2008 AFL Round 4: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 2008 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round 4 of the 2008 AFL season. North Melbourne "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Adam Simpson captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Laidley and the visitors were coached by Dean Bailey.

North Melbourne
Back: J. Gibson, M. Firrito, D. Petrie
Half-back: D. Pratt, S. Watt, S. Power
Centre: L. Thomas, A. Simpson (capt.), S. Grant
Half-forward: N. Thompson, A. Edwards, B. Harvey
Forward: L. Brown, C. Jones, M. Campbell
Follower: H. McIntosh, B. Rawlings, D. Harris
Int.: E. Lower, B. Ross, J. Smith, D. Wells

Melbourne
Back: A. Wonaeamirri, N. Carroll, J. Rivers
Half-back: P. Wheatley, B. Miller, D. Bell
Centre: B. Green, B. McLean, C. Bartram
Half-forward: C. Bruce, L. Dunn, C. Sylvia
Forward: A. Davey, D. Neitz (capt.), M. Jamar
Follower: J. White, J. McDonald, N. Jones
Int.: C. Johnson, C. Morton, R. Robertson, M. Whelan

North Melbourne (18.19.127) defeated Melbourne (11.13.79).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: N. Thompson (5), A. Edwards (3), L. Thomas (3), M. Campbell (2), C. Jones (2), S. Grant, B. Harvey, J. Smith
Melbourne: R. Robertson (3), A. Davey (2), A. Wonaeamirri (2), L. Dunn, B. McLean, P. Wheatley, J. White

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 April 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,427

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 18.19.127 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 8 8 . 11 13 . 15 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Melbourne 1 . 0 3 . 6 5 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin NMLB by 26 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 53 NMLB by 48 NMLB by 48
Duration 29:24 30:58 30:21 32:36 2:03:19

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Laidley (North Melbourne), Dean Bailey (Melbourne)
Captains: Adam Simpson (North Melbourne), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Armstrong (#26), L. Farmer (#4), S. McInerney (#30)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brent Harvey NMLB 29 3
Nathan Thompson NMLB 23 2
Daniel Wells NMLB 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brent Harvey NMLB 29 10 2 0 0 0 0
Brady Rawlings NMLB 3 8 0 2 0 0 0
Aaron Davey MELB 36 6 0 0 2 0 0
Nathan Thompson NMLB 23 4 0 0 0 2 0
Lindsay Thomas NMLB 12 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Brown, Leigh FPL 96% 0 2 17 7 10 7 0 1 2 2 0 2 3 2
33 Campbell, Matt FPR 85% 2 1 13 8 5 4 0 9 0 3 3 2 0 4
27 Edwards, Aaron CHF 96% 3 2 12 10 2 7 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2
11 Firrito, Michael FB 100% 0 0 14 5 9 6 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 2
38 Gibson, Josh BPL 62% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 1
6 Grant, Shannon WR 90% 1 1 16 8 8 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 4
4 Harris, Daniel RO 68% 0 1 14 10 4 5 0 2 2 4 0 2 1 2
29 Harvey, Brent HFFR 90% 1 0 26 19 7 7 0 2 5 1 0 0 2 7
21 Jones, Corey FF 91% 2 3 13 9 4 6 0 4 0 3 4 2 0 1
2 Lower, Ed INT 63% 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 4
1 McIntosh, Hamish RU 56% 0 0 9 5 4 2 12 0 3 2 3 1 0 2
20 Petrie, Drew BPR 76% 0 0 13 9 4 3 9 2 3 3 2 0 3 3
5 Power, Sam HBFR 91% 0 1 21 15 6 7 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 4
30 Pratt, Daniel HBFL 93% 0 0 14 13 1 6 1 0 1 3 0 1 6 2
3 Rawlings, Brady RR 75% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 7 3 1 2 0 1 2
15 Ross, Ben INT 69% 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
7 Simpson, Adam (c) C 81% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 3 8 2 2 0 0 7
10 Smith, Jesse INT 71% 1 0 15 6 9 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 1
12 Thomas, Lindsay WL 78% 3 1 13 10 3 4 0 2 1 3 1 3 0 3
23 Thompson, Nathan HFFL 90% 5 1 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0
36 Watt, Shannon CHB 100% 0 0 15 7 8 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3
8 Wells, Daniel INT 80% 0 1 16 13 3 4 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 7
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 18 19 316 200 116 94 22 55 35 44 25 23 31 66

