2023 AFL Round 13: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 2023 between Carlton and Essendon during round 13 of the 2023 AFL season. Carlton hosted Essendon at MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Carlton
Back: J. Weitering, L. Young, B. Kemp
Half-back: M. McGovern, A. Cincotta, A. Saad
Centre: S. Docherty, P. Cripps (capt.), M. Cottrell
Half-forward: S. Walsh, M. Owies, C. Curnow
Forward: J. Motlop, H. McKay, J. Martin
Follower: T. De Koning, A. Cerra, E. Curnow
Int.: B. Acres, J. Boyd, M. Kennedy, J. Silvagni
Sub.: P. Dow

Essendon
Back: A. McGrath (vice-capt.), B. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Laverde
Half-back: D. Heppell, J. Ridley, M. Redman
Centre: N. Martin, Z. Merrett (capt.), S. Durham
Half-forward: M. Guelfi, J. Caldwell, J. Menzie
Forward: P. Wright, K. Langford, S. Weideman
Follower: S. Draper, A. Perkins, J. Stringer
Int.: N. Hind, B. Hobbs, A. Phillips, W. Snelling
Sub.: M. D'Ambrosio

Carlton (6.16.52) were defeated by Essendon (13.8.86).

Goalkickers
Carlton: C. Curnow (2), A. Cincotta, J. Martin, H. McKay, M. Owies
Essendon: P. Wright (5), J. Menzie (2), J. Caldwell, M. Guelfi, K. Langford, Z. Merrett, A. Phillips, W. Snelling

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 15th on the ladder (down from 14th) and Essendon remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Sunday 11 June 2023
Time: 7:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 83,638

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Essendon
Score: 6.16.52 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 5 3 . 10 5 . 10 6 . 16 6 . 16 (52)
Essendon 2 . 4 4 . 6 11 . 7 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 34
Duration 28:18 27:49 31:52 27:40 1:55:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Michael Voss (Carlton), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: Patrick Cripps (Carlton), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Carlton), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nic Martin ESSE 37 3
Peter Wright ESSE 20 2
Jye Caldwell ESSE 6 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nic Martin ESSE 37 10 2 0 0 0 0
Peter Wright ESSE 20 8 0 2 0 0 0
Jye Caldwell ESSE 6 5 0 0 1 1 0
Adam Cerra CARL 5 4 0 0 1 0 1
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ben Hobbs ESSE 8 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Acres, Blake INT 79% 0 0 21 12 9 4 0 3 1 4 1 1 3 4
37 Boyd, Jordan INT 80% 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 4 3
5 Cerra, Adam RR 77% 0 0 31 10 21 2 0 2 5 4 2 2 2 7
39 Cincotta, Alex CHB 85% 1 0 18 7 11 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
46 Cottrell, Matt WR 87% 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 3 3 4 0 2 0 2
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 84% 0 0 19 4 15 0 0 2 4 3 1 2 0 3
30 Curnow, Charlie HFFR 92% 2 4 17 12 5 5 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 6
35 Curnow, Ed RO 79% 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1
12 De Koning, Tom RU 83% 0 0 12 5 7 2 22 1 3 7 0 5 0 0
15 Docherty, Sam WL 84% 0 1 27 12 15 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 4
2 Dow, Paddy SUB↑ 20% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
17 Kemp, Brodie BPR 79% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 4
7 Kennedy, Matthew INT 73% 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 5 2 3 0 1 1 4
21 Martin, Jack FPR↓ 49% 1 2 8 5 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
11 McGovern, Mitch HBFL 79% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 0
10 McKay, Harry FF 91% 1 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 0 2 4 2 0 1
3 Motlop, Jesse FPL 72% 0 2 14 8 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
44 Owies, Matthew CHF 79% 1 1 10 8 2 3 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 2
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 77% 0 0 22 12 10 5 0 1 1 3 1 1 5 0
1 Silvagni, Jack INT 68% 0 1 14 8 6 0 3 3 2 2 2 1 0 2
18 Walsh, Sam HFFL 81% 0 0 35 15 20 4 0 0 1 5 3 3 5 4
23 Weitering, Jacob BPL 100% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
33 Young, Lewis FB 100% 0 0 8 4 4 4 4 0 1 4 0 2 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 6 16 388 201 187 78 29 33 26 68 18 32 28 56

P. Dow replaced J. Martin.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye CHF 64% 1 0 25 10 15 1 0 6 4 4 2 1 1 4
42 D'Ambrosio, Massimo SUB↑ 14% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Draper, Sam RU↓ 59% 0 0 7 6 1 2 13 1 1 4 1 1 1 3
22 Durham, Sam WR 88% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 4 2 2 1 1 2 3
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFL 76% 1 0 14 5 9 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 0
21 Heppell, Dyson HBFL 86% 0 0 23 11 12 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 1
19 Hind, Nick INT 82% 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 4 0 3 0 0 8 1
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 72% 0 0 24 15 9 5 0 3 2 1 4 1 2 5
4 Langford, Kyle FF 96% 1 1 11 6 5 3 0 8 0 4 2 1 0 1
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 87% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 0 5 1 3 4 1
37 Martin, Nic WL 87% 0 1 30 15 15 9 0 3 7 3 2 1 3 4
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 85% 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 5 0 1 0 1 7 0
47 Menzie, Jye HFFR 77% 2 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 2
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 83% 1 1 18 13 5 5 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4
16 Perkins, Archie RR 80% 0 0 18 8 10 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 1 2
34 Phillips, Andrew INT 58% 1 0 7 4 3 1 15 1 0 1 4 0 1 1
27 Redman, Mason HBFR 82% 0 0 23 15 8 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 88% 0 0 20 17 3 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
11 Snelling, Will INT 77% 1 0 14 7 7 4 0 6 1 4 2 0 1 1
25 Stringer, Jake RO 86% 0 2 18 10 8 3 0 2 6 2 2 1 0 5
10 Weideman, Sam FPR 91% 0 2 14 5 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Wright, Peter FPL 91% 5 0 8 8 0 7 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 90% 0 0 10 8 2 7 0 1 0 4 1 4 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 13 8 368 219 149 103 29 64 29 50 32 18 47 41

M. D'Ambrosio replaced S. Draper.

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

Carlton Coach: Michael Voss
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 A. McGrath (vc) 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 15 J. Laverde 12 T. De Koning 13 B. Acres
21 J. Martin 10 H. McKay 3 J. Motlop 5 A. Cerra 37 J. Boyd
FORWARD 35 E. Curnow 7 M. Kennedy
HALF-BACK

1 J. Silvagni
21 D. Heppell 14 J. Ridley 27 M. Redman

2 P. Dow
30 C. Curnow 44 M. Owies 18 S. Walsh



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 N. Martin 7 Z. Merrett (c) 22 S. Durham



46 M. Cottrell 9 P. Cripps (c) 15 S. Docherty FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 19 N. Hind
HALF-FORWARD 16 A. Perkins 8 B. Hobbs
35 M. Guelfi 6 J. Caldwell 47 J. Menzie 25 J. Stringer 34 A. Phillips
42 A. Saad 39 A. Cincotta 11 M. McGovern

11 W. Snelling
HALF-BACK

42 M. D'Ambrosio
FORWARD



20 P. Wright 4 K. Langford 10 S. Weideman



17 B. Kemp 33 L. Young 23 J. Weitering



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:12
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 03:29
CARL Alex Cincotta goal 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 05:57
ESSE Peter Wright goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 08:00
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 1.0.6 - 1.3.9 12:23
CARL Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 13:10
CARL Matthew Owies behind 1.2.8 - 1.3.9 14:05
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 1.3.9 - 1.3.9 15:06
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 1.4.10 - 1.3.9 16:04
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 1.4.10 - 2.3.15 18:00
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 1.5.11 - 2.3.15 20:21
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 1.5.11 - 2.4.16 25:25
Q2 CARL Jack Martin behind 1.6.12 - 2.4.16 03:28
CARL Rushed behind 1.7.13 - 2.4.16 04:54
CARL Jack Martin goal 2.7.19 - 2.4.16 06:06
CARL Jack Martin behind 2.8.20 - 2.4.16 07:20
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 2.9.21 - 2.4.16 08:54
ESSE Nic Martin behind 2.9.21 - 2.5.17 13:46
ESSE Sam Weideman behind 2.9.21 - 2.6.18 17:07
CARL Harry McKay goal 3.9.27 - 2.6.18 20:01
ESSE Will Snelling goal 3.9.27 - 3.6.24 21:53
ESSE Peter Wright goal 3.9.27 - 4.6.30 24:20
CARL Sam Docherty behind 3.10.28 - 4.6.30 27:19
Q3 ESSE Zach Merrett goal 3.10.28 - 5.6.36 00:44
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 3.10.28 - 5.7.37 02:28
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 3.10.28 - 6.7.43 04:25
ESSE Peter Wright goal 3.10.28 - 7.7.49 06:39
ESSE Andrew Phillips goal 3.10.28 - 8.7.55 09:16
ESSE Peter Wright goal 3.10.28 - 9.7.61 13:57
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 3.10.28 - 10.7.67 15:07
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 4.10.34 - 10.7.67 19:59
ESSE Peter Wright goal 4.10.34 - 11.7.73 22:45
CARL Matthew Owies goal 5.10.40 - 11.7.73 26:43
Q4 CARL Rushed behind 5.11.41 - 11.7.73 02:37
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 5.11.41 - 12.7.79 04:12
CARL Rushed behind 5.12.42 - 12.7.79 06:44
CARL Ed Curnow behind 5.13.43 - 12.7.79 09:02
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 6.13.49 - 12.7.79 11:50
CARL Jesse Motlop behind 6.14.50 - 12.7.79 13:36
ESSE Sam Weideman behind 6.14.50 - 12.8.80 18:19
CARL Jack Silvagni behind 6.15.51 - 12.8.80 19:45
CARL Jesse Motlop behind 6.16.52 - 12.8.80 21:39
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 6.16.52 - 13.8.86 23:21