2011 AFL Round 20: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 2011 between Essendon and Sydney during round 20 of the 2011 AFL season. Essendon hosted Sydney at Etihad Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the hosts. Adam Goodes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

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

Sydney
Back: R. Shaw, T. Richards, A. Johnson
Half-back: M. Mattner, H. Grundy, N. Smith
Centre: J. Kennedy, A. Goodes (capt.), C. Bird
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, S. Reid, L. Jetta
Forward: D. Hannebery, L. Roberts-Thomson, B. McGlynn
Follower: S. Mumford, J. Bolton, K. Jack
Int.: T. Dennis-Lane, T. Kennelly, L. Parker
Sub.: N. Malceski

Essendon (15.10.100) defeated Sydney (14.15.99).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Reimers (4), D. Hille (3), L. Jetta (2), D. Zaharakis (2), A. Davey, M. Hurley, J. Melksham, B. Stanton
Sydney: A. Goodes (3), S. Reid (3), L. Jetta (2), C. Bird, T. Dennis-Lane, J. Kennedy, B. McGlynn, S. Mumford, R. O'Keefe

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Sydney were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Saturday 6 August 2011
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 38,722

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 15.10.100 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 8 . 5 13 . 7 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Sydney 3 . 3 9 . 4 12 . 6 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin SYDN by 13 SYDN by 5 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 1
Duration 28:19 35:01 32:53 28:10 2:04:23

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 3
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 2
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 10 2 0 0 0 0
Paddy Ryder ESSE 30 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 7 0 1 1 0 0
Dan Hannebery SYDN 4 3 0 0 0 1 1
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brent Stanton ESSE 5 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
22 Carlisle, Jake CHB 97% 0 0 20 10 10 9 0 5 0 3 0 3 2 2
45 Crameri, Stewart CHF 81% 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 3
29 Davey, Alwyn FPL 89% 1 1 12 5 7 2 0 6 1 2 0 1 0 2
2 Dyson, Ricky INT 83% 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 2 1 3 0 1 5 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin BPR 98% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 0
34 Hardingham, Kyle HBFL 90% 0 0 21 12 9 5 0 1 1 5 1 0 3 4
21 Heppell, Dyson HBFR 81% 0 1 25 14 11 7 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1
19 Hille, David RU 88% 3 1 19 8 11 8 12 1 1 2 1 2 0 4
39 Hocking, Heath RO 85% 0 1 23 10 13 4 0 9 4 1 1 1 3 2
40 Howlett, Ben WR 80% 0 0 24 12 12 2 1 4 6 5 1 2 0 2
18 Hurley, Michael FB 88% 1 2 18 12 6 7 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 6
7 Jetta, Leroy HFFR 84% 2 0 15 7 8 1 0 3 1 2 3 1 1 1
10 McVeigh, Mark WL 94% 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 5 0 3 1 1 1 1
17 Melksham, Jake INT↓ 66% 1 0 15 11 4 4 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 4
6 Monfries, Angus FPR 71% 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 4 0 4 2 1 1 5
23 Myers, David BPL 88% 0 0 24 10 14 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 0
37 Reimers, Kyle HFFL 92% 4 1 9 9 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 2
38 Ross, Michael SUB↑ 14% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
30 Ryder, Paddy FF 87% 0 1 20 13 7 8 31 2 3 3 2 1 2 7
5 Stanton, Brent RR 82% 1 0 27 16 11 5 0 6 3 3 0 1 4 2
4 Watson, Jobe (c) C 82% 0 0 31 11 20 2 0 8 12 4 1 1 3 5
11 Zaharakis, David INT 81% 2 0 18 10 8 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 15 10 414 228 186 100 45 67 40 55 21 21 42 57

