2019 AFL Round 18: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 2019 between Adelaide and Essendon during round 18 of the 2019 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Essendon at Adelaide Oval. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Don Pyke and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Adelaide
Back: L. Brown, A. Keath, K. Hartigan
Half-back: P. Seedsman, D. Talia, B. Smith
Centre: J. Kelly, R. Laird, W. Milera
Half-forward: R. Atkins, T. Walker, R. Sloane
Forward: E. Betts, J. Jenkins, L. Murphy
Follower: R. O'Brien, M. Crouch, B. Crouch
Int.: H. Greenwood, R. Knight, T. Lynch, D. MacKay

Essendon
Back: M. Redman, C. Hooker, M. Gleeson
Half-back: C. McKenna, M. Hartley, A. Saad
Centre: A. McGrath, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), D. Zaharakis
Half-forward: K. Langford, P. Ambrose, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: D. Parish, M. Brown, D. Clarke
Follower: S. McKernan, W. Snelling, J. Stringer
Int.: A. Francis, M. Guelfi, D. Heppell (capt.), D. Shiel

Adelaide (10.15.75) were defeated by Essendon (15.6.96).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: J. Jenkins (4), B. Smith (3), H. Greenwood, T. Lynch, T. Walker
Essendon: M. Brown (4), Z. Merrett (2), J. Stringer (2), M. Guelfi, D. Heppell, C. Hooker, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, A. McGrath, D. Shiel, W. Snelling

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Friday 19 July 2019
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 47,735

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Essendon
Score: 10.15.75 - 15.6.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 2 . 5 7 . 10 8 . 11 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Essendon 1 . 2 5 . 3 9 . 5 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Margin ADEL by 9 ADEL by 19 level ESSE by 21 ESSE by 21
Duration 28:04 32:12 30:21 32:32 2:03:09

Honour Roll

Coaches: Don Pyke (Adelaide), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Adelaide), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Adelaide), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hay (#20), D. Margetts (#6), S. McInerney (#30)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Brad Crouch ADEL 2 2
Reilly O'Brien ADEL 43 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Mitch Brown ESSE 28 7 0 1 1 0 0
Brodie Smith ADEL 33 7 0 1 1 0 0
Conor McKenna ESSE 45 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brad Crouch ADEL 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Reilly O'Brien ADEL 43 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Atkins, Rory HFFL 81% 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
18 Betts, Eddie FPL 80% 0 1 9 3 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Brown, Luke BPL 81% 0 0 24 18 6 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 2
2 Crouch, Brad RO 80% 0 1 35 19 16 4 0 7 9 2 0 0 1 5
5 Crouch, Matt RR 74% 0 1 33 11 22 4 0 2 5 2 0 1 1 3
1 Greenwood, Hugh INT 70% 1 1 13 5 8 2 0 2 5 3 0 1 2 0
15 Hartigan, Kyle BPR 86% 0 0 10 7 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
4 Jenkins, Josh FF 89% 4 0 12 9 3 4 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
42 Keath, Alex FB 82% 0 0 11 7 4 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
8 Kelly, Jake WL 95% 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1
3 Knight, Riley INT 78% 0 0 21 8 13 6 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 4
29 Laird, Rory C 84% 0 0 27 13 14 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 7 0
27 Lynch, Tom INT 80% 1 2 24 15 9 12 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 2
14 MacKay, David INT 78% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 6 1
30 Milera, Wayne WR 79% 0 1 19 13 6 7 0 1 0 5 0 2 1 1
44 Murphy, Lachlan FPR 78% 0 1 11 7 4 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 86% 0 0 27 12 15 3 39 4 7 1 4 0 2 2
11 Seedsman, Paul HBFL 80% 0 0 26 20 6 5 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 8
9 Sloane, Rory HFFR 81% 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 7 9 3 3 2 0 2
33 Smith, Brodie HBFR 80% 3 1 31 19 12 7 0 4 4 6 2 2 1 6
12 Talia, Daniel CHB 93% 0 0 13 8 5 7 0 3 1 1 1 1 4 1
13 Walker, Taylor CHF 86% 1 1 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 10 15 424 242 182 109 44 49 48 44 18 16 35 52

