2019 AFL Round 22: Fremantle v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 2019 between Fremantle and Essendon during round 22 of the 2019 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Essendon at Optus Stadium. Nat Fyfe captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Fremantle
Back: T. Duman, J. Hamling, C. Blakely
Half-back: E. Hughes, G. Logue, A. Cerra
Centre: B. Hill, D. Tucker, E. Langdon
Half-forward: L. Schultz, M. Walters, H. Ballantyne
Forward: C. McCarthy, S. Darcy, S. Switkowski
Follower: A. Sandilands, N. Fyfe (capt.), D. Mundy
Int.: A. Brayshaw, R. Conca, M. Crowden, B. Matera

Essendon
Back: M. Hurley, B. Zerk-Thatcher, M. Gleeson
Half-back: C. McKenna, A. Saad, M. Redman
Centre: D. Zaharakis, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), D. Heppell (capt.)
Half-forward: D. Parish, S. McKernan, P. Ambrose
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, M. Brown, J. Stringer
Follower: Z. Clarke, D. Shiel, O. Fantasia
Int.: A. Francis, B. Ham, K. Langford, A. McGrath

Fremantle (7.13.55) were defeated by Essendon (13.9.87).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: C. McCarthy (3), M. Walters (2), S. Darcy, N. Fyfe
Essendon: M. Brown (2), K. Langford (2), Z. Merrett (2), J. Stringer (2), O. Fantasia, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, S. McKernan, D. Parish, D. Shiel

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Essendon remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Fremantle v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 August 2019
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 47,833

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. by Essendon
Score: 7.13.55 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 3 . 4 4 . 6 5 . 10 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Essendon 5 . 1 8 . 4 11 . 5 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 32
Duration 32:35 30:18 31:03 28:59 2:02:55

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ross Lyon (Fremantle), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Nat Fyfe (Fremantle), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Fremantle), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Fleer (#26), D. Margetts (#6), A. Whetton (#19), E: D. Johanson (#46)
Umpire Replacement: D. Johanson replaced A. Whetton

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Walters FREM 10 3
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 2
Ed Langdon FREM 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Adam Saad ESSE 42 8 0 2 0 0 0
Michael Walters FREM 10 7 1 0 0 1 0
Ed Langdon FREM 26 5 1 0 0 0 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 3 0 0 1 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 2 0 0 0 1 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
1 Ballantyne, Hayden HFFR 72% 0 1 13 8 5 2 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4
19 Blakely, Connor BPR 89% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 0 5 1 1 2 1
8 Brayshaw, Andrew INT 72% 0 0 22 8 14 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2
5 Cerra, Adam HBFR 84% 0 0 24 12 12 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 3 4
6 Conca, Reece INT 86% 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2
12 Crowden, Mitch INT 68% 0 1 17 10 7 5 0 7 0 1 2 0 0 3
4 Darcy, Sean FF 89% 1 0 16 4 12 3 21 5 3 3 3 1 0 0
44 Duman, Taylin BPL 85% 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 2
7 Fyfe, Nat (c) RR 92% 1 0 26 11 15 3 0 1 8 3 2 2 0 5
21 Hamling, Joel FB 98% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0
9 Hill, Bradley WL 90% 0 0 32 21 11 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 8
15 Hughes, Ethan HBFL 75% 0 0 22 10 12 6 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 4
26 Langdon, Ed WR 91% 0 1 37 24 13 6 0 0 3 3 1 0 9 8
2 Logue, Griffin CHB 87% 0 0 10 9 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
3 Matera, Brandon INT 74% 0 1 14 5 9 1 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 0
23 McCarthy, Cam FPL 100% 3 1 14 9 5 8 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1
16 Mundy, David RO 78% 0 2 30 12 18 3 1 2 5 3 0 1 0 4
31 Sandilands, Aaron RU 82% 0 1 16 4 12 3 36 2 7 2 0 0 1 2
28 Schultz, Lachie HFFL 63% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 1
39 Switkowski, Sam FPR 70% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 10 0 1 2 0 0 2
18 Tucker, Darcy C 65% 0 0 15 8 7 7 0 4 2 4 1 1 0 1
10 Walters, Michael CHF 93% 2 2 36 22 14 8 0 0 7 3 2 1 0 5
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 7 13 431 234 197 98 58 55 43 53 23 9 34 59

