2020 AFL Round 18: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 2020 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 18 of the 2020 AFL season. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Metricon Stadium. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Essendon
Back: J. Ridley, B. Zerk-Thatcher, M. Gleeson
Half-back: D. Smith, M. Hurley, A. Saad
Centre: T. Cutler, Z. Merrett, B. Ham
Half-forward: W. Snelling, J. Stewart, M. Guelfi
Forward: J. Stringer, J. Daniher, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: S. Draper, D. Shiel, D. Parish
Int.: D. Clarke, K. Langford, J. Laverde, M. Redman

Melbourne
Back: J. Smith, S. May, J. Melksham
Half-back: T. Rivers, J. Lever, C. Salem
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Petracca, A. Tomlinson
Half-forward: B. Fritsch, S. Weideman, O. Baker
Forward: K. Pickett, M. Brown, C. Spargo
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Viney, C. Oliver
Int.: M. Hibberd, J. Hunt, A. Neal-Bullen, A. vandenBerg

Essendon (7.7.49) were defeated by Melbourne (10.8.68).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Stewart (3), J. Laverde, D. Shiel, D. Smith, J. Stringer
Melbourne: J. Hunt (4), B. Fritsch (3), A. Neal-Bullen (2), C. Petracca

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 13th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 September 2020
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 2,175

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.7.49 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 0 2 . 2 3 . 3 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Melbourne 1 . 4 6 . 6 7 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin ESSE by 2 MELB by 28 MELB by 28 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration 22:12 24:11 21:30 27:43 1:35:36

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), H. Gavine (#14), N. Williamson (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Mitch Brown MELB 38 2
Steven May MELB 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Bayley Fritsch MELB 31 8 0 2 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 4 0 0 1 0 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jayden Hunt MELB 29 2 0 0 0 1 0
Steven May MELB 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mitch Brown MELB 38 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Clarke, Dylan INT 71% 0 0 13 3 10 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
12 Cutler, Tom WL 89% 0 1 23 14 9 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
6 Daniher, Joe FF 88% 0 0 9 7 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
38 Draper, Sam RU 85% 0 0 4 1 3 0 13 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 88% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 0
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFR 77% 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 2 2 3 2 2 1 0
33 Ham, Brayden WR 70% 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 89% 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0
4 Langford, Kyle INT 81% 0 0 23 10 13 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 4
15 Laverde, Jayden INT 69% 1 0 6 6 0 4 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 78% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 4
7 Merrett, Zach C 89% 0 0 25 13 12 7 0 9 5 6 1 2 2 4
3 Parish, Darcy RO 74% 0 0 25 7 18 3 0 1 4 2 0 1 1 2
27 Redman, Mason INT 75% 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
14 Ridley, Jordan BPL 85% 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 87% 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 7 4
9 Shiel, Dylan RR 81% 1 0 25 7 18 1 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 4
5 Smith, Devon HBFL 88% 1 1 16 8 8 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 3
40 Snelling, Will HFFL 84% 0 0 15 3 12 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0
17 Stewart, James CHF 76% 3 1 7 6 1 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 79% 1 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 4
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 98% 0 1 14 9 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 7 7 321 171 150 79 17 43 22 38 12 15 29 44

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
33 Baker, Oskar HFFR 69% 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 3 0 2 2 1 3 1
38 Brown, Mitch FF 90% 0 2 20 14 6 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley HFFL 81% 3 4 14 10 4 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 91% 0 0 17 10 7 4 26 0 2 1 1 0 1 2
14 Hibberd, Michael INT 70% 0 0 16 11 5 10 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 0
29 Hunt, Jayden INT 76% 4 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
15 Langdon, Ed WL 90% 0 0 23 17 6 13 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2
8 Lever, Jake CHB 93% 0 0 17 13 4 10 0 2 0 2 1 1 6 1
1 May, Steven FB 95% 0 0 21 15 6 7 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0
18 Melksham, Jake BPR 81% 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 3
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex INT 67% 2 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 86% 0 0 20 7 13 6 0 2 4 2 2 2 1 4
5 Petracca, Christian C 91% 1 0 23 14 9 7 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 5
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 70% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent HBFL 81% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 86% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 2
44 Smith, Joel BPL 87% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
9 Spargo, Charlie FPR 68% 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
20 Tomlinson, Adam WR 87% 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
22 vandenBerg, Aaron INT 65% 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 2 5 3 1 2 1 1
7 Viney, Jack RR 85% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 3 7 1 0 1 0 4
26 Weideman, Sam CHF 89% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 10 8 310 200 110 117 28 25 22 32 15 12 35 39

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
44 J. Smith 1 S. May 18 J. Melksham 38 S. Draper 37 D. Clarke
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 6 J. Daniher 25 J. Stringer 9 D. Shiel 4 K. Langford
FORWARD 3 D. Parish 15 J. Laverde
HALF-BACK

27 M. Redman
24 T. Rivers 8 J. Lever 3 C. Salem



35 M. Guelfi 17 J. Stewart 40 W. Snelling



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 20 A. Tomlinson



33 B. Ham 7 Z. Merrett 12 T. Cutler FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 14 M. Hibberd
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Viney 29 J. Hunt
31 B. Fritsch 26 S. Weideman 33 O. Baker 13 C. Oliver 30 A. Neal-Bullen
42 A. Saad 18 M. Hurley 5 D. Smith

22 A. vandenBerg
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



36 K. Pickett 38 M. Brown 9 C. Spargo



8 M. Gleeson 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 14 J. Ridley



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:30
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 03:14
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 08:18
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 09:49
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 1.0.6 - 1.3.9 14:35
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 1.0.6 - 1.4.10 17:56
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.0.12 - 1.4.10 22:09
Q2 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 2.0.12 - 2.4.16 02:44
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.0.12 - 3.4.22 04:41
ESSE Jordan Ridley behind 2.1.13 - 3.4.22 06:53
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 2.1.13 - 4.4.28 10:53
MELB Mitch Brown behind 2.1.13 - 4.5.29 12:42
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 2.1.13 - 5.5.35 14:22
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 2.1.13 - 5.6.36 15:47
ESSE James Stewart behind 2.2.14 - 5.6.36 18:38
MELB Christian Petracca goal 2.2.14 - 6.6.42 19:46
Q3 ESSE Jake Stringer behind 2.3.15 - 6.6.42 04:48
MELB Mitch Brown behind 2.3.15 - 6.7.43 09:20
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 2.3.15 - 7.7.49 16:28
ESSE James Stewart goal 3.3.21 - 7.7.49 21:23
Q4 ESSE James Stewart goal 4.3.27 - 7.7.49 01:47
ESSE Devon Smith behind 4.4.28 - 7.7.49 04:46
ESSE Tom Cutler behind 4.5.29 - 7.7.49 06:16
ESSE Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 7.7.49 06:55
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 4.6.30 - 8.7.55 10:42
ESSE Devon Smith goal 5.6.36 - 8.7.55 12:09
ESSE James Stewart goal 6.6.42 - 8.7.55 16:10
ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 7.6.48 - 8.7.55 19:59
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.6.48 - 9.7.61 22:04
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 7.6.48 - 9.8.62 23:34
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.6.48 - 10.8.68 24:23
ESSE Brandon Zerk-Thatcher behind 7.7.49 - 10.8.68 27:14