2014 AFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 2014 between Essendon and the Western Bulldogs during round seven of the 2014 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the hosts. Ryan Griffen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Brendan McCartney.

Essendon (10.13.73) defeated the Western Bulldogs (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 2014 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 3 May 2014
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 33,289

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 10.13.73 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 3 . 6 9 . 10 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Western Bulldogs 3 . 5 5 . 8 7 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin WBUL by 2 WBUL by 14 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 8
Duration 29:14 26:51 31:32 26:49 1:54:26

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Essendon) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jobe Watson
Coach: Mark Thompson

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Ryan Griffen
Coach: Brendan McCartney

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Armstrong (#26)
M. Leppard (#11)
S. Meredith (#21)
E: A. Mitchell (#31)

Goal Umpires

M. Canning
S. Williams
E: A. Wojcik

Boundary Umpires

I. Burrows
A. Coote
M. Jenkinson
S. Thiele

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Dahlhaus WBUL 6 3
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 2
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 10 2 0 0 0 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Luke Dahlhaus WBUL 6 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Ashby, Jason SUB↑ 37% 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Baguley, Mark HBFL 87% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1
22 Carlisle, Jake CHF 89% 0 1 9 6 3 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Chapman, Paul FPR 81% 1 1 17 14 3 6 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 6
6 Daniher, Joe FF 86% 1 1 12 8 4 5 2 0 1 3 3 2 0 2
15 Dempsey, Courtenay WR 86% 1 0 16 12 4 7 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin BPL 91% 0 0 25 16 9 9 0 0 0 2 1 1 7 0
9 Goddard, Brendon HFFL 90% 1 3 22 17 5 7 3 3 6 3 2 1 3 4
21 Heppell, Dyson HBFR 82% 1 0 25 11 14 6 0 4 5 4 0 1 0 5
1 Hibberd, Michael BPR 88% 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 1 1 5 2 1 8 3
39 Hocking, Heath RO 82% 0 1 10 6 4 4 0 6 0 2 0 2 1 0
26 Hooker, Cale FB 96% 0 0 24 15 9 13 0 2 0 3 2 0 3 0
40 Howlett, Ben HFFR 82% 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 3
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 92% 0 0 20 13 7 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 2
17 Melksham, Jake INT 81% 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 4
20 Merrett, Jackson INT↓ 45% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
27 Merrett, Zach INT 74% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 6 0 1 2 0 1 0
30 Ryder, Paddy RU 92% 0 0 11 8 3 2 28 4 7 3 3 3 2 3
5 Stanton, Brent WL 89% 1 1 13 10 3 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0
4 Watson, Jobe (c) C 84% 2 0 18 11 7 4 0 4 2 4 1 0 0 2
8 Winderlich, Jason FPL 79% 1 1 12 10 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
11 Zaharakis, David RR 87% 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 6 4 4 0 1 2 4
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 10 13 335 225 110 115 33 59 33 49 20 19 39 46

J. Ashby replaced J. Merrett.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus SUB↑ 23% 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
5 Boyd, Matthew RR 90% 0 0 28 15 13 3 0 4 5 4 1 1 0 5
17 Cooney, Adam WL 81% 1 1 26 15 11 8 0 4 5 0 2 0 5 2
8 Crameri, Stewart CHF 88% 0 1 11 5 6 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 4
6 Dahlhaus, Luke FPL 82% 2 2 32 18 14 8 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 5
29 Dickson, Tory HFFR 77% 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
16 Griffen, Ryan (c) C 84% 0 0 26 15 11 1 0 4 4 3 2 0 1 4
7 Higgins, Shaun HBFL 88% 1 0 36 17 19 5 0 0 1 4 1 1 4 6
26 Hunter, Lachie INT 79% 1 1 15 8 7 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2
39 Johannisen, Jason INT 81% 0 1 14 6 8 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 2
19 Jones, Liam FF 87% 1 0 12 8 4 5 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 4
21 Liberatore, Tom RO 87% 1 0 25 12 13 5 0 8 10 4 1 2 1 2
11 Macrae, Jack INT 79% 1 0 25 8 17 1 0 5 2 4 1 0 2 2
27 Minson, Will RU 91% 0 1 8 4 4 4 45 1 2 4 1 4 1 2
38 Morris, Dale CHB 99% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
2 Murphy, Bob HBFR 90% 0 0 21 11 10 5 0 2 0 4 0 2 4 1
42 Picken, Liam BPL 91% 0 1 14 9 5 5 0 4 0 1 2 0 2 1
25 Stevens, Koby WR↓ 62% 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
9 Stringer, Jake HFFL 74% 1 0 18 6 12 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
32 Talia, Michael FB 92% 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2
12 Williams, Tom FPR 86% 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
10 Wood, Easton BPR 87% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 9 11 378 194 184 88 48 49 37 46 19 20 31 50

