2015 AFL Round 18: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 2015 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 18 of the 2015 AFL season. Essendon hosted Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. In the absence of Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Bob Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Essendon
Back: J. Gwilt, A. Steinberg, M. Baguley
Half-back: B. Goddard, J. Carlisle, M. Hibberd
Centre: D. Heppell (capt.), J. Melksham, B. Stanton
Half-forward: K. Langford, J. Laverde, M. Gleeson
Forward: P. Ambrose, J. Daniher, C. Hooker
Follower: J. Giles, D. Zaharakis, Z. Merrett
Int.: A. Browne, A. Cooney, N. O'Brien
Sub.: J. Merrett

Western Bulldogs
Back: D. Morris, M. Talia, M. Boyd
Half-back: B. Murphy (capt.), E. Wood, J. Johannisen
Centre: M. Bontempelli, J. Macrae, S. Biggs
Half-forward: L. Dahlhaus, T. Dickson, S. Crameri
Forward: L. Hunter, J. Redpath, J. Stringer
Follower: T. Campbell, M. Wallis, L. Picken
Int.: C. Daniel, J. Grant, J. Prudden
Sub.: B. Dale

Essendon (5.10.40) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (19.13.127).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Daniher, C. Hooker, K. Langford, Z. Merrett, B. Stanton
Western Bulldogs: S. Crameri (7), T. Dickson (4), J. Stringer (4), C. Daniel (2), J. Johannisen, M. Wallis

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 15th on the ladder (down from 14th) and Western Bulldogs were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 2 August 2015
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 33,466

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 5.10.40 - 19.13.127

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	0	.	4	2	.	5	4	.	7	5	.	10	5	.	10	(40)
Western Bulldogs	1	.	2	8	.	8	15	.	11	19	.	13	19	.	13	(127)
Margin	WBUL by 4			WBUL by 39			WBUL by 70			WBUL by 87			WBUL by 87
Duration	23:23			31:32			31:19			28:05			1:54:19

Honour Roll

Coaches: James Hird (Essendon), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Bob Murphy (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Bannister (#5), C. Deboy (#11), J. Schmitt (#17), E: J. Edwards (#22)
Goal Umpire: M. Palm, A. Wojcik, E: M. Ensbey
Boundary Umpire: J. Andrews, A. Coote, C. Gordon, S. Jones

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Stewart Crameri	WBUL	8	3
Jason Johannisen	WBUL	39	2
Easton Wood	WBUL	10	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Stewart Crameri	WBUL	8	10	2	0	0	0	0
Jason Johannisen	WBUL	39	6	0	1	0	1	0
Easton Wood	WBUL	10	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Macrae	WBUL	11	3	0	0	1	0	0
Mitch Wallis	WBUL	3	3	0	0	1	0	0
Lachie Hunter	WBUL	7	2	0	0	0	?	?
Jake Stringer	WBUL	9	2	0	0	0	?	?

