2012 AFL Round 17: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 2012 between Geelong and Essendon during round 17 of the 2012 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Essendon at Etihad Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Jobe Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by James Hird.

Geelong
Back: J. Corey, T. Lonergan, M. Scarlett
Half-back: H. Taylor, J. Hunt, C. Enright
Centre: A. Mackie, T. Hunt, M. Stokes
Half-forward: B. Smedts, T. Hawkins, S. Motlop
Forward: P. Chapman, J. Walker, M. Duncan
Follower: T. West, J. Selwood (capt.), S. Johnson
Int.: J. Kelly, J. Murdoch, J. Sheringham
Sub.: C. Guthrie

Essendon
Back: J. Melksham, D. Fletcher, C. Hooker
Half-back: K. Hardingham, J. Carlisle, M. Baguley
Centre: C. Dempsey, J. Watson (capt.), D. Heppell
Half-forward: A. Davey, S. Crameri, L. Jetta
Forward: S. Gumbleton, T. Bellchambers, C. Dell'Olio
Follower: D. Hille, B. Stanton, B. Howlett
Int.: R. Dyson, A. Monfries, D. Myers
Sub.: N. Lovett-Murray

Geelong (20.14.134) defeated Essendon (10.7.67).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (5), B. Smedts (3), P. Chapman (2), S. Johnson (2), J. Murdoch (2), H. Taylor (2), M. Duncan, A. Mackie, S. Motlop, J. Walker
Essendon: T. Bellchambers (3), S. Crameri, A. Davey, C. Dell'Olio, S. Gumbleton, L. Jetta, A. Monfries, D. Myers

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 7th on the ladder and Essendon remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Friday 20 July 2012
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 50,066

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 20.14.134 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	4	.	5	9	.	7	15	.	11	20	.	14	20	.	14	(134)
Essendon	2	.	1	5	.	4	8	.	5	10	.	7	10	.	7	(67)
Margin	GEEL by 16			GEEL by 27			GEEL by 48			GEEL by 67			GEEL by 67
Duration	28:30			33:15			31:21			29:07			2:02:13

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), James Hird (Essendon)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Jobe Watson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hay (#20), M. Nicholls (#15), B. Rosebury (#8), E: H. Ryan (#14)
Goal Umpire: C. Roffey, L. Walker, E: P. Gonis
Boundary Umpire: G. Large, J. Morris, C. Morrison, T. Morrison

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Andrew Mackie	GEEL	4	3
Mitch Duncan	GEEL	22	2
Steve Johnson	GEEL	20	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Mitch Duncan	GEEL	22	10	2	0	0	0	0
Steve Johnson	GEEL	20	7	0	1	1	0	0
James Kelly	GEEL	9	7	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Hawkins	GEEL	26	4	0	0	0	2	0
Dyson Heppell	ESSE	21	1	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Taylor	GEEL	7	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
35	Chapman, Paul	FPL	85%	2	0	12	5	7	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Corey, Joel	BPL	83%	0	1	28	13	15	2	0	4	7	3	1	2	3	4
22	Duncan, Mitch	FPR	85%	1	0	31	20	11	7	0	1	3	4	2	1	4	6
44	Enright, Corey	HBFR	88%	0	1	21	16	5	9	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	1
29	Guthrie, Cameron	SUB↑	27%	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
26	Hawkins, Tom	CHF	91%	5	1	15	12	3	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2
8	Hunt, Josh	CHB	87%	0	1	11	3	8	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1
19	Hunt, Taylor	C	85%	0	0	14	5	9	4	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	3
20	Johnson, Steve	RO↓	58%	2	0	22	13	9	5	1	5	2	2	2	0	0	5
9	Kelly, James	INT	80%	0	0	24	11	13	2	0	4	7	8	0	5	0	1
13	Lonergan, Tom	FB	83%	0	0	17	15	2	9	0	1	1	4	1	2	3	1
4	Mackie, Andrew	WL	87%	1	1	24	23	1	10	0	3	2	4	0	0	2	8
32	Motlop, Steven	HFFR	80%	1	1	22	16	6	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	5
21	Murdoch, Jordan	INT	82%	2	0	9	6	3	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	2	1
30	Scarlett, Matthew	BPR	98%	0	0	14	12	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
14	Selwood, Joel (c)	RR	92%	0	2	19	11	8	4	2	7	5	1	2	0	1	4
38	Sheringham, Jackson	INT	77%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	5	2	0	0	0	2	1
2	Smedts, Billie	HFFL	78%	3	0	18	13	5	4	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	2
27	Stokes, Mathew	WR	92%	0	1	20	8	12	5	0	7	1	1	2	1	0	6
7	Taylor, Harry	HBFL	94%	2	0	20	12	8	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	2
42	Walker, Josh	FF	79%	1	1	12	10	2	4	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	3
12	West, Trent	RU	89%	0	0	13	8	5	3	22	5	2	1	0	1	0	4
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				20	14	385	241	144	108	26	64	41	40	15	14	28	65

