2008 AFL Round 11: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 2008 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round 11 of the 2008 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Telstra Dome. Adam Simpson captained the hosts. Tom Harley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Laidley and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

North Melbourne
Back: D. Pratt, J. Gibson, S. Thompson
Half-back: G. Urquhart, M. Firrito, L. Harding
Centre: S. McMahon, A. Simpson (capt.), B. Rawlings
Half-forward: B. Harvey, D. Petrie, L. Brown
Forward: M. Campbell, D. Hale, L. Thomas
Follower: H. McIntosh, D. Harris, E. Lower
Int.: B. Davies, S. Grant, S. Power, M. Riggio

Geelong
Back: T. Harley (capt.), M. Scarlett, A. Mackie
Half-back: D. Milburn, M. Rooke, C. Enright
Centre: D. Wojcinski, J. Bartel, B. Prismall
Half-forward: S. Johnson, C. Mooney, M. Stokes
Forward: S. Byrnes, T. Lonergan, J. Kelly
Follower: M. Blake, J. Corey, G. Ablett
Int.: P. Chapman, C. Ling, B. Ottens, T. Varcoe

North Melbourne (17.12.114) were defeated by Geelong (19.13.127).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: D. Hale (4), M. Campbell (3), B. Harvey (2), D. Petrie (2), L. Thomas (2), L. Brown, L. Harding, D. Harris, E. Lower
Geelong: C. Mooney (7), S. Johnson (3), G. Ablett (2), T. Lonergan (2), T. Varcoe (2), S. Byrnes, C. Enright, B. Ottens

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 8th on the ladder and Geelong remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Friday 6 June 2008
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 38,373

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 17.12.114 - 19.13.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 2 10 . 4 15 . 7 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Geelong 7 . 0 11 . 6 17 . 7 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Margin GEEL by 22 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 13
Duration 30:16 36:37 36:21 29:15 2:12:29

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Laidley (North Melbourne), Mark Thompson (Geelong)
Captains: Adam Simpson (North Melbourne), Tom Harley (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McInerney (#30), S. Ryan (#25), S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 3
Steve Johnson GEEL 20 2
Cam Mooney GEEL 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 10 2 0 0 0 0
Cam Mooney GEEL 21 8 0 2 0 0 0
David Hale NMLB 31 5 0 0 1 1 0
Brent Harvey NMLB 29 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jimmy Bartel GEEL 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Johnson GEEL 20 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Brown, Leigh HFFR 95% 1 0 8 3 5 5 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1
33 Campbell, Matt FPL 88% 3 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 1 3 1 2 1 1
34 Davies, Ben INT 71% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
11 Firrito, Michael CHB 97% 0 1 14 5 9 3 0 5 1 4 0 3 3 1
38 Gibson, Josh FB 96% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 3 2 3 1 2 4 1
6 Grant, Shannon INT 63% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2
31 Hale, David FF 96% 4 0 16 11 5 8 14 1 1 6 2 3 2 3
39 Harding, Leigh HBFR 87% 1 0 11 5 6 4 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 2
4 Harris, Daniel RR 63% 1 1 24 12 12 7 0 5 6 5 2 2 0 4
29 Harvey, Brent HFFL 84% 2 0 28 15 13 5 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 3
2 Lower, Ed RO 78% 1 0 11 4 7 5 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2
1 McIntosh, Hamish RU 86% 0 1 14 7 7 5 16 1 2 1 0 1 2 0
42 McMahon, Scott WL 92% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 2 2 3 1 0 3 1
20 Petrie, Drew CHF 98% 2 4 21 18 3 9 3 2 1 4 1 2 1 6
5 Power, Sam INT 47% 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
30 Pratt, Daniel BPL 84% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 1 3 1 2 4 3
3 Rawlings, Brady WR 80% 0 0 21 8 13 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 6
28 Riggio, Matt INT 65% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 3
7 Simpson, Adam (c) C 80% 0 0 24 9 15 3 1 3 6 1 2 0 3 1
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPR 76% 2 2 12 9 3 2 0 3 0 4 2 3 0 3
37 Thompson, Scott BPR 94% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 0 0 3 2 2 6 0
14 Urquhart, Gavin HBFL 78% 0 1 16 9 7 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 6 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 17 12 340 184 156 91 34 51 35 54 19 31 45 48

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary RO 91% 2 1 39 25 14 4 0 5 7 2 0 0 0 12
3 Bartel, Jimmy C 88% 0 0 23 13 10 3 0 7 2 3 3 1 1 4
24 Blake, Mark RU 55% 0 0 9 3 6 2 23 2 1 0 2 0 0 2
17 Byrnes, Shannon FPL 89% 1 1 14 9 5 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 4
35 Chapman, Paul INT 86% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 4
11 Corey, Joel RR 86% 0 0 17 9 8 5 1 9 2 2 0 2 0 1
44 Enright, Corey HBFR 89% 1 0 18 9 9 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 3
2 Harley, Tom (c) BPL 97% 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0
20 Johnson, Steve HFFL 94% 3 2 25 15 10 4 1 1 3 3 2 1 2 6
9 Kelly, James FPR 90% 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 5 4 2 2 1 3 5
45 Ling, Cameron INT 83% 0 1 25 10 15 7 0 2 3 1 2 1 1 4
13 Lonergan, Tom FF 83% 2 0 6 3 3 3 1 3 0 3 1 1 1 0
4 Mackie, Andrew BPR 98% 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 1 2 2 0 3 2
39 Milburn, Darren HBFL 96% 0 0 21 12 9 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 1
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 95% 7 0 18 13 5 9 0 3 1 2 3 1 0 2
6 Ottens, Brad INT 50% 1 0 12 4 8 6 18 2 1 1 2 1 0 3
32 Prismall, Brent WR 71% 0 0 21 12 9 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 7
33 Rooke, Max CHB 77% 0 0 18 6 12 2 0 2 4 3 2 2 1 3
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 31% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
27 Stokes, Mathew HFFR 85% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 5 0 1 2 0 1 3
5 Varcoe, Travis INT 76% 2 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 2 3 2 2 0 3
40 Wojcinski, David WL 89% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 1 5 1 2 3 0
Rushed 8
Total (22 players) 19 13 366 200 166 87 44 61 42 40 31 19 28 69

