2014 AFL Round 5: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 2014 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 5 of the 2014 AFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Etihad Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the hosts. Nick Riewoldt captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Alan Richardson.

Essendon
Back: D. Fletcher, M. Hurley, D. Heppell
Half-back: B. Stanton, C. Hooker, J. Merrett
Centre: M. Baguley, J. Watson (capt.), M. Hibberd
Half-forward: D. Zaharakis, J. Daniher, D. Myers
Forward: K. Hardingham, J. Carlisle, B. Howlett
Follower: P. Ryder, P. Chapman, H. Hocking
Int.: M. Gleeson, L. Jetta, J. Melksham
Sub.: J. Ashby

St Kilda
Back: J. Bruce, L. Delaney, J. Newnes
Half-back: J. Webster, J. Gwilt, S. Dempster
Centre: J. Geary, L. Hayes, L. Montagna
Half-forward: E. Templeton, N. Riewoldt (capt.), J. Steven
Forward: J. Billings, R. Stanley, A. Schneider
Follower: T. Hickey, L. Dunstan, T. Curren
Int.: C. Jones, F. Ray, J. Saunders
Sub.: S. Ross

Essendon (9.11.65) were defeated by St Kilda (11.15.81).

Goalkickers
Essendon: B. Stanton (3), L. Jetta (2), J. Melksham (2), D. Myers, P. Ryder
St Kilda: N. Riewoldt (5), J. Billings (2), A. Schneider (2), J. Geary, L. Montagna

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 7th) and St Kilda were then 9th on the ladder (up from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2014 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 19 April 2014
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 36,041

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 9.11.65 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 0 5 . 2 7 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
St Kilda 1 . 6 4 . 8 8 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin ESSE by 18 level STKL by 10 STKL by 16 STKL by 16
Duration 29:30 25:38 29:35 26:32 1:51:15

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Essendon), Alan Richardson (St Kilda)
Captains: Jobe Watson (Essendon), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), D. Harris (#24), M. Stevic (#9), E: B. Lehner (#39)
Goal Umpire: M. Palm, S. Williams, E: D. Wilson
Boundary Umpire: C. Gordon, R. Haala, S. Jones, M. Le Fevre

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nick Riewoldt STKL 12 3
Leigh Montagna STKL 11 2
Lenny Hayes STKL 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nick Riewoldt STKL 12 10 2 0 0 0 0
Lenny Hayes STKL 7 7 0 1 1 0 0
Leigh Montagna STKL 11 5 0 1 0 0 1
Jack Newnes STKL 16 3 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Curren STKL 26 2 0 0 0 1 0
Adam Schneider STKL 13 2 0 0 0 1 0
Farren Ray STKL 22 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
14 Ashby, Jason SUB↑ 32% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
12 Baguley, Mark WL 96% 0 0 21 15 6 13 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1
22 Carlisle, Jake FF 93% 0 0 9 2 7 3 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
3 Chapman, Paul RR 86% 0 2 27 14 13 8 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 2
6 Daniher, Joe CHF 78% 0 0 9 4 5 6 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin BPL 91% 0 0 24 18 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 3
35 Gleeson, Martin INT 86% 0 1 23 12 11 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3
34 Hardingham, Kyle FPL 84% 0 2 6 5 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3
21 Heppell, Dyson BPR 85% 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 2 2 6 1 4 2 3
1 Hibberd, Michael WR 85% 0 0 27 18 9 13 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1
39 Hocking, Heath RO↓ 51% 0 0 7 1 6 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 1 1
26 Hooker, Cale CHB 99% 0 0 29 19 10 15 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 1
40 Howlett, Ben FPR 83% 0 1 20 9 11 6 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 1
18 Hurley, Michael FB 91% 0 0 22 14 8 11 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1
7 Jetta, Leroy INT 80% 2 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
17 Melksham, Jake INT 74% 2 0 15 11 4 5 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 5
20 Merrett, Jackson HBFR 83% 0 0 19 11 8 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3
23 Myers, David HFFR 79% 1 0 21 12 9 6 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 2
30 Ryder, Paddy RU 85% 1 2 13 8 5 4 25 2 3 0 3 0 1 1
5 Stanton, Brent HBFL 85% 3 0 29 20 9 9 0 3 1 4 0 1 2 3
4 Watson, Jobe (c) C 88% 0 0 29 9 20 4 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David HFFL 86% 0 0 22 10 12 7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 11 410 233 177 136 29 46 29 38 13 13 29 44

