2016 AFL Round 2: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 2016 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 2 of the 2016 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Brendon Goddard captained the hosts with Mark Baguley as vice-captain. Nathan Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

Essendon
Back: M. Dea, M. Brown, M. Baguley (vice-capt.)
Half-back: J. Gwilt, M. Hartley, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Centre: B. Goddard (capt.), D. Zaharakis, J. Merrett
Half-forward: Z. Merrett, K. Langford, A. Cooney
Forward: M. Stokes, J. Daniher, N. Kommer
Follower: M. Leuenberger, J. Kelly, R. Crowley
Int.: P. Ambrose, O. Fantasia, M. Gleeson, D. Parish

Melbourne
Back: N. Jetta, T. McDonald, H. Lumumba
Half-back: M. Jones, C. Garland, C. Salem
Centre: B. Vince, J. Viney, T. Bugg
Half-forward: J. Watts, C. Pedersen, A. vandenBerg
Forward: D. Kent, J. Hogan, J. Garlett
Follower: M. Gawn, N. Jones (capt.), C. Oliver
Int.: A. Brayshaw, J. Harmes, B. Kennedy, D. Tyson

Essendon (11.14.80) defeated Melbourne (10.7.67).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Brown (2), J. Daniher (2), Z. Merrett (2), M. Hartley, N. Kommer, K. Langford, D. Parish, M. Stokes
Melbourne: B. Kennedy (3), J. Garlett (2), A. Brayshaw, J. Harmes, J. Hogan, C. Oliver, J. Watts

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 13th on the ladder (up from 16th) and Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 April 2016
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,424

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 11.14.80 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 7 . 7 8 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Melbourne 1 . 4 6 . 4 7 . 7 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 13
Duration 27:35 32:14 27:08 28:38 1:55:35

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Paul Roos (Melbourne)
Captains: Brendon Goddard (Essendon), Nathan Jones (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Mark Baguley (Essendon), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), T. Pannell (#28), A. Stephens (#12), E: J. Edwards (#22)
Goal Umpire: M. Craig, M. Dervan, E: S. Piperno
Boundary Umpire: A. Coote, G. Large, M. Marantelli, J. Mather

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 2
Joe Daniher ESSE 6 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Joe Daniher ESSE 6 9 1 1 0 0 0
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 9 1 1 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 6 0 0 2 0 0
James Gwilt ESSE 42 2 0 0 0 ? ?
James Kelly ESSE 47 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Ben Kennedy MELB 35 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 INT 78% 0 0 13 5 8 3 3 5 1 1 1 1 0 2
12 Baguley, Mark (vc) BPR 85% 0 0 21 10 11 9 0 5 0 1 1 0 3 0
28 Brown, Mitch FB 80% 2 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
17 Cooney, Adam HFFR 80% 0 1 20 14 6 5 0 4 4 3 3 1 1 3
51 Crowley, Ryan RO 85% 0 1 14 10 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1
6 Daniher, Joe FF 88% 2 4 21 14 7 15 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 5
49 Dea, Matt BPL 79% 0 1 18 12 6 4 0 2 1 1 3 1 3 1
13 Fantasia, Orazio INT 74% 0 0 23 9 14 3 0 3 4 4 1 2 0 2
8 Gleeson, Martin INT 85% 0 0 20 15 5 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 1
9 Goddard, Brendon (c) WL 89% 0 1 27 15 12 10 2 3 3 5 2 2 0 2
42 Gwilt, James HBFL 94% 0 0 24 13 11 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
36 Hartley, Michael CHB 92% 1 0 14 9 5 6 0 5 0 3 2 3 2 1
47 Kelly, James RR 85% 0 0 28 12 16 6 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 2
38 Kommer, Nick FPR 75% 1 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 7 4 6 0 1
30 Langford, Kyle CHF 76% 1 1 15 7 8 7 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 3
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 76% 0 0 12 4 8 1 16 2 3 4 2 0 0 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HBFR 84% 0 0 20 13 7 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
20 Merrett, Jackson WR 82% 0 1 28 13 15 10 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 3
7 Merrett, Zach HFFL 70% 2 0 32 19 13 3 0 8 4 3 0 0 1 5
3 Parish, Darcy INT 73% 1 0 21 10 11 3 0 8 1 2 3 0 0 5
48 Stokes, Mathew FPL 85% 1 0 17 5 12 5 0 4 1 2 0 1 2 1
11 Zaharakis, David C 87% 0 0 34 20 14 7 0 5 2 2 0 1 0 10
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 11 14 444 243 201 139 21 66 28 53 27 22 27 56