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartram, Clint WR 80% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 0 6 1 4 2 1
21 Bell, Daniel HBFR 86% 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 2 1 4 0 3 8 0
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFL 85% 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 6 4 2 0 1 2 1
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 100% 0 0 16 5 11 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 0
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 77% 2 2 20 13 7 1 0 3 5 3 1 2 2 4
14 Dunn, Lynden CHF 81% 1 1 13 9 4 5 1 5 1 2 1 2 1 0
18 Green, Brad WL 86% 0 0 28 13 15 5 0 4 2 2 0 0 3 2
40 Jamar, Mark FPR 68% 0 0 8 0 8 1 17 2 1 2 1 2 0 0
17 Johnson, Chris INT 83% 0 0 19 12 7 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 4
2 Jones, Nathan RO 84% 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 2 4 3 0 0 2 0
23 McDonald, James RR 78% 0 1 23 11 12 3 0 6 3 2 2 1 4 5
5 McLean, Brock C 78% 1 0 19 9 10 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4
7 Miller, Brad CHB 94% 0 0 12 9 3 10 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2
10 Morton, Cale INT 71% 0 1 16 8 8 5 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 1
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 83% 0 0 5 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Rivers, Jared BPR 76% 0 1 14 5 9 5 0 2 0 5 1 3 1 1
24 Robertson, Russell INT 90% 3 1 15 13 2 10 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 3
12 Sylvia, Colin HFFR 85% 0 0 22 16 6 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 5
31 Wheatley, Paul HBFL 77% 1 2 20 10 10 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 3
45 Whelan, Matthew INT 66% 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 0 1 5 1 2 0
34 White, Jeff RU 87% 1 0 21 9 12 5 20 1 3 5 2 2 2 4
39 Wonaeamirri, Austin BPL 83% 2 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 11 13 363 195 168 97 40 47 31 56 23 25 43 42

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

North Melbourne Coach: Dean Laidley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
39 A. Wonaeamirri 41 N. Carroll 27 J. Rivers 1 H. McIntosh 2 E. Lower
33 M. Campbell 21 C. Jones 16 L. Brown 3 B. Rawlings 15 B. Ross
FORWARD 4 D. Harris 10 J. Smith
HALF-BACK

8 D. Wells
31 P. Wheatley 7 B. Miller 21 D. Bell



29 B. Harvey 27 A. Edwards 23 N. Thompson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 B. Green 5 B. McLean 3 C. Bartram



6 S. Grant 7 A. Simpson (c) 12 L. Thomas FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 17 C. Johnson
HALF-FORWARD 23 J. McDonald 10 C. Morton
32 C. Bruce 14 L. Dunn 12 C. Sylvia 2 N. Jones 24 R. Robertson
5 S. Power 36 S. Watt 30 D. Pratt