J. Ashby replaced H. Hocking during the third quarter.

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Billings, Jack FPL 74% 2 1 19 12 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
27 Bruce, Josh BPL 93% 0 0 15 8 7 6 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1
26 Curren, Tom RO 91% 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 3 2 2 0 1 0 3
21 Delaney, Luke FB 94% 0 0 8 4 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Dempster, Sean HBFR 95% 0 0 17 10 7 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
36 Dunstan, Luke RR 75% 0 0 18 8 10 6 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 1
14 Geary, Jarryn WL 90% 1 1 22 14 8 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 1
33 Gwilt, James CHB 92% 0 0 24 21 3 11 0 0 0 4 2 1 2 2
7 Hayes, Lenny C 81% 0 0 32 13 19 7 2 5 6 3 0 2 2 2
1 Hickey, Tom RU 85% 0 0 11 1 10 1 29 2 2 2 0 1 1 0
4 Jones, Clint INT 82% 0 0 15 3 12 3 0 7 1 1 1 0 1 0
11 Montagna, Leigh WR 87% 1 0 31 23 8 6 0 7 8 3 1 1 5 3
16 Newnes, Jack BPR 82% 0 0 23 11 12 6 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 2
22 Ray, Farren INT 85% 0 1 25 19 6 4 0 1 3 3 2 2 2 1
12 Riewoldt, Nick (c) CHF 98% 5 1 17 14 3 10 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 3
6 Ross, Sebastian SUB↑ 14% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
35 Saunders, Josh INT 80% 0 1 16 6 10 3 0 8 0 2 1 0 1 1
13 Schneider, Adam FPR 82% 2 0 22 18 4 5 0 4 2 4 0 1 0 4
28 Stanley, Rhys FF 88% 0 0 21 14 7 13 7 1 3 1 1 1 0 7
3 Steven, Jack HFFR 71% 0 2 23 13 10 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2
43 Templeton, Eli HFFL↓ 71% 0 1 7 3 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
29 Webster, Jimmy HBFL 89% 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 2
Rushed 7
Total (22 players) 11 15 405 236 169 123 38 52 34 38 13 13 34 42

S. Ross replaced E. Templeton.

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: Mark Thompson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 J. Bruce 21 L. Delaney 16 J. Newnes 30 P. Ryder 35 M. Gleeson
40 B. Howlett 22 J. Carlisle 34 K. Hardingham 3 P. Chapman 7 L. Jetta
FORWARD 39 H. Hocking 17 J. Melksham
HALF-BACK

14 J. Ashby
29 J. Webster 33 J. Gwilt 24 S. Dempster



23 D. Myers 6 J. Daniher 11 D. Zaharakis



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 J. Geary 7 L. Hayes 11 L. Montagna



1 M. Hibberd 4 J. Watson (c) 12 M. Baguley FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 T. Hickey 4 C. Jones
HALF-FORWARD 36 L. Dunstan 22 F. Ray
43 E. Templeton 12 N. Riewoldt (c) 3 J. Steven 26 T. Curren 35 J. Saunders
20 J. Merrett 26 C. Hooker 5 B. Stanton

6 S. Ross
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



15 J. Billings 28 R. Stanley 13 A. Schneider



21 D. Heppell 18 M. Hurley 31 D. Fletcher



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Alan Richardson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Eli Templeton behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:39
STKL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 03:47
ESSE David Myers goal 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 05:36
ESSE Leroy Jetta goal 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 09:54
ESSE Jake Melksham goal 3.0.18 - 0.2.2 12:05
STKL Jack Billings goal 3.0.18 - 1.2.8 15:43
STKL Jack Billings behind 3.0.18 - 1.3.9 17:08
STKL Farren Ray behind 3.0.18 - 1.4.10 19:28
STKL Josh Saunders behind 3.0.18 - 1.5.11 23:26
STKL Rushed behind 3.0.18 - 1.6.12 24:51
ESSE Jake Melksham goal 4.0.24 - 1.6.12 26:08
ESSE Paddy Ryder goal 5.0.30 - 1.6.12 28:04
Q2 STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 5.0.30 - 2.6.18 01:39
ESSE Leroy Jetta behind 5.1.31 - 2.6.18 03:19
ESSE Martin Gleeson behind 5.2.32 - 2.6.18 07:58
STKL Jack Steven behind 5.2.32 - 2.7.19 20:21
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 5.2.32 - 3.7.25 21:52
STKL Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 3.8.26 23:09
STKL Jarryn Geary goal 5.2.32 - 4.8.32 23:23
Q3 STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 5.2.32 - 5.8.38 00:56
ESSE Kyle Hardingham behind 5.3.33 - 5.8.38 01:53
STKL Adam Schneider goal 5.3.33 - 6.8.44 03:15
ESSE Paul Chapman behind 5.4.34 - 6.8.44 04:56
STKL Jarryn Geary behind 5.4.34 - 6.9.45 06:10
ESSE Leroy Jetta goal 6.4.40 - 6.9.45 07:55
ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 6.5.41 - 6.9.45 11:27
ESSE Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 6.9.45 11:59
ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 6.7.43 - 6.9.45 13:55
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 6.7.43 - 7.9.51 16:10
STKL Leigh Montagna goal 6.7.43 - 8.9.57 18:34
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 7.7.49 - 8.9.57 21:55
STKL Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 8.10.58 26:33
STKL Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 8.11.59 29:15
Q4 STKL Nick Riewoldt behind 7.7.49 - 8.12.60 02:55
ESSE Paul Chapman behind 7.8.50 - 8.12.60 04:23
ESSE Ben Howlett behind 7.9.51 - 8.12.60 05:49
STKL Jack Steven behind 7.9.51 - 8.13.61 07:45
STKL Adam Schneider goal 7.9.51 - 9.13.67 10:25
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 7.9.51 - 10.13.73 11:44
STKL Jack Billings goal 7.9.51 - 11.13.79 14:49
STKL Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 11.14.80 15:54
ESSE Kyle Hardingham behind 7.10.52 - 11.14.80 17:23
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 8.10.58 - 11.14.80 19:54
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 9.10.64 - 11.14.80 21:03
STKL Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 11.15.81 22:41
ESSE Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 11.15.81 23:40