2019 AFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 2019 between Geelong and Essendon during round seven of the 2019 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at the MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Geelong (13.8.86) defeated Essendon (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Sunday 5 May 2019
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 63,527

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 13.8.86 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	4	.	0	7	.	3	10	.	7	13	.	8	13	.	8	(86)
Essendon	3	.	3	4	.	5	5	.	6	7	.	12	7	.	12	(54)
Margin	GEEL by 3			GEEL by 16			GEEL by 31			GEEL by 32			GEEL by 32
Duration	30:12			27:47			27:52			29:45			1:55:36

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Scott

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Chamberlain (#18)
M. Nicholls (#15)
E. Tee (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Gary Ablett	GEEL	4	3
Mitch Duncan	GEEL	22	2
Tim Kelly	GEEL	11	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Tim Kelly	GEEL	11	9	1	1	0	0	0
Gary Ablett	GEEL	4	6	0	?	?	?	0
Tom Stewart	GEEL	44	6	0	?	?	?	0
Mark Blicavs	GEEL	46	5	1	0	0	0	0
Mitch Duncan	GEEL	22	2	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Atkins	GEEL	30	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Stringer	ESSE	25	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Ablett, Gary	FPL	88%	2	0	26	16	10	7	0	5	2	2	1	2	2	4
30	Atkins, Tom	FPR	78%	0	0	23	7	16	1	0	6	3	4	0	2	1	5
46	Blicavs, Mark	HBFL	96%	0	0	13	9	4	7	0	3	0	1	2	1	2	0
6	Clark, Jordan	HBFR	87%	0	1	7	6	1	4	0	5	0	1	0	1	2	0
40	Dahlhaus, Luke	FF	80%	1	1	22	9	13	5	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	1
35	Dangerfield, Patrick	C	80%	0	1	8	5	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2
22	Duncan, Mitch	WR	89%	3	0	22	15	7	10	0	4	1	1	0	1	3	2
29	Guthrie, Cameron	RO	73%	1	0	25	10	15	6	0	9	5	6	0	2	0	1
39	Guthrie, Zach	INT	78%	0	0	13	11	2	5	0	1	3	2	0	0	2	2
26	Hawkins, Tom	HFFR	85%	2	0	19	14	5	10	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	3
38	Henry, Jack	FB	82%	0	0	16	13	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
11	Kelly, Tim	WL	92%	2	0	30	19	11	4	0	2	10	6	2	0	3	5
8	Kolodjashnij, Jake	BPL	93%	0	0	15	12	3	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0
27	Menegola, Sam	INT	72%	0	0	28	16	12	8	0	3	2	1	1	0	4	4
32	Miers, Gryan	INT	93%	1	0	25	13	12	5	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	3
42	O'Connor, Mark	RR	88%	0	0	13	5	8	4	0	3	0	2	0	1	3	0
3	Parfitt, Brandan	INT	69%	0	0	15	6	9	1	0	8	1	2	2	1	2	3
17	Ratugolea, Esava	CHF	43%	0	0	4	2	2	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
23	Rohan, Gary	HFFL	79%	1	1	8	8	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
1	Stanley, Rhys	RU	90%	0	1	17	10	7	5	32	2	1	2	1	0	0	3
44	Stewart, Tom	BPR	80%	0	0	25	21	4	9	0	0	0	4	3	1	8	1
7	Taylor, Harry	CHB	87%	0	1	12	7	5	4	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				13	8	386	234	152	124	37	71	32	42	14	13	41	46

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ambrose, Patrick	BPL	89%	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0
12	Baguley, Mark	RR	92%	1	0	8	4	4	1	0	6	0	2	0	1	0	1
2	Bellchambers, Tom	RU	74%	1	0	11	6	5	2	21	2	4	3	1	1	0	2
6	Daniher, Joe	FF	91%	1	0	9	4	5	3	4	1	2	4	0	3	0	3
10	Francis, Aaron	HFFR	92%	0	2	12	9	3	7	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	2
35	Guelfi, Matt	HFFL	71%	0	0	9	4	5	4	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	2
21	Heppell, Dyson (c)	WR	79%	0	0	24	13	11	6	0	2	4	6	2	0	0	4
26	Hooker, Cale	FB	88%	0	0	18	12	6	6	0	1	1	3	0	0	6	0
18	Hurley, Michael	CHB	97%	0	0	21	13	8	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	0
4	Langford, Kyle	INT	72%	0	2	16	10	6	8	0	3	1	2	1	1	2	3
43	McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony	FPL	80%	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	4	1	2	1	2	0	2
1	McGrath, Andrew	BPR	73%	0	1	17	8	9	4	0	8	1	0	1	0	1	1
45	McKenna, Conor	WL	91%	0	0	20	11	9	3	0	0	1	6	0	2	3	0
7	Merrett, Zach (vc)	INT	82%	0	0	29	13	16	7	0	3	5	2	0	0	0	4
3	Parish, Darcy	RO	78%	1	1	25	10	15	3	0	3	3	1	2	0	1	6
27	Redman, Mason	HBFL	78%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	Ridley, Jordan	INT	74%	0	0	13	9	4	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
42	Saad, Adam	HBFR	83%	0	0	19	9	10	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2
9	Shiel, Dylan	FPR	78%	0	0	33	11	22	4	0	4	6	4	2	0	3	4
5	Smith, Devon	C	78%	0	1	24	18	6	3	0	4	4	8	0	2	2	8
25	Stringer, Jake	CHF	88%	3	2	18	12	6	5	0	2	1	3	0	1	1	3
11	Zaharakis, David	INT	74%	0	0	16	9	7	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				7	12	371	200	171	95	25	59	37	54	13	14	33	49

