2017 AFL Round 6: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 2017 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 6 of the 2017 AFL season. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Essendon
Back: M. Dea, M. Hurley, M. Gleeson
Half-back: M. Baguley, M. Brown, B. McNiece
Centre: T. Colyer, Z. Merrett, A. McGrath
Half-forward: O. Fantasia, C. Hooker, D. Zaharakis
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, J. Daniher, B. Goddard
Follower: T. Bellchambers, B. Howlett, D. Heppell (capt.)
Int.: J. Green, C. McKenna, D. Parish, J. Watson

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, T. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: O. McDonald, S. Frost, B. Vince
Centre: J. Lewis, N. Jones, J. Melksham
Half-forward: C. Petracca, J. Watts, C. Salem
Forward: J. Kennedy Harris, M. Hannan, J. Garlett
Follower: C. Pedersen, C. Oliver, J. Viney
Int.: T. Bugg, J. Hunt, A. Neal-Bullen, D. Tyson

Essendon (10.14.74) were defeated by Melbourne (17.10.112).

Goalkickers
Essendon: O. Fantasia (2), C. Hooker (2), T. Bellchambers, T. Colyer, J. Daniher, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, A. McGrath, D. Parish
Melbourne: C. Petracca (4), J. Watts (4), J. Garlett (3), M. Hannan (3), J. Lewis, T. McDonald, C. Pedersen

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 30 April 2017
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 44,040

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.14.74 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 4 . 8 6 . 12 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 6 12 . 9 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin MELB by 2 ESSE by 2 MELB by 33 MELB by 38 MELB by 38
Duration 29:18 30:06 35:03 29:16 2:03:43

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Haussen (#5), S. Hay (#20), M. Nicholls (#15), E: H. Gavine (#14)
Goal Umpire: D. Benwell, M. Craig, E: L. Walker
Boundary Umpire: G. Bergroth, B. MacDonald, J. Moore, J. Scully

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom McDonald MELB 25 3
Jordan Lewis MELB 6 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Jack Watts MELB 4 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Tom McDonald MELB 25 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Christian Petracca MELB 5 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Dom Tyson MELB 12 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Jack Viney MELB 7 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark HBFL 93% 0 0 14 12 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 1
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 79% 1 0 9 7 2 7 33 2 1 1 1 1 1 4
28 Brown, Mitch CHB 73% 0 0 10 5 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 Colyer, Travis WL 75% 1 1 20 14 6 9 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 5
6 Daniher, Joe FF 94% 1 6 17 12 5 13 9 2 0 5 2 2 0 3
49 Dea, Matt BPL 89% 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 3 0 2 3 1 3 2
13 Fantasia, Orazio HFFL 75% 2 0 9 5 4 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 76% 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 5
9 Goddard, Brendon FPR 84% 0 0 31 17 14 5 0 3 4 2 1 0 4 3
15 Green, Josh INT 80% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 0 4 1 2 0 3
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RO 81% 0 0 22 15 7 8 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 2
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 92% 2 1 11 4 7 5 3 4 2 2 1 1 0 0
40 Howlett, Ben RR 80% 0 1 14 9 5 4 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 3
18 Hurley, Michael FB 90% 0 0 23 19 4 13 0 1 1 2 0 0 7 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 81% 1 2 13 8 5 4 0 5 1 1 0 1 1 1
1 McGrath, Andrew WR 85% 1 0 23 16 7 6 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 5
45 McKenna, Conor INT 86% 0 0 21 14 7 9 0 1 0 8 2 3 2 3
41 McNiece, Ben HBFR 83% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0
7 Merrett, Zach C 79% 0 0 32 23 9 3 0 3 5 5 0 0 5 5
3 Parish, Darcy INT 70% 1 0 11 5 6 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
4 Watson, Jobe INT 73% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 7 1 1 1 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David HFFR 80% 0 1 17 17 0 9 0 3 0 4 0 1 4 5
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 10 14 372 248 124 138 45 46 30 54 18 17 36 54

