2014 AFL Round 21: Essendon v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2014 between Essendon and West Coast during round 21 of the 2014 AFL season. Essendon hosted West Coast at Etihad Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Adam Simpson.

Essendon
Back: C. Dempsey, C. Hooker, J. Winderlich
Half-back: M. Baguley, M. Hurley, M. Hibberd
Centre: A. Steinberg, D. Heppell, J. Melksham
Half-forward: J. Watson (capt.), P. Ambrose, P. Chapman
Forward: B. Goddard, J. Daniher, D. Zaharakis
Follower: P. Ryder, H. Hocking, D. Myers
Int.: T. Colyer, B. Howlett, B. Stanton
Sub.: Z. Merrett

West Coast
Back: S. Hurn, M. Brown, W. Schofield
Half-back: J. Bennell, E. Mackenzie, J. Cripps
Centre: C. Masten, M. Priddis, A. Gaff
Half-forward: J. Hill, J. Darling, J. McGovern
Forward: S. Lycett, J. Kennedy, D. McGinnity
Follower: N. Naitanui, M. Hutchings, L. Shuey
Int.: S. Butler, D. Cox, D. Sheed
Sub.: S. Tunbridge

Essendon (11.11.77) defeated West Coast (11.8.74).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Winderlich (3), J. Daniher (2), P. Ambrose, P. Chapman, D. Myers, B. Stanton, J. Watson, D. Zaharakis
West Coast: J. Cripps (3), J. Kennedy (3), J. Darling (2), D. Cox, S. Lycett, L. Shuey

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and West Coast were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2014 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v West Coast
Date: Saturday 16 August 2014
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 35,905

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. West Coast
Score: 11.11.77 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	2	.	1	4	.	5	9	.	7	11	.	11	11	.	11	(77)
West Coast	2	.	4	8	.	4	11	.	6	11	.	8	11	.	8	(74)
Margin	WCST by 3			WCST by 23			WCST by 11			ESSE by 3			ESSE by 3
Duration	29:10			29:39			29:32			27:34			1:55:55

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Essendon), Adam Simpson (West Coast)
Captains: Jobe Watson (Essendon), unknown (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), S. McInerney (#30), B. Ryan (#27), E: R. O'Gorman (#33)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, L. Walker, E: D. Dixon
Boundary Umpire: A. Coote, C. Esler, S. Jones, M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Dyson Heppell	ESSE	21	3
Shannon Hurn	WCST	25	2
Michael Hibberd	ESSE	1	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Dyson Heppell	ESSE	21	10	2	0	0	0	0
Jason Winderlich	ESSE	8	6	0	1	0	1	0
Jobe Watson	ESSE	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Mackenzie	WCST	16	3	0	0	1	0	0
Luke Shuey	WCST	13	3	0	0	1	0	0
David Zaharakis	ESSE	11	2	0	0	0	1	0
Mark Baguley	ESSE	12	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jeremy McGovern	WCST	42	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
47	Ambrose, Patrick	CHF	90%	1	0	15	5	10	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Baguley, Mark	HBFL	90%	0	0	24	13	11	9	0	6	1	2	3	1	6	4
3	Chapman, Paul	HFFR	86%	1	0	15	11	4	1	0	5	3	1	0	0	0	4
32	Colyer, Travis	INT	88%	0	0	24	13	11	6	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	4
6	Daniher, Joe	FF	92%	2	1	10	6	4	4	3	1	1	3	1	2	0	0
15	Dempsey, Courtenay	BPL	78%	0	0	14	9	5	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	3	3
9	Goddard, Brendon	FPL	87%	0	1	18	6	12	4	0	3	1	4	0	2	1	1
21	Heppell, Dyson	C	86%	0	0	39	20	19	3	1	3	4	3	3	1	0	4
1	Hibberd, Michael	HBFR	75%	0	0	32	14	18	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	2
39	Hocking, Heath	RR	92%	0	0	21	9	12	4	0	5	3	2	2	0	2	3
26	Hooker, Cale	FB	98%	0	0	21	12	9	9	0	2	0	3	2	1	5	2
40	Howlett, Ben	INT	72%	0	1	18	12	6	4	0	8	4	4	3	1	0	8
18	Hurley, Michael	CHB	98%	0	0	24	15	9	5	0	1	0	4	2	1	4	3
17	Melksham, Jake	WR↓	48%	0	0	5	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
27	Merrett, Zach	SUB↑	40%	0	0	12	7	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2
23	Myers, David	RO	80%	1	1	29	19	10	2	0	3	3	3	0	1	2	7
30	Ryder, Paddy	RU	88%	0	0	7	3	4	2	19	2	2	2	0	2	0	1
5	Stanton, Brent	INT	82%	1	1	24	15	9	5	0	1	3	0	2	0	2	3
25	Steinberg, Ariel	WL	87%	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	3	0
4	Watson, Jobe (c)	HFFL	79%	1	1	30	11	19	5	1	1	5	1	0	0	1	5
8	Winderlich, Jason	BPR	84%	3	2	19	10	9	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1
11	Zaharakis, David	FPR	82%	1	0	31	14	17	4	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	3
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				11	11	443	231	212	90	24	57	34	47	21	13	40	60

