2013 AFL Round 2: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 2013 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 2 of the 2013 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Jobe Watson captained the hosts. With the presence of multiple Melbourne co-captains, namely Jack Grimes and Jack Trengove, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Mark Neeld.

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, J. Carlisle, D. Fletcher
Half-back: M. Hibberd, C. Hooker, B. Stanton
Centre: D. Heppell, J. Watson (capt.), B. Goddard
Half-forward: S. Crameri, M. Hurley, D. Zaharakis
Forward: A. Davey, P. Ryder, J. Merrett
Follower: T. Bellchambers, H. Hocking, C. Dempsey
Int.: B. Howlett, J. Melksham, D. Myers
Sub.: N. Kommer

Melbourne
Back: T. Gillies, J. Frawley, D. Terlich
Half-back: J. Watts, T. McDonald, C. Garland
Centre: J. Grimes, J. Viney, J. Trengove
Half-forward: S. Blease, J. Sellar, J. Howe
Forward: C. Sylvia, M. Clark, S. Byrnes
Follower: M. Jamar, A. Davey, N. Jones
Int.: M. Jones, D. Nicholson, J. Toumpas
Sub.: D. Rodan

Essendon (28.16.184) defeated Melbourne (5.6.36).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Crameri (6), T. Bellchambers (4), J. Watson (3), A. Davey (2), D. Heppell (2), B. Howlett (2), M. Hurley (2), J. Merrett (2), B. Stanton (2), C. Dempsey, B. Goddard, P. Ryder
Melbourne: A. Davey (2), M. Clark, J. Grimes, N. Jones

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 1st on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2013 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 April 2013
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,153

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 28.16.184 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 2 13 . 6 21 . 11 28 . 16 28 . 16 (184)
Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 5 5 . 5 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Margin ESSE by 25 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 102 ESSE by 148 ESSE by 148
Duration 28:47 30:58 30:04 28:58 1:58:47

Honour Roll

Coaches: James Hird (Essendon), Mark Neeld (Melbourne)
Captains: Jobe Watson (Essendon), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hosking (#16), C. Kamolins (#19), S. Wenn (#22), E: J. Schmitt (#17)
Goal Umpire: M. Canning, D. Dixon, E: A. Wojcik
Boundary Umpire: G. Bergroth, A. Coote, M. Foster, S. Jones

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 3
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 2
Brent Stanton ESSE 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 9 1 1 0 0 0
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 9 1 1 0 0 0
Stewart Crameri ESSE 12 6 0 0 2 0 0
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 2 0 0 0 1 0
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Bellchambers ESSE 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Paddy Ryder ESSE 30 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
46 Baguley, Mark BPL 95% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 5 0 2 2 2 2 0
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 87% 4 0 12 9 3 7 21 1 1 1 2 1 0 0
22 Carlisle, Jake FB 96% 0 0 22 15 7 13 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 0
12 Crameri, Stewart HFFL 64% 6 0 16 13 3 8 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 4
29 Davey, Alwyn FPL 79% 2 3 11 6 5 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0
15 Dempsey, Courtenay RO 90% 1 0 23 17 6 7 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 6
31 Fletcher, Dustin BPR 91% 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2
9 Goddard, Brendon WR 84% 1 0 30 16 14 11 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 5
21 Heppell, Dyson WL 84% 2 2 36 19 17 9 1 4 6 3 1 1 0 6
1 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 93% 0 0 25 17 8 9 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 6
39 Hocking, Heath RR 83% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 10 4 3 1 1 0 4
26 Hooker, Cale CHB 97% 0 0 17 8 9 7 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 3
40 Howlett, Ben INT 81% 2 0 25 10 15 6 0 6 5 0 3 0 2 3
18 Hurley, Michael CHF 91% 2 1 19 14 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
38 Kommer, Nick SUB↑ 32% 0 1 9 3 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
17 Melksham, Jake INT 86% 0 1 19 8 11 3 1 1 4 4 0 4 2 3
20 Merrett, Jackson FPR 84% 2 1 9 6 3 2 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 1
23 Myers, David INT 75% 0 0 23 12 11 6 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 8
30 Ryder, Paddy FF 83% 1 0 12 7 5 3 17 6 2 1 2 1 0 2
5 Stanton, Brent HBFR 86% 2 1 33 26 7 11 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 11
4 Watson, Jobe (c) C 87% 3 2 38 19 19 6 0 3 9 5 1 1 1 6
11 Zaharakis, David HFFR↓ 52% 0 1 26 14 12 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 28 16 452 271 181 144 40 61 42 48 21 19 21 78

N. Kommer replaced D. Zaharakis during the third quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Blease, Sam HFFL 77% 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
10 Byrnes, Shannon FPR 79% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
11 Clark, Mitch FF 89% 1 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 2
36 Davey, Aaron RR 85% 2 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 3
8 Frawley, James FB 100% 0 0 21 15 6 8 0 2 0 1 2 0 9 1
20 Garland, Colin HBFR 94% 0 1 14 9 5 3 0 3 0 2 3 2 5 2
27 Gillies, Tom BPL 97% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0
31 Grimes, Jack WL 91% 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 2
38 Howe, Jeremy HFFR 88% 0 0 23 16 7 14 1 0 2 3 1 0 7 2
40 Jamar, Mark RU 86% 0 0 8 0 8 3 26 2 2 6 1 3 0 0
45 Jones, Matt INT 76% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1
2 Jones, Nathan RO 87% 1 0 25 18 7 2 0 1 7 5 3 2 4 3
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 98% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
26 Nicholson, Daniel INT 80% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
15 Rodan, David SUB↑ 29% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
30 Sellar, James CHF 87% 0 0 7 3 4 4 6 2 0 3 1 2 0 1
12 Sylvia, Colin FPL 86% 0 1 7 5 2 5 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 3
46 Terlich, Dean BPR 94% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 1 3 3 0 3 0
5 Toumpas, Jimmy INT 73% 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
9 Trengove, Jack WR 79% 0 1 12 5 7 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
7 Viney, Jack C 65% 0 1 14 9 5 4 0 3 4 3 0 1 0 4
4 Watts, Jack HBFL↓ 60% 0 1 11 5 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 5 6 262 152 110 74 33 35 27 49 19 21 46 28