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bugg, Tomas INT 69% 0 1 13 8 5 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 2
17 Frost, Sam CHB 88% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 1
36 Garlett, Jeff FPR 87% 3 0 8 6 2 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 2
19 Hannan, Mitch FF 80% 3 1 14 9 5 5 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 3
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 77% 0 0 24 16 8 6 0 1 1 5 1 1 5 0
29 Hunt, Jayden INT 90% 0 1 16 13 3 5 0 2 2 6 1 3 4 3
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 80% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1
2 Jones, Nathan C 86% 0 0 30 12 18 4 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 5
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay FPL 69% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 1
6 Lewis, Jordan WL 85% 1 0 30 15 15 7 0 2 4 7 0 2 5 2
28 McDonald, Oscar HBFL 99% 0 0 15 11 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1
25 McDonald, Tom FB 86% 1 0 26 17 9 12 6 1 2 5 1 2 1 4
18 Melksham, Jake WR 81% 0 1 14 11 3 4 0 1 2 2 1 1 5 3
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex INT 75% 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 81% 0 0 33 8 25 5 0 5 5 1 1 1 3 1
21 Pedersen, Cameron RU 86% 1 2 19 11 8 8 18 0 4 1 2 1 3 4
5 Petracca, Christian HFFL 83% 4 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
3 Salem, Christian HFFR 79% 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 2 3 4 0 0 4 1
12 Tyson, Dom INT 76% 0 1 29 19 10 9 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 9
23 Vince, Bernie HBFR 83% 0 0 28 16 12 5 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 3
7 Viney, Jack RO 77% 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 4
4 Watts, Jack CHF 83% 4 1 19 13 6 5 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 17 10 419 240 179 111 25 48 41 61 17 18 40 55

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
14 M. Hibberd 25 T. McDonald 39 N. Jetta 2 T. Bellchambers 15 J. Green
9 B. Goddard 6 J. Daniher 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 40 B. Howlett 45 C. McKenna
FORWARD 21 D. Heppell (c) 3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK

4 J. Watson
28 O. McDonald 17 S. Frost 23 B. Vince



11 D. Zaharakis 26 C. Hooker 13 O. Fantasia



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 J. Lewis 2 N. Jones 18 J. Melksham



1 A. McGrath 7 Z. Merrett 32 T. Colyer FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 21 C. Pedersen 32 T. Bugg
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 29 J. Hunt
5 C. Petracca 4 J. Watts 3 C. Salem 7 J. Viney 30 A. Neal-Bullen
41 B. McNiece 28 M. Brown 12 M. Baguley

12 D. Tyson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



24 J. Kennedy Harris 19 M. Hannan 36 J. Garlett



8 M. Gleeson 18 M. Hurley 49 M. Dea



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:34
MELB Cameron Pedersen behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 04:18
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 06:39
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 08:16
MELB Jack Watts goal 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 11:46
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 13:30
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 16:35
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 20:07
MELB Jayden Hunt behind 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 26:31
MELB Dom Tyson behind 2.2.14 - 2.4.16 27:40
Q2 MELB Mitch Hannan behind 2.2.14 - 2.5.17 01:11
MELB Christian Petracca goal 2.2.14 - 3.5.23 02:40
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 2.3.15 - 3.5.23 04:41
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 2.4.16 - 3.5.23 06:59
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 2.5.17 - 3.5.23 11:34
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 3.5.23 - 3.5.23 12:25
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 3.6.24 - 3.5.23 16:33
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 3.7.25 - 3.5.23 20:00
MELB Jack Watts behind 3.7.25 - 3.6.24 22:15
ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 4.7.31 - 3.6.24 24:23
MELB Christian Petracca goal 4.7.31 - 4.6.30 25:53
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 4.8.32 - 4.6.30 28:58
Q3 ESSE Rushed behind 4.9.33 - 4.6.30 02:21
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 4.9.33 - 5.6.36 03:03
MELB Tom McDonald goal 4.9.33 - 6.6.42 05:05
MELB Jack Watts goal 4.9.33 - 7.6.48 07:13
MELB Jake Melksham behind 4.9.33 - 7.7.49 09:20
ESSE Ben Howlett behind 4.10.34 - 7.7.49 10:54
ESSE Rushed behind 4.11.35 - 7.7.49 11:21
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 5.11.41 - 7.7.49 13:00
MELB Christian Petracca goal 5.11.41 - 8.7.55 14:20
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 6.11.47 - 8.7.55 15:25
ESSE Travis Colyer behind 6.12.48 - 8.7.55 18:46
MELB Tomas Bugg behind 6.12.48 - 8.8.56 22:16
MELB Cameron Pedersen goal 6.12.48 - 9.8.62 24:06
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 6.12.48 - 10.8.68 26:18
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 6.12.48 - 11.8.74 28:02
MELB Jack Watts goal 6.12.48 - 12.8.80 31:19
MELB Rushed behind 6.12.48 - 12.9.81 32:59
Q4 MELB Jack Watts goal 6.12.48 - 13.9.87 02:13
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 6.12.48 - 14.9.93 03:59
ESSE Travis Colyer goal 7.12.54 - 14.9.93 11:22
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 8.12.60 - 14.9.93 13:44
MELB Jordan Lewis goal 8.12.60 - 15.9.99 15:27
MELB Cameron Pedersen behind 8.12.60 - 15.10.100 17:18
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 8.13.61 - 15.10.100 17:54
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 9.13.67 - 15.10.100 19:01
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 9.14.68 - 15.10.100 21:42
MELB Christian Petracca goal 9.14.68 - 16.10.106 23:01
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 10.14.74 - 16.10.106 25:24
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 10.14.74 - 17.10.112 26:58