Docklands · Fri 8 May 2009 · 50,475 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 4.2 | 6.7 | 12.10 | 116 |
| HawthornHAW | 1.8 | 6.8 | 9.11 | 72 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 116 and 72.
Essendon won by 44 points.
17.14 (116) — 10.12 (72)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Stanton | 21 | 15 | 36 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Jason Winderlich | 12 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Angus Monfries | 15 | 7 | 22 | 12 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| Jobe Watson | 6 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Cale Hooker | 5 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Bachar Houli | 12 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Matthew Lloyd | 11 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| Henry Slattery | 10 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Heath Hocking | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Andrew Lovett | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Courtenay Dempsey | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Alwyn Davey | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| David Zaharakis | 12 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Sam Lonergan | 7 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Nathan Lovett-Murray | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Paddy Ryder | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Adam McPhee | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| David Myers | 8 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ricky Dyson | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Tayte Pears | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jay Neagle | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Bellchambers | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Stanton 1, Monfries 2, Lloyd 3, Hocking 1, Lovett 1, Zaharakis 2, Lonergan 1, Lovett-Murray 3, Neagle 2, Bellchambers 1
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Birchall | 19 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Mitchell | 16 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Cyril Rioli | 14 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Jordan Lewis | 10 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Sewell | 10 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Travis Tuck | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Beau Dowler | 10 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Brendan Whitecross | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Ben McGlynn | 10 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Mark Williams | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Tom Murphy | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Lance Franklin | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Jarryd Roughead | 9 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Garry Moss | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Hodge | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Michael Osborne | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Stuart Dew | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Cameron Stokes | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Taylor | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Campbell Brown | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Chance Bateman | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Campbell | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 |