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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 19-Sep-2020 Final Round 18
Essendon logo
ESS
49 7.7
Coach: John Worsfold
68 10.8
MEL
Melbourne logo
Coach: Simon Goodwin
Carrara Melbourne by 19 MEL by 19
Summary Lineups Player Statistics
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Scoring timeline

2Q3Q4Q
RushedQ1 - 1:30 - Behind - 0-1
Bayley FritschQ1 - 3:14 - Behind - 0-2 Jayden LaverdeQ1 - 8:18 - Goal - 6-2 Jayden HuntQ1 - 9:49 - Goal - 6-8 Bayley FritschQ1 - 14:35 - Behind - 6-9 Charlie SpargoQ1 - 17:56 - Behind - 6-10 Jake StringerQ1 - 22:09 - Goal - 12-10 Alex Neal-BullenQ2 - 2:44 - Goal - 12-16 Bayley FritschQ2 - 4:41 - Goal - 12-22 Jordan RidleyQ2 - 6:53 - Behind - 13-22 Jayden HuntQ2 - 10:53 - Goal - 13-28 Mitch BrownQ2 - 12:42 - Behind - 13-29 Alex Neal-BullenQ2 - 14:22 - Goal - 13-35 Bayley FritschQ2 - 15:47 - Behind - 13-36 James StewartQ2 - 18:38 - Behind - 14-36 Christian PetraccaQ2 - 19:46 - Goal - 14-42 Jake StringerQ3 - 4:48 - Behind - 15-42 Mitch BrownQ3 - 9:20 - Behind - 15-43 Jayden HuntQ3 - 16:28 - Goal - 15-49 James StewartQ3 - 21:23 - Goal - 21-49 James StewartQ4 - 1:47 - Goal - 27-49 Devon SmithQ4 - 4:46 - Behind - 28-49 Tom CutlerQ4 - 6:16 - Behind - 29-49
RushedQ4 - 6:55 - Behind - 30-49
Jayden HuntQ4 - 10:42 - Goal - 30-55 Devon SmithQ4 - 12:09 - Goal - 36-55 James StewartQ4 - 16:10 - Goal - 42-55 Dylan ShielQ4 - 19:59 - Goal - 48-55 Bayley FritschQ4 - 22:04 - Goal - 48-61 Bayley FritschQ4 - 23:34 - Behind - 48-62 Bayley FritschQ4 - 24:23 - Goal - 48-68 Brandon Zerk-ThatcherQ4 - 27:14 - Behind - 49-68

Scoring Events

Most recent first
  • Brandon Zerk-ThatcherBehind
    4Q 27:1449-68
  • Bayley FritschGoal
    4Q 24:2348-68
  • Bayley FritschBehind
    4Q 23:3448-62
  • Bayley FritschGoal
    4Q 22:0448-61
  • Dylan ShielGoal
    4Q 19:5948-55
  • James StewartGoal
    4Q 16:1042-55
  • Devon SmithGoal
    4Q 12:0936-55
  • Jayden HuntGoal
    4Q 10:4230-55
  • RushedBehind
    4Q 6:5530-49
  • Tom CutlerBehind
    4Q 6:1629-49
  • Devon SmithBehind
    4Q 4:4628-49
  • James StewartGoal
    4Q 1:4727-49
  • James StewartGoal
    3Q 21:2321-49
  • Jayden HuntGoal
    3Q 16:2815-49
  • Mitch BrownBehind
    3Q 9:2015-43
  • Jake StringerBehind
    3Q 4:4815-42
  • Christian PetraccaGoal
    2Q 19:4614-42
  • James StewartBehind
    2Q 18:3814-36
  • Bayley FritschBehind
    2Q 15:4713-36
  • Alex Neal-BullenGoal
    2Q 14:2213-35
  • Mitch BrownBehind
    2Q 12:4213-29
  • Jayden HuntGoal
    2Q 10:5313-28
  • Jordan RidleyBehind
    2Q 6:5313-22
  • Bayley FritschGoal
    2Q 4:4112-22
  • Alex Neal-BullenGoal
    2Q 2:4412-16
  • Jake StringerGoal
    1Q 22:0912-10
  • Charlie SpargoBehind
    1Q 17:566-10
  • Bayley FritschBehind
    1Q 14:356-9
  • Jayden HuntGoal
    1Q 9:496-8
  • Jayden LaverdeGoal
    1Q 8:186-2
  • Bayley FritschBehind
    1Q 3:140-2
  • RushedBehind
    1Q 1:300-1

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.00.21.14.449
MEL1.45.21.13.168