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

Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	29	P. Ambrose	26	C. Hooker	1	A. McGrath	1	R. Stanley	39	Z. Guthrie
	30	T. Atkins	40	L. Dahlhaus	4	G. Ablett	42	M. O'Connor	27	S. Menegola
FORWARD							29	C. Guthrie	32	G. Miers
HALF-BACK									3	B. Parfitt
	27	M. Redman	18	M. Hurley	42	A. Saad
	26	T. Hawkins	17	E. Ratugolea	23	G. Rohan
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	45	C. McKenna	5	D. Smith	21	D. Heppell (c)
	22	M. Duncan	35	P. Dangerfield	11	T. Kelly	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	T. Bellchambers	4	K. Langford
HALF-FORWARD							12	M. Baguley	7	Z. Merrett (vc)
	35	M. Guelfi	25	J. Stringer	10	A. Francis	3	D. Parish	14	J. Ridley
	6	J. Clark	7	H. Taylor	46	M. Blicavs			11	D. Zaharakis
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	43	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	6	J. Daniher	9	D. Shiel
	44	T. Stewart	38	J. Henry	8	J. Kolodjashnij
BACK
Essendon							Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Cameron Guthrie goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:33
	ESSE	Aaron Francis behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	03:43
	ESSE	Devon Smith behind	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	05:23
	GEEL	Tim Kelly goal	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	08:05
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan goal	3.0.18	-	0.2.2	09:51
	ESSE	Mark Baguley goal	3.0.18	-	1.2.8	16:36
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	3.0.18	-	2.2.14	20:29
	ESSE	Tom Bellchambers goal	3.0.18	-	3.2.20	22:20
	ESSE	Rushed behind	3.0.18	-	3.3.21	23:59
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan goal	4.0.24	-	3.3.21	26:45
Q2	GEEL	Gary Rohan goal	5.0.30	-	3.3.21	00:44
	GEEL	Gryan Miers goal	6.0.36	-	3.3.21	02:21
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	6.0.36	-	3.4.22	04:19
	GEEL	Rushed behind	6.1.37	-	3.4.22	07:47
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	6.1.37	-	4.4.28	10:00
	GEEL	Rhys Stanley behind	6.2.38	-	4.4.28	15:06
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	6.2.38	-	4.5.29	20:01
	GEEL	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	4.5.29	20:48
	GEEL	Luke Dahlhaus goal	7.3.45	-	4.5.29	21:14
Q3	ESSE	Aaron Francis behind	7.3.45	-	4.6.30	01:20
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	8.3.51	-	4.6.30	04:00
	GEEL	Jordan Clark behind	8.4.52	-	4.6.30	06:49
	GEEL	Luke Dahlhaus behind	8.5.53	-	4.6.30	07:27
	GEEL	Harry Taylor behind	8.6.54	-	4.6.30	11:35
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	9.6.60	-	4.6.30	12:20
	GEEL	Tim Kelly goal	10.6.66	-	4.6.30	14:43
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	10.6.66	-	5.6.36	16:36
	GEEL	Gary Rohan behind	10.7.67	-	5.6.36	20:59
Q4	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	10.7.67	-	6.6.42	02:00
	ESSE	Rushed behind	10.7.67	-	6.7.43	03:09
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	10.8.68	-	6.7.43	04:40
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	11.8.74	-	6.7.43	05:59
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	12.8.80	-	6.7.43	08:19
	ESSE	Rushed behind	12.8.80	-	6.8.44	10:32
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	12.8.80	-	6.9.45	12:16
	ESSE	Darcy Parish behind	12.8.80	-	6.10.46	13:51
	ESSE	Andrew McGrath behind	12.8.80	-	6.11.47	14:27
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan goal	13.8.86	-	6.11.47	20:27
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	13.8.86	-	6.12.48	24:59
	ESSE	Darcy Parish goal	13.8.86	-	7.12.54	26:38

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