Match Summary

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	2.3 15	4.5 29	6.7 43	8.9 57
	1.5 11	4.8 32	8.12 60	9.14 68

Best On Ground

Zach MerrettZ Merrett41 disposals

Darcy ParishD Parish37 disposals

Peter WrightP Wright2 goals

Clayton OliverC Oliver34 disposals

James HarmesJ Harmes27 disposals
1 goal

Christian PetraccaC Petracca2 goals

Team Stats

Essendon

Melbourne

Disposals

MATCH

397

379

370

2023 AVG.

8510

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

367.3

2023 AVG.

9182

2023 TOTAL

Contested Possessions

MATCH

121

150

128.8

2023 AVG.

2962

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

146.3

2023 AVG.

3658

2023 TOTAL

Kicks

MATCH

205

225

216.7

2023 AVG.

4985

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

214.3

2023 AVG.

5358

2023 TOTAL

Handballs

MATCH

192

154

153.3

2023 AVG.

3525

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

153

2023 AVG.

3824

2023 TOTAL

Frees For

MATCH

11

15

16.9

2023 AVG.

389

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

18.4

2023 AVG.

460

2023 TOTAL

Clearances

MATCH

36

32

33.6

2023 AVG.

772

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

37.7

2023 AVG.

943

2023 TOTAL

Centre Clearances

MATCH

9

9

12.4

2023 AVG.

285

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

12.1

2023 AVG.

303

2023 TOTAL

Stoppages

MATCH

27

23

21.2

2023 AVG.

487

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

25.6

2023 AVG.

640

2023 TOTAL

Inside50s

MATCH

50

56

49.7

2023 AVG.

1142

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

58.4

2023 AVG.

1460

2023 TOTAL

Marks

MATCH

93

114

100

2023 AVG.

2301

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

83.6

2023 AVG.

2091

2023 TOTAL

Marks Inside50s

MATCH

8

14

11.7

2023 AVG.

270

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

12.8

2023 AVG.

321

2023 TOTAL

Contested Marks

MATCH

9

10

9.7

2023 AVG.

224

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

10.6

2023 AVG.

265

2023 TOTAL

Tackles

MATCH

61

47

56.1

2023 AVG.

1291

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

61.2

2023 AVG.

1530

2023 TOTAL

Hit Outs

MATCH

23

40

38

2023 AVG.

875

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

40.8

2023 AVG.

1021

2023 TOTAL

Player Stats

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Alec Waterman	7	6	13	5	0	0	1	2	0	0
A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	6	4	10	3	0	1	0	5	0	2
Archie Perkins	7	9	16	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
B. Zerk-Thatcher	6	7	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brayden Ham	9	11	20	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
Cale Hooker	4	9	13	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
Darcy Parish	13	24	37	5	0	0	1	4	0	0
David Zaharakis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devon Smith	7	7	14	4	0	0	0	4	1	0
Dyson Heppell	15	11	26	10	0	0	0	1	1	0
Harrison Jones	3	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
Jake Stringer	12	12	24	5	0	0	2	5	1	2
James Stewart	9	5	14	6	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jayden Laverde	7	10	17	5	0	0	1	2	0	0
Jordan Ridley	19	9	28	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kyle Langford	16	13	29	6	0	1	1	6	0	0
Mason Redman	14	7	21	2	0	0	0	4	0	0
Matt Guelfi	3	12	15	3	0	1	0	9	0	0
Nick Hind	11	6	17	1	0	1	1	2	0	0
Nikolas Cox	4	3	7	4	1	0	0	5	0	0
Peter Wright	4	4	8	3	11	0	0	1	2	0
Sam Draper	6	4	10	1	10	2	2	1	0	0
Zach Merrett	23	18	41	5	0	3	1	8	0	1

