2019 AFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 2019 between Melbourne and Essendon during round three of the 2019 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the 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 (18.4.112) were defeated by Essendon (20.10.130).

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Vice-Captain: Zach Merrett
Coach: John Worsfold

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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