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
2 T. Harley (c) 30 M. Scarlett 4 A. Mackie 1 H. McIntosh 34 B. Davies
12 L. Thomas 31 D. Hale 33 M. Campbell 4 D. Harris 6 S. Grant
FORWARD 2 E. Lower 5 S. Power
HALF-BACK

28 M. Riggio
39 D. Milburn 33 M. Rooke 44 C. Enright



16 L. Brown 20 D. Petrie 29 B. Harvey



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



40 D. Wojcinski 3 J. Bartel 32 B. Prismall



3 B. Rawlings 7 A. Simpson (c) 42 S. McMahon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 M. Blake 35 P. Chapman
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Corey 45 C. Ling
20 S. Johnson 21 C. Mooney 27 M. Stokes 29 G. Ablett 6 B. Ottens
39 L. Harding 11 M. Firrito 14 G. Urquhart

5 T. Varcoe
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



17 S. Byrnes 13 T. Lonergan 9 J. Kelly



37 S. Thompson 38 J. Gibson 30 D. Pratt



BACK



Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB David Hale goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:58
GEEL Tom Lonergan goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:38
NMLB Matt Campbell goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 06:24
GEEL Shannon Byrnes goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 08:28
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 2.0.12 - 3.0.18 09:38
GEEL Travis Varcoe goal 2.0.12 - 4.0.24 13:31
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 2.0.12 - 5.0.30 17:41
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 3.0.18 - 5.0.30 19:07
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 3.1.19 - 5.0.30 20:24
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 3.1.19 - 6.0.36 21:42
NMLB Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 6.0.36 26:04
GEEL Brad Ottens goal 3.2.20 - 7.0.42 27:43
Q2 NMLB Leigh Harding goal 4.2.26 - 7.0.42 00:45
NMLB David Hale goal 5.2.32 - 7.0.42 02:28
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 5.2.32 - 8.0.48 03:46
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 5.2.32 - 8.1.49 07:18
GEEL Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 8.2.50 07:53
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 6.2.38 - 8.2.50 08:48
GEEL Cameron Ling behind 6.2.38 - 8.3.51 10:20
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 6.2.38 - 9.3.57 12:14
NMLB Daniel Harris goal 7.2.44 - 9.3.57 13:22
GEEL Rushed behind 7.2.44 - 9.4.58 15:23
NMLB Matt Campbell goal 8.2.50 - 9.4.58 16:18
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 8.2.50 - 10.4.64 18:19
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 8.2.50 - 11.4.70 20:44
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 8.3.51 - 11.4.70 23:25
NMLB Gavin Urquhart behind 8.4.52 - 11.4.70 24:27
GEEL Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 11.5.71 25:57
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 9.4.58 - 11.5.71 27:13
GEEL Rushed behind 9.4.58 - 11.6.72 29:21
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 10.4.64 - 11.6.72 33:35
Q3 NMLB Hamish McIntosh behind 10.5.65 - 11.6.72 02:13
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 10.5.65 - 11.7.73 03:38
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 11.5.71 - 11.7.73 05:43
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 11.5.71 - 12.7.79 08:09
GEEL Tom Lonergan goal 11.5.71 - 13.7.85 12:07
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 11.6.72 - 13.7.85 15:02
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 11.7.73 - 13.7.85 16:18
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 11.7.73 - 14.7.91 17:15
NMLB Matt Campbell goal 12.7.79 - 14.7.91 19:40
NMLB Leigh Brown goal 13.7.85 - 14.7.91 21:15
GEEL Corey Enright goal 13.7.85 - 15.7.97 22:38
GEEL Travis Varcoe goal 13.7.85 - 16.7.103 26:53
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 14.7.91 - 16.7.103 29:00
NMLB Ed Lower goal 15.7.97 - 16.7.103 31:54
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 15.7.97 - 17.7.109 34:44
Q4 GEEL Steve Johnson goal 15.7.97 - 18.7.115 01:32
NMLB Rushed behind 15.8.98 - 18.7.115 03:21
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 15.9.99 - 18.7.115 04:28
GEEL Rushed behind 15.9.99 - 18.8.116 06:26
NMLB Daniel Harris behind 15.10.100 - 18.8.116 09:24
NMLB David Hale goal 16.10.106 - 18.8.116 10:53
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 16.10.106 - 18.9.117 12:38
GEEL Rushed behind 16.10.106 - 18.10.118 13:33
GEEL Rushed behind 16.10.106 - 18.11.119 15:37
NMLB David Hale goal 17.10.112 - 18.11.119 17:07
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 17.10.112 - 18.12.120 21:12
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 17.10.112 - 19.12.126 23:30
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 17.11.113 - 19.12.126 26:09
GEEL Rushed behind 17.11.113 - 19.13.127 28:37
NMLB Michael Firrito behind 17.12.114 - 19.13.127 29:01