2019 AFL Round 3: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 2019 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 3 of the 2019 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, O. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: B. Fritsch, S. Frost, C. Salem
Centre: J. Hunt, C. Oliver, N. Jones
Half-forward: J. Harmes, S. Weideman, K. Kolodjashnij
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, T. McDonald, J. Melksham
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Petracca, J. Viney
Int.: A. Brayshaw, J. Lockhart, C. Wagner, J. Wagner

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

Melbourne (18.4.112) were defeated by Essendon (20.10.130).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Harmes (3), J. Hunt (3), J. Lockhart (2), J. Melksham (2), S. Weideman (2), A. Brayshaw, M. Gawn, K. Kolodjashnij, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Petracca, C. Wagner
Essendon: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (4), S. McKernan (4), J. Stringer (4), O. Fantasia (2), D. Smith (2), M. Baguley, A. McGrath, D. Parish, D. Zaharakis

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder and Essendon were then 15th on the ladder (up from 17th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Friday 5 April 2019
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,475

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 18.4.112 - 20.10.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 10 . 1 12 . 3 18 . 4 18 . 4 (112)
Essendon 6 . 4 8 . 6 15 . 6 20 . 10 20 . 10 (130)
Margin ESSE by 21 MELB by 7 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 18
Duration 33:17 31:17 31:48 35:27 2:11:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Harris (#24), L. Haussen (#5), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 3
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 2
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 9 1 1 0 0 0
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 7 1 0 0 1 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 6 0 1 0 1 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 3 0 0 1 0 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
Orazio Fantasia ESSE 13 1 0 0 0 0 1
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus INT 69% 1 0 34 22 12 8 0 2 7 3 1 0 2 10
31 Fritsch, Bayley HBFL 86% 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 9 1
17 Frost, Sam CHB 84% 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 1 4 1 1 4 3
11 Gawn, Max RU 83% 1 0 17 12 5 6 43 1 6 4 2 4 1 4
4 Harmes, James HFFL 86% 3 2 21 12 9 0 0 6 5 5 1 3 0 9
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 87% 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 0 6 2 2 3 2
29 Hunt, Jayden WL 80% 3 1 16 12 4 4 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 80% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 3 0 3 3 2 4 2
2 Jones, Nathan WR 80% 0 0 20 8 12 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5
16 Kolodjashnij, Kade HFFR 71% 1 0 12 6 6 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
41 Lockhart, Jay INT 68% 2 0 14 9 5 5 0 2 1 5 1 2 0 4
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 97% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 0
25 McDonald, Tom FF 73% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
18 Melksham, Jake FPR 83% 2 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 78% 1 0 8 4 4 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0
13 Oliver, Clayton C 83% 0 0 29 10 19 2 0 4 8 5 1 3 1 4
5 Petracca, Christian RR 91% 1 0 16 8 8 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 90% 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 6 0
7 Viney, Jack RO 75% 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 6 7 3 1 2 0 6
40 Wagner, Corey INT 81% 1 0 12 5 7 3 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 2
42 Wagner, Josh INT 87% 0 0 16 7 9 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2
26 Weideman, Sam CHF 87% 2 0 14 7 7 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 18 4 352 203 149 61 45 59 43 55 23 28 33 63

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick FB 93% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 2
12 Baguley, Mark FPR 88% 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 94% 0 0 10 6 4 1 21 3 4 4 3 2 2 2
20 Clarke, Zac CHF 89% 0 1 10 2 8 3 13 2 3 3 0 2 0 1
13 Fantasia, Orazio WL 83% 2 0 21 17 4 10 0 2 1 2 2 1 3 4
10 Francis, Aaron BPL 77% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 79% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 1 6 1 2 5 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFL 84% 0 1 27 13 14 8 0 5 5 1 2 0 1 5
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 97% 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony INT 88% 4 0 14 9 5 4 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 3
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 84% 1 0 23 10 13 2 0 3 0 4 1 0 6 0
45 McKenna, Conor BPR 91% 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 2
44 McKernan, Shaun FF 89% 4 1 13 5 8 5 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) C 79% 0 0 26 12 14 1 0 7 6 2 3 1 2 2
19 Mutch, Kobe INT 3% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Parish, Darcy WR 84% 1 3 24 16 8 4 0 3 7 2 1 1 2 6
14 Ridley, Jordan HFFR 79% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 85% 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 2 1 6 0 3 4 0
9 Shiel, Dylan RO 84% 0 2 31 16 15 4 0 4 5 5 1 0 0 8
5 Smith, Devon FPL 76% 2 0 15 12 3 4 0 9 2 2 2 1 0 7
25 Stringer, Jake HFFL 86% 4 1 10 9 1 3 0 6 1 2 2 2 0 1
11 Zaharakis, David RR 89% 1 0 31 19 12 4 0 4 7 2 5 1 4 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 20 10 369 222 147 84 34 69 43 52 28 23 45 53

