2011 AFL Elimination Final 1: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 September 2011 between Carlton and Essendon in the first elimination final of the 2011 AFL season. Carlton hosted Essendon at MCG. Chris Judd captained the hosts. Jobe Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brett Ratten and the visitors were coached by James Hird.

Carlton
Back: M. Jamison, L. Henderson, J. Laidler
Half-back: A. Joseph, N. Duigan, C. Yarran
Centre: A. Carrazzo, C. Judd (capt.), M. Robinson
Half-forward: J. Garlett, B. Thornton, K. Simpson
Forward: E. Betts, S. O'hAilpin, A. Walker
Follower: R. Warnock, H. Scotland, M. Murphy
Int.: D. Armfield, D. Ellard, B. Gibbs
Sub.: M. Davies

Essendon
Back: K. Hardingham, D. Fletcher, D. Myers
Half-back: M. McVeigh, T. Pears, J. Carlisle
Centre: B. Howlett, J. Watson (capt.), D. Heppell
Half-forward: A. Monfries, P. Ryder, L. Jetta
Forward: A. Davey, M. Hurley, D. Zaharakis
Follower: D. Hille, B. Stanton, H. Hocking
Int.: N. Lovett-Murray, J. Melksham, K. Reimers
Sub.: T. Colyer

Carlton (21.23.149) defeated Essendon (13.9.87).

Goalkickers
Carlton: E. Betts (4), J. Garlett (3), B. Gibbs (3), A. Walker (3), B. Thornton (2), A. Carrazzo, C. Judd, M. Murphy, S. O'hAilpin, M. Robinson, K. Simpson
Essendon: A. Monfries (3), D. Hille (2), K. Reimers (2), B. Stanton (2), J. Carlisle, T. Colyer, H. Hocking, L. Jetta

As a result of this match, Carlton faced West Coast in the first semi final and Essendon were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 1
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Sunday 11 September 2011
Time: 2:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 90,370

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 21.23.149 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Carlton	4	.	5	10	.	12	17	.	17	21	.	23	21	.	23	(149)
Essendon	3	.	4	4	.	7	8	.	9	13	.	9	13	.	9	(87)
Margin	CARL by 7			CARL by 41			CARL by 62			CARL by 62			CARL by 62
Duration	31:36			30:46			34:40			32:18			2:09:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brett Ratten (Carlton), James Hird (Essendon)
Captains: Chris Judd (Carlton), Jobe Watson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Meredith (#21), B. Rosebury (#8), M. Stevic (#9), E: S. Stewart (#10)
Goal Umpire: L. Walker, A. Wojcik, E: P. Nastasi
Boundary Umpire: R. Haala, C. Roberts, L. Roberts, M. Saunders

Player Statistics

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Armfield, Dennis	INT	87%	0	0	15	11	4	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	3
19	Betts, Eddie	FPL	88%	4	2	14	12	2	5	0	5	1	1	1	1	1	3
44	Carrazzo, Andrew	WL	80%	1	0	26	11	15	1	0	9	7	2	1	0	2	4
31	Davies, Marcus	SUB↑	21%	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
34	Duigan, Nick	CHB	87%	0	0	12	8	4	7	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	0
46	Ellard, David	INT	71%	0	1	13	7	6	1	0	3	4	1	0	1	0	3
38	Garlett, Jeff	HFFL	88%	3	2	16	14	2	3	0	4	1	2	2	0	0	7
4	Gibbs, Bryce	INT	68%	3	0	17	12	5	4	0	3	4	3	1	2	0	4
23	Henderson, Lachie	FB	94%	0	0	14	7	7	7	0	3	0	4	1	1	6	0
40	Jamison, Michael	BPL↓	66%	0	0	11	3	8	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0
45	Joseph, Aaron	HBFL	90%	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	0
5	Judd, Chris (c)	C	86%	1	1	19	10	9	3	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	3
15	Laidler, Jeremy	BPR	92%	0	0	15	11	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	2	9	0
3	Murphy, Marc	RO	87%	1	1	37	19	18	2	0	3	6	2	4	1	1	8
17	O'hAilpin, Setanta	FF	82%	1	3	13	7	6	3	7	2	0	4	0	3	0	2
12	Robinson, Mitch	WR	95%	1	3	17	11	6	2	0	1	2	6	1	3	0	4
29	Scotland, Heath	RR	85%	0	1	27	12	15	11	0	7	1	0	1	0	3	2
6	Simpson, Kade	HFFR	86%	1	2	23	18	5	9	0	2	3	3	0	2	1	7
32	Thornton, Bret	CHF	93%	2	2	18	12	6	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
1	Walker, Andrew	FPR	85%	3	2	20	11	9	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5
11	Warnock, Robert	RU	80%	0	0	12	5	7	2	38	4	2	0	3	0	0	3
13	Yarran, Chris	HBFR	89%	0	2	22	17	5	0	0	4	0	4	0	2	8	1
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				21	23	371	224	147	86	45	67	38	42	18	20	39	62

