2018 AFL Round 6: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 2018 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 6 of the 2018 AFL season. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Nathan Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Essendon
Back: B. Goddard, M. Hurley, A. Saad
Half-back: P. Ambrose, C. Hooker, D. Heppell (capt.)
Centre: A. McGrath, J. Laverde, K. Mutch
Half-forward: D. Parish, J. Stewart, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: M. Baguley, J. Daniher, D. Zaharakis
Follower: M. Leuenberger, D. Smith, J. Merrett
Int.: M. Guelfi, B. McNiece, Z. Merrett, J. Stringer

Melbourne
Back: J. Lever, O. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: J. Lewis, M. Hibberd, J. Hunt
Centre: M. Hannan, N. Jones (capt.), A. Brayshaw
Half-forward: B. Fritsch, J. Hogan, J. Melksham
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, S. Weideman, T. McDonald
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Salem, C. Oliver
Int.: J. Harmes, C. Spargo, D. Tyson, B. Vince

Essendon (10.12.72) were defeated by Melbourne (16.12.108).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Stringer (3), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (2), D. Smith (2), J. Laverde, J. Stewart, D. Zaharakis
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), M. Hannan (3), M. Gawn (2), J. Hogan (2), T. McDonald (2), J. Melksham (2), C. Spargo (2)

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) and Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 29 April 2018
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 35,964

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 7 6 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Melbourne 1 . 3 4 . 7 11 . 10 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6 MELB by 31 MELB by 36 MELB by 36
Duration 26:16 31:22 31:42 30:44 2:00:04

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Foot (#2), B. Rosebury (#8), N. Williamson (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Gawn MELB 11 3
Nathan Jones MELB 2 2
Michael Hibberd MELB 14 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Nathan Jones MELB 2 6 0 0 2 0 0
Jake Melksham MELB 18 4 0 1 0 0 0
Christian Salem MELB 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
Neville Jetta MELB 39 2 0 0 0 1 0
Devon Smith ESSE 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 1 0 0 0 0 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 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 HBFL 82% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
12 Baguley, Mark FPL 88% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 1
6 Daniher, Joe FF 97% 0 3 11 10 1 5 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 3
9 Goddard, Brendon BPL 84% 0 1 24 6 18 8 0 6 2 2 0 1 0 1
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 79% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 3 3 4 2 0 2 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFR 79% 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 6 4 3 2 1 3 2
26 Hooker, Cale CHB 91% 0 0 20 3 17 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
18 Hurley, Michael FB 85% 0 0 26 20 6 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0
33 Laverde, Jayden C 75% 1 1 21 12 9 10 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 77% 0 0 19 9 10 0 23 3 3 7 1 5 0 4
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 78% 2 2 13 8 5 2 0 2 2 5 1 3 1 1
1 McGrath, Andrew WL 84% 0 0 26 12 14 5 0 2 1 3 0 0 5 0
41 McNiece, Ben INT 80% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 3 2 3 2 0 2 1
20 Merrett, Jackson RO 80% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
7 Merrett, Zach INT 73% 0 0 29 15 14 2 0 10 2 2 2 0 0 6
19 Mutch, Kobe WR 72% 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 2
3 Parish, Darcy HFFL 81% 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 7 3 0 2 0 0 6
42 Saad, Adam BPR 82% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 5 1 5 0 2 2 3
5 Smith, Devon RR 80% 2 1 22 12 10 2 0 6 4 0 2 0 1 5
17 Stewart, James CHF 84% 1 1 14 8 6 1 2 3 0 4 3 3 0 2
25 Stringer, Jake INT 81% 3 3 9 8 1 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
11 Zaharakis, David FPR 90% 1 0 28 12 16 3 0 7 1 2 0 1 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 10 12 401 204 197 81 26 78 28 57 21 23 34 47

