Match Summary

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	3.5 23	4.8 32	9.12 66	14.15 99
	0.4 4	3.5 23	8.5 53	10.10 70

Best On Ground

Clayton OliverC Oliver38 disposals

Angus BrayshawA Brayshaw34 disposals

Sam WeidemanS Weideman4 goals

Dylan ShielD Shiel25 disposals

Darcy ParishD Parish24 disposals

Peter WrightP Wright4 goals

Team Stats

Melbourne

Essendon

Disposals

MATCH

377

320

367.3

2023 AVG.

9182

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

370

2023 AVG.

8510

2023 TOTAL

Contested Possessions

MATCH

131

117

146.3

2023 AVG.

3658

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

128.8

2023 AVG.

2962

2023 TOTAL

Kicks

MATCH

232

206

214.3

2023 AVG.

5358

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

216.7

2023 AVG.

4985

2023 TOTAL

Handballs

MATCH

145

114

153

2023 AVG.

3824

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

153.3

2023 AVG.

3525

2023 TOTAL

Frees For

MATCH

19

20

18.4

2023 AVG.

460

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

16.9

2023 AVG.

389

2023 TOTAL

Clearances

MATCH

32

39

37.7

2023 AVG.

943

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

33.6

2023 AVG.

772

2023 TOTAL

Centre Clearances

MATCH

10

15

12.1

2023 AVG.

303

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

12.4

2023 AVG.

285

2023 TOTAL

Stoppages

MATCH

22

24

25.6

2023 AVG.

640

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

21.2

2023 AVG.

487

2023 TOTAL

Inside50s

MATCH

65

39

58.4

2023 AVG.

1460

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

49.7

2023 AVG.

1142

2023 TOTAL

Marks

MATCH

120

88

83.6

2023 AVG.

2091

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

100

2023 AVG.

2301

2023 TOTAL

Marks Inside50s

MATCH

17

12

12.8

2023 AVG.

321

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

11.7

2023 AVG.

270

2023 TOTAL

Contested Marks

MATCH

12

13

10.6

2023 AVG.

265

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

9.7

2023 AVG.

224

2023 TOTAL

Tackles

MATCH

37

51

61.2

2023 AVG.

1530

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

56.1

2023 AVG.

1291

2023 TOTAL

Hit Outs

MATCH

29

35

40.8

2023 AVG.

1021

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

38

2023 AVG.

875

2023 TOTAL

Player Stats

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Adam Tomlinson	8	2	10	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Neal-Bullen	4	6	10	2	0	0	2	3	0	0
Angus Brayshaw	24	10	34	20	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bayley Fritsch	8	1	9	4	0	2	1	3	2	2
Charlie Spargo	4	6	10	4	0	1	1	4	1	0
Christian Petracca	11	10	21	3	0	0	1	4	1	2
Clayton Oliver	20	18	38	8	0	1	3	1	0	1
Ed Langdon	16	15	31	5	0	0	0	1	1	1
Jack Viney	9	8	17	4	0	0	1	3	1	0
Jake Bowey	13	5	18	7	0	2	2	3	0	0
James Harmes	8	13	21	5	0	1	1	1	2	1
James Jordon	10	6	16	6	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jayden Hunt	12	4	16	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
Joel Smith	7	4	11	4	0	0	1	2	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	4	2	6	1	0	1	1	6	0	0
Luke Jackson	4	12	16	4	11	1	0	0	0	1
Max Gawn	18	4	22	5	17	4	2	2	0	1
Sam Weideman	8	3	11	7	0	0	0	0	4	3
Steven May	18	4	22	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Toby Bedford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom McDonald	6	0	6	3	1	3	1	1	1	2
Tom Sparrow	8	6	14	3	0	1	0	1	1	0
Trent Rivers	12	6	18	11	0	0	1	0	0	0

