CATS STUNNED BY BOMBERS
Ben Jensen 2 July 2011, New York City

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery ESSENDON BOMBERS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG were stunned (as we were when bleary-eyed and jet-lagged we checked the score!) by Essendon on Saturday night at Etihad Stadium, losing by 4 points. FULL SCORES

ESSENDON: 4.3, 8.4, 13.5, 18.7 (115) DEFEATED
GEELONG: 3.3, 5.7, 9.12, 16.15 (111)

GOALS
ESSENDON: Monfries 3, Welsh 2, Colyer 2, Heppell, Crameri, Zaharakis, Jetta, Davey, Ryder, Howlett, Reimers, Hille, Crameri, Melksham
GEELONG: Johnson 3, Christensen 2, Chapman 2, Vardy, Kelly, Ling, Duncan, Wojcinski, Motlop, Ottens, Stokes

BEST
ESSENDON: Howlett, Heppell, Monfries, Hocking, Stanton, Melksham
GEELONG: Chapman, Kelly, Ling, Enright, Taylor, Ottens

CHANGES
GEELONG: Joel Corey replaced in Geelong's selected side by Tom Gillies

INJURIES
ESSENDON: Luke Welsh (hamstring)
GEELONG: Mitch Brown (shoulder)

REPORTS: Nil

UMPIRES: Kennedy, Jennings, Margetts

CROWD: 43,806 at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands