2015 AFL Round 15: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 2015 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 15 of the 2015 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. In the absence of Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Nathan Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, M. Hurley, J. Gwilt
Half-back: A. Browne, A. Steinberg, M. Gleeson
Centre: B. Stanton, D. Heppell (capt.), N. O'Brien
Half-forward: Z. Merrett, J. Daniher, M. Hibberd
Forward: P. Ambrose, C. Hooker, J. Laverde
Follower: S. McKernan, J. Merrett, B. Goddard
Int.: S. Edwards, B. Howlett, D. Zaharakis
Sub.: J. Ashby

Melbourne
Back: C. Garland, L. Dunn, N. Jetta
Half-back: J. Howe, T. McDonald, B. Stretch
Centre: D. Cross, B. Vince, H. Lumumba
Half-forward: A. Neal-Bullen, C. Dawes, J. Garlett
Forward: A. Brayshaw, J. Hogan, J. Watts
Follower: M. Gawn, N. Jones (capt.), J. Viney
Int.: J. Harmes, D. Tyson, A. vandenBerg
Sub.: J. Kennedy Harris

Essendon (10.9.69) defeated Melbourne (7.18.60).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Daniher (5), S. Edwards (2), D. Heppell, B. Howlett, B. Stanton
Melbourne: J. Garlett, J. Hogan, J. Howe, N. Jetta, T. McDonald, D. Tyson, A. vandenBerg

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 14th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 July 2015
Time: 1:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,861

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 10.9.69 - 7.18.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 3 . 4 9 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Melbourne 1 . 3 3 . 9 4 . 13 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
Margin level MELB by 5 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9
Duration 30:31 31:21 30:41 27:53 2:00:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: James Hird (Essendon), Paul Roos (Melbourne)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Nathan Jones (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Deboy (#11), A. Mitchell (#31), J. Schmitt (#17)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brent Stanton ESSE 5 3
Joe Daniher ESSE 6 2
Bernie Vince MELB 23 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Joe Daniher ESSE 6 9 1 1 0 0 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 9 1 1 0 0 0
Bernie Vince MELB 23 5 0 0 1 1 0
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Brent Stanton ESSE 5 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Max Gawn MELB 11 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
29 Ambrose, Patrick FPL 78% 0 0 9 3 6 1 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 1
14 Ashby, Jason SUB↑ 65% 0 0 7 1 6 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 93% 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 5 0 4 2 0 6 1
24 Browne, Alex HBFL↓ 30% 0 0 6 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Daniher, Joe CHF 84% 5 0 13 8 5 6 4 3 1 4 1 2 0 1
19 Edwards, Shaun INT 82% 2 0 9 6 3 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 4
35 Gleeson, Martin HBFR 89% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 5
9 Goddard, Brendon RO 81% 0 0 29 11 18 1 1 4 8 2 0 0 4 1
42 Gwilt, James BPR 93% 0 1 23 15 8 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 8 4
21 Heppell, Dyson (ac) C 90% 1 0 19 10 9 1 5 7 3 1 4 0 2 1
1 Hibberd, Michael HFFR 83% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 5
26 Hooker, Cale FF 90% 0 3 18 13 5 6 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 4
40 Howlett, Ben INT 83% 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 2
18 Hurley, Michael FB 90% 0 1 24 21 3 9 0 2 0 4 0 2 12 1
33 Laverde, Jayden FPR 77% 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 81% 0 0 18 11 7 3 20 0 2 4 0 3 2 2
20 Merrett, Jackson RR 79% 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 6 2 5 1 1 0 3
7 Merrett, Zach HFFL 75% 0 0 21 10 11 1 0 8 5 2 0 1 1 2
10 O'Brien, Nick WR 90% 0 1 19 7 12 3 0 5 4 2 0 0 0 1
5 Stanton, Brent WL 85% 1 0 30 21 9 4 0 4 4 4 2 1 2 3
25 Steinberg, Ariel CHB 95% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 2
11 Zaharakis, David INT 86% 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 10 9 355 204 151 72 33 84 39 49 13 19 45 45

