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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