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Round: 20 Venue: Docklands Date: Sun, 11-08-2013 1:10 pm Crowd: 32,595 | |||||
Essendon | 3.3.21 | 6.7.43 | 8.13.61 | 9.13.67 | C: James Hird |
West Coast | 3.6.24 | 6.9.45 | 12.10.82 | 18.12.120 | C: John Worsfold |
WCE by 3 | WCE by 2 | WCE by 21 | WCE by 53 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 Brendon Goddard (ESS) | 2 Matt Priddis (WCE) | 1 Mark LeCras (WCE) |
Essendon's 2013 appear to be in freefall after the Bombers were thumped by West Coast to the tune of 53 points at Docklands stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Dons have now lost their last three matches by a combined total of 188 points and have slumped from second to seventh on the ladder in that period. It would appear that the constant pressure on coach James Hird and the playing group as a result of the ongoing investigations into the the club's use of allegedly unapproved drugs is finally taking its toll.
Saturday's match was even until half time but the Eagles broke away in the third quarter to lead by 21 points at the last change and then ran away with the game in the final term, kicking six goals to win against an increasingly listless looking Bomber outfit.
The Eagles were led by great performances by Matt Priddis (28 disposals and a goal), Brad Dalziell (two goals and 25 touches) and Mark LeCras (five goals and 13 disposals). For the Bombers, Michael Hibberd (30 touches), Brendon Goddard (three goals and 27 possessions) and Dyson Heppell (27 disposals) were all solid contributors in a losing side.
West Coast are two games behind eighth-placed Port Adelaide and still a chance of playing finals footy, if not at the expense of the Power, then in place of Essendon if the Bombers are stripped of premiership points. The Eagles face Geelong, Collingwood and Adelaide in their last three rounds. If they were to win all three, they would arguably have justified a place in the September action.
Essendon's final three matches sees them come up against North Melbourne, Carlton and Richmond. Losses to all three sides would see the Bombers finish possibly as low as eighth, but ladder position might count for little if they are stripped of their points.
GOALS
Essendon: Goddard 3; Winderlich 2; Kommer, Bellchambers, Hooker, Baguley
West Coast: LeCras 5; Hill, Wellingham, Darling, Dalziell 2; Schofield, Priddis, Kennedy, Gaff, Cripps
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Essendon: Goddard, Hibberd, Watson, Carlisle, Stanton, Heppell
West Coast: Priddis, LeCras, Darling, Masten, Cox, Dalziell
BEST - THE AGE
Essendon: Hibberd, Heppell, Melksham, Goddard, Hooker
West Coast: Priddis, Dalziell, Wellingham, Brown, LeCras, Glass, Smith.
INJURIES
Essendon: Winderlich (hamstring)
West Coast: Wilson (head)
SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Ben Howlett replaced Jason Winderlich during the second quarter.
West Coast: Brad Sheppard replaced Blayne Wilson at three-quarter-time.
REPORTS: Dustin Fletcher reported for rough conduct against Jamie Cripps.
UMPIRES: Leppard, Hosking, Meredith
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Dwayne Russell, Eddie McGuire, Jason Dunstall, Danny Frawley, David King
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Essendon | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
46 | Baguley, Mark | 7 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26y 82d | 25 | 2 |
2 | Bellchambers, Tom | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24y 33d | 60 | 46 |
22 | Carlisle, Jake | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 314d | 46 | 13 |
29 | Davey, Alwyn | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29y 88d | 97 | 118 |
31 | Fletcher, Dustin | 10 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 38y 96d | 378 | 69 |
9 | Goddard, Brendon | 18 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28y 83d | 224 | 121 |
3 | Gumbleton, Scott | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25y 8d | 35 | 45 |
34 | Hardingham, Kyle | 13 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24y 344d | 54 | 11 |
21 | Heppell, Dyson | 14 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21y 89d | 61 | 14 |
1 | Hibberd, Michael | 22 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23y 220d | 41 | 6 |
39 | Hocking, Heath | 9 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25y 227d | 95 | 33 |
26 | Hooker, Cale | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24y 302d | 85 | 7 |
40 | Howlett, Ben | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24y 294d | 73 | 34 |
38 | Kommer, Nick | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 22y 317d | 17 | 8 |
17 | Melksham, Jake | 15 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21y 347d | 77 | 37 |
23 | Myers, David | 10 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 42d | 64 | 20 |
16 | Pears, Tayte | 16 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23y 140d | 65 | 3 |
30 | Ryder, Paddy | 7 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25y 150d | 147 | 96 |
5 | Stanton, Brent | 14 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27y 102d | 200 | 130 |
4 | Watson, Jobe | 15 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28y 184d | 170 | 93 |
8 | Winderlich, Jason | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28y 305d | 112 | 68 |
11 | Zaharakis, David | 11 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 23y 171d | 84 | 72 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 226 | 109 | 171 | 397 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 67 | 9 | 18 | 25y 229d | 2210 | 1046 |
West Coast | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
1 | Brown, Mitchell | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 237d | 67 | 10 |
26 | Butler, Sam | 10 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 27y 209d | 105 | 13 |
20 | Cox, Dean | 13 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 32y 10d | 270 | 161 |
15 | Cripps, Jamie | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21y 110d | 28 | 28 |
18 | Dalziell, Bradd | 15 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26y 149d | 40 | 20 |
27 | Darling, Jack | 11 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21y 59d | 66 | 117 |
3 | Gaff, Andrew | 13 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21y 56d | 60 | 21 |
23 | Glass, Darren | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32y 89d | 259 | 8 |
33 | Hill, Josh | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24y 204d | 105 | 138 |
17 | Kennedy, Josh | 11 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25y 351d | 117 | 227 |
2 | LeCras, Mark | 10 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26y 346d | 115 | 264 |
29 | Lycett, Scott | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20y 319d | 7 | 4 |
16 | Mackenzie, Eric | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25y 84d | 96 | 4 |
7 | Masten, Chris | 20 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24y 101d | 95 | 44 |
35 | McGinnity, Patrick | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 24y 174d | 68 | 15 |
11 | Priddis, Matt | 15 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28y 143d | 148 | 46 |
31 | Schofield, Will | 8 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24y 199d | 92 | 18 |
10 | Selwood, Scott | 13 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23y 137d | 107 | 31 |
5 | Sheppard, Brad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22y 80d | 43 | 12 |
28 | Smith, Ashley | 14 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 22d | 40 | 7 |
12 | Wellingham, Sharrod | 15 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25y 35d | 99 | 61 |
30 | Wilson, Blayne | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 197d | 5 | 0 |
Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 221 | 98 | 143 | 364 | 18 | 12 | 37 | 69 | 18 | 9 | 24y 316d | 2032 | 1249 |