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Essendon vs Western Bulldogs

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Round: 19   Venue: Docklands   Date: Fri, 21-07-2023 7:50 pm   Crowd: 43,634  
Essendon 3.2.205.3.336.5.417.7.49 C:  Brad Scott
Western Bulldogs 1.3.97.5.479.7.6113.12.90 C:  Luke Beveridge
  ESS by 11WBULL by 14WBULL by 20WBULL by 41  
Weather
min temp  6.7°C      max temp  13.9°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  77%    air pressure  1023.2mb
wind speed 0km/h      wind direction  CALM
Brownlow Medal 3 Tom Liberatore (WBULL)2 Marcus Bontempelli (WBULL)1 Tim English (WBULL)

Match Report

GOALS
Essendon: Wright 3; Langford 2; Merrett, Guelfi
Western Bulldogs: Ugle-Hagan, Weightman 3; Bontempelli 2; Scott, Naughton, West, Baker, Treloar

BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Gemma Bastiani)
Essendon: Ridley, Martin, Langford, Merrett, Parish
Western Bulldogs: Bontempelli, Liberatore, Smith, Treloar, Daniel

INJURIES
Essendon: Ridley (right quad)
Western Bulldogs: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Nick Hind (replaced Nick Bryan in the third quarter)
Western Bulldogs: Bailey Williams (replaced Oskar Baker in the final quarter)

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

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

Match stats

Essendon Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
24 Bryan, Nick 2 0 2 4 0 0 15 1 0 0 21y 272d 10 2
6 Caldwell, Jye 6 1 7 13 0 0 0 11 1 2 22y 296d 52 16
13 Cox, Nik 7 4 6 13 0 1 0 3 0 2 21y 187d 28 10
22 Durham, Sam 9 6 6 15 0 0 0 3 0 1 22y 12d 44 9
35 Guelfi, Matt 7 5 3 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 25y 341d 92 44
21 Heppell, Dyson 17 9 5 22 0 0 0 1 0 0 31y 68d 230 67
19 Hind, Nick 7 1 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 28y 336d 75 25
8 Hobbs, Ben 5 1 7 12 0 0 0 5 0 3 19y 308d 30 14
29 Kelly, Jake 19 16 2 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 28y 181d 144 3
4 Langford, Kyle 10 7 4 14 2 2 0 2 1 0 26y 232d 125 112
15 Laverde, Jayden 19 15 8 27 0 0 0 4 4 0 27y 100d 105 38
37 Martin, Nic 14 7 5 19 0 0 0 4 2 0 22y 109d 39 32
1 McGrath, Andrew 12 10 14 26 0 0 0 3 0 0 25y 49d 129 19
7 Merrett, Zach 10 2 14 24 1 0 0 5 1 1 27y 291d 201 64
3 Parish, Darcy 13 6 11 24 0 0 0 7 1 0 25y 361d 145 52
16 Perkins, Archie 3 1 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 21y 117d 57 40
34 Phillips, Andrew 5 2 2 7 0 0 33 6 1 4 32y 18d 77 27
27 Redman, Mason 20 9 8 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 25y 329d 98 17
14 Ridley, Jordan 23 14 6 29 0 0 0 2 0 1 24y 274d 85 1
11 Snelling, Will 4 3 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 25y 349d 62 29
25 Stringer, Jake 6 3 2 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 29y 87d 188 325
20 Wright, Peter 10 4 3 13 3 1 3 1 1 0 26y 316d 115 179
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon 14 10 3 17 0 0 0 2 1 1 24y 330d 46 0
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 242 136 127 369 7 7 51 70 15 17 25y 215d 2177 1125
Western Bulldogs Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
13 Baker, Oskar 9 3 3 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 25y 57d 30 8
4 Bontempelli, Marcus 21 11 8 29 2 2 0 2 0 2 27y 239d 211 196
17 Bruce, Josh 3 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 31y 43d 162 234
31 Dale, Bailey 14 3 6 20 0 0 0 4 0 0 26y 364d 126 77
35 Daniel, Caleb 17 9 11 28 0 0 0 2 1 0 27y 14d 171 45
15 Duryea, Taylor 8 4 3 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 32y 88d 188 25
44 English, Tim 12 3 6 18 0 0 33 1 4 0 25y 345d 103 56
43 Gardner, Ryan 8 3 3 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 26y 50d 52 3
42 Keath, Alex 7 3 8 15 0 0 0 1 1 1 31y 182d 100 5
24 Khamis, Buku 3 1 3 6 0 0 2 1 0 3 23y 119d 10 6
21 Liberatore, Tom 15 5 21 36 0 1 0 4 1 0 31y 66d 212 80
11 Macrae, Jack 8 3 15 23 0 0 0 2 1 1 28y 352d 226 54
33 Naughton, Aaron 10 6 3 13 1 2 0 5 1 0 23y 233d 118 183
25 Poulter, Caleb 6 1 8 14 0 1 0 5 0 1 20y 282d 16 4
20 Richards, Ed 17 4 4 21 0 0 0 2 0 2 24y 18d 100 25
28 Scott, Anthony 8 6 5 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 28y 143d 53 28
6 Smith, Bailey 18 7 7 25 0 1 0 6 3 1 22y 226d 99 43
1 Treloar, Adam 13 2 12 25 1 0 0 4 1 0 30y 134d 226 132
2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra 12 7 3 15 3 2 0 2 2 3 21y 108d 40 51
23 Vandermeer, Laitham 6 2 5 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 24y 168d 39 20
3 Weightman, Cody 8 4 1 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 22y 187d 54 94
14 West, Rhylee 4 1 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 23y 9d 32 16
34 Williams, Bailey 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 25y 284d 122 28
  Rushed   3  
  Totals 228 91 144 372 13 12 35 54 17 15 26y 98d 2490 1413

Match highlights

Tom Liberatore had 21 handballs for Western Bulldogs vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
Jayden Laverde took 15 marks for Essendon vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
Jake Kelly took 16 marks for Essendon vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
Jye Caldwell had 11 tackles for Essendon vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
Alex Keath played his 100th V/AFL game: Western Bulldogs vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
Ed Richards played his 100th V/AFL game: Western Bulldogs vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)

Footnotes

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