2023 AFL Round 5: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 2023 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 5 of the 2023 AFL season. 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
Back: M. Redman, B. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Ridley
Half-back: J. Kelly, J. Laverde, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: K. Langford, Z. Merrett (capt.), S. Durham
Half-forward: J. Menzie, H. Jones, D. Parish
Forward: W. Setterfield, J. Stringer, N. Martin
Follower: S. Draper, J. Caldwell, W. Snelling
Int.: D. Heppell, A. Perkins, A. Phillips, D. Shiel
Sub.: N. Hind

Melbourne
Back: H. Petty, S. May, J. McVee
Half-back: T. Rivers, A. Tomlinson, A. Brayshaw
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, L. Hunter
Half-forward: K. Chandler, T. McDonald, C. Petracca
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, J. van Rooyen, B. Fritsch
Follower: B. Grundy, J. Viney, K. Pickett
Int.: J. Bowey, J. Melksham, C. Spargo, T. Sparrow
Sub.: J. Jordon

Essendon (15.14.104) defeated Melbourne (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Draper (3), N. Hind (2), K. Langford (2), N. Martin (2), A. Phillips (2), H. Jones, A. Perkins, W. Snelling, J. Stringer
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (2), J. Melksham (2), K. Pickett (2), K. Chandler, J. Jordon, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Petracca, J. van Rooyen

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Melbourne)

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