2024 AFL Round 19: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 2024 between Melbourne and Essendon during round 19 of the 2024 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Melbourne
Back: T. McDonald, S. May, J. McVee
Half-back: T. Rivers, J. Lever, A. Moniz-Wakefield
Centre: E. Langdon, T. Sparrow, C. Windsor
Half-forward: K. Pickett, J. van Rooyen, K. Tholstrup
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Fritsch, J. Melksham
Follower: H. Petty, J. Viney, C. Salem
Int.: J. Bowey, K. Chandler, C. Oliver, D. Turner
Sub.: T. Woewodin

Essendon
Back: J. Ridley, B. McKay, J. Gresham
Half-back: N. Martin, M. Redman, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: N. Cox, S. Durham, A. Perkins
Half-forward: M. Guelfi, H. Jones, N. Caddy
Forward: J. Stringer, J. Kelly, K. Langford
Follower: S. Draper, J. Caldwell, Z. Merrett (capt.)
Int.: X. Duursma, D. Heppell, D. Shiel, P. Wright
Sub.: N. Hind

Melbourne (13.6.84) defeated Essendon (10.7.67).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), D. Turner (3), J. Melksham (2), K. Pickett (2), K. Chandler, E. Langdon, C. Windsor
Essendon: N. Martin (4), X. Duursma (2), K. Langford (2), S. Durham, H. Jones

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Essendon were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 13 July 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,866

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 13.6.84 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 6 8 . 6 13 . 6 13 . 6 (84)
Essendon 3 . 3 4 . 5 5 . 7 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin ESSE by 1 MELB by 13 MELB by 17 MELB by 17 MELB by 17
Duration 30:24 30:13 29:48 31:27 2:01:52

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Trent Rivers MELB 24 3
Nic Martin ESSE 37 2
Ed Langdon MELB 15 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Judd McVee MELB 4 9 1 1 0 0 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Trent Rivers MELB 24 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Ben McKay ESSE 32 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Ed Langdon MELB 15 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake INT 79% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
37 Chandler, Kade INT 81% 1 0 11 3 8 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley FF 90% 3 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed WL 100% 1 0 31 15 16 8 0 0 4 6 1 3 3 2
8 Lever, Jake CHB 90% 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 6 2
1 May, Steven FB 91% 0 0 24 19 5 6 0 2 0 2 1 1 9 0
25 McDonald, Tom BPL 96% 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 0
4 McVee, Judd BPR 80% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 1
18 Melksham, Jake FPR 79% 2 1 12 7 5 4 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 4
45 Moniz-Wakefield, Andy HBFR↓ 62% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 85% 0 0 25 14 11 2 0 2 6 2 1 0 2 2
13 Oliver, Clayton INT 75% 0 1 25 15 10 8 0 3 2 4 0 1 0 5
35 Petty, Harry RU 84% 0 0 6 3 3 2 10 5 0 4 2 3 1 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 77% 2 0 15 13 2 1 0 3 6 3 0 1 0 6
24 Rivers, Trent HBFL 67% 0 1 29 15 14 8 0 7 8 7 0 0 2 5
3 Salem, Christian RO 85% 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 2 5 0 2 2 2
32 Sparrow, Tom C 77% 0 1 12 10 2 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 2
39 Tholstrup, Koltyn HFFR 80% 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 7 5 3 1 1 1 4
42 Turner, Daniel INT 68% 3 0 8 5 3 4 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob CHF 80% 0 0 13 7 6 3 17 1 1 2 0 1 2 0
7 Viney, Jack RR 74% 0 0 20 11 9 0 0 3 5 3 1 0 1 3
6 Windsor, Caleb WR 83% 1 0 18 15 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 5
40 Woewodin, Taj SUB↑ 17% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 6 366 235 131 83 27 56 44 57 14 19 45 49

