2011 AFL Round 2: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 2011 between Sydney and Essendon during round 2 of the 2011 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at ANZ Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by James Hird.

Sydney
Back: P. Bevan, T. Richards, M. Mattner
Half-back: R. Shaw, H. Grundy, A. Everitt
Centre: J. Bolton, K. Jack, N. Smith
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, A. Goodes, B. McGlynn
Forward: J. White, S. Reid, D. Hannebery
Follower: S. Mumford, J. Kennedy, J. McVeigh
Int.: C. Bird, L. Jetta, G. Rohan
Sub.: B. Meredith

Essendon
Back: C. Hooker, D. Fletcher, K. Hardingham
Half-back: C. Dempsey, D. Myers, M. McVeigh
Centre: J. Melksham, J. Watson (capt.), J. Winderlich
Half-forward: L. Jetta, M. Hurley, B. Stanton
Forward: S. Crameri, P. Ryder, D. Zaharakis
Follower: T. Bellchambers, H. Hocking, D. Heppell
Int.: A. Davey, B. Howlett, S. Lonergan
Sub.: N. Lovett-Murray

Sydney (14.14.98) defeated Essendon (13.15.93).

Goalkickers
Sydney: J. Bolton (3), B. McGlynn (3), P. Bevan (2), J. White (2), A. Goodes, J. Kennedy, R. O'Keefe, G. Rohan
Essendon: S. Crameri (2), M. Hurley (2), P. Ryder (2), J. Winderlich (2), A. Davey, H. Hocking, L. Jetta, M. McVeigh, J. Watson

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 5th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Essendon were then 6th on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 3 April 2011
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 28,082

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 14.14.98 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 1 . 5 6 . 8 10 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Essendon 4 . 4 8 . 7 12 . 9 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 10 SYDN by 5 SYDN by 5
Duration 31:33 33:33 30:29 31:30 2:07:05

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), James Hird (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Jobe Watson (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ben McGlynn SYDN 21 3
Jude Bolton SYDN 24 2
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jude Bolton SYDN 24 9 1 1 0 0 0
Ryan O'Keefe SYDN 5 8 1 0 1 0 0
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 6 0 1 0 1 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 5 0 0 1 1 0
Paddy Ryder ESSE 30 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
42 Bevan, Paul BPL 98% 2 0 8 5 3 2 0 4 0 4 3 3 0 2
14 Bird, Craig INT↓ 65% 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 4 5 2 3 2 0 1
24 Bolton, Jude WL 89% 3 1 25 15 10 3 0 9 11 0 6 0 1 8
13 Everitt, Andrejs HBFR 80% 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
37 Goodes, Adam CHF 96% 1 2 24 17 7 9 2 4 1 3 2 0 0 7
39 Grundy, Heath CHB 96% 0 0 22 15 7 6 0 2 0 4 0 2 5 2
4 Hannebery, Dan FPR 79% 0 0 21 10 11 5 0 6 0 1 2 0 0 2
15 Jack, Kieren C 87% 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 9 5 3 3 1 2 4
32 Jetta, Lewis INT 86% 0 1 15 11 4 5 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 7
12 Kennedy, Josh RR 82% 1 0 14 9 5 2 0 5 2 4 0 3 0 1
29 Mattner, Martin BPR 89% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 3 2 2 1 1 3 0
21 McGlynn, Ben HFFR 92% 3 2 15 9 6 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3
3 McVeigh, Jarrad RO 87% 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 4
7 Meredith, Brett SUB↑ 17% 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
41 Mumford, Shane RU 81% 0 0 14 4 10 4 27 1 3 1 2 0 0 1
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 79% 1 1 27 12 15 1 0 8 8 4 3 3 1 4
20 Reid, Sam FF 89% 0 0 12 7 5 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
25 Richards, Ted FB 94% 0 1 15 9 6 4 0 3 0 1 3 1 3 2
16 Rohan, Gary INT 64% 1 0 9 5 4 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 2
2 Shaw, Rhyce HBFL 89% 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 6 1
40 Smith, Nick WR 89% 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 4 3 2 2 0 5 4
18 White, Jesse FPL 73% 2 1 6 4 2 2 6 4 1 3 3 1 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 14 14 328 204 124 86 35 86 47 48 35 20 33 59

