2022 AFL Round 3: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 2022 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 3 of the 2022 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with, in the absence of Zach Merrett, deputy vice-captain Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Ben Rutten.

Melbourne
Back: J. Hunt, S. May, J. Smith
Half-back: J. Bowey, A. Tomlinson, A. Brayshaw
Centre: J. Jordon, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: A. Neal-Bullen, T. McDonald, K. Pickett
Forward: B. Fritsch, S. Weideman, C. Spargo
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, J. Viney
Int.: J. Harmes, L. Jackson, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow
Sub.: T. Bedford

Essendon
Back: J. Stewart, J. Laverde, J. Kelly
Half-back: M. Redman, D. Heppell (capt.), J. Ridley
Centre: A. McGrath (vice-capt.), J. Caldwell, T. Cutler
Half-forward: J. Stringer, M. Guelfi, N. Martin
Forward: A. Perkins, P. Wright, T. Wanganeen
Follower: S. Draper, D. Parish, B. Ham
Int.: S. Durham, N. Hind, A. Phillips, D. Shiel
Sub.: D. Smith

Melbourne (14.15.99) defeated Essendon (10.10.70).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: S. Weideman (4), B. Fritsch (2), J. Harmes (2), E. Langdon, T. McDonald, C. Petracca, C. Spargo, T. Sparrow, J. Viney
Essendon: P. Wright (4), J. Stringer (2), T. Cutler, A. McGrath, A. Perkins, T. Wanganeen

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Essendon were then 18th on the ladder (down from 17th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Friday 1 April 2022
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,503

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 14.15.99 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 4 . 8 9 . 12 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Essendon 0 . 4 3 . 5 8 . 5 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 9 MELB by 13 MELB by 29 MELB by 29
Duration 27:43 27:15 33:18 32:30 2:00:46

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Foot (#2), A. Stephens (#12), A. Whetton (#19)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 3
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 2
Ed Langdon MELB 15 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 10 2 0 0 0 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 8 0 2 0 0 0
Ed Langdon MELB 15 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Sam Weideman MELB 26 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Peter Wright ESSE 20 4 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Bedford, Toby SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Bowey, Jake HBFL 82% 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
10 Brayshaw, Angus HBFR 87% 0 0 34 24 10 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 92% 2 2 9 8 1 4 0 3 0 2 2 1 1 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 86% 0 1 22 18 4 5 17 2 6 4 4 2 2 4
4 Harmes, James INT 68% 2 1 21 8 13 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 77% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 2
6 Jackson, Luke INT 78% 0 1 16 4 12 4 11 0 2 1 1 0 0 1
23 Jordon, James WL 81% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 4
15 Langdon, Ed WR 100% 1 1 31 16 15 5 0 1 1 6 0 0 3 2
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 67% 1 2 6 6 0 3 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFL 84% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 88% 0 1 38 20 18 8 0 1 8 8 1 3 2 15
5 Petracca, Christian C 92% 1 2 21 11 10 3 0 4 2 3 0 1 0 6
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFR 85% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent INT 62% 0 0 18 12 6 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 3
44 Smith, Joel BPR 91% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 3
9 Spargo, Charlie FPR 67% 1 0 10 4 6 4 0 4 0 4 1 1 0 2
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 60% 1 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 1
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB 100% 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0
7 Viney, Jack RO 74% 1 0 17 9 8 4 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 4
26 Weideman, Sam FF 78% 4 3 11 8 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 15 377 232 145 120 29 37 32 56 19 20 29 65

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye C 76% 0 1 16 13 3 6 0 7 5 2 2 1 1 1
12 Cutler, Tom WR 95% 1 0 17 13 4 6 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 4
2 Draper, Sam RU 63% 0 0 2 1 1 1 19 1 1 1 0 1 3 0
22 Durham, Sam INT 75% 0 0 14 4 10 2 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 1
35 Guelfi, Matt CHF 84% 0 2 12 7 5 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 3
33 Ham, Brayden RO 78% 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 3
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) CHB 81% 0 0 22 14 8 7 0 3 1 4 2 0 3 3
19 Hind, Nick INT 84% 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 6 2
29 Kelly, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 3 5 0
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 82% 0 1 15 7 8 6 0 2 1 4 0 2 3 1
37 Martin, Nic HFFR 86% 0 0 20 10 10 8 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (avc) WL 82% 1 0 19 9 10 2 0 3 5 4 1 1 1 1
3 Parish, Darcy RR 81% 0 0 24 12 12 2 0 3 6 2 2 0 0 5
16 Perkins, Archie FPL 85% 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 4 1 0 3 0 1 1
34 Phillips, Andrew INT 63% 0 0 12 9 3 5 16 2 3 3 2 1 1 1
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 78% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 2
14 Ridley, Jordan HBFR 90% 0 0 21 18 3 8 0 3 0 2 1 1 8 0
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 78% 0 0 25 9 16 4 0 5 6 3 1 0 2 3
5 Smith, Devon SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Stewart, James BPL 88% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 0 5 1 3 3 1
25 Stringer, Jake HFFL 82% 2 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 3
40 Wanganeen, Tex FPR 74% 1 1 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 93% 4 1 10 10 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 10 320 206 114 88 35 51 39 53 20 19 51 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