Z. Merrett replaced J. Melksham.

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
44	Bennell, Jamie	HBFL	87%	0	1	10	5	5	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2
1	Brown, Mitch	FB	94%	0	0	9	7	2	7	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1
26	Butler, Sam	INT↓	52%	0	0	18	15	3	7	0	1	0	2	1	0	4	3
20	Cox, Dean	INT	71%	1	0	14	9	5	3	26	0	0	2	1	1	0	4
15	Cripps, Jamie	HBFR	79%	3	0	14	8	6	7	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	3
27	Darling, Jack	CHF	90%	2	0	14	10	4	8	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	4
3	Gaff, Andrew	WR	89%	0	0	23	13	10	2	0	2	4	0	1	0	5	3
33	Hill, Josh	HFFL	92%	0	1	15	9	6	6	0	3	2	4	0	2	0	1
25	Hurn, Shannon	BPL	86%	0	0	23	20	3	10	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	5
34	Hutchings, Mark	RR	81%	0	0	19	10	9	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	3
17	Kennedy, Josh	FF	94%	3	2	12	11	1	5	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	1
29	Lycett, Scott	FPL	90%	1	1	6	4	2	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	Mackenzie, Eric	CHB	100%	0	0	18	13	5	10	0	2	0	1	1	1	7	1
7	Masten, Chris	WL	93%	0	0	24	17	7	8	0	4	1	3	0	0	4	3
35	McGinnity, Dane	FPR	80%	0	1	14	7	7	6	0	1	1	5	0	3	1	3
42	McGovern, Jeremy	HFFR	85%	0	0	16	11	5	9	1	3	0	1	1	1	4	1
9	Naitanui, Nic	RU	85%	0	0	10	5	5	1	17	3	4	3	1	3	0	2
11	Priddis, Matt	C	86%	0	1	25	9	16	4	1	7	11	3	0	1	3	5
31	Schofield, Will	BPR	93%	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	2
4	Sheed, Dom	INT	66%	0	0	13	7	6	2	0	5	1	3	1	1	1	3
13	Shuey, Luke	RO	82%	1	0	27	16	11	5	0	8	5	4	2	2	4	4
32	Tunbridge, Simon	SUB↑	26%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				11	8	335	212	123	110	45	60	35	45	13	21	44	54