D. Rodan replaced J. Watts 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
27 T. Gillies 8 J. Frawley 46 D. Terlich 2 T. Bellchambers 40 B. Howlett
20 J. Merrett 30 P. Ryder 29 A. Davey 39 H. Hocking 17 J. Melksham
FORWARD 15 C. Dempsey 23 D. Myers
HALF-BACK

38 N. Kommer
4 J. Watts 25 T. McDonald 20 C. Garland



11 D. Zaharakis 18 M. Hurley 12 S. Crameri



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



31 J. Grimes 7 J. Viney 9 J. Trengove



9 B. Goddard 4 J. Watson (c) 21 D. Heppell FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 40 M. Jamar 45 M. Jones
HALF-FORWARD 36 A. Davey 26 D. Nicholson
17 S. Blease 30 J. Sellar 38 J. Howe 2 N. Jones 5 J. Toumpas
5 B. Stanton 26 C. Hooker 1 M. Hibberd

15 D. Rodan
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 C. Sylvia 11 M. Clark 10 S. Byrnes



31 D. Fletcher 22 J. Carlisle 46 M. Baguley



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Mark Neeld

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 06:12
MELB Aaron Davey goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 07:47
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 10:28
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 3.0.18 - 1.0.6 12:13
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 4.0.24 - 1.0.6 14:46
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 5.0.30 - 1.0.6 16:45
MELB Rushed behind 5.0.30 - 1.1.7 19:00
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 5.1.31 - 1.1.7 20:02
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 6.1.37 - 1.1.7 22:48
MELB Jack Grimes goal 6.1.37 - 2.1.13 26:54
ESSE Jake Melksham behind 6.2.38 - 2.1.13 27:57
Q2 ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 7.2.44 - 2.1.13 00:22
ESSE Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 2.1.13 02:17
MELB Mitch Clark goal 7.3.45 - 3.1.19 05:25
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 8.3.51 - 3.1.19 10:02
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 8.4.52 - 3.1.19 11:46
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 8.5.53 - 3.1.19 12:43
ESSE Jackson Merrett behind 8.6.54 - 3.1.19 13:49
MELB Jack Viney behind 8.6.54 - 3.2.20 15:13
MELB Colin Garland behind 8.6.54 - 3.3.21 15:36
ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 9.6.60 - 3.3.21 17:24
ESSE Jackson Merrett goal 10.6.66 - 3.3.21 18:58
MELB Colin Sylvia behind 10.6.66 - 3.4.22 20:38
MELB Aaron Davey goal 10.6.66 - 4.4.28 23:18
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 11.6.72 - 4.4.28 24:20
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 12.6.78 - 4.4.28 26:00
MELB Jack Watts behind 12.6.78 - 4.5.29 27:31
ESSE Michael Hurley goal 13.6.84 - 4.5.29 29:27
Q3 ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 14.6.90 - 4.5.29 00:53
MELB Nathan Jones goal 14.6.90 - 5.5.35 02:48
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 14.7.91 - 5.5.35 07:01
ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 15.7.97 - 5.5.35 07:36
ESSE Ben Howlett goal 16.7.103 - 5.5.35 10:57
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 17.7.109 - 5.5.35 12:07
ESSE Michael Hurley behind 17.8.110 - 5.5.35 15:41
ESSE Jackson Merrett goal 18.8.116 - 5.5.35 17:25
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 18.9.117 - 5.5.35 18:27
ESSE Rushed behind 18.10.118 - 5.5.35 18:54
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 19.10.124 - 5.5.35 22:13
ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 20.10.130 - 5.5.35 23:47
ESSE Alwyn Davey behind 20.11.131 - 5.5.35 24:53
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 21.11.137 - 5.5.35 28:45
Q4 ESSE Michael Hurley goal 22.11.143 - 5.5.35 01:15
ESSE Ben Howlett goal 23.11.149 - 5.5.35 03:31
ESSE Paddy Ryder goal 24.11.155 - 5.5.35 05:11
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 25.11.161 - 5.5.35 07:19
MELB Jack Trengove behind 25.11.161 - 5.6.36 08:53
ESSE Alwyn Davey behind 25.12.162 - 5.6.36 09:52
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 26.12.168 - 5.6.36 11:51
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 27.12.174 - 5.6.36 13:37
ESSE Nick Kommer behind 27.13.175 - 5.6.36 15:28
ESSE Rushed behind 27.14.176 - 5.6.36 19:39
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 27.15.177 - 5.6.36 20:52
ESSE Alwyn Davey behind 27.16.178 - 5.6.36 25:54
ESSE Courtenay Dempsey goal 28.16.184 - 5.6.36 26:36