2019 AFL Round 21: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 2019 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 21 of the 2019 AFL season. Essendon hosted Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. Easton Wood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Essendon
Back: D. Clarke, C. Hooker, M. Gleeson
Half-back: C. McKenna, P. Ambrose, B. McNiece
Centre: A. McGrath, K. Langford, O. Fantasia
Half-forward: D. Shiel, S. McKernan, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: D. Zaharakis, M. Brown, J. Stringer
Follower: Z. Clarke, M. Baguley, D. Heppell (capt.)
Int.: J. Begley, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), D. Myers, M. Redman

Western Bulldogs
Back: M. Suckling, J. Trengove, H. Crozier
Half-back: J. Johannisen, Z. Cordy, E. Wood (capt.)
Centre: L. Hunter, M. Bontempelli, E. Richards
Half-forward: B. Dale, J. Schache, S. Lloyd
Forward: B. Smith, A. Naughton, T. Dickson
Follower: T. English, J. Dunkley, J. Macrae
Int.: T. Duryea, W. Hayes, P. Lipinski, T. McLean

Essendon (4.9.33) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (21.11.137).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Baguley (2), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, D. Shiel
Western Bulldogs: B. Dale (3), T. Dickson (3), T. McLean (3), J. Schache (3), W. Hayes (2), A. Naughton (2), J. Dunkley, J. Johannisen, S. Lloyd, J. Macrae, B. Smith

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 7th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 10 August 2019
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 41,816

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 4.9.33 - 21.11.137

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 1 . 3 1 . 7 4 . 9 4 . 9 (33)
Western Bulldogs 6 . 3 10 . 3 16 . 6 21 . 11 21 . 11 (137)
Margin WBUL by 32 WBUL by 54 WBUL by 89 WBUL by 104 WBUL by 104
Duration 29:54 28:21 29:34 28:59 1:56:48

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs)
Vice-Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hosking (#16), D. Margetts (#6), A. Stephens (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Dunkley WBUL 5 3
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 2
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Josh Dunkley WBUL 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 8 0 2 0 0 0
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 5 0 0 1 1 0
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 4 0 0 1 0 1
Toby McLean WBUL 16 3 0 0 0 1 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHB 94% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 5 0 2 4 2 6 1
12 Baguley, Mark RR 95% 2 0 10 5 5 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
16 Begley, Josh INT 85% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
28 Brown, Mitch FF 94% 0 1 10 7 3 5 0 1 0 5 0 2 1 1
37 Clarke, Dylan BPL 77% 0 1 13 4 9 2 0 9 3 4 2 3 1 0
20 Clarke, Zac RU 81% 0 0 9 2 7 1 38 2 4 3 0 1 0 1
13 Fantasia, Orazio WR 84% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 88% 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 0 4 3 2 6 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RO 81% 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 2
26 Hooker, Cale FB 79% 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0
4 Langford, Kyle C 78% 0 0 24 11 13 6 0 4 5 3 0 2 0 4
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 73% 1 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 3
1 McGrath, Andrew WL 80% 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 5 1 5 0 1 1 3
45 McKenna, Conor HBFL 88% 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 5 3
44 McKernan, Shaun CHF 77% 0 0 12 9 3 6 5 3 2 4 0 3 1 1
41 McNiece, Ben HBFR 80% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 1
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) INT 75% 0 0 33 24 9 8 0 6 5 1 3 0 7 4
23 Myers, David INT 66% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 4 4 1 1 0 1 2
27 Redman, Mason INT 87% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 5 0 1 1 1 2 1
9 Shiel, Dylan HFFL 79% 1 1 23 14 9 4 0 4 3 4 3 2 3 2
25 Stringer, Jake FPR 72% 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 3 2 5 1 3 0 4
11 Zaharakis, David FPL 86% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 4 9 320 195 125 80 43 65 33 60 23 28 44 37