M. Bontempelli replaced K. Stevens.

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
42 L. Picken 32 M. Talia 10 E. Wood 30 P. Ryder 17 J. Melksham
3 P. Chapman 6 J. Daniher 8 J. Winderlich 11 D. Zaharakis 20 J. Merrett
FORWARD 39 H. Hocking 27 Z. Merrett
HALF-BACK

14 J. Ashby
7 S. Higgins 38 D. Morris 2 B. Murphy



40 B. Howlett 22 J. Carlisle 9 B. Goddard



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



17 A. Cooney 16 R. Griffen (c) 25 K. Stevens



15 C. Dempsey 4 J. Watson (c) 5 B. Stanton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 W. Minson 26 L. Hunter
HALF-FORWARD 5 M. Boyd 39 J. Johannisen
9 J. Stringer 8 S. Crameri 29 T. Dickson 21 T. Liberatore 11 J. Macrae
21 D. Heppell 18 M. Hurley 12 M. Baguley

4 M. Bontempelli
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 L. Dahlhaus 19 L. Jones 12 T. Williams



1 M. Hibberd 26 C. Hooker 31 D. Fletcher



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Brendan McCartney

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:01
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:41
ESSE Ben Howlett goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 06:12
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 08:29
ESSE Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 08:58
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 11:05
WBUL Lachie Hunter behind 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 12:15
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus goal 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 13:36
WBUL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 16:54
WBUL Jack Macrae goal 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 21:37
ESSE Jake Carlisle behind 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 23:23
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus behind 3.3.21 - 2.4.16 24:43
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 25:28
WBUL Stewart Crameri behind 3.3.21 - 3.5.23 28:46
Q2 WBUL Adam Cooney goal 3.3.21 - 4.5.29 04:36
ESSE Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 4.5.29 09:37
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus behind 3.4.22 - 4.6.30 14:59
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus goal 3.4.22 - 5.6.36 17:46
WBUL Liam Picken behind 3.4.22 - 5.7.37 19:09
ESSE Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 5.7.37 21:49
WBUL Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 5.8.38 23:21
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 3.6.24 - 5.8.38 24:26
Q3 ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 3.7.25 - 5.8.38 00:27
ESSE Jason Winderlich goal 4.7.31 - 5.8.38 05:30
ESSE Paul Chapman behind 4.8.32 - 5.8.38 07:42
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 5.8.38 - 5.8.38 08:29
WBUL Liam Jones goal 5.8.38 - 6.8.44 11:09
ESSE Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 6.8.44 12:24
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 6.9.45 - 6.8.44 15:09
ESSE Paul Chapman goal 7.9.51 - 6.8.44 17:16
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 7.10.52 - 6.8.44 19:38
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 8.10.58 - 6.8.44 22:41
WBUL Shaun Higgins goal 8.10.58 - 7.8.50 24:48
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 8.10.58 - 7.9.51 25:46
ESSE Courtenay Dempsey goal 9.10.64 - 7.9.51 29:42
Q4 WBUL Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 7.10.52 01:22
ESSE Jason Winderlich behind 9.11.65 - 7.10.52 02:04
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 9.11.65 - 8.10.58 03:06
WBUL Will Minson behind 9.11.65 - 8.11.59 05:09
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 10.11.71 - 8.11.59 08:21
WBUL Lachie Hunter goal 10.11.71 - 9.11.65 10:04
ESSE Heath Hocking behind 10.12.72 - 9.11.65 18:02
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 10.13.73 - 9.11.65 20:01