2011 AFL Round 23: Essendon v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 2011 between Essendon and Port Adelaide during round 23 of the 2011 AFL season. Essendon hosted Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the hosts. Dom Cassisi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Matthew Primus.

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

Port Adelaide
Back: T. Logan, A. Carlile, J. Surjan
Half-back: C. O'Shea, J. Trengove, T. Chaplin
Centre: D. Pearce, T. Boak, M. Thomas
Half-forward: D. Motlop, J. Schulz, S. Salopek
Forward: B. Ebert, J. Butcher, D. Rodan
Follower: M. Lobbe, D. Cassisi (capt.), R. Gray
Int.: M. Banner, T. Jonas, J. Westhoff
Sub.: M. Broadbent

Essendon (17.18.120) defeated Port Adelaide (17.11.113).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Hurley (4), J. Carlisle (2), A. Davey (2), L. Jetta (2), T. Colyer, D. Heppell, D. Hille, A. Monfries, K. Reimers, P. Ryder, D. Zaharakis
Port Adelaide: R. Gray (6), J. Butcher (4), J. Schulz (3), M. Banner, D. Cassisi, C. O'Shea, S. Salopek

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 8th on the ladder and Port Adelaide remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Essendon v Port Adelaide
Date: Sunday 28 August 2011
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 34,849

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Port Adelaide
Score: 17.18.120 - 17.11.113

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	5	.	1	9	.	5	10	.	12	17	.	18	17	.	18	(120)
Port Adelaide	4	.	5	10	.	7	13	.	10	17	.	11	17	.	11	(113)
Margin	ESSE by 2			PADL by 8			PADL by 16			ESSE by 7			ESSE by 7
Duration	32:57			31:58			30:20			33:19			2:08:34

Honour Roll

Coaches: James Hird (Essendon), Matthew Primus (Port Adelaide)
Captains: Jobe Watson (Essendon), Dom Cassisi (Port Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hay (#20), M. Jennings (#24), S. McInerney (#30), E: S. Gleeson (#36)
Goal Umpire: P. Nastasi, A. Wojcik, E: D. Wilson
Boundary Umpire: J. Bennison, D. Kowalski, M. Le Fevre, M. Marantelli

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Robbie Gray	PADL	17	3
Michael Hurley	ESSE	18	2
John Butcher	PADL	32	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Robbie Gray	PADL	17	10	2	0	0	0	0
David Rodan	PADL	15	5	0	0	1	1	0
Michael Hurley	ESSE	18	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jobe Watson	ESSE	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
Angus Monfries	ESSE	6	3	0	0	1	0	0
David Hille	ESSE	19	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jake Melksham	ESSE	17	1	0	0	0	0	1
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	FB	89%	2	0	12	6	6	3	1	4	0	2	0	1	1	0
32	Colyer, Travis	SUB↑	39%	1	1	12	10	2	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5
29	Davey, Alwyn	FPR	88%	2	2	14	9	5	5	0	6	1	2	2	1	0	3
34	Hardingham, Kyle	BPR	97%	0	0	22	12	10	6	0	1	2	2	1	0	5	2
21	Heppell, Dyson	BPL	88%	1	0	26	16	10	6	0	3	3	4	1	1	3	3
19	Hille, David	RU	85%	1	0	20	10	10	6	18	2	3	3	3	2	0	7
26	Hooker, Cale	HBFL↓	54%	0	0	8	1	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Howlett, Ben	RO	77%	0	0	17	9	8	3	1	10	2	2	1	1	2	3
18	Hurley, Michael	CHF	89%	4	2	11	9	2	7	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0
7	Jetta, Leroy	WR	84%	2	1	14	8	6	4	0	3	2	1	2	1	0	3
42	Lovett-Murray, Nathan	INT	79%	0	0	15	4	11	2	1	6	2	1	0	0	0	0
10	McVeigh, Mark	HBFR	91%	0	1	16	13	3	5	0	0	2	3	1	0	2	1
17	Melksham, Jake	RR	76%	0	1	25	9	16	3	0	4	6	2	1	0	1	2
6	Monfries, Angus	INT	83%	1	1	27	12	15	8	2	4	2	5	4	3	1	3
23	Myers, David	HFFL	92%	0	0	13	6	7	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	3	0
16	Pears, Tayte	CHB	95%	0	0	12	5	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0
37	Reimers, Kyle	FPL	79%	1	2	9	7	2	4	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	2
30	Ryder, Paddy	FF	83%	1	2	11	9	2	6	27	1	2	1	2	1	0	4
5	Stanton, Brent	WL	83%	0	1	22	13	9	1	0	9	5	0	1	0	3	3
4	Watson, Jobe (c)	C	81%	0	0	26	13	13	4	1	9	10	2	2	1	1	7
12	Welsh, Andrew	INT	87%	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	7	2	3	0	2	0	1
11	Zaharakis, David	HFFR	81%	1	2	26	15	11	8	0	8	1	1	2	0	2	5
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				17	18	365	200	165	94	51	84	45	45	25	20	27	54

