2014 AFL Round 15: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 2014 between Geelong and Essendon during round 15 of the 2014 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Essendon at Etihad Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

Geelong
Back: C. Enright, T. Lonergan, A. Mackie
Half-back: C. Guthrie, H. Taylor, J. Rivers
Centre: M. Duncan, J. Selwood (capt.), A. Christensen
Half-forward: M. Blicavs, S. Kersten, J. Murdoch
Forward: S. Motlop, T. Hawkins, J. Bews
Follower: D. Simpson, J. Bartel, J. Kelly
Int.: G. Horlin-Smith, S. Johnson, T. Varcoe
Sub.: J. Caddy

Essendon
Back: C. Dempsey, M. Hurley, D. Fletcher
Half-back: M. Hibberd, C. Hooker, D. Myers
Centre: D. Heppell, B. Goddard, D. Zaharakis
Half-forward: P. Chapman, J. Daniher, J. Melksham
Forward: T. Colyer, P. Ambrose, J. Carlisle
Follower: P. Ryder, H. Hocking, B. Stanton
Int.: K. Hardingham, B. Howlett, J. Merrett
Sub.: Z. Merrett

Geelong (13.11.89) defeated Essendon (11.14.80).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (3), M. Duncan (2), S. Kersten (2), S. Motlop (2), J. Selwood (2), C. Enright, G. Horlin-Smith
Essendon: J. Carlisle (2), T. Colyer (2), J. Daniher (2), C. Dempsey, M. Hibberd, B. Howlett, J. Merrett, B. Stanton

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 5th on the ladder and Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2014 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Friday 27 June 2014
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 43,732

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 13.11.89 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 1 8 . 4 8 . 6 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Essendon 1 . 3 3 . 5 8 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin GEEL by 22 GEEL by 29 ESSE by 4 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 9
Duration 27:53 28:19 28:15 31:54 1:56:21

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Mark Thompson (Essendon)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), C. Kamolins (#19), B. Rosebury (#8), E: M. Leppard (#11)
Goal Umpire: C. Roffey, J. Venkataya, E: C. Appleton
Boundary Umpire: D. Cusack, M. Le Fevre, M. Marantelli, J. Morris

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 3
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 2
Steven Motlop GEEL 32 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Bartel GEEL 3 8 0 2 0 0 0
Andrew Mackie GEEL 4 3 0 0 1 0 0
Steven Motlop GEEL 32 3 0 0 1 0 0
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 2 0 0 0 1 0
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Steve Johnson GEEL 20 1 0 0 0 0 1
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 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
3 Bartel, Jimmy RR 98% 0 0 28 20 8 6 0 3 2 3 0 1 6 4
24 Bews, Jed FPR 87% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2
46 Blicavs, Mark HFFL 87% 0 0 17 10 7 8 9 1 1 1 0 1 5 2
23 Caddy, Josh SUB↑ 28% 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
28 Christensen, Allen WR 78% 0 0 21 9 12 1 0 4 2 4 1 1 1 1
22 Duncan, Mitch WL 86% 2 0 22 15 7 10 0 4 1 4 1 2 2 4
44 Enright, Corey BPL 90% 1 0 21 11 10 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0
29 Guthrie, Cameron HBFL 80% 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 4 5 2 0 1 5 0
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 97% 3 1 13 10 3 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1
33 Horlin-Smith, George INT 78% 1 3 20 10 10 2 0 4 6 0 1 0 0 3
20 Johnson, Steve INT 79% 0 0 25 13 12 4 0 6 6 4 0 1 1 8
9 Kelly, James RO 85% 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 4 0 2 0 0 4 3
39 Kersten, Shane CHF↓ 78% 2 1 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
13 Lonergan, Tom FB 86% 0 0 14 6 8 6 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0
4 Mackie, Andrew BPR 91% 0 1 26 14 12 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
32 Motlop, Steven FPL 79% 2 1 21 16 5 5 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 4
21 Murdoch, Jordan HFFR 86% 0 1 13 12 1 8 0 5 0 2 1 1 3 6
25 Rivers, Jared HBFR 93% 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 90% 2 0 26 15 11 7 0 9 5 4 3 2 1 5
16 Simpson, Dawson RU 71% 0 0 9 2 7 2 27 4 1 1 0 1 0 1
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 74% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
5 Varcoe, Travis INT 79% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 11 357 214 143 106 36 68 36 36 14 17 36 53

J. Caddy replaced S. Kersten during the fourth quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
47 Ambrose, Patrick FF 85% 0 1 13 6 7 3 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 2
22 Carlisle, Jake FPR 95% 2 2 13 9 4 6 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2
3 Chapman, Paul HFFL 78% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 2
32 Colyer, Travis FPL 83% 2 2 19 13 6 7 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 5
6 Daniher, Joe CHF 91% 2 1 9 5 4 3 4 1 2 3 0 2 0 2
15 Dempsey, Courtenay BPL 90% 1 0 14 11 3 4 0 7 0 1 2 1 4 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin BPR 77% 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3
9 Goddard, Brendon C 89% 0 0 20 14 6 9 0 2 2 1 0 1 5 4
34 Hardingham, Kyle INT↓ 55% 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 Heppell, Dyson WL 81% 0 1 40 21 19 6 2 7 4 6 2 0 5 3
1 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 90% 1 0 18 9 9 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1
39 Hocking, Heath RR 81% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
26 Hooker, Cale CHB 97% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 2 0
40 Howlett, Ben INT 82% 1 0 11 6 5 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 3
18 Hurley, Michael FB 89% 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0
17 Melksham, Jake HFFR 86% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 0
20 Merrett, Jackson INT 79% 1 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2
27 Merrett, Zach SUB↑ 31% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2
23 Myers, David HBFR 86% 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 4
30 Ryder, Paddy RU 86% 0 0 17 8 9 5 32 3 6 2 1 0 2 3
5 Stanton, Brent RO 80% 1 1 20 15 5 5 0 6 3 4 3 1 1 4
11 Zaharakis, David WR 86% 0 2 25 11 14 5 0 6 7 1 1 0 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 11 14 335 197 138 91 39 69 35 42 17 14 38 48

