2020 AFL Round 12: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2020 between St Kilda and Essendon during round 12 of the 2020 AFL season. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Gabba. Jarryn Geary captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Brett Ratten and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

St Kilda
Back: N. Coffield, C. Wilkie, S. Ross
Half-back: B. Long, J. Geary (capt.), D. Howard
Centre: J. Billings, Z. Jones, B. Hill
Half-forward: H. Clark, J. Lonie, D. Butler
Forward: T. Membrey, M. King, R. Marshall
Follower: P. Ryder, J. Steele, J. Battle
Int.: J. Bytel, N. Hind, B. Paton, J. Sinclair

Essendon
Back: A. Saad, M. Hurley, B. Zerk-Thatcher
Half-back: J. Ridley, M. Gleeson, M. Guelfi
Centre: T. Cutler, A. McGrath, D. Parish
Half-forward: C. McKenna, J. Stewart, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: J. Begley, S. McKernan, W. Snelling
Follower: S. Draper, D. Shiel, Z. Merrett
Int.: D. Clarke, K. Langford, K. Mutch, J. Townsend

St Kilda (10.8.68) defeated Essendon (5.3.33).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: M. King (3), T. Membrey (2), J. Battle, D. Butler, N. Hind, J. Lonie, P. Ryder
Essendon: J. Begley, K. Langford, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, A. Saad, J. Townsend

As a result of this match, St Kilda remained 5th on the ladder and Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Sunday 16 August 2020
Time: 3:35 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 4,686

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Essendon
Score: 10.8.68 - 5.3.33

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 4 7 . 5 9 . 5 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Essendon 1 . 0 2 . 0 4 . 1 5 . 3 5 . 3 (33)
Margin STKL by 22 STKL by 35 STKL by 34 STKL by 35 STKL by 35
Duration 26:55 26:34 23:04 20:56 1:37:29

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brett Ratten (St Kilda), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Jarryn Geary (St Kilda), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Gianfagna (#27), S. Ryan (#25), B. Wallace (#33)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Rowan Marshall STKL 19 3
Zak Jones STKL 3 2
Bradley Hill STKL 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zak Jones STKL 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jack Billings STKL 15 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Paddy Ryder STKL 18 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Josh Battle STKL 26 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Nick Coffield STKL 1 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Battle, Josh RO 85% 1 0 18 14 4 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 2
15 Billings, Jack WL 91% 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 4
16 Butler, Dan HFFR 85% 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 4 0 4 0 1 1 0
23 Bytel, Jack INT 71% 0 0 13 0 13 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0
11 Clark, Hunter HFFL 90% 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 4 2 3 1 0 4 0
1 Coffield, Nick BPL 86% 0 0 19 13 6 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 0
14 Geary, Jarryn (c) CHB 90% 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0
8 Hill, Bradley WR 91% 0 1 17 14 3 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 4
40 Hind, Nick INT 82% 1 1 7 7 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
20 Howard, Dougal HBFR 93% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1
3 Jones, Zak C 80% 0 0 26 15 11 4 0 5 4 6 1 2 6 4
12 King, Max FF 93% 3 1 7 5 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1
21 Long, Ben HBFL 82% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 3 3 2 2 1 0
13 Lonie, Jack CHF 88% 1 1 10 8 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
19 Marshall, Rowan FPR 88% 0 1 16 11 5 8 15 1 0 4 0 1 0 3
28 Membrey, Tim FPL 87% 2 0 10 8 2 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 3
33 Paton, Ben INT 10% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Ross, Sebastian BPR 73% 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 2
18 Ryder, Paddy RU 78% 1 1 10 9 1 4 18 3 3 1 1 0 0 4
35 Sinclair, Jack INT 80% 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
9 Steele, Jack RR 85% 0 0 21 9 12 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 5
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 95% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 10 8 298 191 107 97 34 38 24 41 11 11 37 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Begley, Josh FPL 84% 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 1
37 Clarke, Dylan INT 79% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Cutler, Tom WL 85% 0 1 14 8 6 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2
38 Draper, Sam RU 84% 0 0 6 6 0 1 22 1 2 2 1 1 2 4
8 Gleeson, Martin CHB 84% 0 0 15 7 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
35 Guelfi, Matt HBFR 79% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 2
18 Hurley, Michael FB 97% 0 0 19 15 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 0
4 Langford, Kyle INT 75% 1 0 18 10 8 4 0 3 2 5 0 1 2 3
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 83% 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 3
1 McGrath, Andrew C 86% 0 0 23 7 16 3 0 3 5 0 1 0 1 2
45 McKenna, Conor HFFL 78% 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 2
44 McKernan, Shaun FF 71% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach RO 87% 0 0 24 17 7 5 0 1 3 4 1 0 2 7
19 Mutch, Kobe INT 78% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
3 Parish, Darcy WR 80% 0 0 29 11 18 2 0 3 5 5 1 0 1 4
14 Ridley, Jordan HBFL 86% 0 1 18 13 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
42 Saad, Adam BPL 78% 1 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
9 Shiel, Dylan RR 71% 0 0 29 14 15 4 0 5 5 5 1 0 1 4
40 Snelling, Will FPR 85% 0 0 11 1 10 1 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 0
17 Stewart, James CHF 82% 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
20 Townsend, Jacob INT 74% 1 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 1 4 0 2 1 1
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon BPR 95% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 5 3 307 172 135 80 22 37 30 46 11 11 27 42

