2019 AFL Round 2: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 2019 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 2 of the 2019 AFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Marvel Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. Jarryn Geary captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Alan Richardson.

Essendon
Back: A. Saad, P. Ambrose, C. McKenna
Half-back: M. Brown, M. Hurley, A. Francis
Centre: D. Zaharakis, D. Myers, D. Heppell (capt.)
Half-forward: O. Fantasia, J. Stringer, M. Baguley
Forward: Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), S. McKernan, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: T. Bellchambers, A. McGrath, D. Smith
Int.: M. Guelfi, K. Langford, D. Parish, D. Shiel

St Kilda
Back: J. Webster, N. Brown, S. Savage
Half-back: J. Newnes, J. Battle, D. McKenzie
Centre: J. Geary (capt.), J. Sinclair, J. Billings
Half-forward: D. Kent, J. Bruce, M. Parker
Forward: J. Lonie, T. Membrey, J. Gresham
Follower: R. Marshall, J. Steele, S. Ross
Int.: B. Acres, L. Dunstan, J. Steven, C. Wilkie

Essendon (9.11.65) were defeated by St Kilda (10.16.76).

Goalkickers
Essendon: D. Heppell (2), M. Baguley, T. Bellchambers, M. Brown, S. McKernan, D. Myers, D. Smith, J. Stringer
St Kilda: J. Bruce (2), J. Gresham (2), T. Membrey (2), L. Dunstan, D. Kent, M. Parker, J. Sinclair

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 17th on the ladder (up from 18th) and St Kilda were then 5th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 30 March 2019
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 44,252

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 9.11.65 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 2 4 . 5 7 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
St Kilda 2 . 7 7 . 9 8 . 12 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin STKL by 17 STKL by 22 STKL by 10 STKL by 11 STKL by 11
Duration 27:02 33:29 26:54 30:47 1:58:12

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Alan Richardson (St Kilda)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Jarryn Geary (St Kilda)
Vice-Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hosking (#16), B. Rosebury (#8), A. Stephens (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Billings STKL 15 3
Jade Gresham STKL 4 2
Jack Newnes STKL 16 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jade Gresham STKL 4 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Webster STKL 29 5 0 0 1 1 0
Sebastian Ross STKL 6 4 0 1 0 0 0
Adam Saad ESSE 42 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Sinclair STKL 35 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jarryn Geary STKL 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 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 FB 88% 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 0
12 Baguley, Mark HFFR 77% 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 83% 1 0 10 6 4 4 40 0 3 6 3 4 1 2
28 Brown, Mitch HBFL 98% 1 0 13 10 3 8 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 5
13 Fantasia, Orazio HFFL 78% 0 4 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1
10 Francis, Aaron HBFR 83% 0 0 13 11 2 9 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 1
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 74% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 4 0 6 0 2 2 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) WR 86% 2 0 23 10 13 3 0 4 5 5 1 0 2 2
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 96% 0 0 23 16 7 14 0 1 0 3 1 2 9 1
4 Langford, Kyle INT 72% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 3 1 4 1 3 0 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 78% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 3
1 McGrath, Andrew RR 85% 0 0 20 11 9 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
45 McKenna, Conor BPR 86% 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1
44 McKernan, Shaun FF 86% 1 2 12 7 5 4 11 1 2 4 1 1 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) FPL 79% 0 1 28 15 13 3 0 4 3 2 2 0 4 7
23 Myers, David C 73% 1 0 20 12 8 2 0 4 4 4 0 1 2 4
3 Parish, Darcy INT 73% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 2
42 Saad, Adam BPL 88% 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 5 1 2 3 0 4 1
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 77% 0 1 27 14 13 5 0 5 4 2 0 1 1 5
5 Smith, Devon RO 80% 1 0 19 11 8 1 0 6 1 4 3 1 0 5
25 Stringer, Jake CHF 74% 1 2 16 12 4 2 0 3 5 1 4 0 1 5
11 Zaharakis, David WL 86% 0 0 18 6 12 4 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 9 11 361 213 148 93 51 64 36 60 25 21 40 54

