HARBOURSPORT |
Photos by Michael Shillito |
ROUND 5 - ANZAC DAY - ESSENDON v COLLINGWOOD Melbourne Cricket Ground, Monday 25th April 2011. |
The Navy Band plays before the game |
Giant pullover banners are unfurled |
The Diggers take the stage |
The parade of veterans |
Each veteran is greeted with a standing ovation |
A joint banner remembers the players who fell |
Collingwood enter the arena |
The Bombers make their entrance |
The teams run through the banner together |
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old |
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn |
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them |
Lest we forget |
The umpire holds the ball aloft |
And with the first bounce, the game is under way |
Mark McVeigh is wrong-footed |
First blood to the Magpies |
Darren Jolly attempts to control the ball |
A pack forms around the ball |
Another clean Magpie possession |
Tom Bellchambers wins a hit-out |
Dale Thomas makes a break |
The Magpies clear the ball out of the centre |
A massive crowd at the MCG |
Marking contest on Essendon's half forward line |
Bellchambers kicks Essendon's first goal |
Finally the Bomber fans have something to celebrate |
Travis Cloke is spoiled |
Dustin Fletcher restarts play after a Collingwood point |
David Hille and Darren Jolly contest a bounce |
Jobe Watson is tackled |
Watson takes the Bombers forward |
Ball in dispute on the wing |
Sam Longeran and Dane Swan race for the ball |
Dane Swan gets a centre break |
Swan evades David Hille and handballs |
Some empty seats in the MCC members, but other than that it's a full house |
Pat Ryder grabs the ball in the centre circle |
Dayne Beams is pressured in a marking contest |
Neither Leigh Brown nor Nathan Lovett-Murray can control the ball |
Three quarter time |
The umpire bounces to start the final quarter |
Sharrod Wellingham lays a tackle |
David Hille leads Ben Reid to the ball |
Pat Ryder gets a hit-out |
A healthy crowd figure is posted |
Chris Dawes from point blank range |
Dale Thomas shrugs a tackle |
Heath Shaw finds room to move |
It's all over, and the Magpies celebrate |
The Bombers had fought hard, but come up short |
Brett Stanton brings down Nick Maxwell |