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Andrew McGrath	9	10	19	2	0	1	1	3	1	0
Andrew Phillips	9	3	12	5	16	2	1	2	0	0
Archie Perkins	8	3	11	2	0	3	0	4	1	0
Brayden Ham	6	5	11	1	0	0	1	3	0	1
Darcy Parish	12	12	24	2	0	2	0	3	0	0
Devon Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Shiel	9	16	25	4	0	1	0	5	0	0
Dyson Heppell	14	8	22	7	0	2	0	3	0	0
Jake Kelly	8	2	10	5	0	0	3	0	0	0
Jake Stringer	12	2	14	3	0	0	1	1	2	0
James Stewart	6	2	8	4	0	1	3	1	0	0
Jayden Laverde	7	8	15	6	0	0	2	2	0	1
Jordan Ridley	18	3	21	8	0	1	1	3	0	0
Jye Caldwell	13	3	16	6	0	2	1	7	0	1
Mason Redman	9	4	13	3	0	0	0	3	0	0
Matt Guelfi	7	5	12	3	0	2	0	2	0	2
Nic Martin	10	10	20	8	0	0	1	0	0	0
Nick Hind	18	3	21	3	0	1	0	2	0	0
Peter Wright	10	0	10	5	0	0	1	1	4	1
Sam Draper	1	1	2	1	19	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Durham	4	10	14	2	0	2	1	2	0	0
Tex Wanganeen	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	3	1	1
Tom Cutler	13	4	17	6	0	0	1	0	1	0

Team Line-Ups

Melbourne

Essendon

IN Sam Weideman OUT Ben Brown (HS Protocol)

IN Andrew Phillips, Dylan Shiel, Nic Martin OUT Aaron Francis, Nikolas Cox, Zach Merrett

FB 5 Jayden Hunt 1 Steven May 29 Joel Smith FF 16 Archie Perkins 20 Peter Wright 40 Tex Wanganeen HB 17 Jake Bowey 20 Adam Tomlinson 10 Angus Brayshaw HF 25 Jake Stringer 35 Matt Guelfi 37 Nic Martin C 23 James Jordon 5 Christian Petracca 15 Ed Langdon C 1 Andrew McGrath 6 Jye Caldwell 12 Tom Cutler HF 30 Alex Neal-Bullen 25 Tom McDonald 36 Kysaiah Pickett HB 27 Mason Redman 21 Dyson Heppell 14 Jordan Ridley FF 31 Bayley Fritsch 10 Sam Weideman 9 Charlie Spargo FB 17 James Stewart 15 Jayden Laverde 29 Jake Kelly

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
13	Clayton Oliver
7	Jack Viney

INTERCHANGE
22	James Harmes
9	Luke Jackson
24	Trent Rivers
32	Tom Sparrow

EMERGENCIES
14	Toby Bedford

FOLLOWERS
2	Sam Draper
3	Darcy Parish
33	Brayden Ham

INTERCHANGE
9	Dylan Shiel
19	Nick Hind
22	Sam Durham
34	Andrew Phillips

EMERGENCIES
5	Devon Smith

Melbourne
IN	S. Weideman
OUT	B. Brown
B J. Hunt, S. May, J. Smith HB J. Bowey, A. Tomlinson, A. Brayshaw C J. Jordon, C. Petracca, E. Langdon HF A. Neal-Bullen, T. McDonald, K. Pickett F B. Fritsch, S. Weideman, C. Spargo FOL M. Gawn, C. Oliver, J. Viney I/C J. Harmes, L. Jackson, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow EMG T. Bedford
Essendon
IN	A. Phillips, D. Shiel, N. Martin
OUT	A. Francis (Omitted), N. Cox (Injured), Z. Merrett (Injured)
B J. Stewart, J. Laverde, J. Kelly HB M. Redman, D. Heppell, J. Ridley C A. McGrath, J. Caldwell, T. Cutler HF J. Stringer, M. Guelfi, N. Martin F A. Perkins, P. Wright, T. Wanganeen FOL S. Draper, D. Parish, B. Ham I/C D. Shiel, N. Hind, S. Durham, A. Phillips EMG D. Smith

Preview

Previous 5 Games

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
26/3/22	Gold Coast	W 69 - 82
16/3/22	Bulldogs	W 97 - 71
25/9/21	Bulldogs	W 140 - 66
10/9/21	Geelong	W 125 - 42
28/8/21	Brisbane	W 93 - 60

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
26/3/22	Brisbane	L 75 - 97
19/3/22	Geelong	L 138 - 72
29/8/21	Bulldogs	L 85 - 36
22/8/21	Collingwood	W 102 - 64
15/8/21	Gold Coast	W 30 - 98