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 J. Stewart 15 J. Laverde 29 J. Kelly 11 M. Gawn (c) 4 J. Harmes
9 C. Spargo 26 S. Weideman 31 B. Fritsch 13 C. Oliver 6 L. Jackson
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
27 M. Redman 21 D. Heppell (c) 14 J. Ridley

12 T. Bedford
36 K. Pickett 25 T. McDonald 30 A. Neal-Bullen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 A. McGrath (avc) 6 J. Caldwell 12 T. Cutler



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 23 J. Jordon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 22 S. Durham
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 19 N. Hind
25 J. Stringer 35 M. Guelfi 37 N. Martin 33 B. Ham 34 A. Phillips
10 A. Brayshaw 20 A. Tomlinson 17 J. Bowey

9 D. Shiel
HALF-BACK

5 D. Smith
FORWARD



16 A. Perkins 20 P. Wright 40 T. Wanganeen



44 J. Smith 1 S. May 29 J. Hunt



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:25
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 04:22
MELB Sam Weideman behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 05:27
MELB Sam Weideman goal 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 06:35
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 08:35
MELB Christian Petracca behind 1.3.9 - 0.2.2 12:28
ESSE Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 0.3.3 14:10
MELB Sam Weideman behind 1.4.10 - 0.3.3 16:48
MELB James Harmes behind 1.5.11 - 0.3.3 19:28
MELB Tom McDonald goal 2.5.17 - 0.3.3 22:35
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 2.5.17 - 0.4.4 24:04
MELB Jack Viney goal 3.5.23 - 0.4.4 25:58
Q2 ESSE Tex Wanganeen behind 3.5.23 - 0.5.5 01:05
MELB Luke Jackson behind 3.6.24 - 0.5.5 03:12
MELB Tom McDonald behind 3.7.25 - 0.5.5 07:24
ESSE Tom Cutler goal 3.7.25 - 1.5.11 09:56
ESSE Peter Wright goal 3.7.25 - 2.5.17 11:31
MELB Sam Weideman behind 3.8.26 - 2.5.17 12:48
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 4.8.32 - 2.5.17 16:57
ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 4.8.32 - 3.5.23 24:26
Q3 ESSE Tex Wanganeen goal 4.8.32 - 4.5.29 01:59
ESSE Peter Wright goal 4.8.32 - 5.5.35 03:41
MELB Rushed behind 4.9.33 - 5.5.35 04:49
ESSE Peter Wright goal 4.9.33 - 6.5.41 05:58
MELB Tom McDonald behind 4.10.34 - 6.5.41 08:42
MELB James Harmes goal 5.10.40 - 6.5.41 09:42
MELB James Harmes goal 6.10.46 - 6.5.41 14:23
MELB Sam Weideman goal 7.10.52 - 6.5.41 16:32
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.10.52 - 7.5.47 21:01
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.10.52 - 8.5.53 24:03
MELB Sam Weideman goal 8.10.58 - 8.5.53 25:51
MELB Christian Petracca goal 9.10.64 - 8.5.53 27:19
MELB Max Gawn behind 9.11.65 - 8.5.53 28:37
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 9.12.66 - 8.5.53 29:53
Q4 ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 9.12.66 - 8.6.54 03:26
ESSE Rushed behind 9.12.66 - 8.7.55 05:17
MELB Ed Langdon behind 9.13.67 - 8.7.55 07:11
ESSE Brayden Ham behind 9.13.67 - 8.8.56 08:43
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 10.13.73 - 8.8.56 11:09
MELB Christian Petracca behind 10.14.74 - 8.8.56 13:15
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 11.14.80 - 8.8.56 16:38
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 11.14.80 - 9.8.62 17:54
ESSE Peter Wright goal 11.14.80 - 10.8.68 20:15
ESSE Peter Wright behind 11.14.80 - 10.9.69 21:59
MELB Ed Langdon goal 12.14.86 - 10.9.69 23:52
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 13.14.92 - 10.9.69 26:04
ESSE Rushed behind 13.14.92 - 10.10.70 27:44
MELB Sam Weideman goal 14.14.98 - 10.10.70 29:59
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 14.15.99 - 10.10.70 31:44