M. Davies replaced M. Jamison.

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
22	Carlisle, Jake	HBFR	96%	1	0	10	7	3	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
32	Colyer, Travis	SUB↑	60%	1	2	10	6	4	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	2
29	Davey, Alwyn	FPL	80%	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	6	0	2	0	1	0	1
31	Fletcher, Dustin	FB	75%	0	0	13	11	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	0
34	Hardingham, Kyle	BPL	98%	0	0	10	6	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1
21	Heppell, Dyson	WR	91%	0	0	18	10	8	2	0	3	2	3	2	1	4	1
19	Hille, David	RU	79%	2	1	13	7	6	4	4	1	2	2	3	1	0	2
39	Hocking, Heath	RO	89%	1	0	20	12	8	5	1	5	5	2	0	1	2	8
40	Howlett, Ben	WL	74%	0	0	17	9	8	2	0	11	3	2	3	0	1	2
18	Hurley, Michael	FF	89%	0	3	12	7	5	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	5
7	Jetta, Leroy	HFFR	90%	1	0	6	2	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
42	Lovett-Murray, Nathan	INT	80%	0	0	20	8	12	0	1	8	5	2	0	2	2	4
10	McVeigh, Mark	HBFL	96%	0	0	7	4	3	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	1
17	Melksham, Jake	INT	79%	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	3	3	3	2	1	1	5
6	Monfries, Angus	HFFL	86%	3	0	21	9	12	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	Myers, David	BPR	96%	0	0	19	14	5	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	5	3
16	Pears, Tayte	CHB↓	22%	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
37	Reimers, Kyle	INT	77%	2	1	8	7	1	1	0	3	0	4	1	3	0	2
30	Ryder, Paddy	CHF	93%	0	1	14	6	8	1	25	4	4	3	5	3	0	4
5	Stanton, Brent	RR	83%	2	0	25	19	6	4	0	4	3	2	2	0	6	5
4	Watson, Jobe (c)	C	85%	0	1	21	12	9	2	0	3	6	2	0	0	0	3
11	Zaharakis, David	FPR	81%	0	0	20	13	7	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	5
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				13	9	313	185	128	65	31	65	37	45	20	18	30	57

T. Colyer replaced T. Pears.

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: Brett Ratten
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	34	K. Hardingham	31	D. Fletcher	23	D. Myers	11	R. Warnock	27	D. Armfield
	1	A. Walker	17	S. O'hAilpin	19	E. Betts	29	H. Scotland	46	D. Ellard
FORWARD							3	M. Murphy	4	B. Gibbs
HALF-BACK									31	M. Davies
	10	M. McVeigh	16	T. Pears	22	J. Carlisle
	6	K. Simpson	32	B. Thornton	38	J. Garlett
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	40	B. Howlett	4	J. Watson (c)	21	D. Heppell
	12	M. Robinson	5	C. Judd (c)	44	A. Carrazzo	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							19	D. Hille	42	N. Lovett-Murray
HALF-FORWARD							5	B. Stanton	17	J. Melksham
	6	A. Monfries	30	P. Ryder	7	L. Jetta	39	H. Hocking	37	K. Reimers
	13	C. Yarran	34	N. Duigan	45	A. Joseph			32	T. Colyer
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	29	A. Davey	18	M. Hurley	11	D. Zaharakis
	15	J. Laidler	23	L. Henderson	40	M. Jamison
BACK
Essendon							Coach: James Hird