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

St Kilda Coach: Brett Ratten
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
42 A. Saad 18 M. Hurley 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 18 P. Ryder 23 J. Bytel
19 R. Marshall 12 M. King 28 T. Membrey 9 J. Steele 40 N. Hind
FORWARD 26 J. Battle 33 B. Paton
HALF-BACK

35 J. Sinclair
14 J. Ridley 8 M. Gleeson 35 M. Guelfi



16 D. Butler 13 J. Lonie 11 H. Clark



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 T. Cutler 1 A. McGrath 3 D. Parish



8 B. Hill 3 Z. Jones 15 J. Billings FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 S. Draper 37 D. Clarke
HALF-FORWARD 9 D. Shiel 4 K. Langford
45 C. McKenna 17 J. Stewart 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 7 Z. Merrett 19 K. Mutch
20 D. Howard 14 J. Geary (c) 21 B. Long

20 J. Townsend
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



16 J. Begley 44 S. McKernan 40 W. Snelling



6 S. Ross 44 C. Wilkie 1 N. Coffield



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Max King goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:52
STKL Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 07:13
STKL Bradley Hill behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 08:06
STKL Jack Lonie behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 10:14
STKL Max King goal 2.3.15 - 0.0.0 11:39
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 2.3.15 - 1.0.6 16:15
STKL Tim Membrey goal 3.3.21 - 1.0.6 18:12
STKL Nick Hind goal 4.3.27 - 1.0.6 21:08
STKL Max King behind 4.4.28 - 1.0.6 24:40
Q2 STKL Rowan Marshall behind 4.5.29 - 1.0.6 02:41
STKL Josh Battle goal 5.5.35 - 1.0.6 09:08
STKL Tim Membrey goal 6.5.41 - 1.0.6 14:26
STKL Dan Butler goal 7.5.47 - 1.0.6 17:35
ESSE Josh Begley goal 7.5.47 - 2.0.12 23:57
Q3 ESSE Adam Saad goal 7.5.47 - 3.0.18 03:12
ESSE Jacob Townsend goal 7.5.47 - 4.0.24 06:09
STKL Paddy Ryder goal 8.5.53 - 4.0.24 12:53
STKL Jack Lonie goal 9.5.59 - 4.0.24 21:02
ESSE James Stewart behind 9.5.59 - 4.1.25 23:02
Q4 ESSE Jordan Ridley behind 9.5.59 - 4.2.26 02:20
STKL Paddy Ryder behind 9.6.60 - 4.2.26 04:53
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.6.60 - 5.2.32 10:33
STKL Max King goal 10.6.66 - 5.2.32 13:12
STKL Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 5.2.32 14:30
STKL Nick Hind behind 10.8.68 - 5.2.32 18:42
ESSE Tom Cutler behind 10.8.68 - 5.3.33 19:48