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Jayden HuntMEL
Behinds
4
Bayley FritschMEL
SuperCoach
130
Christian PetraccaMEL
Tackles
9
Zach MerrettESS

Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

7Goals10
6Behinds7
16Shots At Goal19
44Inside 50s39
5Goal Assists9
62Score Involvements98
8Marks Inside 5013
1Behinds Rushed6

Possession

321Disposals310
171Kicks200
150Handballs110
100Contested Possessions99
220Uncontested Possessions209
4,703Metres Gained4,688
66Ground Ball Gets65

Clearance / Contest

22Clearances22
5Centre Clearances12
17Stoppage Clearances10
43Tackles25
17Hitouts28
5Hitouts To Advantage10
173Pressure Acts198
11Contested Marks8

Other

79Marks117
12Frees For15
15Frees Against12
29Rebound 50s35
38Clangers32
32One Percenters46
9Bounces3
1,562Supercoach Points1,734
1,254Dream Team Points1,345
51Turnovers52
21Hitout To Advantage Rate19
18Spoils38
52Intercepts53
7Intercept Marks11

Match Summary

Biggest Lead
MEL 34 pts
Longest Unanswered Run
ESS 18 pts
Lead Changes
4
Score Ties
0

Player Statistics

Every player, every statistic

Browse statistics

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#7
Zach Merrett ESS Centre
119 25 13 12 7 0 0 9 0 4 2 5 9 17 2 0 0 4 244 1 0 20 3 1 4 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 2 6 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 115 89% 85
#3
Darcy Parish ESS Rover
95 25 7 18 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 9 16 0 0 0 1 201 5 0 8 8 1 3 6 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 67 74% 71
#9
Dylan Shiel ESS Ruck Rover
125 25 7 18 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 6 10 14 0 0 1 7 335 5 0 13 6 2 4 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 79 81% 77
#12
Tom Cutler ESS Wing Left
90 23 14 9 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 16 0 0 1 3 359 4 0 9 7 0 0 7 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 74 89% 85
#4
Kyle Langford ESS Interchange
89 23 10 13 4 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 3 19 0 1 1 6 350 3 0 8 3 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 80 81% 77
#42
Adam Saad ESS Half Back Flank Right
100 19 16 3 5 0 0 1 0 4 7 0 6 13 1 0 0 3 596 7 1 10 3 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 4 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 2 0 7 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 74 87% 83
#5
Devon Smith ESS Half Back Flank Left
84 16 8 8 1 1 1 3 0 3 1 0 5 11 0 0 0 4 274 2 0 9 4 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 100.0% 50.0% — — — — — 60 88% 84
#40
Will Snelling ESS Half Forward Flank Left
56 15 3 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 0 0 2 38 2 0 19 5 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 52 84% 80
#30
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher ESS Full Back
61 14 9 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 11 0 0 0 5 157 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 54 98% 94
#35
Matt Guelfi ESS Half Forward Flank Right
66 14 5 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 6 10 1 0 0 3 75 2 0 9 3 0 2 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 46 77% 74
#33
Brayden Ham ESS Wing Right
71 13 10 3 6 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 2 12 0 0 1 2 409 1 0 6 1 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 54 70% 67
#14
Jordan Ridley ESS Back Pocket Left
64 13 10 3 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 8 1 0 0 2 232 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 53 85% 81
#18
Michael Hurley ESS Centre Half Back
60 13 10 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11 1 0 0 1 117 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 0 1 2 0 5 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 54 89% 85
#37
Dylan Clarke ESS Interchange
65 13 3 10 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 8 7 0 0 0 2 61 1 0 6 7 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 43 71% 68
#25
Jake Stringer ESS Forward Pocket Left
62 12 10 2 3 1 1 1 0 4 0 2 5 6 0 2 0 3 254 2 0 10 2 0 2 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 100.0% 50.0% — — — — — 53 79% 76
#27
Mason Redman ESS Interchange
53 12 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 8 0 0 0 1 130 3 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 36 75% 72
#8
Martin Gleeson ESS Back Pocket Right
47 10 6 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0 0 1 125 2 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 44 88% 84
#43
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESS Forward Pocket Right
83 10 5 5 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 4 203 3 0 11 4 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 42 78% 75
#6
Joe Daniher ESS Full Forward
34 9 7 2 6 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 2 258 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 14.3% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 7 0.0% 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 44 88% 84
#17
James Stewart ESS Centre Half Forward
62 7 6 1 5 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 4 3 3 4 0 4 114 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 42.9% 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 100.0% 75.0% — — — — — 58 76% 73
#15
Jayden Laverde ESS Interchange
44 6 6 0 4 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 1 144 0 0 9 1 1 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 49 69% 66
#38
Sam Draper ESS Ruck
32 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 13 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 27 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 4 37.1% 30.8% 4 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 0 5 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 23 85% 81
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Team totals ESS
1562 321 171 150 79 7 6 43 17 44 29 22 100 220 11 8 5 62 4703 52 7 173 66 5 17 51 5 31.4% 21.4% 18 6 200.0% 14 50.0% 12 15 38 1 32 9 16 81.2% 43.8% — — — 0% — 1254 82% 1722

