19 - 3.5.23 26:54
Q2 ESSE Jason Winderlich goal 4.1.25 - 3.5.23 07:43
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 5.1.31 - 3.5.23 09:36
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 6.1.37 - 3.5.23 11:19
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 6.2.38 - 3.5.23 18:22
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 6.2.38 - 4.5.29 21:44
WBUL Scott Welsh behind 6.2.38 - 4.6.30 28:36
Q3 WBUL Scott Welsh goal 6.2.38 - 5.6.36 01:06
WBUL Josh Hill behind 6.2.38 - 5.7.37 02:55
ESSE Paddy Ryder goal 7.2.44 - 5.7.37 09:41
WBUL Will Minson goal 7.2.44 - 6.7.43 11:47
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 7.2.44 - 7.7.49 13:26
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 7.2.44 - 7.8.50 14:52
ESSE Sam Lonergan goal 8.2.50 - 7.8.50 15:14
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 8.2.50 - 8.8.56 17:20
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 8.2.50 - 9.8.62 19:11
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 8.2.50 - 9.9.63 21:39
WBUL Shaun Higgins goal 8.2.50 - 10.9.69 27:03
Q4 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 9.2.56 - 10.9.69 01:09
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 9.2.56 - 11.9.75 02:50
WBUL Ryan Griffen behind 9.2.56 - 11.10.76 04:52
WBUL Rushed behind 9.2.56 - 11.11.77 05:47
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 9.2.56 - 12.11.83 09:25
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 9.2.56 - 13.11.89 12:47
WBUL Scott Welsh behind 9.2.56 - 13.12.90 14:51
ESSE Michael Hurley goal 10.2.62 - 13.12.90 15:53
WBUL Daniel Cross goal 10.2.62 - 14.12.96 16:57
ESSE Andrew Welsh behind 10.3.63 - 14.12.96 19:09
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 10.4.64 - 14.12.96 23:26
WBUL Shaun Higgins goal 10.4.64 - 15.12.102 25:26
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 10.4.64 - 15.13.103 27:17
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 11.4.70 - 15.13.103 29:54