2012 Round 1: North Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, March 31st, 2012
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium (Docklands Stadium)
Attendance: 45,818
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 15.12.102 - 14.20.104
Best on Ground: B. Stanton, P. Ryder, B. Harvey, D. Zaharakis

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 3 8 . 5 10 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Essendon 3 . 2 9 . 8 13 . 14 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Margin NOR by 7 ESS by 9 ESS by 22 ESS by 2 ESS by 2
Duration 28:22 34:53 30:39 31:08 2:05:02

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Brad Scott (North Melbourne), James Hird (Essendon)
Captain(s): Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne), Jobe Watson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jason Armstrong (#26), Jordan Bannister (#33), Matt Stevic (#9), E: Brendan Hosking (#16)
Goal Umpire(s): David Dixon, Courtney Lai, E: Chelsea Roffey
Boundary Umpire(s): Justin Bennison, Tim Morrison, Dillon Tee, Matthew Tomkins
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Brent Stanton (ESS #5) 2 - Daniel Wells (NOR #8) 1 - Jobe Watson (ESS #4)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Brent Stanton ESS 10 2 0 0 0 0
Paddy Ryder ESS 7 0 1 1 0 0
Daniel Wells NOR 6 0 1 0 1 0
Jobe Watson ESS 3 0 0 1 0 0
Andrew Swallow NOR 2 0 0 0 1 0
David Hille ESS 1 0 0 0 0 1
Michael Hibberd ESS 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics (Basic)

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
13 Adams, Leigh WL 79% 2 1 20 10 10 1 0 2 8 8 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
4 Anthony, Liam INT 77% 0 0 23 14 9 6 0 3 5 18 2 3 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0
18 Atley, Shaun BPR 95% 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 2 14 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 3 0
3 Bastinac, Ryan INT 78% 0 0 18 6 12 1 0 3 10 8 1 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
33 Campbell, Matt SUB↑ 41% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 4 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 62% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 6 7 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
27 Edwards, Aaron INT 93% 2 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 5 6 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 3 0
11 Firrito, Michael CHB 97% 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 1 2 12 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 9 0
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 80% 0 0 10 5 5 1 18 4 6 3 2 3 0 2 1 4 0 0 3 1
23 Harper, Kieran HFFL 70% 1 1 15 9 6 3 0 2 9 6 0 1 4 1 0 4 1 0 2 2
29 Harvey, Brent RO 91% 3 0 22 11 11 3 0 0 6 15 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFR 79% 1 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 2 7 1 2 0 1 2 6 0 1 2 0
1 McIntosh, Hamish FPL 85% 1 1 11 7 4 5 10 0 8 3 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0
42 McMahon, Scott BPL 97% 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 2 2 14 0 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 8 0
41 Mullett, Aaron HBFL 90% 0 0 12 4 8 3 0 2 3 8 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0
20 Petrie, Drew FF 97% 2 1 13 7 6 6 1 3 8 6 2 3 5 1 1 3 2 1 5 1
9 Swallow, Andrew C 75% 0 0 26 10 16 2 0 5 11 17 8 2 1 1 4 4 0 0 1 0
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHF↓ 45% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPR 87% 2 2 19 18 1 7 0 6 10 9 0 6 1 1 1 6 3 0 3 0
16 Thompson, Scott FB 100% 0 0 15 8 7 9 0 5 7 8 0 4 3 2 4 0 0 1 5 0
8 Wells, Daniel HFFR 89% 1 2 26 21 5 5 1 0 6 17 3 3 0 1 3 5 3 0 1 2
19 Wright, Sam WR 94% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 1 8 9 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 0
Rushed 4
Total 15 12 342 188 154 80 30 53 130 202 26 47 26 17 43 54 14 14 52 11

Robbie Tarrant was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Matt Campbell.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
12 Crameri, Stewart HFFL 86% 0 5 20 11 9 6 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 3 0 6 3 0 0 1
15 Dempsey, Courtenay WR 94% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 4 9 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 89% 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 5 8 0 2 1 1 6 3 0 0 7 0
34 Hardingham, Kyle FPR 83% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0
21 Heppell, Dyson RO 83% 1 0 20 13 7 5 0 1 4 18 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 0
43 Hibberd, Michael BPR 91% 0 0 15 10 5 10 0 0 9 7 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 6 0
19 Hille, David CHF 86% 1 1 19 13 6 10 10 0 5 13 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0
39 Hocking, Heath RR↓ 8% 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 Hooker, Cale CHB 90% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 5 6 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 6 0
40 Howlett, Ben INT 75% 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 8 7 12 2 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 2
18 Hurley, Michael FF 96% 2 1 11 6 5 6 0 1 6 5 0 3 1 2 0 2 5 0 4 1
7 Jetta, Leroy FPL 82% 1 3 14 10 4 2 0 2 6 7 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 0
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan SUB↑ 68% 2 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 3 10 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0
10 McVeigh, Mark BPL 92% 1 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0
17 Melksham, Jake HBFL 77% 2 1 16 12 4 6 1 3 8 8 4 6 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1
6 Monfries, Angus INT 83% 0 1 14 6 8 4 0 5 4 10 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1
23 Myers, David INT 80% 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 0 4 13 3 1 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1
16 Pears, Tayte HBFR 93% 0 0 12 4 8 3 0 2 4 9 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 3 0
30 Ryder, Paddy RU 90% 1 1 20 13 7 9 33 3 8 12 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 0 2 0
5 Stanton, Brent WL 84% 2 0 36 27 9 7 0 5 18 16 8 2 4 0 5 9 0 4 0 0
4 Watson, Jobe C 82% 1 1 28 15 13 10 0 1 15 14 5 3 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0
11 Zaharakis, David HFFR 87% 0 2 25 18 7 3 0 6 14 11 8 3 0 1 1 10 0 1 0 2
Rushed 3
Total 14 20 353 225 128 105 44 46 152 200 40 56 17 26 35 67 19 8 45 10