T. Woewodin replaced A. Moniz-Wakefield.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Caddy, Nate HFFR 79% 0 1 10 9 1 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 85% 0 0 23 13 10 3 0 12 3 3 4 0 1 7
13 Cox, Nik WL 81% 0 1 12 5 7 2 3 4 3 2 1 0 1 1
2 Draper, Sam RU 80% 0 0 20 13 7 4 33 1 7 10 1 4 3 2
22 Durham, Sam C 75% 1 0 21 13 8 4 0 4 7 6 1 1 0 1
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 78% 2 0 18 10 8 9 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 3
11 Gresham, Jade BPR 93% 0 0 15 5 10 1 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 0
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFL 82% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 72% 0 0 20 7 13 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 2
19 Hind, Nick SUB↑ 27% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
23 Jones, Harry CHF 79% 1 2 15 7 8 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 3 0
29 Kelly, Jake FF 87% 0 0 18 14 4 10 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 1
4 Langford, Kyle FPR 97% 2 0 15 9 6 5 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 6
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 94% 4 0 26 21 5 9 0 4 0 3 3 0 2 3
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 77% 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 21 12 9 7 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 83% 0 1 25 14 11 3 0 4 1 4 1 0 3 6
16 Perkins, Archie WR 62% 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 2 0
27 Redman, Mason CHB 76% 0 0 20 18 2 7 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 4
14 Ridley, Jordan BPL 100% 0 0 29 23 6 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 70% 0 0 28 16 12 3 0 6 5 3 0 1 2 5
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 78% 0 1 20 12 8 6 0 3 2 6 0 2 0 7
20 Wright, Peter INT↓ 49% 0 0 8 1 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 10 7 411 250 161 101 43 70 32 67 19 14 35 56

N. Hind replaced P. Wright.

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
14 J. Ridley 32 B. McKay 11 J. Gresham 35 H. Petty 17 J. Bowey
18 J. Melksham 31 B. Fritsch 30 A. Neal-Bullen 7 J. Viney 37 K. Chandler
FORWARD 3 C. Salem 13 C. Oliver
HALF-BACK

42 D. Turner
37 N. Martin 27 M. Redman 1 A. McGrath (vc)

40 T. Woewodin
39 K. Tholstrup 2 J. van Rooyen 36 K. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 N. Cox 22 S. Durham 16 A. Perkins



6 C. Windsor 32 T. Sparrow 15 E. Langdon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 28 X. Duursma
HALF-FORWARD 6 J. Caldwell 21 D. Heppell
35 M. Guelfi 23 H. Jones 30 N. Caddy 7 Z. Merrett (c) 9 D. Shiel
45 A. Moniz-Wakefield 8 J. Lever 24 T. Rivers

20 P. Wright
HALF-BACK

19 N. Hind
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 29 J. Kelly 4 K. Langford



4 J. McVee 1 S. May 25 T. McDonald



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:06
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 05:31
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:36
ESSE Sam Durham goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 10:21
MELB Trent Rivers behind 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 14:07
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 15:26
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 16:15
ESSE Xavier Duursma goal 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 17:49
ESSE Harry Jones behind 1.2.8 - 3.3.21 21:31
MELB Daniel Turner goal 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 22:46
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 29:03
Q2 MELB Clayton Oliver behind 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 00:27
MELB Jake Melksham behind 3.4.22 - 3.3.21 01:13
MELB Kade Chandler goal 4.4.28 - 3.3.21 02:04
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 4.5.29 - 3.3.21 04:48
MELB Caleb Windsor goal 5.5.35 - 3.3.21 05:38
MELB Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 3.3.21 10:08
ESSE Harry Jones behind 5.6.36 - 3.4.22 13:05
ESSE Nic Martin goal 5.6.36 - 4.4.28 17:37
MELB Jake Melksham goal 6.6.42 - 4.4.28 19:48
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 6.6.42 - 4.5.29 22:38
Q3 ESSE Archie Perkins behind 6.6.42 - 4.6.30 03:29
MELB Ed Langdon goal 7.6.48 - 4.6.30 09:59
ESSE Harry Jones goal 7.6.48 - 5.6.36 12:37
MELB Daniel Turner goal 8.6.54 - 5.6.36 18:31
ESSE Nik Cox behind 8.6.54 - 5.7.37 22:52
Q4 ESSE Nic Martin goal 8.6.54 - 6.7.43 01:21
MELB Jake Melksham goal 9.6.60 - 6.7.43 02:54
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.6.66 - 6.7.43 08:11
MELB Daniel Turner goal 11.6.72 - 6.7.43 10:16
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 12.6.78 - 6.7.43 12:48
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 13.6.84 - 6.7.43 14:26
ESSE Nic Martin goal 13.6.84 - 7.7.49 18:51
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 13.6.84 - 8.7.55 19:56
ESSE Xavier Duursma goal 13.6.84 - 9.7.61 22:09
ESSE Nic Martin goal 13.6.84 - 10.7.67 26:11