M. Ross replaced J. Melksham.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Bird, Craig WR 80% 1 0 17 9 8 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 2
24 Bolton, Jude RR 85% 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 7 3 1 3 0 3
8 Dennis-Lane, Trent INT↓ 57% 1 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
37 Goodes, Adam (c) C 94% 3 4 29 25 4 6 2 5 7 4 3 3 2 9
39 Grundy, Heath CHB 100% 0 0 20 18 2 5 0 1 0 4 2 1 10 0
4 Hannebery, Dan FPL 82% 0 1 24 13 11 7 0 4 4 3 0 0 0 6
15 Jack, Kieren RO 81% 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 6 5 2 0 2 1 5
32 Jetta, Lewis HFFR 81% 2 3 10 5 5 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 3
34 Johnson, Alex BPR 74% 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 1
12 Kennedy, Josh WL 85% 1 2 23 15 8 4 0 5 4 2 0 1 1 7
17 Kennelly, Tadhg INT 72% 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2
9 Malceski, Nick SUB↑ 26% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Mattner, Martin HBFL 87% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 1 6 2 5 6 2
21 McGlynn, Ben FPR 92% 1 1 11 8 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4
41 Mumford, Shane RU 81% 1 0 12 6 6 4 28 4 5 2 4 1 0 3
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 83% 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 8 4 3 0 0 1 2
26 Parker, Luke INT 80% 0 3 14 6 8 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
20 Reid, Sam CHF 97% 3 0 15 7 8 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 3
25 Richards, Ted FB 96% 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 1
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis FF 76% 0 0 3 3 0 2 8 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
2 Shaw, Rhyce BPL 95% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 3
40 Smith, Nick HBFR 96% 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 15 311 199 112 69 38 69 42 41 21 21 40 60

N. Malceski replaced T. Dennis-Lane during the third quarter.

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 Sam Reid goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:47
SYDN Craig Bird goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 10:15
SYDN Lewis Jetta goal 0.0.0 - 3.0.18 14:04
ESSE Kyle Reimers goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 18:01
SYDN Lewis Jetta behind 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 19:03
ESSE David Hille behind 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 20:50
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 21:23
ESSE Kyle Reimers behind 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 25:14
SYDN Luke Parker behind 1.2.8 - 3.3.21 27:44
Q2 ESSE Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 3.3.21 02:00
ESSE David Hille goal 2.3.15 - 3.3.21 03:42
SYDN Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 3.4.22 06:29
ESSE Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 3.4.22 08:13
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 2.4.16 - 4.4.28 09:37
ESSE Leroy Jetta goal 3.4.22 - 4.4.28 10:56
ESSE Kyle Reimers goal 4.4.28 - 4.4.28 12:04
ESSE Alwyn Davey behind 4.5.29 - 4.4.28 13:14
ESSE David Hille goal 5.5.35 - 4.4.28 14:49
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 5.5.35 - 5.4.34 16:40
ESSE Kyle Reimers goal 6.5.41 - 5.4.34 19:15
SYDN Trent Dennis-Lane goal 6.5.41 - 6.4.40 23:18
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 6.5.41 - 7.4.46 24:39
SYDN Sam Reid goal 6.5.41 - 8.4.52 26:31
SYDN Sam Reid goal 6.5.41 - 9.4.58 28:04
ESSE Jake Melksham goal 7.5.47 - 9.4.58 31:02
ESSE Michael Hurley goal 8.5.53 - 9.4.58 34:13
Q3 SYDN Luke Parker behind 8.5.53 - 9.5.59 00:39
SYDN Lewis Jetta behind 8.5.53 - 9.6.60 02:27
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 9.5.59 - 9.6.60 04:30
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 10.5.65 - 9.6.60 07:58
SYDN Shane Mumford goal 10.5.65 - 10.6.66 09:18
SYDN Ben McGlynn goal 10.5.65 - 11.6.72 12:25
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 11.5.71 - 11.6.72 15:27
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 11.6.72 - 11.6.72 21:10
ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 11.7.73 - 11.6.72 21:48
ESSE Leroy Jetta goal 12.7.79 - 11.6.72 22:51
ESSE Kyle Reimers goal 13.7.85 - 11.6.72 25:09
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 13.7.85 - 12.6.78 31:40
Q4 SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 13.7.85 - 12.7.79 02:19
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 13.7.85 - 12.8.80 05:10
ESSE Michael Hurley behind 13.8.86 - 12.8.80 05:49
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 13.8.86 - 12.9.81 07:32
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 13.8.86 - 13.9.87 09:18
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 13.8.86 - 13.10.88 10:18
SYDN Ben McGlynn behind 13.8.86 - 13.11.89 11:07
SYDN Luke Parker behind 13.8.86 - 13.12.90 12:25
SYDN Lewis Jetta goal 13.8.86 - 14.12.96 16:53
SYDN Lewis Jetta behind 13.8.86 - 14.13.97 19:05
SYDN Dan Hannebery behind 13.8.86 - 14.14.98 19:59
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 14.8.92 - 14.14.98 21:23
ESSE David Hille goal 15.8.98 - 14.14.98 23:47
ESSE Heath Hocking behind 15.9.99 - 14.14.98 25:34
ESSE Michael Hurley behind 15.10.100 - 14.14.98 26:36
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 15.10.100 - 14.15.99 28:02