2014 AFL Round 7: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 2014 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 7 of the 2014 AFL season. Essendon hosted 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
Back: D. Fletcher, C. Hooker, M. Hibberd
Half-back: M. Baguley, M. Hurley, D. Heppell
Centre: B. Stanton, J. Watson (capt.), C. Dempsey
Half-forward: B. Goddard, J. Carlisle, B. Howlett
Forward: J. Winderlich, J. Daniher, P. Chapman
Follower: P. Ryder, D. Zaharakis, H. Hocking
Int.: J. Melksham, J. Merrett, Z. Merrett
Sub.: J. Ashby

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Picken, M. Talia, E. Wood
Half-back: S. Higgins, D. Morris, B. Murphy
Centre: A. Cooney, R. Griffen (capt.), K. Stevens
Half-forward: J. Stringer, S. Crameri, T. Dickson
Forward: L. Dahlhaus, L. Jones, T. Williams
Follower: W. Minson, M. Boyd, T. Liberatore
Int.: L. Hunter, J. Johannisen, J. Macrae
Sub.: M. Bontempelli

Essendon (10.13.73) defeated Western Bulldogs (9.11.65).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Watson (2), P. Chapman, J. Daniher, C. Dempsey, B. Goddard, D. Heppell, B. Howlett, B. Stanton, J. Winderlich
Western Bulldogs: L. Dahlhaus (2), A. Cooney, S. Higgins, L. Hunter, L. Jones, T. Liberatore, J. Macrae, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Western Bulldogs remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Essendon), Brendan McCartney (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Jobe Watson (Essendon), Ryan Griffen (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Armstrong (#26), M. Leppard (#11), S. Meredith (#21), E: A. Mitchell (#31)
Goal Umpire: M. Canning, S. Williams, E: A. Wojcik
Boundary Umpire: 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

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