2024 AFL Season Round 20: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 2024 between Essendon and Adelaide during round twenty of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Adelaide at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

Essendon (17.11.113) were defeated by Adelaide (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Friday 19 July 2024
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 36,020

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Adelaide
Score: 17.11.113 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	2	7	.	5	15	.	8	17	.	11	17	.	11	(113)
Adelaide	2	.	3	11	.	4	13	.	10	17	.	13	17	.	13	(115)
Margin	ESSE by 5			ADEL by 23			ESSE by 10			ADEL by 2			ADEL by 2
Duration	28:52			35:27			34:23			32:21			2:11:03

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 (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Ben Keays	ADEL	2	3
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	2
Sam Durham	ESSE	22	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Ben Keays	ADEL	2	10	2	0	0	0	0
Darcy Fogarty	ADEL	32	8	0	2	0	0	0
Sam Durham	ESSE	22	5	0	0	1	1	0
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	5	0	0	1	1	0
Sam Berry	ADEL	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
Max Michalanney	ADEL	16	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
30	Caddy, Nate	CHF	79%	2	1	11	9	2	3	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	3
6	Caldwell, Jye	RR↓	63%	1	0	20	11	9	3	0	6	3	3	2	2	2	1
13	Cox, Nik	INT	78%	3	0	11	9	2	5	0	3	1	4	2	1	1	2
2	Draper, Sam	RU	84%	1	1	14	9	5	5	21	1	5	2	2	1	0	5
22	Durham, Sam	HFFR	80%	1	0	27	13	14	3	0	5	8	8	1	4	2	7
28	Duursma, Xavier	INT	79%	0	0	22	11	11	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	4
17	Goldstein, Todd	INT	59%	0	0	5	0	5	0	19	3	3	1	1	1	0	0
11	Gresham, Jade	FPR	70%	2	0	12	6	6	1	0	2	2	5	0	2	1	1
35	Guelfi, Matt	WR	59%	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Jones, Harry	HFFL	89%	2	0	8	6	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
29	Kelly, Jake	C	86%	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	1
4	Langford, Kyle	FF	97%	2	1	22	15	7	12	0	3	0	3	0	1	2	5
15	Laverde, Jayden	BPR	92%	0	0	17	10	7	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0
37	Martin, Nic	HBFL	97%	0	0	22	12	10	6	0	6	1	3	2	1	0	4
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	HBFR	88%	0	0	23	16	7	2	0	5	2	3	3	0	5	2
32	McKay, Ben	FB	100%	0	0	19	5	14	5	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	1
47	Menzie, Jye	WL	77%	0	0	13	6	7	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	RO	83%	1	1	30	17	13	1	0	5	8	2	2	0	0	7
16	Perkins, Archie	SUB↑	17%	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
27	Redman, Mason	CHB	86%	1	0	24	17	7	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	5
14	Ridley, Jordan	BPL	90%	0	0	22	14	8	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	1
9	Shiel, Dylan	INT	66%	0	0	21	11	10	4	0	4	3	4	0	2	3	2
25	Stringer, Jake	FPL	81%	1	0	9	3	6	2	0	4	3	1	0	0	1	4
Rushed					7
Total (23 players)				17	11	376	215	161	89	40	66	42	54	20	15	36	60

A. Perkins replaced J. Caldwell.

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Berry, Sam	INT	69%	1	0	18	10	8	1	0	4	3	4	1	2	1	5
40	Bond, Hugh	C	85%	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	3
41	Butts, Jordon	BPR	56%	0	0	8	4	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0
15	Cook, Brayden	SUB↑	72%	0	1	11	6	5	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	2
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	RO	61%	0	0	20	14	6	2	0	5	3	3	1	0	3	6
31	Dowling, Billy	WR	83%	1	0	19	12	7	7	0	1	5	3	0	2	3	5
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FPR	90%	4	0	17	10	7	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
34	Himmelberg, Elliott	FPL	90%	0	0	9	3	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	Hinge, Mitch	INT	82%	0	0	24	17	7	3	0	1	2	2	1	1	8	0
48	Keane, Mark	BPL	100%	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	1	1	5	0	1	4	1
2	Keays, Ben	HFFL	87%	5	1	22	16	6	2	0	8	5	2	3	1	2	6
29	Laird, Rory	RR	70%	0	0	29	11	18	2	0	7	7	3	3	3	0	3
16	Michalanney, Max	HBFL	96%	0	0	15	9	6	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	6
4	Murphy, Lachlan	CHF	88%	0	2	15	7	8	3	0	2	0	4	1	3	0	3
28	Murray, Nick	FB↓	6%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Nankervis, Luke	CHB	82%	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	2	1
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	91%	0	1	14	6	8	5	47	2	4	5	1	2	1	1
8	Rachele, Josh	INT	86%	3	1	12	6	6	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0
38	Sholl, Lachlan	WL	87%	0	0	17	13	4	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	2
33	Smith, Brodie	HBFR	80%	0	0	15	9	6	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	3	1
14	Soligo, Jake	HFFR	81%	0	1	21	9	12	4	0	4	1	2	1	0	1	1
19	Taylor, Zac	INT	68%	1	0	17	6	11	2	0	6	4	1	2	0	1	3
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	FF	89%	2	1	10	6	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				17	13	347	192	155	71	49	58	40	51	15	20	42	53