45 M. Whelan
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



36 A. Davey 9 D. Neitz (c) 40 M. Jamar



20 D. Petrie 11 M. Firrito 38 J. Gibson



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Dean Bailey

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Corey Jones behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:05
NMLB Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 01:47
NMLB Nathan Thompson behind 0.3.3 - 0.0.0 08:27
NMLB Rushed behind 0.4.4 - 0.0.0 10:39
NMLB Aaron Edwards behind 0.5.5 - 0.0.0 12:38
NMLB Sam Power behind 0.6.6 - 0.0.0 14:12
NMLB Aaron Edwards behind 0.7.7 - 0.0.0 16:25
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 1.7.13 - 0.0.0 19:51
NMLB Leigh Brown behind 1.8.14 - 0.0.0 21:24
NMLB Aaron Edwards goal 2.8.20 - 0.0.0 22:28
NMLB Shannon Grant goal 3.8.26 - 0.0.0 24:18
NMLB Jesse Smith goal 4.8.32 - 0.0.0 25:56
MELB Lynden Dunn goal 4.8.32 - 1.0.6 27:52
Q2 NMLB Corey Jones behind 4.9.33 - 1.0.6 02:15
NMLB Shannon Grant behind 4.10.34 - 1.0.6 03:27
NMLB Aaron Edwards goal 5.10.40 - 1.0.6 05:26
NMLB Daniel Harris behind 5.11.41 - 1.0.6 06:30
MELB Rushed behind 5.11.41 - 1.1.7 07:52
NMLB Corey Jones goal 6.11.47 - 1.1.7 08:58
MELB Aaron Davey behind 6.11.47 - 1.2.8 14:55
NMLB Corey Jones goal 7.11.53 - 1.2.8 17:57
MELB Jared Rivers behind 7.11.53 - 1.3.9 21:34
MELB Brock McLean goal 7.11.53 - 2.3.15 22:25
MELB Paul Wheatley behind 7.11.53 - 2.4.16 24:05
MELB Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 2.5.17 25:30
MELB Jeff White goal 7.11.53 - 3.5.23 26:10
NMLB Nathan Thompson goal 8.11.59 - 3.5.23 27:54
MELB Aaron Davey behind 8.11.59 - 3.6.24 30:32
Q3 MELB Aaron Davey goal 8.11.59 - 4.6.30 01:33
NMLB Matt Campbell goal 9.11.65 - 4.6.30 02:37
NMLB Matt Campbell behind 9.12.66 - 4.6.30 04:00
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 9.13.67 - 4.6.30 07:59
NMLB Nathan Thompson goal 10.13.73 - 4.6.30 09:40
NMLB Leigh Brown behind 10.14.74 - 4.6.30 10:54
NMLB Matt Campbell goal 11.14.80 - 4.6.30 11:36
MELB Cale Morton behind 11.14.80 - 4.7.31 16:32
MELB James McDonald behind 11.14.80 - 4.8.32 18:11
MELB Austin Wonaeamirri goal 11.14.80 - 5.8.38 19:45
MELB Paul Wheatley behind 11.14.80 - 5.9.39 21:26
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 12.14.86 - 5.9.39 22:17
NMLB Daniel Wells behind 12.15.87 - 5.9.39 24:31
MELB Lynden Dunn behind 12.15.87 - 5.10.40 26:48
NMLB Aaron Edwards goal 13.15.93 - 5.10.40 29:01
Q4 MELB Rushed behind 13.15.93 - 5.11.41 01:00
MELB Russell Robertson goal 13.15.93 - 6.11.47 02:28
NMLB Rushed behind 13.16.94 - 6.11.47 04:25
MELB Russell Robertson goal 13.16.94 - 7.11.53 08:03
NMLB Nathan Thompson goal 14.16.100 - 7.11.53 09:57
NMLB Rushed behind 14.17.101 - 7.11.53 11:27
NMLB Nathan Thompson goal 15.17.107 - 7.11.53 12:54
MELB Paul Wheatley goal 15.17.107 - 8.11.59 15:19
MELB Austin Wonaeamirri goal 15.17.107 - 9.11.65 18:15
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 16.17.113 - 9.11.65 19:25
MELB Russell Robertson goal 16.17.113 - 10.11.71 20:51
MELB Rushed behind 16.17.113 - 10.12.72 23:15
NMLB Rushed behind 16.18.114 - 10.12.72 24:18
MELB Russell Robertson behind 16.18.114 - 10.13.73 25:16
NMLB Corey Jones behind 16.19.115 - 10.13.73 26:31
NMLB Nathan Thompson goal 17.19.121 - 10.13.73 27:50
MELB Aaron Davey goal 17.19.121 - 11.13.79 29:28
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 18.19.127 - 11.13.79 30:28