2023 AFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 2023 between Essendon and Melbourne during round five of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Essendon (15.14.104) defeated Melbourne (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 April 2023
Time: 3:40 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 33,832

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 15.14.104 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	5	.	4	9	.	10	12	.	13	15	.	14	15	.	14	(104)
Melbourne	4	.	2	7	.	5	7	.	7	11	.	11	11	.	11	(77)
Margin	ESSE by 8			ESSE by 17			ESSE by 36			ESSE by 27			ESSE by 27
Duration	31:44			34:26			27:00			35:08			2:08:18

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Essendon) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Andrew Phillips	ESSE	34	3
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	2
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Sam Draper	ESSE	2	8	1	0	1	0	0
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	8	1	0	1	0	0
Andrew McGrath	ESSE	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
Darcy Parish	ESSE	3	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sam Durham	ESSE	22	2	0	0	0	1	0
Kyle Langford	ESSE	4	2	0	0	0	1	0
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dylan Shiel	ESSE	9	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
6	Caldwell, Jye	RR	87%	0	2	10	6	4	3	0	6	0	1	2	0	0	3
2	Draper, Sam	RU	78%	3	0	14	9	5	4	18	2	2	5	1	4	0	2
22	Durham, Sam	WR	87%	0	0	24	6	18	4	0	2	2	6	2	3	0	1
21	Heppell, Dyson	INT	89%	0	0	16	9	7	7	0	4	1	0	1	0	3	0
19	Hind, Nick	SUB↑	31%	2	0	7	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
23	Jones, Harry	CHF↓	54%	1	1	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
29	Kelly, Jake	HBFL	88%	0	0	8	2	6	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
4	Langford, Kyle	WL	87%	2	1	16	9	7	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
15	Laverde, Jayden	CHB	80%	0	0	20	15	5	8	0	3	1	1	1	0	6	3
37	Martin, Nic	FPR	82%	2	0	17	11	6	1	0	2	2	3	1	1	3	2
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	HBFR	88%	0	0	24	14	10	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	7	1
47	Menzie, Jye	HFFL	73%	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	1
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	C	82%	0	0	35	18	17	3	0	7	4	5	0	2	2	9
3	Parish, Darcy	HFFR	78%	0	0	34	18	16	5	0	1	6	6	0	0	2	8
16	Perkins, Archie	INT	79%	1	0	16	10	6	3	0	3	0	4	1	2	1	7
34	Phillips, Andrew	INT	73%	2	0	12	9	3	6	21	0	2	4	3	3	0	1
27	Redman, Mason	BPL	87%	0	1	16	14	2	3	0	4	1	3	2	0	5	4
14	Ridley, Jordan	BPR	91%	0	0	23	19	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	1
12	Setterfield, Will	FPL	80%	0	1	19	11	8	3	0	10	4	2	1	0	0	6
9	Shiel, Dylan	INT	71%	0	1	28	16	12	5	0	3	7	6	0	1	4	1
11	Snelling, Will	RO	76%	1	1	11	5	6	5	0	10	0	0	1	0	1	0
25	Stringer, Jake	FF	81%	1	3	9	5	4	0	0	3	0	2	1	2	0	2
30	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	FB	76%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				15	14	380	225	155	89	39	71	33	57	19	23	43	57

N. Hind replaced H. Jones.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Bowey, Jake	INT	81%	0	0	22	13	9	4	0	2	2	3	1	0	3	2
10	Brayshaw, Angus	HBFR	81%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	2
37	Chandler, Kade	HFFL	72%	1	0	10	3	7	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	2
31	Fritsch, Bayley	FPR	93%	2	2	9	6	3	4	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	3
6	Grundy, Brodie	RU	82%	0	0	18	5	13	3	24	2	6	3	5	2	1	4
12	Hunter, Lachie	WR	91%	0	0	22	14	8	5	0	4	0	5	1	1	2	1
23	Jordon, James	SUB↑	33%	1	0	6	4	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	1
15	Langdon, Ed	WL	97%	0	0	24	14	10	7	0	2	4	2	1	0	3	4
1	May, Steven	FB	100%	0	0	13	13	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	0
25	McDonald, Tom	CHF	75%	0	0	6	3	3	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
41	McVee, Judd	BPR	78%	0	0	14	10	4	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1
18	Melksham, Jake	INT	72%	2	1	10	6	4	3	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	3
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPL	74%	1	1	17	13	4	2	0	4	1	4	1	0	3	3
13	Oliver, Clayton	C	86%	0	0	41	15	26	2	0	2	9	3	3	2	2	7
5	Petracca, Christian	HFFR	88%	1	2	27	14	13	4	0	4	11	4	0	0	2	5
35	Petty, Harry	BPL	84%	0	0	17	9	8	7	0	2	0	4	1	2	2	0
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	RO	81%	2	2	11	8	3	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	4
24	Rivers, Trent	HBFL	80%	0	1	20	11	9	5	0	4	0	4	1	2	4	2
9	Spargo, Charlie	INT↓	38%	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	64%	0	0	13	7	6	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	3
20	Tomlinson, Adam	CHB	100%	0	0	17	13	4	5	0	2	0	5	2	3	7	1
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	FF	72%	1	0	7	2	5	0	4	1	2	2	2	1	0	1
7	Viney, Jack	RR	77%	0	1	28	15	13	5	0	7	4	3	0	0	0	5
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	11	365	206	159	71	31	55	43	59	23	19	41	55