B. Cook replaced N. Murray.

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
	48	M. Keane	28	N. Murray	41	J. Butts	2	S. Draper	13	N. Cox
	11	J. Gresham	4	K. Langford	25	J. Stringer	6	J. Caldwell	28	X. Duursma
FORWARD							7	Z. Merrett (c)	17	T. Goldstein
HALF-BACK									9	D. Shiel
	16	M. Michalanney	27	L. Nankervis	33	B. Smith			16	A. Perkins
	22	S. Durham	30	N. Caddy	23	H. Jones
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	38	L. Sholl	40	H. Bond	31	B. Dowling
	35	M. Guelfi	29	J. Kelly	47	J. Menzie	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							43	R. O'Brien	3	S. Berry
HALF-FORWARD							29	R. Laird	20	M. Hinge
	2	B. Keays	4	L. Murphy	14	J. Soligo	12	J. Dawson (c)	8	J. Rachele
	1	A. McGrath (vc)	27	M. Redman	37	N. Martin			19	Z. Taylor
HALF-BACK									15	B. Cook
FORWARD
	34	E. Himmelberg	7	R. Thilthorpe	32	D. Fogarty
	15	J. Laverde	32	B. McKay	14	J. Ridley
BACK
Adelaide							Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:43
	ESSE	Harry Jones goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	01:30
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	03:21
	ESSE	Harry Jones goal	2.2.14	-	0.0.0	06:13
	ADEL	Lachlan Murphy behind	2.2.14	-	0.1.1	07:33
	ESSE	Nik Cox goal	3.2.20	-	0.1.1	08:43
	ADEL	Jake Soligo behind	3.2.20	-	0.2.2	12:08
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	13:08
	ADEL	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	1.3.9	17:45
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	3.2.20	-	2.3.15	25:45
Q2	ADEL	Billy Dowling goal	3.2.20	-	3.3.21	01:08
	ESSE	Sam Durham goal	4.2.26	-	3.3.21	02:14
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	5.2.32	-	3.3.21	05:58
	ADEL	Zac Taylor goal	5.2.32	-	4.3.27	08:41
	ESSE	Nate Caddy behind	5.3.33	-	4.3.27	10:32
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	5.3.33	-	5.3.33	10:53
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	5.3.33	-	6.3.39	13:03
	ESSE	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	6.3.39	16:40
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	5.4.34	-	7.3.45	17:12
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	5.4.34	-	8.3.51	21:19
	ADEL	Lachlan Murphy behind	5.4.34	-	8.4.52	22:28
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	5.4.34	-	9.4.58	23:27
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	5.4.34	-	10.4.64	24:39
	ADEL	Sam Berry goal	5.4.34	-	11.4.70	25:54
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	6.4.40	-	11.4.70	28:52
	ESSE	Mason Redman goal	7.4.46	-	11.4.70	31:48
	ESSE	Rushed behind	7.5.47	-	11.4.70	33:56
Q3	ADEL	Reilly O'Brien behind	7.5.47	-	11.5.71	01:00
	ESSE	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	11.5.71	02:40
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	7.6.48	-	11.6.72	04:19
	ESSE	Jade Gresham goal	8.6.54	-	11.6.72	05:23
	ESSE	Nate Caddy goal	9.6.60	-	11.6.72	06:59
	ADEL	Rushed behind	9.6.60	-	11.7.73	08:16
	ESSE	Zach Merrett behind	9.7.61	-	11.7.73	08:55
	ESSE	Nate Caddy goal	10.7.67	-	11.7.73	10:01
	ADEL	Brayden Cook behind	10.7.67	-	11.8.74	11:37
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	11.7.73	-	11.8.74	12:51
	ESSE	Nik Cox goal	12.7.79	-	11.8.74	15:24
	ADEL	Rushed behind	12.7.79	-	11.9.75	17:35
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	12.7.79	-	12.9.81	19:28
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	12.7.79	-	13.9.87	21:33
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	13.7.85	-	13.9.87	23:54
	ESSE	Nik Cox goal	14.7.91	-	13.9.87	26:53
	ESSE	Jye Caldwell goal	15.7.97	-	13.9.87	28:13
	ADEL	Rushed behind	15.7.97	-	13.10.88	32:37
	ESSE	Rushed behind	15.8.98	-	13.10.88	33:40
Q4	ESSE	Sam Draper behind	15.9.99	-	13.10.88	01:00
	ADEL	Rushed behind	15.9.99	-	13.11.89	06:49
	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	16.9.105	-	13.11.89	09:18
	ADEL	Josh Rachele behind	16.9.105	-	13.12.90	10:47
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	16.9.105	-	14.12.96	11:57
	ESSE	Jade Gresham goal	17.9.111	-	14.12.96	18:23
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	17.9.111	-	15.12.102	19:45
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	17.9.111	-	16.12.108	25:03
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	17.9.111	-	16.13.109	26:27
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	17.9.111	-	17.13.115	29:30
	ESSE	Rushed behind	17.10.112	-	17.13.115	30:44
	ESSE	Rushed behind	17.11.113	-	17.13.115	31:32

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