#15
Ed Langdon MEL Wing Left
85 23 17 6 13 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 4 20 0 1 0 6 262 3 1 7 3 0 0 6 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 106 90% 86
#5
Christian Petracca MEL Centre
130 23 14 9 7 1 0 1 0 5 1 3 9 14 0 2 2 6 415 2 0 17 8 2 1 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 92 91% 87
#3
Christian Salem MEL Half Back Flank Right
111 22 14 8 6 0 0 4 0 2 3 0 3 16 0 0 0 5 243 5 1 15 3 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 92 86% 82
#1
Steven May MEL Full Back
123 21 15 6 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 9 1 0 0 4 321 7 1 3 4 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 9 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0 2 1 10 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 84 95% 91
#38
Mitch Brown MEL Full Forward
80 20 14 6 13 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 5 15 2 3 0 6 287 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 33.3% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 50.0% 0.0% — — — — — 97 90% 86
#13
Clayton Oliver MEL Rover
112 20 7 13 6 0 0 2 0 4 1 4 9 14 0 0 2 6 247 4 0 16 6 1 3 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 69 86% 82
#8
Jake Lever MEL Centre Half Back
114 17 13 4 10 0 0 2 0 1 6 0 5 12 0 0 0 3 308 8 3 6 4 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 8 3 33.3% 0 0.0% 1 1 2 0 8 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 83 93% 89
#7
Jack Viney MEL Ruck Rover
92 17 10 7 5 0 0 3 0 4 0 7 11 7 0 0 0 8 264 0 0 16 7 6 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 68 85% 81
#11
Max Gawn MEL Ruck
121 17 10 7 4 0 0 0 26 2 1 2 7 10 2 0 0 6 242 4 2 6 3 1 1 3 10 60.5% 38.5% 3 1 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 83 91% 87
#14
Michael Hibberd MEL Interchange
84 16 11 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 12 1 0 0 3 240 5 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 71 70% 67
#33
Oskar Baker MEL Half Forward Flank Right
69 15 13 2 4 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 5 10 0 0 0 2 340 4 0 14 2 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 66 69% 66
#22
Aaron Vandenberg MEL Interchange
61 15 6 9 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 7 10 0 0 0 4 144 1 1 11 3 2 3 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 51 65% 62
#31
Bayley Fritsch MEL Half Forward Flank Left
97 14 10 4 7 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 1 4 1 10 326 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 100.0% 42.9% — — — — — 79 81% 77
#24
Trent Rivers MEL Half Back Flank Left
69 14 9 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 4 9 0 0 0 2 114 2 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 51 81% 77
#20
Adam Tomlinson MEL Wing Right
70 13 10 3 7 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 13 0 0 0 4 154 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 4 3 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 61 87% 83
#18
Jake Melksham MEL Back Pocket Right
46 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 5 0 0 1 4 134 1 0 18 3 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 18 81% 77
#29
Jayden Hunt MEL Interchange
77 7 7 0 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 6 210 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 54 76% 73
#26
Sam Weideman MEL Centre Half Forward
54 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 1 0 1 2 129 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 28 89% 85
#30
Alex Neal-Bullen MEL Interchange
69 7 3 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 1 1 5 112 1 0 15 2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 36 67% 64
#44
Joel Smith MEL Back Pocket Left
27 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 69 2 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 5 3 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 17 87% 83
#36
Kysaiah Pickett MEL Forward Pocket Left
33 5 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 3 88 1 0 9 3 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 24 70% 67
#9
Charlie Spargo MEL Forward Pocket Right
10 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 39 1 0 12 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 15 68% 65
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Team totals MEL
1734 310 200 110 117 10 7 25 28 39 35 22 99 209 8 13 9 98 4688 53 11 198 65 12 10 52 10 46.9% 19.2% 38 14 33.3% 6 200.0% 15 12 32 6 46 3 19 89.5% 52.6% — — — 0% — 1345 82% 1719
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