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHF 84% 0 0 15 7 8 6 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0
28 Brown, Mitch FF 94% 4 0 23 14 9 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2
37 Clarke, Dylan FPR 81% 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 6 2 4 0 3 2 3
10 Francis, Aaron INT 72% 0 1 17 7 10 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 2
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 85% 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 3 1 1 2 0 3 2
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 66% 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1
36 Hartley, Michael CHB 93% 0 0 16 8 8 7 4 3 3 5 0 4 3 3
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) INT 74% 1 0 20 7 13 1 0 5 2 1 3 0 1 3
26 Hooker, Cale FB 93% 1 1 19 10 9 7 0 1 2 4 1 2 3 1
4 Langford, Kyle HFFL 89% 0 0 13 2 11 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 72% 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 5
1 McGrath, Andrew WL 79% 1 0 17 10 7 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 3 1
45 McKenna, Conor HBFL 91% 0 0 24 15 9 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 2
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 84% 0 0 16 11 5 1 22 4 3 6 0 2 0 3
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) C 76% 2 3 31 20 11 5 0 3 4 0 2 0 2 5
3 Parish, Darcy FPL 66% 0 1 18 8 10 1 0 6 2 3 2 0 0 2
27 Redman, Mason BPL 91% 0 0 25 16 9 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 84% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 77% 1 0 23 9 14 0 0 6 5 4 0 1 0 5
40 Snelling, Will RR 77% 1 0 15 5 10 2 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 1
25 Stringer, Jake RO 85% 2 0 13 7 6 1 0 5 3 2 0 2 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David WR 89% 0 0 25 12 13 6 0 2 1 5 0 0 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 15 6 405 212 193 75 26 66 30 57 16 18 39 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

Adelaide Coach: Don Pyke
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 M. Redman 26 C. Hooker 8 M. Gleeson 43 R. O'Brien 1 H. Greenwood
44 L. Murphy 4 J. Jenkins 18 E. Betts 5 M. Crouch 3 R. Knight
FORWARD 2 B. Crouch 27 T. Lynch
HALF-BACK

14 D. MacKay
45 C. McKenna 36 M. Hartley 42 A. Saad



9 R. Sloane 13 T. Walker 21 R. Atkins



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 A. McGrath 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 11 D. Zaharakis



30 W. Milera 29 R. Laird 8 J. Kelly FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 S. McKernan 10 A. Francis
HALF-FORWARD 40 W. Snelling 35 M. Guelfi
4 K. Langford 29 P. Ambrose 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 25 J. Stringer 21 D. Heppell (c)
33 B. Smith 12 D. Talia 11 P. Seedsman

9 D. Shiel
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 D. Parish 28 M. Brown 37 D. Clarke



15 K. Hartigan 42 A. Keath 16 L. Brown



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:50
ADEL Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 05:15
ESSE Aaron Francis behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 08:17
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 09:44
ADEL Eddie Betts behind 1.3.9 - 0.1.1 15:24
ADEL Brad Crouch behind 1.4.10 - 0.1.1 18:15
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 1.4.10 - 0.2.2 20:46
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 1.4.10 - 1.2.8 22:31
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 2.4.16 - 1.2.8 25:51
ADEL Tom Lynch behind 2.5.17 - 1.2.8 28:00
Q2 ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 2.5.17 - 2.2.14 01:46
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 3.5.23 - 2.2.14 03:01
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 3.5.23 - 2.3.15 06:41
ESSE Will Snelling goal 3.5.23 - 3.3.21 08:08
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 3.6.24 - 3.3.21 11:03
ADEL Wayne Milera behind 3.7.25 - 3.3.21 14:16
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 4.7.31 - 3.3.21 16:04
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 5.7.37 - 3.3.21 17:52
ADEL Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 3.3.21 18:58
ADEL Brodie Smith goal 6.8.44 - 3.3.21 19:36
ADEL Brodie Smith behind 6.9.45 - 3.3.21 21:44
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 7.9.51 - 3.3.21 24:47
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.9.51 - 4.3.27 27:04
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 7.9.51 - 5.3.33 29:07
ADEL Rushed behind 7.10.52 - 5.3.33 30:48
Q3 ADEL Brodie Smith goal 8.10.58 - 5.3.33 04:50
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 8.10.58 - 6.3.39 08:41
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 8.10.58 - 7.3.45 10:28
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 8.10.58 - 7.4.46 13:36
ADEL Matt Crouch behind 8.11.59 - 7.4.46 18:35
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 8.11.59 - 7.5.47 19:48
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 8.11.59 - 8.5.53 24:57
ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 8.11.59 - 9.5.59 27:59
Q4 ESSE Zach Merrett goal 8.11.59 - 10.5.65 01:05
ADEL Rushed behind 8.12.60 - 10.5.65 02:09
ADEL Brodie Smith goal 9.12.66 - 10.5.65 03:19
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 9.13.67 - 10.5.65 04:53
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 9.13.67 - 11.5.71 05:33
ADEL Hugh Greenwood goal 10.13.73 - 11.5.71 09:02
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 10.13.73 - 11.6.72 14:48
ADEL Hugh Greenwood behind 10.14.74 - 11.6.72 19:32
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 10.14.74 - 12.6.78 21:35
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 10.14.74 - 13.6.84 24:07
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 10.14.74 - 14.6.90 25:54
ADEL Tom Lynch behind 10.15.75 - 14.6.90 27:32
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 10.15.75 - 15.6.96 28:47