T. Colyer replaced C. Hooker during the third quarter.

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
11	Banner, Mitch	INT	83%	1	2	12	9	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
10	Boak, Travis	C	86%	0	0	23	9	14	5	0	5	7	1	2	1	2	5
5	Broadbent, Matthew	SUB↑	35%	0	0	7	5	2	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
32	Butcher, John	FF	90%	4	0	12	6	6	5	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	1
27	Carlile, Alipate	FB	88%	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
1	Cassisi, Dom (c)	RR	76%	1	0	14	4	10	2	0	7	1	3	0	3	2	0
30	Chaplin, Troy	HBFR	100%	0	0	15	7	8	5	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	2
33	Ebert, Brett	FPL	86%	0	1	9	8	1	3	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	3
17	Gray, Robbie	RO	86%	6	1	20	13	7	5	0	7	5	2	1	1	0	4
42	Jonas, Tom	INT	76%	0	0	11	5	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2
23	Lobbe, Matthew	RU	72%	0	0	12	6	6	4	18	4	3	3	2	2	1	1
44	Logan, Tom	BPL	87%	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0
4	Motlop, Daniel	HFFL	94%	0	1	16	11	5	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	3
13	O'Shea, Cam	HBFL↓	57%	1	0	6	6	0	3	0	2	1	2	0	1	2	2
6	Pearce, Danyle	WL	88%	0	0	19	16	3	1	0	4	1	2	2	1	7	6
15	Rodan, David	FPR	87%	0	0	27	16	11	5	0	3	3	3	0	3	2	6
3	Salopek, Steven	HFFR	89%	1	0	20	11	9	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3
28	Schulz, Jay	CHF	93%	3	3	15	10	5	8	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	3
9	Surjan, Jacob	BPR	86%	0	0	9	3	6	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	0
21	Thomas, Matt	WR	74%	0	0	12	2	10	2	0	12	2	5	0	3	0	0
12	Trengove, Jackson	CHB	88%	0	0	12	3	9	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0
39	Westhoff, Justin	INT	81%	0	1	13	9	4	1	7	5	3	2	5	1	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				17	11	302	171	131	69	29	73	36	40	20	24	30	47

M. Broadbent replaced C. O'Shea 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

Player Line-Up

Essendon							Coach: James Hird
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	44	T. Logan	27	A. Carlile	9	J. Surjan	19	D. Hille	42	N. Lovett-Murray
	29	A. Davey	30	P. Ryder	37	K. Reimers	17	J. Melksham	6	A. Monfries
FORWARD							40	B. Howlett	12	A. Welsh
HALF-BACK									32	T. Colyer
	13	C. O'Shea	12	J. Trengove	30	T. Chaplin
	11	D. Zaharakis	18	M. Hurley	23	D. Myers
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	6	D. Pearce	10	T. Boak	21	M. Thomas
	7	L. Jetta	4	J. Watson (c)	5	B. Stanton	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							23	M. Lobbe	11	M. Banner
HALF-FORWARD							1	D. Cassisi (c)	42	T. Jonas
	4	D. Motlop	28	J. Schulz	3	S. Salopek	17	R. Gray	39	J. Westhoff
	10	M. McVeigh	16	T. Pears	26	C. Hooker			5	M. Broadbent
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	33	B. Ebert	32	J. Butcher	15	D. Rodan
	34	K. Hardingham	22	J. Carlisle	21	D. Heppell
BACK
Port Adelaide							Coach: Matthew Primus