C. Guthrie replaced S. Johnson during the third quarter.

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
46	Baguley, Mark	HBFR	89%	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1
44	Bellchambers, Tom	FF	87%	3	1	10	8	2	6	35	3	1	0	2	0	0	1
22	Carlisle, Jake	CHB	95%	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0
12	Crameri, Stewart	CHF	80%	1	2	13	5	8	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
29	Davey, Alwyn	HFFL	85%	1	0	11	5	6	1	0	7	1	1	1	0	1	0
47	Dell'Olio, Cory	FPR	80%	1	1	10	5	5	3	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	3
15	Dempsey, Courtenay	WL	91%	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	2	2	2	0	1	3	3
2	Dyson, Ricky	INT	80%	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	1	2	3	1	1	4	3
31	Fletcher, Dustin	FB	96%	0	0	26	22	4	2	0	0	1	3	1	1	9	1
3	Gumbleton, Scott	FPL	82%	1	0	7	3	4	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
34	Hardingham, Kyle	HBFL	93%	0	0	15	8	7	6	0	2	1	2	0	1	4	0
21	Heppell, Dyson	WR	90%	0	0	22	13	9	3	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	2
19	Hille, David	RU	89%	0	0	9	3	6	3	7	2	0	3	1	1	0	3
26	Hooker, Cale	BPR	99%	0	0	10	3	7	4	0	1	1	3	0	2	3	0
40	Howlett, Ben	RO	80%	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	5	3	1	0	1	1	0
7	Jetta, Leroy	HFFR	81%	1	0	17	15	2	1	0	3	1	1	3	0	1	7
42	Lovett-Murray, Nathan	SUB↑	24%	0	0	8	2	6	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1
17	Melksham, Jake	BPL	75%	0	0	9	5	4	0	0	7	1	1	0	1	1	4
6	Monfries, Angus	INT↓	58%	1	1	8	3	5	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	Myers, David	INT	82%	1	1	14	12	2	3	0	4	1	2	1	1	3	1
5	Stanton, Brent	RR	87%	0	0	18	15	3	8	0	3	1	4	0	1	3	6
4	Watson, Jobe (c)	C	79%	0	0	29	16	13	7	0	7	8	4	1	1	1	4
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				10	7	303	184	119	78	42	67	27	40	14	15	40	41

N. Lovett-Murray replaced A. Monfries.

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

Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	17	J. Melksham	31	D. Fletcher	26	C. Hooker	12	T. West	9	J. Kelly
	22	M. Duncan	42	J. Walker	35	P. Chapman	14	J. Selwood (c)	21	J. Murdoch
FORWARD							20	S. Johnson	38	J. Sheringham
HALF-BACK									29	C. Guthrie
	34	K. Hardingham	22	J. Carlisle	46	M. Baguley
	32	S. Motlop	26	T. Hawkins	2	B. Smedts
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	C. Dempsey	4	J. Watson (c)	21	D. Heppell
	27	M. Stokes	19	T. Hunt	4	A. Mackie	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							19	D. Hille	2	R. Dyson
HALF-FORWARD							5	B. Stanton	6	A. Monfries
	29	A. Davey	12	S. Crameri	7	L. Jetta	40	B. Howlett	23	D. Myers
	44	C. Enright	8	J. Hunt	7	H. Taylor			42	N. Lovett-Murray
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	3	S. Gumbleton	44	T. Bellchambers	47	C. Dell'Olio
	30	M. Scarlett	13	T. Lonergan	11	J. Corey
BACK
Essendon							Coach: James Hird