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
8 Acres, Blake INT 68% 0 1 12 6 6 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 2
26 Battle, Josh CHB 90% 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0
15 Billings, Jack WR 88% 0 1 28 13 15 6 0 2 2 5 1 1 5 1
22 Brown, Nathan FB 99% 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 0
27 Bruce, Josh CHF 95% 2 2 15 6 9 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 0 1
7 Dunstan, Luke INT 56% 1 0 16 5 11 2 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 3
14 Geary, Jarryn (c) WL 85% 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 8 1
4 Gresham, Jade FPR 79% 2 0 25 16 9 5 0 1 5 1 1 0 1 5
25 Kent, Dean HFFL 74% 1 3 15 10 5 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 3
13 Lonie, Jack FPL 69% 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 3 1 2 4 1 1 4
19 Marshall, Rowan RU 84% 0 0 14 9 5 5 21 6 6 2 2 2 2 2
36 McKenzie, Daniel HBFR 84% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 0 5 1 2 2 0
28 Membrey, Tim FF 88% 2 2 9 4 5 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1
16 Newnes, Jack HBFL 87% 0 2 25 17 8 5 0 4 3 7 0 2 2 3
34 Parker, Matthew HFFR 80% 1 0 11 5 6 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2
6 Ross, Sebastian RO 85% 0 0 23 12 11 2 0 6 1 4 0 1 2 4
5 Savage, Shane BPR 86% 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 3
35 Sinclair, Jack C 76% 1 1 13 8 5 2 0 9 2 1 1 1 0 5
9 Steele, Jack RR 87% 0 1 23 12 11 3 0 7 2 4 0 0 3 2
3 Steven, Jack INT 78% 0 1 19 10 9 2 0 5 2 4 2 2 1 5
29 Webster, Jimmy BPL 85% 0 0 21 13 8 1 0 0 1 6 2 1 5 2
44 Wilkie, Callum INT 78% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 3 0 4 1 3 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 10 16 347 199 148 70 24 70 34 64 21 25 45 50

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
29 J. Webster 22 N. Brown 5 S. Savage 2 T. Bellchambers 35 M. Guelfi
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 44 S. McKernan 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 1 A. McGrath 4 K. Langford
FORWARD 5 D. Smith 3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK

9 D. Shiel
16 J. Newnes 26 J. Battle 36 D. McKenzie



12 M. Baguley 25 J. Stringer 13 O. Fantasia



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 J. Geary (c) 35 J. Sinclair 15 J. Billings



21 D. Heppell (c) 23 D. Myers 11 D. Zaharakis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 R. Marshall 8 B. Acres
HALF-FORWARD 9 J. Steele 7 L. Dunstan
25 D. Kent 27 J. Bruce 34 M. Parker 6 S. Ross 3 J. Steven
10 A. Francis 18 M. Hurley 28 M. Brown

44 C. Wilkie
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



13 J. Lonie 28 T. Membrey 4 J. Gresham



45 C. McKenna 29 P. Ambrose 42 A. Saad



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Alan Richardson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:34
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 05:04
STKL Tim Membrey behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 06:02
STKL Jack Newnes behind 0.2.2 - 0.2.2 08:09
STKL Jack Steele behind 0.2.2 - 0.3.3 11:24
STKL Josh Bruce goal 0.2.2 - 1.3.9 14:24
STKL Jack Sinclair behind 0.2.2 - 1.4.10 16:24
STKL Tim Membrey behind 0.2.2 - 1.5.11 17:06
STKL Jack Billings behind 0.2.2 - 1.6.12 17:39
STKL Tim Membrey goal 0.2.2 - 2.6.18 19:07
STKL Jack Steven behind 0.2.2 - 2.7.19 26:18
Q2 ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 0.3.3 - 2.7.19 01:07
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 0.4.4 - 2.7.19 02:15
STKL Josh Bruce goal 0.4.4 - 3.7.25 05:59
STKL Luke Dunstan goal 0.4.4 - 4.7.31 07:16
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 1.4.10 - 4.7.31 08:40
STKL Matthew Parker goal 1.4.10 - 5.7.37 10:22
STKL Dean Kent goal 1.4.10 - 6.7.43 11:47
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 2.4.16 - 6.7.43 13:27
STKL Josh Bruce behind 2.4.16 - 6.8.44 20:58
STKL Dean Kent behind 2.4.16 - 6.9.45 23:17
ESSE Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 6.9.45 25:33
ESSE Devon Smith goal 3.5.23 - 6.9.45 29:04
STKL Jade Gresham goal 3.5.23 - 7.9.51 30:47
ESSE David Myers goal 4.5.29 - 7.9.51 32:35
Q3 ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 5.5.35 - 7.9.51 06:32
STKL Tim Membrey goal 5.5.35 - 8.9.57 09:13
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 5.6.36 - 8.9.57 10:24
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 5.7.37 - 8.9.57 12:33
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 6.7.43 - 8.9.57 17:50
STKL Jack Newnes behind 6.7.43 - 8.10.58 19:05
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 7.7.49 - 8.10.58 21:21
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 7.8.50 - 8.10.58 22:44
STKL Dean Kent behind 7.8.50 - 8.11.59 24:56
STKL Dean Kent behind 7.8.50 - 8.12.60 26:13
Q4 ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 7.9.51 - 8.12.60 00:33
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 7.10.52 - 8.12.60 02:40
STKL Rushed behind 7.10.52 - 8.13.61 06:37
STKL Josh Bruce behind 7.10.52 - 8.14.62 08:54
STKL Blake Acres behind 7.10.52 - 8.15.63 11:24
STKL Jack Sinclair goal 7.10.52 - 9.15.69 12:22
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 7.11.53 - 9.15.69 14:11
STKL Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 9.16.70 14:57
STKL Jade Gresham goal 7.11.53 - 10.16.76 23:56
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 8.11.59 - 10.16.76 26:26
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 9.11.65 - 10.16.76 29:50