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick HFFR 87% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 3 1 5 0 3 0 0
28 Brown, Mitch FF 95% 2 0 16 13 3 9 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
20 Clarke, Zac RU 89% 0 1 14 4 10 2 16 4 2 3 0 2 1 1
13 Fantasia, Orazio RO 85% 1 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0
10 Francis, Aaron INT 85% 0 0 12 5 7 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 81% 0 1 15 9 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
33 Ham, Brayden INT 76% 0 1 16 12 4 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) WR 84% 0 0 21 9 12 6 0 5 4 4 0 1 2 4
18 Hurley, Michael BPL 98% 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 0
4 Langford, Kyle INT 76% 2 0 17 5 12 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 3
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 85% 1 0 13 7 6 3 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 82% 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 1
45 McKenna, Conor HBFL 90% 0 0 24 16 8 4 0 4 1 2 1 1 6 3
44 McKernan, Shaun CHF 84% 1 0 15 13 2 8 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 6
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) C 83% 2 0 23 16 7 4 0 10 4 5 1 1 3 5
3 Parish, Darcy HFFL 77% 1 0 22 4 18 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 2 1
27 Redman, Mason HBFR 83% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 7 0 2 0 1 3 2
42 Saad, Adam CHB 89% 0 0 27 16 11 4 0 3 3 1 1 1 10 3
9 Shiel, Dylan RR 86% 1 2 27 19 8 3 0 6 5 2 1 1 3 7
25 Stringer, Jake FPR 92% 2 2 13 9 4 5 0 2 1 5 0 3 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David WL 21% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 74% 0 0 11 10 1 6 0 3 0 4 0 2 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 9 360 215 145 97 17 70 30 51 9 23 52 48

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

Fremantle Coach: Ross Lyon
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
18 M. Hurley 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 8 M. Gleeson 31 A. Sandilands 8 A. Brayshaw
39 S. Switkowski 4 S. Darcy 23 C. McCarthy 7 N. Fyfe (c) 6 R. Conca
FORWARD 16 D. Mundy 12 M. Crowden
HALF-BACK

3 B. Matera
45 C. McKenna 42 A. Saad 27 M. Redman



1 H. Ballantyne 10 M. Walters 28 L. Schultz



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 D. Zaharakis 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 21 D. Heppell (c)



26 E. Langdon 18 D. Tucker 9 B. Hill FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 20 Z. Clarke 10 A. Francis
HALF-FORWARD 9 D. Shiel 33 B. Ham
3 D. Parish 44 S. McKernan 29 P. Ambrose 13 O. Fantasia 4 K. Langford
5 A. Cerra 2 G. Logue 15 E. Hughes

1 A. McGrath
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 28 M. Brown 25 J. Stringer



19 C. Blakely 21 J. Hamling 44 T. Duman



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:54
FREM David Mundy behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 02:48
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 05:00
FREM Michael Walters behind 0.3.3 - 1.0.6 10:26
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 0.3.3 - 2.0.12 11:53
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 0.3.3 - 3.0.18 16:57
FREM Cam McCarthy behind 0.4.4 - 3.0.18 19:04
FREM Cam McCarthy goal 1.4.10 - 3.0.18 20:13
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 1.4.10 - 3.1.19 22:23
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 1.4.10 - 4.1.25 24:39
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 1.4.10 - 5.1.31 27:31
FREM Sean Darcy goal 2.4.16 - 5.1.31 29:22
FREM Michael Walters goal 3.4.22 - 5.1.31 31:07
Q2 FREM Cam McCarthy goal 4.4.28 - 5.1.31 04:19
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 4.4.28 - 6.1.37 06:52
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 4.4.28 - 7.1.43 10:34
ESSE Zac Clarke behind 4.4.28 - 7.2.44 12:19
FREM Ed Langdon behind 4.5.29 - 7.2.44 15:29
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 4.5.29 - 7.3.45 18:12
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 4.5.29 - 8.3.51 19:47
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 4.5.29 - 8.4.52 25:43
FREM Mitch Crowden behind 4.6.30 - 8.4.52 29:47
Q3 FREM Michael Walters goal 5.6.36 - 8.4.52 06:41
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 5.6.36 - 9.4.58 10:09
FREM Brandon Matera behind 5.7.37 - 9.4.58 12:44
FREM David Mundy behind 5.8.38 - 9.4.58 18:04
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 5.8.38 - 10.4.64 19:30
ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 5.8.38 - 11.4.70 21:54
ESSE Martin Gleeson behind 5.8.38 - 11.5.71 25:06
FREM Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 11.5.71 29:15
FREM Aaron Sandilands behind 5.10.40 - 11.5.71 30:25
Q4 FREM Rushed behind 5.11.41 - 11.5.71 00:50
FREM Nat Fyfe goal 6.11.47 - 11.5.71 02:40
FREM Hayden Ballantyne behind 6.12.48 - 11.5.71 10:16
ESSE Rushed behind 6.12.48 - 11.6.72 10:54
ESSE Rushed behind 6.12.48 - 11.7.73 13:11
FREM Cam McCarthy goal 7.12.54 - 11.7.73 15:02
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 7.12.54 - 12.7.79 16:11
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 7.12.54 - 13.7.85 17:53
FREM Michael Walters behind 7.13.55 - 13.7.85 23:15
ESSE Brayden Ham behind 7.13.55 - 13.8.86 27:00
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 7.13.55 - 13.9.87 28:15