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Melbourne vs Essendon

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Round: 3   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Fri, 01-04-2022 7:20 pm   Crowd: 44,503  
Melbourne 3.5.234.8.329.12.6614.15.99 C:  Simon Goodwin
Essendon 0.4.43.5.238.5.5310.10.70 C:  Ben Rutten
  MELB by 19MELB by 9MELB by 13MELB by 29  
Weather
min temp  12.8°C      max temp  19.1°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  60%    air pressure  1026.1mb
wind speed 13km/h      wind direction  SE
Brownlow Medal 3 Angus Brayshaw (MELB)2 Clayton Oliver (MELB)1 Ed Langdon (MELB)

Match Report

GOALS
Melbourne: Weideman 4; Harmes, Fritsch 2; Langdon, McDonald, Petracca, Spargo, Sparrow, Viney
Essendon: Wright 4; Stringer 2; Cutler, McGrath, Perkins, Wanganeen

BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Josh Gabelich)
Melbourne: Oliver, Brayshaw, Weideman, Langdon, Harmes, May
Essendon: Shiel, Parish, Wright, Ridley, Heppell

BEST - THE AGE (Peter Ryan)
Melbourne: Oliver, Brayshaw, Bowey, Jackson, Viney, Langdon
Essendon: Durham, Shiel, Parish, Wright, Ridley, Martin

INJURIES
Melbourne: Nil
Essendon: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
Melbourne: Toby Bedford (unused)
Essendon: Devon Smith (unused)

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, James Brayshaw, Matthew Richardson, Luke Hodge, Abbey Holmes

Match stats

Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
12 Bedford, Toby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21y 309d 5 0
17 Bowey, Jake 13 7 5 18 0 0 0 3 2 2 19y 201d 10 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus 24 20 10 34 0 0 0 1 0 0 26y 82d 122 45
31 Fritsch, Bayley 8 4 1 9 2 2 0 3 2 1 25y 116d 88 123
11 Gawn, Max 18 5 4 22 0 1 17 2 4 2 30y 92d 162 77
4 Harmes, James 8 5 13 21 2 1 0 1 1 1 26y 178d 125 69
29 Hunt, Jayden 12 5 4 16 0 0 0 0 1 1 26y 363d 97 43
6 Jackson, Luke 4 4 12 16 0 1 11 0 1 0 20y 184d 33 22
23 Jordon, James 10 6 6 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 21y 102d 28 6
15 Langdon, Ed 16 5 15 31 1 1 0 1 0 0 26y 59d 112 50
1 May, Steven 18 4 4 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 30y 81d 174 23
25 McDonald, Tom 6 3 0 6 1 2 1 1 3 1 29y 195d 196 144
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex 4 2 6 10 0 0 0 3 0 2 26y 82d 108 79
13 Oliver, Clayton 20 8 18 38 0 1 0 1 1 3 24y 253d 127 41
5 Petracca, Christian 11 3 10 21 1 2 0 4 0 1 26y 87d 130 126
36 Pickett, Kysaiah 4 1 2 6 0 0 0 6 1 1 20y 303d 42 50
24 Rivers, Trent 12 11 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 20y 245d 36 3
44 Smith, Joel 7 4 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 26y 35d 24 1
9 Spargo, Charlie 4 4 6 10 1 0 0 4 1 1 22y 127d 62 43
32 Sparrow, Tom 8 3 6 14 1 0 0 1 1 0 21y 305d 31 11
20 Tomlinson, Adam 8 5 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 28y 234d 163 35
7 Viney, Jack 9 4 8 17 1 0 0 3 0 1 27y 353d 153 43
26 Weideman, Sam 8 7 3 11 4 3 0 0 0 0 24y 279d 50 53
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 232 120 145 377 14 15 29 37 19 20 24y 360d 2078 1088
Essendon Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
6 Caldwell, Jye 13 6 3 16 0 1 0 7 2 1 21y 185d 17 3
12 Cutler, Tom 13 6 4 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 27y 40d 90 38
2 Draper, Sam 1 1 1 2 0 0 19 1 0 1 23y 185d 24 3
22 Durham, Sam 4 2 10 14 0 0 0 2 2 1 20y 266d 9 1
35 Guelfi, Matt 7 3 5 12 0 2 0 2 2 0 24y 230d 66 14
33 Ham, Brayden 6 1 5 11 0 1 0 3 0 1 22y 341d 37 9
21 Heppell, Dyson 14 7 8 22 0 0 0 3 2 0 29y 322d 194 62
19 Hind, Nick 18 3 3 21 0 0 0 2 1 0 27y 225d 46 21
29 Kelly, Jake 8 5 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 27y 70d 113 1
15 Laverde, Jayden 7 6 8 15 0 1 0 2 0 2 25y 354d 72 37
37 Martin, Nic 10 8 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 20y 363d 2 5
1 McGrath, Andrew 9 2 10 19 1 0 0 3 1 1 23y 303d 96 18
3 Parish, Darcy 12 2 12 24 0 0 0 3 2 0 24y 250d 119 47
16 Perkins, Archie 8 2 3 11 1 0 0 4 3 0 20y 6d 24 13
34 Phillips, Andrew 9 5 3 12 0 0 16 2 2 1 30y 272d 53 19
27 Redman, Mason 9 3 4 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 24y 218d 63 8
14 Ridley, Jordan 18 8 3 21 0 0 0 3 1 1 23y 163d 51 0
9 Shiel, Dylan 9 4 16 25 0 0 0 5 1 0 29y 23d 182 80
5 Smith, Devon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28y 316d 177 145
17 Stewart, James 6 4 2 8 0 0 0 1 1 3 28y 28d 75 66
25 Stringer, Jake 12 3 2 14 2 0 0 1 0 1 27y 341d 159 282
40 Wanganeen, Tex 3 2 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 18y 173d 2 1
20 Wright, Peter 10 5 0 10 4 1 0 1 0 1 25y 205d 90 123
  Rushed   3  
  Totals 206 88 114 320 10 10 35 51 20 19 25y 37d 1761 996

Match highlights

Angus Brayshaw took 20 marks for Melbourne vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R3)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.