S. Tunbridge replaced S. Butler 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: Mark Thompson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	25	S. Hurn	1	M. Brown	31	W. Schofield	30	P. Ryder	32	T. Colyer
	11	D. Zaharakis	6	J. Daniher	9	B. Goddard	39	H. Hocking	40	B. Howlett
FORWARD							23	D. Myers	5	B. Stanton
HALF-BACK									27	Z. Merrett
	44	J. Bennell	16	E. Mackenzie	15	J. Cripps
	3	P. Chapman	47	P. Ambrose	4	J. Watson (c)
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	C. Masten	11	M. Priddis	3	A. Gaff
	17	J. Melksham	21	D. Heppell	25	A. Steinberg	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							9	N. Naitanui	26	S. Butler
HALF-FORWARD							34	M. Hutchings	20	D. Cox
	33	J. Hill	27	J. Darling	42	J. McGovern	13	L. Shuey	4	D. Sheed
	1	M. Hibberd	18	M. Hurley	12	M. Baguley			32	S. Tunbridge
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	29	S. Lycett	17	J. Kennedy	35	D. McGinnity
	8	J. Winderlich	26	C. Hooker	15	C. Dempsey
BACK
West Coast							Coach: Adam Simpson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Jobe Watson goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:17
	ESSE	David Myers goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	02:10
	WCST	Scott Lycett behind	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	04:54
	WCST	Jamie Bennell behind	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	05:27
	ESSE	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	07:41
	WCST	Matt Priddis behind	2.1.13	-	0.3.3	11:57
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	2.1.13	-	1.3.9	18:05
	WCST	Jack Darling goal	2.1.13	-	2.3.15	20:24
	WCST	Josh Kennedy behind	2.1.13	-	2.4.16	21:58
Q2	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	2.1.13	-	3.4.22	01:32
	ESSE	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	3.4.22	02:52
	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	2.2.14	-	4.4.28	04:35
	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	2.2.14	-	5.4.34	06:17
	ESSE	Jobe Watson behind	2.3.15	-	5.4.34	07:18
	ESSE	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	5.4.34	08:33
	ESSE	Brent Stanton goal	3.4.22	-	5.4.34	12:50
	WCST	Dean Cox goal	3.4.22	-	6.4.40	14:39
	ESSE	Brent Stanton behind	3.5.23	-	6.4.40	16:03
	WCST	Luke Shuey goal	3.5.23	-	7.4.46	18:09
	WCST	Jack Darling goal	3.5.23	-	8.4.52	20:35
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	4.5.29	-	8.4.52	27:01
Q3	WCST	Dane McGinnity behind	4.5.29	-	8.5.53	02:44
	ESSE	Joe Daniher behind	4.6.30	-	8.5.53	04:55
	ESSE	Jason Winderlich behind	4.7.31	-	8.5.53	05:39
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	4.7.31	-	9.5.59	07:25
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	4.7.31	-	10.5.65	09:17
	ESSE	Patrick Ambrose goal	5.7.37	-	10.5.65	10:36
	ESSE	Paul Chapman goal	6.7.43	-	10.5.65	15:48
	ESSE	Jason Winderlich goal	7.7.49	-	10.5.65	18:03
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	8.7.55	-	10.5.65	20:04
	ESSE	Jason Winderlich goal	9.7.61	-	10.5.65	21:34
	WCST	Scott Lycett goal	9.7.61	-	11.5.71	22:58
	WCST	Rushed behind	9.7.61	-	11.6.72	27:19
Q4	WCST	Josh Kennedy behind	9.7.61	-	11.7.73	03:53
	ESSE	Jason Winderlich behind	9.8.62	-	11.7.73	05:21
	ESSE	Brendon Goddard behind	9.9.63	-	11.7.73	06:20
	ESSE	Jason Winderlich goal	10.9.69	-	11.7.73	09:12
	ESSE	Ben Howlett behind	10.10.70	-	11.7.73	10:16
	ESSE	David Zaharakis goal	11.10.76	-	11.7.73	11:53
	ESSE	David Myers behind	11.11.77	-	11.7.73	15:03
	WCST	Josh Hill behind	11.11.77	-	11.8.74	24:47

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