2014 AFL Season 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 twenty-one of the 2014 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (11.11.77) defeated West Coast (11.8.74).

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

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 (West Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jobe Watson
Coach: Mark Thompson

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Simpson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Donlon (#1)
S. McInerney (#30)
B. Ryan (#27)
E: R. O'Gorman (#33)

Goal Umpires

C. Appleton
L. Walker
E: D. Dixon

Boundary Umpires

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