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	CARL	Eddie Betts behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:12
	CARL	Setanta O'hAilpin behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	02:14
	CARL	Chris Judd behind	0.3.3	-	0.0.0	03:03
	CARL	Chris Yarran behind	0.4.4	-	0.0.0	03:26
	CARL	Mitch Robinson behind	0.5.5	-	0.0.0	05:32
	ESSE	Jake Carlisle goal	0.5.5	-	1.0.6	07:08
	ESSE	Kyle Reimers goal	0.5.5	-	2.0.12	09:43
	ESSE	Angus Monfries goal	0.5.5	-	3.0.18	12:20
	ESSE	Kyle Reimers behind	0.5.5	-	3.1.19	15:00
	ESSE	Jobe Watson behind	0.5.5	-	3.2.20	16:25
	CARL	Setanta O'hAilpin goal	1.5.11	-	3.2.20	19:48
	ESSE	Michael Hurley behind	1.5.11	-	3.3.21	20:51
	ESSE	Michael Hurley behind	1.5.11	-	3.4.22	23:07
	CARL	Andrew Walker goal	2.5.17	-	3.4.22	24:06
	CARL	Jeff Garlett goal	3.5.23	-	3.4.22	26:59
	CARL	Jeff Garlett goal	4.5.29	-	3.4.22	28:56
Q2	CARL	Andrew Walker behind	4.6.30	-	3.4.22	01:46
	CARL	Setanta O'hAilpin behind	4.7.31	-	3.4.22	02:20
	CARL	Mitch Robinson behind	4.8.32	-	3.4.22	03:34
	ESSE	Travis Colyer behind	4.8.32	-	3.5.23	05:09
	CARL	Mitch Robinson goal	5.8.38	-	3.5.23	05:46
	CARL	Marc Murphy behind	5.9.39	-	3.5.23	07:38
	CARL	Andrew Walker behind	5.10.40	-	3.5.23	08:29
	CARL	Kade Simpson behind	5.11.41	-	3.5.23	09:00
	CARL	Bret Thornton goal	6.11.47	-	3.5.23	10:48
	CARL	Jeff Garlett goal	7.11.53	-	3.5.23	12:04
	CARL	Bryce Gibbs goal	8.11.59	-	3.5.23	16:48
	ESSE	Paddy Ryder behind	8.11.59	-	3.6.24	21:53
	CARL	Eddie Betts goal	9.11.65	-	3.6.24	22:37
	CARL	David Ellard behind	9.12.66	-	3.6.24	24:11
	ESSE	Travis Colyer behind	9.12.66	-	3.7.25	25:27
	CARL	Marc Murphy goal	10.12.72	-	3.7.25	26:57
	ESSE	Angus Monfries goal	10.12.72	-	4.7.31	28:36
Q3	CARL	Bret Thornton goal	11.12.78	-	4.7.31	02:58
	ESSE	Brent Stanton goal	11.12.78	-	5.7.37	04:03
	CARL	Setanta O'hAilpin behind	11.13.79	-	5.7.37	05:12
	CARL	Kade Simpson goal	12.13.85	-	5.7.37	08:53
	CARL	Rushed behind	12.14.86	-	5.7.37	10:31
	CARL	Eddie Betts goal	13.14.92	-	5.7.37	11:50
	ESSE	Brent Stanton goal	13.14.92	-	6.7.43	13:20
	CARL	Mitch Robinson behind	13.15.93	-	6.7.43	15:12
	CARL	Chris Judd goal	14.15.99	-	6.7.43	15:35
	CARL	Jeff Garlett behind	14.16.100	-	6.7.43	16:34
	CARL	Bryce Gibbs goal	15.16.106	-	6.7.43	16:59
	ESSE	David Hille behind	15.16.106	-	6.8.44	17:56
	ESSE	Travis Colyer goal	15.16.106	-	7.8.50	19:35
	CARL	Heath Scotland behind	15.17.107	-	7.8.50	23:50
	ESSE	David Hille goal	15.17.107	-	8.8.56	25:47
	ESSE	Michael Hurley behind	15.17.107	-	8.9.57	26:54
	CARL	Eddie Betts goal	16.17.113	-	8.9.57	29:46
	CARL	Bryce Gibbs goal	17.17.119	-	8.9.57	31:35
Q4	CARL	Bret Thornton behind	17.18.120	-	8.9.57	02:06
	CARL	Eddie Betts behind	17.19.121	-	8.9.57	03:50
	CARL	Andrew Walker goal	18.19.127	-	8.9.57	05:05
	CARL	Bret Thornton behind	18.20.128	-	8.9.57	09:27
	ESSE	David Hille goal	18.20.128	-	9.9.63	12:46
	CARL	Eddie Betts goal	19.20.134	-	9.9.63	13:58
	CARL	Andrew Walker goal	20.20.140	-	9.9.63	15:48
	CARL	Chris Yarran behind	20.21.141	-	9.9.63	18:55
	CARL	Jeff Garlett behind	20.22.142	-	9.9.63	20:31
	ESSE	Heath Hocking goal	20.22.142	-	10.9.69	21:13
	ESSE	Angus Monfries goal	20.22.142	-	11.9.75	22:33
	ESSE	Leroy Jetta goal	20.22.142	-	12.9.81	26:35
	CARL	Andrew Carrazzo goal	21.22.148	-	12.9.81	28:31
	ESSE	Kyle Reimers goal	21.22.148	-	13.9.87	29:59
	CARL	Kade Simpson behind	21.23.149	-	13.9.87	31:45

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