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PADL	Jay Schulz goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:44
	PADL	Jay Schulz behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	02:20
	PADL	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	02:50
	ESSE	David Hille goal	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	05:08
	PADL	Dom Cassisi goal	1.0.6	-	2.2.14	08:21
	PADL	Daniel Motlop behind	1.0.6	-	2.3.15	11:44
	ESSE	Dyson Heppell goal	2.0.12	-	2.3.15	14:03
	ESSE	Jake Carlisle goal	3.0.18	-	2.3.15	15:50
	PADL	Robbie Gray goal	3.0.18	-	3.3.21	18:14
	PADL	Jay Schulz goal	3.0.18	-	4.3.27	20:17
	PADL	Jay Schulz behind	3.0.18	-	4.4.28	22:34
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey behind	3.1.19	-	4.4.28	23:56
	ESSE	David Zaharakis goal	4.1.25	-	4.4.28	25:13
	ESSE	Jake Carlisle goal	5.1.31	-	4.4.28	27:18
	PADL	Mitch Banner behind	5.1.31	-	4.5.29	28:50
Q2	PADL	Robbie Gray behind	5.1.31	-	4.6.30	00:57
	PADL	Steven Salopek goal	5.1.31	-	5.6.36	03:10
	ESSE	Leroy Jetta goal	6.1.37	-	5.6.36	06:45
	ESSE	Rushed behind	6.2.38	-	5.6.36	08:33
	ESSE	Michael Hurley goal	7.2.44	-	5.6.36	11:43
	ESSE	Michael Hurley goal	8.2.50	-	5.6.36	13:26
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey goal	9.2.56	-	5.6.36	15:23
	ESSE	Jake Melksham behind	9.3.57	-	5.6.36	16:38
	PADL	John Butcher goal	9.3.57	-	6.6.42	18:25
	PADL	Jay Schulz behind	9.3.57	-	6.7.43	19:50
	PADL	John Butcher goal	9.3.57	-	7.7.49	20:54
	ESSE	Mark McVeigh behind	9.4.58	-	7.7.49	22:24
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey behind	9.5.59	-	7.7.49	24:05
	PADL	Robbie Gray goal	9.5.59	-	8.7.55	26:18
	PADL	John Butcher goal	9.5.59	-	9.7.61	28:08
	PADL	Robbie Gray goal	9.5.59	-	10.7.67	29:49
Q3	PADL	Brett Ebert behind	9.5.59	-	10.8.68	03:01
	PADL	Robbie Gray goal	9.5.59	-	11.8.74	04:23
	PADL	Mitch Banner behind	9.5.59	-	11.9.75	06:12
	PADL	Justin Westhoff behind	9.5.59	-	11.10.76	06:51
	ESSE	Kyle Reimers behind	9.6.60	-	11.10.76	07:46
	PADL	Cam O'Shea goal	9.6.60	-	12.10.82	10:00
	ESSE	Michael Hurley goal	10.6.66	-	12.10.82	11:26
	ESSE	Paddy Ryder behind	10.7.67	-	12.10.82	14:07
	ESSE	Rushed behind	10.8.68	-	12.10.82	18:05
	ESSE	Paddy Ryder behind	10.9.69	-	12.10.82	20:10
	PADL	Robbie Gray goal	10.9.69	-	13.10.88	25:35
	ESSE	Leroy Jetta behind	10.10.70	-	13.10.88	27:03
	ESSE	Brent Stanton behind	10.11.71	-	13.10.88	28:24
	ESSE	Angus Monfries behind	10.12.72	-	13.10.88	30:14
Q4	PADL	Robbie Gray goal	10.12.72	-	14.10.94	00:48
	PADL	John Butcher goal	10.12.72	-	15.10.100	02:46
	ESSE	Michael Hurley behind	10.13.73	-	15.10.100	03:50
	PADL	Rushed behind	10.13.73	-	15.11.101	05:32
	PADL	Jay Schulz goal	10.13.73	-	16.11.107	06:59
	ESSE	Paddy Ryder goal	11.13.79	-	16.11.107	10:18
	ESSE	Travis Colyer goal	12.13.85	-	16.11.107	11:32
	ESSE	Kyle Reimers goal	13.13.91	-	16.11.107	13:19
	ESSE	Leroy Jetta goal	14.13.97	-	16.11.107	15:53
	ESSE	Travis Colyer behind	14.14.98	-	16.11.107	17:24
	ESSE	Michael Hurley behind	14.15.99	-	16.11.107	18:22
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey goal	15.15.105	-	16.11.107	19:59
	ESSE	Michael Hurley goal	16.15.111	-	16.11.107	23:28
	ESSE	Angus Monfries goal	17.15.117	-	16.11.107	25:04
	ESSE	David Zaharakis behind	17.16.118	-	16.11.107	28:15
	ESSE	Kyle Reimers behind	17.17.119	-	16.11.107	28:48
	ESSE	David Zaharakis behind	17.18.120	-	16.11.107	30:10
	PADL	Mitch Banner goal	17.18.120	-	17.11.113	30:47

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