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus C 80% 0 0 26 13 13 3 2 8 7 7 1 3 0 5
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 96% 0 0 8 3 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 Crozier, Hayden BPR 83% 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 5 2
31 Dale, Bailey HFFL 80% 3 2 19 10 9 4 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 5
29 Dickson, Tory FPR 78% 3 0 11 7 4 4 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 1
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 80% 1 0 39 18 21 4 0 3 5 6 3 2 3 4
15 Duryea, Taylor INT 73% 0 0 22 14 8 7 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 2
44 English, Tim RU 86% 0 0 17 13 4 5 20 4 3 2 4 1 2 5
32 Hayes, Will INT 74% 2 0 22 14 8 7 0 3 1 3 1 1 2 5
7 Hunter, Lachie WL 84% 0 0 34 23 11 9 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 3
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFL 87% 1 1 21 13 8 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 3
27 Lipinski, Patrick INT 77% 0 0 27 12 15 4 0 4 2 3 0 1 1 6
22 Lloyd, Sam HFFR 77% 1 3 13 10 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
11 Macrae, Jack RO 88% 1 0 38 19 19 2 0 8 5 8 5 4 0 8
16 McLean, Toby INT 72% 3 1 22 9 13 5 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 4
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 86% 2 0 14 10 4 9 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 3
20 Richards, Ed WR 81% 0 1 13 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
13 Schache, Josh CHF 81% 3 0 13 8 5 4 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 1
6 Smith, Bailey FPL 75% 1 0 23 7 16 6 0 3 3 3 1 1 0 1
1 Suckling, Matt BPL 80% 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 2
8 Trengove, Jackson FB 97% 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 1
10 Wood, Easton (c) HBFR 84% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 0 3 3 2 3 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 21 11 445 252 193 106 24 66 30 53 28 23 33 66

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

Essendon Coach: John Worsfold
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 M. Suckling 8 J. Trengove 9 H. Crozier 20 Z. Clarke 16 J. Begley
25 J. Stringer 28 M. Brown 11 D. Zaharakis 12 M. Baguley 7 Z. Merrett (vc)
FORWARD 21 D. Heppell (c) 23 D. Myers
HALF-BACK

27 M. Redman
39 J. Johannisen 12 Z. Cordy 10 E. Wood (c)



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 44 S. McKernan 9 D. Shiel



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 L. Hunter 4 M. Bontempelli 20 E. Richards



13 O. Fantasia 4 K. Langford 1 A. McGrath FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 15 T. Duryea
HALF-FORWARD 5 J. Dunkley 32 W. Hayes
31 B. Dale 13 J. Schache 22 S. Lloyd 11 J. Macrae 27 P. Lipinski
41 B. McNiece 29 P. Ambrose 45 C. McKenna

16 T. McLean
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 B. Smith 33 A. Naughton 29 T. Dickson



8 M. Gleeson 26 C. Hooker 37 D. Clarke



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:21
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 05:30
WBUL Bailey Dale behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 06:28
WBUL Bailey Smith goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 09:26
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 10:55
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 12:19
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 14:41
WBUL Toby McLean goal 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 20:04
WBUL Sam Lloyd behind 1.1.7 - 4.3.27 22:22
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 1.1.7 - 5.3.33 25:57
WBUL Josh Dunkley goal 1.1.7 - 6.3.39 27:57
Q2 WBUL Toby McLean goal 1.1.7 - 7.3.45 05:03
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 1.1.7 - 8.3.51 10:20
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 1.1.7 - 9.3.57 13:32
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 1.2.8 - 9.3.57 17:53
ESSE Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 9.3.57 24:58
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 1.3.9 - 10.3.63 27:15
Q3 WBUL Toby McLean goal 1.3.9 - 11.3.69 00:57
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 1.3.9 - 12.3.75 04:14
ESSE Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 12.3.75 07:18
WBUL Toby McLean behind 1.4.10 - 12.4.76 08:10
WBUL Sam Lloyd behind 1.4.10 - 12.5.77 09:40
WBUL Sam Lloyd behind 1.4.10 - 12.6.78 11:54
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 1.4.10 - 13.6.84 14:15
ESSE Dylan Clarke behind 1.5.11 - 13.6.84 18:23
WBUL Will Hayes goal 1.5.11 - 14.6.90 19:06
WBUL Josh Schache goal 1.5.11 - 15.6.96 21:01
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 1.5.11 - 16.6.102 25:05
ESSE Rushed behind 1.6.12 - 16.6.102 27:09
ESSE Rushed behind 1.7.13 - 16.6.102 27:55
Q4 WBUL Josh Schache goal 1.7.13 - 17.6.108 01:17
WBUL Bailey Dale behind 1.7.13 - 17.7.109 03:52
WBUL Rushed behind 1.7.13 - 17.8.110 04:47
WBUL Sam Lloyd goal 1.7.13 - 18.8.116 05:53
WBUL Rushed behind 1.7.13 - 18.9.117 08:38
WBUL Ed Richards behind 1.7.13 - 18.10.118 09:43
WBUL Josh Schache goal 1.7.13 - 19.10.124 10:43
WBUL Will Hayes goal 1.7.13 - 20.10.130 14:18
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 1.8.14 - 20.10.130 16:56
WBUL Rushed behind 1.8.14 - 20.11.131 18:02
WBUL Jack Macrae goal 1.8.14 - 21.11.137 18:53
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 2.8.20 - 21.11.137 21:35
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 3.8.26 - 21.11.137 23:33
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 4.8.32 - 21.11.137 27:01
ESSE Rushed behind 4.9.33 - 21.11.137 28:30