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Joel Selwood behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:48
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	02:35
	GEEL	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	03:52
	GEEL	Jordan Murdoch goal	2.2.14	-	0.0.0	05:34
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	2.3.15	-	0.0.0	08:06
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie goal	3.3.21	-	0.0.0	12:18
	GEEL	Josh Walker behind	3.4.22	-	0.0.0	14:54
	GEEL	Josh Walker goal	4.4.28	-	0.0.0	16:14
	GEEL	Rushed behind	4.5.29	-	0.0.0	18:00
	ESSE	Angus Monfries behind	4.5.29	-	0.1.1	20:00
	ESSE	Scott Gumbleton goal	4.5.29	-	1.1.7	21:01
	ESSE	Cory Dell'Olio goal	4.5.29	-	2.1.13	22:57
Q2	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	5.5.35	-	2.1.13	00:43
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey goal	5.5.35	-	3.1.19	02:09
	ESSE	Angus Monfries goal	5.5.35	-	4.1.25	04:15
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	6.5.41	-	4.1.25	09:23
	ESSE	Stewart Crameri goal	6.5.41	-	5.1.31	12:26
	ESSE	Stewart Crameri behind	6.5.41	-	5.2.32	17:21
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	7.5.47	-	5.2.32	19:43
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes behind	7.6.48	-	5.2.32	22:26
	GEEL	Joel Selwood behind	7.7.49	-	5.2.32	23:51
	ESSE	David Myers behind	7.7.49	-	5.3.33	24:43
	ESSE	Rushed behind	7.7.49	-	5.4.34	30:23
	GEEL	Steven Motlop goal	8.7.55	-	5.4.34	31:12
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan goal	9.7.61	-	5.4.34	33:10
Q3	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	10.7.67	-	5.4.34	00:55
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	11.7.73	-	5.4.34	04:46
	GEEL	Joel Corey behind	11.8.74	-	5.4.34	06:38
	ESSE	Stewart Crameri behind	11.8.74	-	5.5.35	07:51
	GEEL	Harry Taylor goal	12.8.80	-	5.5.35	09:26
	ESSE	Tom Bellchambers goal	12.8.80	-	6.5.41	13:30
	ESSE	Tom Bellchambers goal	12.8.80	-	7.5.47	15:06
	GEEL	Rushed behind	12.9.81	-	7.5.47	18:51
	GEEL	Corey Enright behind	12.10.82	-	7.5.47	20:11
	GEEL	Harry Taylor goal	13.10.88	-	7.5.47	22:06
	GEEL	Billie Smedts goal	14.10.94	-	7.5.47	23:14
	ESSE	Tom Bellchambers goal	14.10.94	-	8.5.53	25:34
	GEEL	Steven Motlop behind	14.11.95	-	8.5.53	26:58
	GEEL	Jordan Murdoch goal	15.11.101	-	8.5.53	29:06
Q4	ESSE	David Myers goal	15.11.101	-	9.5.59	00:58
	GEEL	Josh Hunt behind	15.12.102	-	9.5.59	04:05
	ESSE	Cory Dell'Olio behind	15.12.102	-	9.6.60	10:09
	ESSE	Tom Bellchambers behind	15.12.102	-	9.7.61	11:31
	GEEL	Rushed behind	15.13.103	-	9.7.61	13:19
	GEEL	Billie Smedts goal	16.13.109	-	9.7.61	13:49
	ESSE	Leroy Jetta goal	16.13.109	-	10.7.67	14:48
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie behind	16.14.110	-	10.7.67	17:51
	GEEL	Billie Smedts goal	17.14.116	-	10.7.67	19:35
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	18.14.122	-	10.7.67	21:14
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	19.14.128	-	10.7.67	26:11
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	20.14.134	-	10.7.67	27:21

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