Heath Hocking was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Nathan Lovett-Murray.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

North Melbourne Coach: Brad Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
10 M. McVeigh 31 D. Fletcher 43 M. Hibberd 22 T. Goldstein 4 L. Anthony
12 L. Thomas 20 D. Petrie 1 H. McIntosh 10 B. Cunnington 3 R. Bastinac
FORWARD 29 B. Harvey 27 A. Edwards
HALF-BACK

33 M. Campbell
17 J. Melksham 26 C. Hooker 16 T. Pears



8 D. Wells 25 R. Tarrant 23 K. Harper



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 B. Stanton 4 J. Watson (c) 15 C. Dempsey



19 S. Wright 9 A. Swallow (c) 13 L. Adams FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 30 P. Ryder 40 B. Howlett
HALF-FORWARD 39 H. Hocking 6 A. Monfries
12 S. Crameri 19 D. Hille 11 D. Zaharakis 21 D. Heppell 23 D. Myers
34 J. Macmillan 11 M. Firrito 41 A. Mullett

42 N. Lovett-Murray
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



7 L. Jetta 18 M. Hurley 34 K. Hardingham



18 S. Atley 16 S. Thompson 42 S. McMahon



BACK



Essendon Coach: James Hird

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NOR Lindsay Thomas behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:50
ESS Leroy Jetta goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:09
ESS Heath Hocking behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 05:19
NOR Drew Petrie behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 06:18
NOR Daniel Wells behind 0.3.3 - 1.1.7 06:52
NOR Leigh Adams goal 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 08:16
ESS Paddy Ryder goal 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 10:45
NOR Kieran Harper goal 2.3.15 - 2.1.13 12:48
ESS Dyson Heppell goal 2.3.15 - 3.1.19 13:54
NOR Drew Petrie goal 3.3.21 - 3.1.19 19:59
NOR Leigh Adams goal 4.3.27 - 3.1.19 24:06
ESS Stewart Crameri behind 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 25:49
Q2 ESS Stewart Crameri behind 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 03:59
ESS Jake Melksham goal 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 05:41
NOR Brent Harvey goal 5.3.33 - 4.3.27 07:04
NOR Drew Petrie goal 6.3.39 - 4.3.27 08:12
ESS Jobe Watson behind 6.3.39 - 4.4.28 10:13
ESS David Zaharakis behind 6.3.39 - 4.5.29 11:10
NOR Brent Harvey goal 7.3.45 - 4.5.29 12:14
NOR Kieran Harper behind 7.4.46 - 4.5.29 13:44
ESS David Hille behind 7.4.46 - 4.6.30 14:54
ESS Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 7.4.46 - 5.6.36 15:59
ESS Michael Hurley goal 7.4.46 - 6.6.42 17:39
NOR Lindsay Thomas goal 8.4.52 - 6.6.42 20:38
NOR Lindsay Thomas behind 8.5.53 - 6.6.42 25:30
ESS Stewart Crameri behind 8.5.53 - 6.7.43 27:14
ESS Brent Stanton goal 8.5.53 - 7.7.49 27:59
ESS Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 8.5.53 - 8.7.55 29:42
ESS Mark McVeigh goal 8.5.53 - 9.7.61 32:08
ESS Paddy Ryder behind 8.5.53 - 9.8.62 34:46
Q3 NOR Hamish McIntosh goal 9.5.59 - 9.8.62 00:52
NOR Leigh Adams behind 9.6.60 - 9.8.62 04:47
NOR Lindsay Thomas goal 10.6.66 - 9.8.62 07:17
ESS David Zaharakis behind 10.6.66 - 9.9.63 10:25
ESS Michael Hurley goal 10.6.66 - 10.9.69 11:38
ESS Leroy Jetta behind 10.6.66 - 10.10.70 13:18
ESS Jobe Watson goal 10.6.66 - 11.10.76 14:17
ESS David Hille goal 10.6.66 - 12.10.82 15:23
ESS Jake Melksham behind 10.6.66 - 12.11.83 17:10
NOR Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 12.11.83 18:12
ESS Stewart Crameri behind 10.7.67 - 12.12.84 19:43
NOR Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 12.12.84 21:20
NOR Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 12.12.84 23:10
NOR Daniel Wells behind 10.10.70 - 12.12.84 24:18
ESS Brent Stanton goal 10.10.70 - 13.12.90 25:37
ESS Leroy Jetta behind 10.10.70 - 13.13.91 26:33
ESS Rushed behind 10.10.70 - 13.14.92 29:54
Q4 ESS Rushed behind 10.10.70 - 13.15.93 01:58
NOR Jamie Macmillan goal 11.10.76 - 13.15.93 03:48
ESS Angus Monfries behind 11.10.76 - 13.16.94 06:46
ESS Stewart Crameri behind 11.10.76 - 13.17.95 08:31
ESS Jake Melksham goal 11.10.76 - 14.17.101 09:57
NOR Brent Harvey goal 12.10.82 - 14.17.101 11:49
ESS Michael Hurley behind 12.10.82 - 14.18.102 13:35
NOR Aaron Edwards goal 13.10.88 - 14.18.102 15:47
ESS Rushed behind 13.10.88 - 14.19.103 16:58
NOR Daniel Wells goal 14.10.94 - 14.19.103 17:38
ESS Leroy Jetta behind 14.10.94 - 14.20.104 19:57
NOR Aaron Edwards goal 15.10.100 - 14.20.104 22:38
NOR Rushed behind 15.11.101 - 14.20.104 28:05
NOR Hamish McIntosh behind 15.12.102 - 14.20.104 30:57