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ambrose, Patrick	FPL	90%	0	1	11	3	8	3	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	0
12	Baguley, Mark	BPR	91%	0	0	18	14	4	9	0	3	0	4	2	3	3	2
24	Browne, Alex	INT↓	48%	0	0	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1
22	Carlisle, Jake	CHB	90%	0	0	21	13	8	12	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	0
13	Cooney, Adam	INT	80%	0	1	19	9	10	4	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	3
6	Daniher, Joe	FF	91%	1	1	11	9	2	6	2	1	1	4	1	3	2	3
27	Giles, Jonathan	RU	86%	0	0	11	9	2	3	25	2	5	3	1	0	0	2
35	Gleeson, Martin	HFFR	83%	0	0	15	11	4	7	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	2
9	Goddard, Brendon	HBFL	86%	0	0	24	14	10	7	0	2	1	2	0	1	4	4
42	Gwilt, James	BPL	90%	0	0	21	15	6	11	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	1
21	Heppell, Dyson (ac)	WL	87%	0	0	34	11	23	5	3	4	7	2	0	0	1	1
1	Hibberd, Michael	HBFR	84%	0	1	29	15	14	6	0	2	1	1	1	0	4	3
26	Hooker, Cale	FPR	94%	1	2	19	11	8	8	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	0
30	Langford, Kyle	HFFL	88%	1	0	7	4	3	3	0	5	0	3	1	0	0	2
33	Laverde, Jayden	CHF	82%	0	0	16	10	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
17	Melksham, Jake	C	82%	0	1	9	3	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
20	Merrett, Jackson	SUB↑	43%	0	0	9	6	3	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
7	Merrett, Zach	RO	78%	1	0	30	11	19	2	0	6	3	4	2	0	2	6
10	O'Brien, Nick	INT	70%	0	0	16	7	9	1	0	2	3	2	0	1	0	2
5	Stanton, Brent	WR	89%	1	0	32	21	11	9	0	6	1	1	1	0	4	3
25	Steinberg, Ariel	FB	87%	0	0	15	3	12	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
11	Zaharakis, David	RR	83%	0	0	15	8	7	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	2
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				5	10	386	210	176	113	32	50	27	40	13	16	40	41

J. Merrett replaced A. Browne.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Biggs, Shane	WR	82%	0	0	22	16	6	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	4	1
4	Bontempelli, Marcus	WL	81%	0	1	24	13	11	4	3	5	6	1	1	1	1	6
5	Boyd, Matthew	BPR↓	72%	0	0	24	15	9	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	3
15	Campbell, Tom	RU	90%	0	0	8	2	6	2	21	2	1	3	0	1	0	2
8	Crameri, Stewart	HFFR	82%	7	2	19	12	7	5	0	4	0	1	1	1	1	3
6	Dahlhaus, Luke	HFFL	84%	0	0	29	13	16	6	0	8	3	2	0	0	5	3
31	Dale, Bailey	SUB↑	17%	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	Daniel, Caleb	INT	78%	2	0	19	9	10	3	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	5
29	Dickson, Tory	CHF	81%	4	0	9	5	4	3	0	3	0	1	1	1	0	1
1	Grant, Jarrad	INT	85%	0	1	16	9	7	5	0	0	1	4	1	3	2	2
7	Hunter, Lachie	FPL	89%	0	1	36	19	17	6	0	4	1	1	1	0	1	3
39	Johannisen, Jason	HBFR	82%	1	1	26	19	7	6	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	8
11	Macrae, Jack	C	84%	0	0	27	12	15	4	0	7	8	4	0	0	0	4
38	Morris, Dale	BPL	96%	0	0	16	8	8	9	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1
2	Murphy, Bob (c)	HBFL	86%	0	1	19	14	5	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3
42	Picken, Liam	RO	88%	0	1	25	9	16	4	0	6	1	2	3	0	1	2
28	Prudden, Josh	INT	81%	0	0	11	5	6	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	2
43	Redpath, Jack	FF	95%	0	2	13	10	3	5	3	2	1	0	3	0	1	1
9	Stringer, Jake	FPR	91%	4	2	16	12	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4
32	Talia, Michael	FB	93%	0	0	18	9	9	4	0	4	0	2	1	0	2	3
3	Wallis, Mitch	RR	82%	1	0	26	12	14	6	0	2	7	2	0	1	1	4
10	Wood, Easton	CHB	82%	0	0	20	8	12	10	0	0	0	3	1	2	3	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				19	13	426	232	194	107	27	58	33	39	16	13	33	63

B. Dale replaced M. Boyd.

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
	38	D. Morris	32	M. Talia	5	M. Boyd	27	J. Giles	24	A. Browne
	26	C. Hooker	6	J. Daniher	29	P. Ambrose	11	D. Zaharakis	13	A. Cooney
FORWARD							7	Z. Merrett	10	N. O'Brien
HALF-BACK									20	J. Merrett
	2	B. Murphy (c)	10	E. Wood	39	J. Johannisen
	35	M. Gleeson	33	J. Laverde	30	K. Langford
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	4	M. Bontempelli	11	J. Macrae	24	S. Biggs
	5	B. Stanton	17	J. Melksham	21	D. Heppell (ac)	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							15	T. Campbell	35	C. Daniel
HALF-FORWARD							3	M. Wallis	1	J. Grant
	6	L. Dahlhaus	29	T. Dickson	8	S. Crameri	42	L. Picken	28	J. Prudden
	1	M. Hibberd	22	J. Carlisle	9	B. Goddard			31	B. Dale
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	7	L. Hunter	43	J. Redpath	9	J. Stringer
	12	M. Baguley	25	A. Steinberg	42	J. Gwilt
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	03:45
	ESSE	Joe Daniher behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	05:52
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	10:29
	ESSE	Cale Hooker behind	0.3.3	-	1.0.6	12:31
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	0.3.3	-	1.1.7	16:13
	WBUL	Jake Stringer behind	0.3.3	-	1.2.8	20:42
	ESSE	Michael Hibberd behind	0.4.4	-	1.2.8	22:37
Q2	WBUL	Mitch Wallis goal	0.4.4	-	2.2.14	02:32
	WBUL	Jarrad Grant behind	0.4.4	-	2.3.15	05:17
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	0.4.4	-	3.3.21	06:46
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	0.4.4	-	4.3.27	08:31
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri behind	0.4.4	-	4.4.28	10:02
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	0.4.4	-	5.4.34	10:21
	WBUL	Liam Picken behind	0.4.4	-	5.5.35	12:03
	WBUL	Jake Stringer behind	0.4.4	-	5.6.36	13:37
	ESSE	Rushed behind	0.5.5	-	5.6.36	16:16
	ESSE	Brent Stanton goal	1.5.11	-	5.6.36	16:47
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	1.5.11	-	6.6.42	19:54
	WBUL	Bob Murphy behind	1.5.11	-	6.7.43	21:54
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	1.5.11	-	7.7.49	23:42
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	1.5.11	-	8.7.55	27:02
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	2.5.17	-	8.7.55	29:06
	WBUL	Jack Redpath behind	2.5.17	-	8.8.56	31:26
Q3	WBUL	Stewart Crameri behind	2.5.17	-	8.9.57	01:27
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	2.5.17	-	9.9.63	02:25
	ESSE	Adam Cooney behind	2.6.18	-	9.9.63	07:23
	WBUL	Rushed behind	2.6.18	-	9.10.64	08:18
	WBUL	Jack Redpath behind	2.6.18	-	9.11.65	09:39
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	2.6.18	-	10.11.71	11:47
	ESSE	Cale Hooker goal	3.6.24	-	10.11.71	15:14
	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	4.6.30	-	10.11.71	17:20
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	4.6.30	-	11.11.77	18:53
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	4.6.30	-	12.11.83	20:16
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	4.6.30	-	13.11.89	22:11
	WBUL	Jason Johannisen goal	4.6.30	-	14.11.95	25:12
	WBUL	Jake Stringer goal	4.6.30	-	15.11.101	26:37
	ESSE	Cale Hooker behind	4.7.31	-	15.11.101	29:28
Q4	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	5.7.37	-	15.11.101	00:48
	WBUL	Lachie Hunter behind	5.7.37	-	15.12.102	02:44
	ESSE	Patrick Ambrose behind	5.8.38	-	15.12.102	07:44
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	5.8.38	-	16.12.108	11:39
	WBUL	Jason Johannisen behind	5.8.38	-	16.13.109	13:23
	ESSE	Jake Melksham behind	5.9.39	-	16.13.109	18:24
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	5.9.39	-	17.13.115	19:11
	WBUL	Caleb Daniel goal	5.9.39	-	18.13.121	22:16
	WBUL	Caleb Daniel goal	5.9.39	-	19.13.127	24:12
	ESSE	Rushed behind	5.10.40	-	19.13.127	26:01

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