Z. Merrett replaced K. Hardingham 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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 C. Dempsey 18 M. Hurley 31 D. Fletcher 16 D. Simpson 33 G. Horlin-Smith
24 J. Bews 26 T. Hawkins 32 S. Motlop 3 J. Bartel 20 S. Johnson
FORWARD 9 J. Kelly 5 T. Varcoe
HALF-BACK

23 J. Caddy
1 M. Hibberd 26 C. Hooker 23 D. Myers



21 J. Murdoch 39 S. Kersten 46 M. Blicavs



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 D. Heppell 9 B. Goddard 11 D. Zaharakis



28 A. Christensen 14 J. Selwood (c) 22 M. Duncan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 30 P. Ryder 34 K. Hardingham
HALF-FORWARD 39 H. Hocking 40 B. Howlett
3 P. Chapman 6 J. Daniher 17 J. Melksham 5 B. Stanton 20 J. Merrett
25 J. Rivers 7 H. Taylor 29 C. Guthrie

27 Z. Merrett
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



32 T. Colyer 47 P. Ambrose 22 J. Carlisle



4 A. Mackie 13 T. Lonergan 44 C. Enright



BACK



Essendon Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:09
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 02:03
ESSE Kyle Hardingham behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 04:46
GEEL George Horlin-Smith goal 1.0.6 - 0.3.3 06:30
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 2.0.12 - 0.3.3 08:23
ESSE Travis Colyer goal 2.0.12 - 1.3.9 10:54
GEEL Shane Kersten goal 3.0.18 - 1.3.9 13:25
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 4.0.24 - 1.3.9 19:23
GEEL Shane Kersten behind 4.1.25 - 1.3.9 22:31
GEEL Corey Enright goal 5.1.31 - 1.3.9 23:48
Q2 ESSE Jake Carlisle behind 5.1.31 - 1.4.10 01:00
ESSE Jake Carlisle goal 5.1.31 - 2.4.16 02:24
GEEL Andrew Mackie behind 5.2.32 - 2.4.16 03:57
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 6.2.38 - 2.4.16 06:11
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 7.2.44 - 2.4.16 09:10
GEEL George Horlin-Smith behind 7.3.45 - 2.4.16 13:40
GEEL George Horlin-Smith behind 7.4.46 - 2.4.16 15:18
ESSE Travis Colyer behind 7.4.46 - 2.5.17 16:46
ESSE Ben Howlett goal 7.4.46 - 3.5.23 21:24
GEEL Shane Kersten goal 8.4.52 - 3.5.23 24:11
Q3 ESSE Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 3.6.24 03:12
ESSE Jake Carlisle behind 8.4.52 - 3.7.25 04:43
ESSE Jackson Merrett goal 8.4.52 - 4.7.31 05:46
ESSE Michael Hibberd goal 8.4.52 - 5.7.37 08:03
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 8.4.52 - 5.8.38 10:13
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 8.4.52 - 5.9.39 13:18
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 8.4.52 - 6.9.45 16:42
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 8.4.52 - 7.9.51 18:14
ESSE Jake Carlisle goal 8.4.52 - 8.9.57 19:33
ESSE Patrick Ambrose behind 8.4.52 - 8.10.58 21:23
GEEL Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 8.10.58 24:17
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 8.6.54 - 8.10.58 25:59
Q4 GEEL George Horlin-Smith behind 8.7.55 - 8.10.58 00:59
ESSE Courtenay Dempsey goal 8.7.55 - 9.10.64 02:26
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 9.7.61 - 9.10.64 03:30
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 9.7.61 - 9.11.65 06:20
GEEL Jordan Murdoch behind 9.8.62 - 9.11.65 08:23
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 9.8.62 - 9.12.66 09:25
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 10.8.68 - 9.12.66 11:38
ESSE Travis Colyer goal 10.8.68 - 10.12.72 14:57
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 11.8.74 - 10.12.72 17:56
ESSE Travis Colyer behind 11.8.74 - 10.13.73 19:47
GEEL Steven Motlop behind 11.9.75 - 10.13.73 22:21
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 11.9.75 - 11.13.79 23:53
GEEL Rushed behind 11.10.76 - 11.13.79 26:31
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 12.10.82 - 11.13.79 27:13
GEEL Josh Caddy behind 12.11.83 - 11.13.79 29:43
ESSE Rushed behind 12.11.83 - 11.14.80 30:15
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 13.11.89 - 11.14.80 31:02