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Alex Neal-Bullen	10	3	13	2	0	1	0	5	0	0
Angus Brayshaw	15	9	24	8	0	0	1	1	0	1
Bayley Fritsch	9	1	10	5	0	1	0	1	0	1
Charlie Spargo	6	1	7	2	0	2	1	3	1	0
Christian Petracca	15	11	26	6	0	0	0	4	2	0
Christian Salem	21	5	26	10	0	1	0	0	0	0
Clayton Oliver	10	24	34	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Langdon	19	4	23	10	0	1	0	0	0	0
Harrison Petty	4	1	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jack Viney	10	7	17	4	0	1	0	4	0	0
Jake Lever	9	9	18	8	0	0	0	1	0	0
James Harmes	10	17	27	4	0	1	1	0	1	2
James Jordon	9	12	21	5	0	1	0	3	2	1
Jayden Hunt	10	6	16	6	0	1	0	4	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	4	8	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Luke Jackson	6	5	11	3	7	1	0	0	1	2
Max Gawn	11	5	16	4	32	1	1	3	0	0
Michael Hibberd	12	6	18	7	0	0	0	3	0	0
Nathan Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven May	16	2	18	7	0	2	1	3	0	0
Tom McDonald	8	5	13	6	1	0	3	3	1	1
Tom Sparrow	2	9	11	2	0	0	0	5	1	0
Trent Rivers	9	4	13	5	0	1	0	2	0	0

Team Line-Ups

Essendon

Melbourne

IN Alec Waterman, David Zaharakis OUT Ned Cahill (Omitted), Tom Cutler (Medi-Sub)

IN Jack Viney, Nathan Jones OUT Kade Chandler, Sam Weideman

FB 15 Jayden Laverde 17 James Stewart 14 Jordan Ridley FF 30 Alex Neal-Bullen 9 Luke Jackson 31 Bayley Fritsch HB 19 Nick Hind 27 Mason Redman 21 Dyson Heppell HF 36 Kysaiah Pickett 25 Tom McDonald 4 James Harmes C 13 Nikolas Cox 7 Zach Merrett 35 Matt Guelfi C 10 Angus Brayshaw 7 Jack Viney 15 Ed Langdon HF 16 Archie Perkins 23 Harrison Jones 45 Alec Waterman HB 14 Michael Hibberd 35 Harrison Petty 3 Christian Salem FF 25 Jake Stringer 26 Cale Hooker 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti FB 5 Jayden Hunt 1 Steven May 8 Jake Lever

FOLLOWERS
2	Sam Draper
3	Darcy Parish
33	Brayden Ham

INTERCHANGE
4	Kyle Langford
5	Devon Smith
20	Peter Wright
30	B. Zerk-Thatcher

EMERGENCIES
11	David Zaharakis

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
13	Clayton Oliver
5	Christian Petracca

INTERCHANGE
9	Charlie Spargo
23	James Jordon
24	Trent Rivers
32	Tom Sparrow

EMERGENCIES
2	Nathan Jones

Essendon
IN	A. Waterman, D. Zaharakis
OUT	N. Cahill, T. Cutler
B J. Laverde, J. Stewart, J. Ridley HB N. Hind, M. Redman, D. Heppell C N. Cox, Z. Merrett, M. Guelfi HF A. Perkins, H. Jones, A. Waterman F J. Stringer, C. Hooker, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti FOL S. Draper, D. Parish, B. Ham I/C K. Langford, D. Smith, P. Wright, B. Zerk-Thatcher EMG D. Zaharakis
Melbourne
IN	J. Viney, N. Jones
OUT	K. Chandler (Medi-Sub), S. Weideman (Omitted)
B J. Hunt, S. May, J. Lever HB M. Hibberd, H. Petty, C. Salem C A. Brayshaw, J. Viney, E. Langdon HF K. Pickett, T. McDonald, J. Harmes F A. Neal-Bullen, L. Jackson, B. Fritsch FOL M. Gawn, C. Oliver, C. Petracca I/C C. Spargo, J. Jordon, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow EMG N. Jones

Preview

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
20/6/21	Hawthorn	W 73 - 86
5/6/21	Richmond	L 84 - 123
29/5/21	West Coast	W 71 - 87
23/5/21	North Melbourne	W 141 - 69
16/5/21	Fremantle	W 68 - 61

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
14/6/21	Collingwood	L 63 - 80
4/6/21	Brisbane	W 97 - 75
28/5/21	Bulldogs	W 59 - 87
22/5/21	Adelaide	L 96 - 95
16/5/21	Carlton	W 94 - 68