2019 AFL Round 7: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 2019 between Geelong and Essendon during round 7 of the 2019 AFL season. Geelong hosted Essendon at 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
Back: J. Kolodjashnij, J. Henry, T. Stewart
Half-back: M. Blicavs, H. Taylor, J. Clark
Centre: T. Kelly, P. Dangerfield, M. Duncan
Half-forward: G. Rohan, E. Ratugolea, T. Hawkins
Forward: G. Ablett, L. Dahlhaus, T. Atkins
Follower: R. Stanley, M. O'Connor, C. Guthrie
Int.: Z. Guthrie, S. Menegola, G. Miers, B. Parfitt

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

Geelong (13.8.86) defeated Essendon (7.12.54).

Goalkickers
Geelong: M. Duncan (3), G. Ablett (2), T. Hawkins (2), T. Kelly (2), L. Dahlhaus, C. Guthrie, G. Miers, G. Rohan
Essendon: J. Stringer (3), M. Baguley, T. Bellchambers, J. Daniher, D. Parish

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 1st on the ladder and Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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