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Brownlow Medal | 3 Jack Watts (MELB) | 2 Jobe Watson (ESS) | 1 Daniel Nicholson (MELB) |
It was the win nobody saw coming. Winless Melbourne had endured a tumultuous and horrific start to the season. Off-field dramas combined with the team failing to win a game in the opening nine rounds and they sat on the bottom of the ladder, behind expansion teams Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney. But the Demons’ gritty six-point win over second-placed Essendon was one to savour. Their gutsy effort looked about to come to nothing when the Bombers led by 14 points early in the last quarter – a significant margin in the context of the game. But the Demons would not be denied as crucial goals to regular defender Colin Garland swung the match. Not even a miraculous goal from Essendon captain Jobe Watson late in the match was enough to inspire the Bombers. When the final siren went there was an incredible outpouring of emotion from everyone involved with Melbourne. In amazing scenes, coach Mark Neeld and players reacted as if they had won the Grand Final.
GOALS
Essendon: Watson 2, Davey, Melksham, Hocking, Colyer
Melbourne: Garland 2, Howe, Morton, Moloney, Jones, Clark, Sylvia
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Essendon: Watson, Dempsey, Stanton, Howlett, Zaharakis
Melbourne: Watts, Jones, Howe, Moloney, Rivers, Grimes, Nicholson
BEST - SPORTAL
Essendon: Watson, Zaharakis, Fletcher, Davey
Melbourne: Watts, Grimes, Jones, Garland, Jamar, Moloney
COACHES COMMENTS
James Hird (Ess): We didn't play well, we didn't convert our opportunities, we didn't win contested footy - the things that we think we're good at we didn't do well tonight. We let Melbourne, who hadn't won a game, get a sniff and if you're desperate for a win and you get a sniff then you lift a cog. All credit to the way they played.
Mark Neeld (Melb): There's a bit of relief there but I'm also a big fan of being on the reality bus. It's round 10 and we've won one game so... We felt tonight we stuck at it and stayed in the contest all night.
Umpires: McBurney, Jennings, Foot
Essendon | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
44 | Bellchambers, Tom | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22y 329d | 35 | 15 |
22 | Carlisle, Jake | 8 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 245d | 18 | 6 |
32 | Colyer, Travis | 13 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20y 283d | 25 | 16 |
12 | Crameri, Stewart | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 297d | 33 | 57 |
29 | Davey, Alwyn | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28y 18d | 77 | 91 |
15 | Dempsey, Courtenay | 19 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24y 279d | 62 | 15 |
2 | Dyson, Ricky | 15 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26y 248d | 110 | 42 |
31 | Fletcher, Dustin | 11 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37y 26d | 356 | 69 |
34 | Hardingham, Kyle | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23y 275d | 37 | 9 |
39 | Hocking, Heath | 8 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24y 158d | 71 | 26 |
40 | Howlett, Ben | 11 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23y 225d | 48 | 18 |
18 | Hurley, Michael | 8 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22y 1d | 54 | 56 |
7 | Jetta, Leroy | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23y 332d | 71 | 65 |
14 | Lonergan, Sam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25y 68d | 73 | 36 |
42 | Lovett-Murray, Nathan | 7 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29y 197d | 132 | 69 |
17 | Melksham, Jake | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20y 278d | 47 | 19 |
6 | Monfries, Angus | 9 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25y 135d | 142 | 157 |
16 | Pears, Tayte | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22y 70d | 54 | 3 |
30 | Ryder, Paddy | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 24y 80d | 127 | 82 |
5 | Stanton, Brent | 19 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26y 32d | 172 | 114 |
4 | Watson, Jobe | 14 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27y 115d | 142 | 68 |
11 | Zaharakis, David | 18 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22y 102d | 63 | 62 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 212 | 72 | 142 | 354 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 69 | 15 | 16 | 24y 288d | 1949 | 1095 |
Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
17 | Blease, Sam | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21y 104d | 9 | 1 |
11 | Clark, Mitch | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24y 227d | 91 | 82 |
14 | Dunn, Lynden | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25y 19d | 88 | 84 |
20 | Garland, Colin | 15 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24y 35d | 68 | 6 |
18 | Green, Brad | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31y 81d | 246 | 333 |
16 | Grimes, Jack | 21 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 22d | 41 | 3 |
38 | Howe, Jeremy | 14 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21y 339d | 23 | 26 |
40 | Jamar, Mark | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28y 298d | 120 | 44 |
2 | Jones, Nathan | 15 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24y 134d | 124 | 63 |
28 | MacDonald, Joel | 10 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27y 236d | 112 | 6 |
49 | Magner, James | 8 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24y 295d | 10 | 3 |
25 | McDonald, Tom | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19y 258d | 11 | 0 |
13 | McKenzie, Jordie | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21y 347d | 47 | 5 |
22 | Moloney, Brent | 14 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28y 126d | 138 | 37 |
10 | Morton, Cale | 13 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22y 136d | 71 | 33 |
26 | Nicholson, Daniel | 10 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21y 213d | 11 | 2 |
27 | Rivers, Jared | 14 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 27y 228d | 138 | 5 |
30 | Sellar, James | 8 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23y 70d | 28 | 4 |
12 | Sylvia, Colin | 7 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26y 207d | 126 | 107 |
35 | Tapscott, Luke | 13 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20y 340d | 21 | 2 |
9 | Trengove, Jack | 10 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20y 274d | 47 | 24 |
4 | Watts, Jack | 15 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21y 68d | 48 | 37 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 225 | 90 | 157 | 382 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 84 | 16 | 15 | 24y 51d | 1618 | 907 |