B. Meredith replaced C. Bird.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
44 Bellchambers, Tom RU 84% 0 0 7 2 5 2 31 0 0 2 0 2 0 1
45 Crameri, Stewart FPL↓ 62% 2 0 12 5 7 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2
29 Davey, Alwyn INT 79% 1 1 12 4 8 3 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1
15 Dempsey, Courtenay HBFL 91% 0 0 11 8 3 7 0 6 0 1 0 1 4 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 93% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 0
34 Hardingham, Kyle BPR 94% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 1 4 0 3 6 0
21 Heppell, Dyson RO 89% 0 0 21 12 9 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 2
39 Hocking, Heath RR 77% 1 1 15 10 5 2 0 4 6 2 1 1 0 4
26 Hooker, Cale BPL 97% 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1
40 Howlett, Ben INT 76% 0 1 14 7 7 1 0 3 3 5 2 4 2 3
18 Hurley, Michael CHF 96% 2 4 16 12 4 3 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 2
7 Jetta, Leroy HFFL 83% 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 4 1 2 2 1 2 4
14 Lonergan, Sam INT 77% 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 3 3 1 2 2 1
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan SUB↑ 21% 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFR 82% 1 0 16 10 6 5 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 4
17 Melksham, Jake WL 78% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 3 3 2 1 2 1 4
23 Myers, David CHB 93% 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 3 1 4 1 2 3 2
30 Ryder, Paddy FF 94% 2 2 16 12 4 7 9 3 2 4 1 2 2 2
5 Stanton, Brent HFFR 79% 0 1 19 15 4 3 0 6 4 3 3 1 1 6
4 Watson, Jobe (c) C 86% 1 2 24 11 13 4 0 5 3 4 3 2 1 1
8 Winderlich, Jason WR 84% 2 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 1 4 2 2 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David FPR 85% 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 2 3 0 2 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 13 15 310 184 126 71 44 61 34 54 20 35 38 48

N. Lovett-Murray replaced S. Crameri.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Adam Goodes behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:55
SYDN Jesse White behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 02:28
SYDN Rushed behind 0.3.3 - 0.0.0 04:10
SYDN Jesse White goal 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 06:07
ESSE Paddy Ryder goal 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 11:01
ESSE Michael Hurley behind 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 13:57
ESSE Jason Winderlich goal 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 15:35
ESSE Michael Hurley goal 1.3.9 - 3.1.19 19:07
ESSE Leroy Jetta goal 1.3.9 - 4.1.25 21:00
ESSE Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 4.2.26 22:29
SYDN Lewis Jetta behind 1.4.10 - 4.2.26 24:45
ESSE Heath Hocking behind 1.4.10 - 4.3.27 26:04
SYDN Rushed behind 1.5.11 - 4.3.27 29:07
ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 1.5.11 - 4.4.28 31:23
Q2 SYDN Adam Goodes behind 1.6.12 - 4.4.28 00:14
SYDN Jesse White goal 2.6.18 - 4.4.28 00:48
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 2.6.18 - 5.4.34 02:11
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 3.6.24 - 5.4.34 04:36
SYDN Rushed behind 3.7.25 - 5.4.34 08:42
ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 3.7.25 - 6.4.40 09:10
ESSE Paddy Ryder goal 3.7.25 - 7.4.46 13:08
ESSE Michael Hurley behind 3.7.25 - 7.5.47 18:34
ESSE Heath Hocking goal 3.7.25 - 8.5.53 20:28
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 4.7.31 - 8.5.53 22:14
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 4.7.31 - 8.6.54 24:13
SYDN Ben McGlynn goal 5.7.37 - 8.6.54 25:49
ESSE Alwyn Davey behind 5.7.37 - 8.7.55 28:00
SYDN Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 8.7.55 28:50
SYDN Paul Bevan goal 6.8.44 - 8.7.55 31:12
Q3 SYDN Jude Bolton behind 6.9.45 - 8.7.55 00:50
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 7.9.51 - 8.7.55 02:17
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 8.9.57 - 8.7.55 04:33
ESSE Michael Hurley behind 8.9.57 - 8.8.56 08:04
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 8.9.57 - 9.8.62 08:52
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 8.9.57 - 9.9.63 12:15
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 8.9.57 - 10.9.69 12:53
ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 8.9.57 - 11.9.75 14:10
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 8.10.58 - 11.9.75 22:30
ESSE Jason Winderlich goal 8.10.58 - 12.9.81 24:08
SYDN Gary Rohan goal 9.10.64 - 12.9.81 26:06
SYDN Paul Bevan goal 10.10.70 - 12.9.81 27:48
SYDN Ted Richards behind 10.11.71 - 12.9.81 29:35
Q4 SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 11.11.77 - 12.9.81 03:37
SYDN Ben McGlynn goal 12.11.83 - 12.9.81 05:54
ESSE Michael Hurley goal 12.11.83 - 13.9.87 07:08
ESSE Ben Howlett behind 12.11.83 - 13.10.88 08:38
ESSE Rushed behind 12.11.83 - 13.11.89 11:13
SYDN Ben McGlynn goal 13.11.89 - 13.11.89 13:18
ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 13.11.89 - 13.12.90 15:35
ESSE Michael Hurley behind 13.11.89 - 13.13.91 17:39
SYDN Ben McGlynn behind 13.12.90 - 13.13.91 18:23
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 13.12.90 - 13.14.92 20:10
SYDN Rushed behind 13.13.91 - 13.14.92 21:00
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 14.13.97 - 13.14.92 25:32
ESSE Rushed behind 14.13.97 - 13.15.93 26:38
SYDN Ben McGlynn behind 14.14.98 - 13.15.93 29:53