J. Jordon replaced C. Spargo.

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: Brad Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	35	H. Petty	1	S. May	41	J. McVee	2	S. Draper	21	D. Heppell
	37	N. Martin	25	J. Stringer	12	W. Setterfield	6	J. Caldwell	16	A. Perkins
FORWARD							11	W. Snelling	34	A. Phillips
HALF-BACK									9	D. Shiel
	24	T. Rivers	20	A. Tomlinson	10	A. Brayshaw			19	N. Hind
	3	D. Parish	23	H. Jones	47	J. Menzie
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	E. Langdon	13	C. Oliver	12	L. Hunter
	22	S. Durham	7	Z. Merrett (c)	4	K. Langford	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							6	B. Grundy	17	J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD							7	J. Viney	18	J. Melksham
	37	K. Chandler	25	T. McDonald	5	C. Petracca	36	K. Pickett	9	C. Spargo
	1	A. McGrath (vc)	15	J. Laverde	29	J. Kelly			32	T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK									23	J. Jordon
FORWARD
	30	A. Neal-Bullen	2	J. van Rooyen	31	B. Fritsch
	14	J. Ridley	30	B. Zerk-Thatcher	27	M. Redman
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:26
	ESSE	Will Snelling goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	04:17
	ESSE	Andrew Phillips goal	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	06:01
	MELB	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	0.1.1	08:06
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	11:22
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	12:41
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	2.2.14	-	2.1.13	14:03
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	2.2.14	-	3.1.19	16:27
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	3.2.20	-	3.1.19	18:37
	ESSE	Nic Martin goal	4.2.26	-	3.1.19	19:54
	ESSE	Will Snelling behind	4.3.27	-	3.1.19	24:48
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	5.3.33	-	3.1.19	26:48
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	5.3.33	-	3.2.20	28:04
	ESSE	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	3.2.20	30:16
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	5.4.34	-	4.2.26	31:41
Q2	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	5.4.34	-	4.3.27	00:16
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	5.4.34	-	5.3.33	01:31
	ESSE	Harry Jones behind	5.5.35	-	5.3.33	04:31
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	5.5.35	-	6.3.39	06:36
	ESSE	Mason Redman behind	5.6.36	-	6.3.39	08:10
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	5.6.36	-	7.3.45	10:04
	ESSE	Harry Jones goal	6.6.42	-	7.3.45	14:15
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	6.6.42	-	7.4.46	15:42
	ESSE	Andrew Phillips goal	7.6.48	-	7.4.46	17:46
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	8.6.54	-	7.4.46	19:51
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	8.7.55	-	7.4.46	22:20
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	8.7.55	-	7.5.47	23:38
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	9.7.61	-	7.5.47	27:10
	ESSE	Jye Caldwell behind	9.8.62	-	7.5.47	30:04
	ESSE	Will Setterfield behind	9.9.63	-	7.5.47	31:15
	ESSE	Dylan Shiel behind	9.10.64	-	7.5.47	33:09
Q3	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	9.10.64	-	7.6.48	01:30
	ESSE	Jye Caldwell behind	9.11.65	-	7.6.48	04:17
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	10.11.71	-	7.6.48	05:07
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	11.11.77	-	7.6.48	08:43
	ESSE	Rushed behind	11.12.78	-	7.6.48	12:16
	ESSE	Archie Perkins goal	12.12.84	-	7.6.48	14:39
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	12.13.85	-	7.6.48	18:19
	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	12.13.85	-	7.7.49	25:16
Q4	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	12.13.85	-	8.7.55	01:59
	ESSE	Nick Hind goal	13.13.91	-	8.7.55	05:24
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	13.13.91	-	9.7.61	06:31
	ESSE	Nick Hind goal	14.13.97	-	9.7.61	10:31
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	14.13.97	-	9.8.62	12:12
	ESSE	Nic Martin goal	15.13.103	-	9.8.62	13:16
	ESSE	Rushed behind	15.14.104	-	9.8.62	16:18
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	15.14.104	-	10.8.68	17:28
	MELB	James Jordon goal	15.14.104	-	11.8.74	19:02
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	15.14.104	-	11.9.75	26:02
	MELB	Trent Rivers behind	15.14.104	-	11.10.76	28:48
	MELB	Jack Viney behind	15.14.104	-	11.11.77	30:41

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