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus INT 58% 1 1 9 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
32 Bugg, Tomas WR 79% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 4 1 2 2 2 3 0
20 Garland, Colin CHB 92% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
36 Garlett, Jeff FPR 82% 2 1 6 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
11 Gawn, Max RU 78% 0 0 10 3 7 3 31 0 1 3 1 1 0 0
43 Harmes, James INT 75% 1 0 15 8 7 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 3
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 91% 1 1 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 87% 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 0
45 Jones, Matt HBFL 84% 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 3 3 3 2 1 2 2
2 Jones, Nathan (c) RR 87% 0 0 29 17 12 6 0 3 7 5 1 3 2 7
35 Kennedy, Ben INT 72% 3 0 21 13 8 1 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 3
16 Kent, Dean FPL 82% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 1 2
8 Lumumba, Heritier BPR 96% 0 0 18 8 10 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 4 2
25 McDonald, Tom FB 98% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 1
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 67% 1 0 14 4 10 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
21 Pedersen, Cameron CHF 80% 0 0 10 7 3 5 7 2 1 4 3 3 2 3
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 87% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 3 2 2 1 2 3 1
12 Tyson, Dom INT 74% 0 3 23 12 11 5 0 4 2 2 1 0 4 4
37 vandenBerg, Aaron HFFR 85% 0 0 15 5 10 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2
23 Vince, Bernie WL 86% 0 0 28 20 8 7 2 4 2 5 1 2 7 3
7 Viney, Jack C 79% 0 0 17 7 10 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 1
4 Watts, Jack HFFL 80% 1 0 9 4 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 10 7 316 174 142 68 41 50 31 52 22 27 39 41

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: John Worsfold
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
39 N. Jetta 25 T. McDonald 8 H. Lumumba 22 M. Leuenberger 29 P. Ambrose
38 N. Kommer 6 J. Daniher 48 M. Stokes 47 J. Kelly 13 O. Fantasia
FORWARD 51 R. Crowley 8 M. Gleeson
HALF-BACK

3 D. Parish
45 M. Jones 20 C. Garland 3 C. Salem



17 A. Cooney 30 K. Langford 7 Z. Merrett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



23 B. Vince 7 J. Viney 32 T. Bugg



20 J. Merrett 11 D. Zaharakis 9 B. Goddard (c) FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 10 A. Brayshaw
HALF-FORWARD 2 N. Jones (c) 43 J. Harmes
4 J. Watts 21 C. Pedersen 37 A. vandenBerg 13 C. Oliver 35 B. Kennedy
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 36 M. Hartley 42 J. Gwilt

12 D. Tyson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



16 D. Kent 1 J. Hogan 36 J. Garlett



12 M. Baguley (vc) 28 M. Brown 49 M. Dea



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:45
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:41
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 07:09
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 12:12
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 14:25
MELB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 19:05
MELB Dom Tyson behind 1.2.8 - 1.3.9 20:49
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 23:09
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 2.2.14 - 1.4.10 27:29
Q2 ESSE Mathew Stokes goal 3.2.20 - 1.4.10 00:53
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 3.2.20 - 2.4.16 04:28
MELB Ben Kennedy goal 3.2.20 - 3.4.22 06:16
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 09:12
ESSE Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 3.4.22 10:29
MELB James Harmes goal 3.4.22 - 4.4.28 11:55
MELB Ben Kennedy goal 3.4.22 - 5.4.34 14:29
ESSE Ryan Crowley behind 3.5.23 - 5.4.34 17:29
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 4.5.29 - 5.4.34 17:55
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 4.6.30 - 5.4.34 19:47
ESSE Nick Kommer goal 5.6.36 - 5.4.34 22:10
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 5.7.37 - 5.4.34 24:36
ESSE Michael Hartley goal 6.7.43 - 5.4.34 26:08
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 6.7.43 - 6.4.40 27:58
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 7.7.49 - 6.4.40 30:00
Q3 ESSE Mitch Brown goal 8.7.55 - 6.4.40 02:31
ESSE Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 6.4.40 06:10
MELB Dom Tyson behind 8.8.56 - 6.5.41 09:45
MELB Dom Tyson behind 8.8.56 - 6.6.42 10:20
MELB Ben Kennedy goal 8.8.56 - 7.6.48 11:21
ESSE Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 7.6.48 18:10
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 8.9.57 - 7.7.49 24:03
ESSE Matt Dea behind 8.10.58 - 7.7.49 25:55
Q4 MELB Clayton Oliver goal 8.10.58 - 8.7.55 00:18
ESSE Adam Cooney behind 8.11.59 - 8.7.55 02:34
MELB Jack Watts goal 8.11.59 - 9.7.61 04:17
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 8.12.60 - 9.7.61 08:11
ESSE Rushed behind 8.13.61 - 9.7.61 12:14
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 8.13.61 - 10.7.67 13:44
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 9.13.67 - 10.7.67 16:12
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 10.13.73 - 10.7.67 19:12
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 11.13.79 - 10.7.67 23:38
ESSE Jackson Merrett behind 11.14.80 - 10.7.67 26:17