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

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
10 A. Francis 29 P. Ambrose 45 C. McKenna 11 M. Gawn 10 A. Brayshaw
18 J. Melksham 25 T. McDonald 30 A. Neal-Bullen 5 C. Petracca 41 J. Lockhart
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 40 C. Wagner
HALF-BACK

42 J. Wagner
21 D. Heppell (c) 18 M. Hurley 42 A. Saad



16 K. Kolodjashnij 26 S. Weideman 4 J. Harmes



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 O. Fantasia 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 3 D. Parish



2 N. Jones 13 C. Oliver 29 J. Hunt FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 35 M. Guelfi
HALF-FORWARD 11 D. Zaharakis 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
25 J. Stringer 20 Z. Clarke 14 J. Ridley 9 D. Shiel 1 A. McGrath
3 C. Salem 17 S. Frost 31 B. Fritsch

19 K. Mutch
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



5 D. Smith 44 S. McKernan 12 M. Baguley



39 N. Jetta 28 O. McDonald 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:08
MELB Jake Melksham goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:53
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 09:34
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 11:18
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 18:20
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 19:52
MELB Jay Lockhart goal 2.0.12 - 3.2.20 20:34
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.0.12 - 4.2.26 22:58
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 3.0.18 - 4.2.26 24:46
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 3.0.18 - 5.2.32 26:24
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 3.0.18 - 5.3.33 27:36
MELB Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 5.3.33 29:20
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 3.1.19 - 5.4.34 31:44
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 3.1.19 - 6.4.40 32:09
Q2 MELB Corey Wagner goal 4.1.25 - 6.4.40 02:23
ESSE Zac Clarke behind 4.1.25 - 6.5.41 05:11
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 4.1.25 - 6.6.42 06:16
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 4.1.25 - 7.6.48 07:57
MELB Christian Petracca goal 5.1.31 - 7.6.48 08:56
MELB Jay Lockhart goal 6.1.37 - 7.6.48 11:32
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 7.1.43 - 7.6.48 14:13
MELB James Harmes goal 8.1.49 - 7.6.48 19:21
MELB Sam Weideman goal 9.1.55 - 7.6.48 21:37
MELB Max Gawn goal 10.1.61 - 7.6.48 25:31
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 10.1.61 - 8.6.54 29:06
Q3 ESSE Jake Stringer goal 10.1.61 - 9.6.60 00:30
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 10.1.61 - 10.6.66 06:09
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 10.1.61 - 11.6.72 08:00
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 10.1.61 - 12.6.78 11:21
MELB Jayden Hunt behind 10.2.62 - 12.6.78 13:43
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 10.2.62 - 13.6.84 18:16
ESSE Devon Smith goal 10.2.62 - 14.6.90 19:27
MELB James Harmes behind 10.3.63 - 14.6.90 21:33
ESSE Devon Smith goal 10.3.63 - 15.6.96 22:53
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 11.3.69 - 15.6.96 25:23
MELB Sam Weideman goal 12.3.75 - 15.6.96 28:15
Q4 MELB James Harmes behind 12.4.76 - 15.6.96 01:54
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 12.4.76 - 15.7.97 03:45
MELB Kade Kolodjashnij goal 13.4.82 - 15.7.97 05:04
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 13.4.82 - 16.7.103 06:42
ESSE Rushed behind 13.4.82 - 16.8.104 07:52
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 14.4.88 - 16.8.104 11:30
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 14.4.88 - 16.9.105 17:10
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 14.4.88 - 16.10.106 19:56
ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 14.4.88 - 17.10.112 21:30
MELB James Harmes goal 15.4.94 - 17.10.112 23:45
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 15.4.94 - 18.10.118 25:46
MELB Jake Melksham goal 16.4.100 - 18.10.118 27:44
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 16.4.100 - 19.10.124 30:48
MELB James Harmes goal 17.4.106 - 19.10.124 31:56
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 18.4.112 - 19.10.124 33:48
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 18.4.112 - 20.10.130 35:24