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus WR 78% 0 1 21 11 10 4 0 3 6 2 0 0 1 4
31 Fritsch, Bayley HFFL 83% 3 1 14 13 1 8 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 4
11 Gawn, Max RU 84% 2 2 16 8 8 6 42 5 4 2 4 1 3 2
19 Hannan, Mitch WL 86% 3 1 18 13 5 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5
4 Harmes, James INT 77% 0 1 23 7 16 3 0 9 0 4 0 3 0 2
14 Hibberd, Michael CHB 87% 0 0 24 19 5 8 0 4 0 2 0 0 10 1
1 Hogan, Jesse CHF 71% 2 1 8 5 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 81% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 1
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 84% 0 0 16 3 13 5 0 4 0 1 2 1 1 0
2 Jones, Nathan (c) C 88% 0 1 24 12 12 0 0 6 9 5 2 3 0 7
8 Lever, Jake BPL 91% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 3 0 5 0 2 1 3
6 Lewis, Jordan HBFL 87% 0 0 19 11 8 6 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 2
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 100% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
25 McDonald, Tom FPR 69% 2 0 16 11 5 5 2 1 1 4 4 3 1 4
18 Melksham, Jake HFFR 85% 2 1 14 10 4 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 6
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 83% 0 1 8 3 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 83% 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 7 5 2 1 1 2 3
3 Salem, Christian RR 83% 0 0 27 16 11 4 0 5 2 6 2 0 6 1
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 74% 2 0 18 4 14 4 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 2
12 Tyson, Dom INT 72% 0 1 19 7 12 5 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 3
23 Vince, Bernie INT 75% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 1
26 Weideman, Sam FF 81% 0 0 9 3 6 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 12 359 196 163 94 45 69 38 49 23 21 34 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
8 J. Lever 28 O. McDonald 39 N. Jetta 22 M. Leuenberger 35 M. Guelfi
11 D. Zaharakis 6 J. Daniher 12 M. Baguley 5 D. Smith 41 B. McNiece
FORWARD 20 J. Merrett 7 Z. Merrett
HALF-BACK

25 J. Stringer
6 J. Lewis 14 M. Hibberd 29 J. Hunt



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 17 J. Stewart 3 D. Parish



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



19 M. Hannan 2 N. Jones (c) 10 A. Brayshaw



19 K. Mutch 33 J. Laverde 1 A. McGrath FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 4 J. Harmes
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Salem 9 C. Spargo
31 B. Fritsch 1 J. Hogan 18 J. Melksham 13 C. Oliver 12 D. Tyson
21 D. Heppell (c) 26 C. Hooker 29 P. Ambrose

23 B. Vince
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 26 S. Weideman 25 T. McDonald



42 A. Saad 18 M. Hurley 9 B. Goddard



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:28
ESSE James Stewart behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 07:33
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 09:35
ESSE Devon Smith goal 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 11:16
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 1.3.9 - 0.1.1 14:47
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 18:16
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 2.3.15 - 1.1.7 22:04
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 25:13
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 2.3.15 - 1.3.9 26:13
Q2 MELB Max Gawn behind 2.3.15 - 1.4.10 02:50
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 2.3.15 - 2.4.16 03:42
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 3.3.21 - 2.4.16 05:03
ESSE James Stewart goal 4.3.27 - 2.4.16 06:49
ESSE Devon Smith behind 4.4.28 - 2.4.16 09:31
MELB Max Gawn behind 4.4.28 - 2.5.17 12:12
MELB Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 2.6.18 13:01
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 5.4.34 - 2.6.18 15:15
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 5.4.34 - 3.6.24 17:38
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 5.5.35 - 3.6.24 19:37
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 5.6.36 - 3.6.24 23:03
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 5.6.36 - 4.6.30 25:46
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 5.6.36 - 4.7.31 28:29
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 5.7.37 - 4.7.31 29:46
Q3 MELB Jesse Hogan goal 5.7.37 - 5.7.37 01:45
MELB Tom McDonald goal 5.7.37 - 6.7.43 03:45
MELB Max Gawn goal 5.7.37 - 7.7.49 07:28
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 5.7.37 - 8.7.55 09:33
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 5.8.38 - 8.7.55 12:07
MELB Nathan Jones behind 5.8.38 - 8.8.56 13:44
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 5.8.38 - 9.8.62 18:07
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 5.9.39 - 9.8.62 20:15
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 6.9.45 - 9.8.62 20:40
MELB Max Gawn goal 6.9.45 - 10.8.68 24:38
MELB Jake Melksham goal 6.9.45 - 11.8.74 28:08
MELB James Harmes behind 6.9.45 - 11.9.75 29:42
MELB Mitch Hannan behind 6.9.45 - 11.10.76 30:39
Q4 MELB Mitch Hannan goal 6.9.45 - 12.10.82 06:23
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 6.9.45 - 13.10.88 09:10
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 6.10.46 - 13.10.88 11:17
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 6.11.47 - 13.10.88 12:39
MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.11.47 - 14.10.94 14:00
MELB Jake Melksham behind 6.11.47 - 14.11.95 15:21
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 7.11.53 - 14.11.95 16:44
MELB Jake Melksham goal 7.11.53 - 15.11.101 19:29
MELB Dom Tyson behind 7.11.53 - 15.12.102 22:14
ESSE Devon Smith goal 8.11.59 - 15.12.102 23:33
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 8.12.60 - 15.12.102 25:08
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 9.12.66 - 15.12.102 26:25
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 10.12.72 - 15.12.102 28:21
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 10.12.72 - 16.12.108 29:55