J. Ashby replaced A. Browne during the second quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus FPL 79% 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 4
18 Cross, Daniel WL 89% 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 1
6 Dawes, Chris CHF 85% 0 3 11 7 4 4 8 0 2 3 0 1 0 3
14 Dunn, Lynden FB 95% 0 0 7 4 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 4 0
20 Garland, Colin BPL 90% 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 4 0 3 0 2 4 4
36 Garlett, Jeff HFFR 96% 1 2 9 6 3 1 0 9 1 1 0 0 1 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 86% 0 1 19 12 7 6 58 4 5 2 3 0 4 3
43 Harmes, James INT↓ 52% 0 1 9 3 6 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 94% 1 0 13 6 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
38 Howe, Jeremy HBFL 83% 1 1 14 9 5 5 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 86% 1 0 13 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2 Jones, Nathan (c) RR 88% 0 1 25 13 12 4 0 7 9 1 0 0 2 7
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay SUB↑ 22% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Lumumba, Heritier WR 94% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 4 1 1 4 0 2 2
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 95% 1 2 28 24 4 6 1 1 0 3 2 0 10 4
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFL 81% 0 0 8 1 7 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0
15 Stretch, Billy HBFR 81% 0 0 8 2 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tyson, Dom INT 72% 1 0 18 10 8 2 0 5 6 4 1 2 0 4
37 vandenBerg, Aaron INT 74% 1 1 18 12 6 3 0 5 5 2 2 1 0 3
23 Vince, Bernie C 89% 0 2 35 25 10 1 1 3 9 7 0 1 2 9
7 Viney, Jack RO 87% 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 7 4 4 1 3 0 2
4 Watts, Jack FPR 80% 0 0 16 7 9 3 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 7 18 319 188 131 60 71 81 46 39 19 13 33 58

J. Kennedy Harris replaced J. Harmes.

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: James Hird
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
20 C. Garland 14 L. Dunn 39 N. Jetta 44 S. McKernan 19 S. Edwards
33 J. Laverde 26 C. Hooker 29 P. Ambrose 20 J. Merrett 40 B. Howlett
FORWARD 9 B. Goddard 11 D. Zaharakis
HALF-BACK

14 J. Ashby
38 J. Howe 25 T. McDonald 15 B. Stretch



1 M. Hibberd 6 J. Daniher 7 Z. Merrett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 D. Cross 23 B. Vince 8 H. Lumumba



10 N. O'Brien 21 D. Heppell (ac) 5 B. Stanton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 43 J. Harmes
HALF-FORWARD 2 N. Jones (c) 12 D. Tyson
30 A. Neal-Bullen 6 C. Dawes 36 J. Garlett 7 J. Viney 37 A. vandenBerg
35 M. Gleeson 25 A. Steinberg 24 A. Browne

24 J. Kennedy Harris
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



10 A. Brayshaw 1 J. Hogan 4 J. Watts



42 J. Gwilt 18 M. Hurley 12 M. Baguley



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE James Gwilt behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:09
MELB Jeremy Howe behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 04:59
MELB Aaron vandenBerg behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 11:00
MELB Dom Tyson goal 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 12:10
ESSE Ben Howlett goal 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 15:02
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 20:30
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 1.2.8 - 1.3.9 23:28
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 1.3.9 - 1.3.9 25:56
Q2 MELB Jeff Garlett behind 1.3.9 - 1.4.10 00:49
MELB Bernie Vince behind 1.3.9 - 1.5.11 01:23
MELB Jeremy Howe goal 1.3.9 - 2.5.17 02:50
MELB Max Gawn behind 1.3.9 - 2.6.18 06:25
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 2.3.15 - 2.6.18 08:51
MELB Nathan Jones behind 2.3.15 - 2.7.19 16:41
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 3.3.21 - 2.7.19 21:51
ESSE Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 2.7.19 23:43
MELB Aaron vandenBerg goal 3.4.22 - 3.7.25 25:14
MELB James Harmes behind 3.4.22 - 3.8.26 29:35
MELB Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 3.9.27 30:19
Q3 ESSE Joe Daniher goal 4.4.28 - 3.9.27 02:05
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 4.4.28 - 4.9.33 04:13
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 5.4.34 - 4.9.33 06:16
MELB Bernie Vince behind 5.4.34 - 4.10.34 07:16
ESSE Shaun Edwards goal 6.4.40 - 4.10.34 09:02
ESSE Nick O'Brien behind 6.5.41 - 4.10.34 10:53
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 6.6.42 - 4.10.34 12:05
MELB Chris Dawes behind 6.6.42 - 4.11.35 13:36
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 7.6.48 - 4.11.35 17:12
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 8.6.54 - 4.11.35 19:34
ESSE Shaun Edwards goal 9.6.60 - 4.11.35 24:37
MELB Chris Dawes behind 9.6.60 - 4.12.36 26:44
MELB Chris Dawes behind 9.6.60 - 4.13.37 28:41
ESSE Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 4.13.37 30:30
Q4 MELB Neville Jetta goal 9.7.61 - 5.13.43 05:34
MELB Jack Viney behind 9.7.61 - 5.14.44 06:32
MELB Tom McDonald behind 9.7.61 - 5.15.45 07:28
MELB Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 5.16.46 09:41
MELB Tom McDonald behind 9.7.61 - 5.17.47 12:38
ESSE Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 5.17.47 14:06
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 9.8.62 - 5.18.48 14:44
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 9.8.62 - 6.18.54 15:32
MELB Tom McDonald goal 9.8.62 - 7.18.60 17:20
ESSE Michael Hurley behind 9.9.63 - 7.18.60 21:14
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 10.9.69 - 7.18.60 23:20