2008 AFL Round 17: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 2008 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round 17 of the 2008 AFL season. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at MCG. Adam Simpson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Bailey and the visitors were coached by Dani Laidley.

Melbourne
Back: M. Whelan, C. Garland, M. Warnock
Half-back: A. Maric, D. Bell, L. Dunn
Centre: C. Morton, C. Bruce, S. Buckley
Half-forward: C. Sylvia, M. Bate, A. Davey
Forward: P. Johnson, B. Miller, S. Martin
Follower: M. Jamar, C. Bartram, N. Jones
Int.: C. Johnson, J. McDonald, M. Newton, S. Valenti

North Melbourne
Back: S. Watt, M. Firrito, D. Pratt
Half-back: S. McMahon, J. Gibson, L. Harding
Centre: M. Campbell, D. Harris, B. Harvey
Half-forward: S. Grant, L. Hansen, C. Jones
Forward: B. Rawlings, D. Petrie, L. Thomas
Follower: D. Hale, A. Simpson (capt.), D. Wells
Int.: T. Goldstein, B. Grima, S. Power, G. Urquhart

Melbourne (10.10.70) were defeated by North Melbourne (14.14.98).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Miller (3), M. Newton (2), A. Davey, P. Johnson, C. Morton, C. Sylvia, S. Valenti
North Melbourne: L. Thomas (5), C. Jones (4), B. Harvey (2), M. Campbell, D. Hale, D. Petrie

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 27 July 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,330

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 10.10.70 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 3 . 4 6 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
North Melbourne 7 . 3 9 . 6 11 . 9 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin NMLB by 36 NMLB by 38 NMLB by 31 NMLB by 28 NMLB by 28
Duration 30:23 26:51 29:09 29:39 1:56:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Bailey (Melbourne), Dani Laidley (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Adam Simpson (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Fila (#20), C. Hendrie (#24), S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brent Harvey NMLB 29 3
Adam Simpson NMLB 7 2
Simon Buckley MELB 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Lindsay Thomas NMLB 12 10 2 0 0 0 0
Brent Harvey NMLB 29 7 0 1 1 0 0
Corey Jones NMLB 21 4 0 1 0 0 0
David Hale NMLB 31 3 0 0 1 0 0
Simon Buckley MELB 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Adam Simpson NMLB 7 2 0 0 0 1 0
Chris Johnson MELB 17 1 0 0 0 0 1
Daniel Wells NMLB 8 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartram, Clint RR 85% 0 0 16 7 9 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0
6 Bate, Matthew CHF 92% 0 0 15 5 10 5 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 1
21 Bell, Daniel CHB 72% 0 0 18 8 10 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
32 Bruce, Cameron C 85% 0 2 20 9 11 4 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 4
1 Buckley, Simon WR 86% 0 0 27 10 17 10 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 3
36 Davey, Aaron HFFR 83% 1 1 23 16 7 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 2
14 Dunn, Lynden HBFR 66% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 0 0 4 1 4 1 0
20 Garland, Colin FB 94% 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 1
40 Jamar, Mark RU 83% 0 0 5 1 4 0 23 5 0 2 2 2 0 0
17 Johnson, Chris INT 74% 0 1 26 17 9 9 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 3
11 Johnson, Paul FPL 84% 1 1 20 11 9 5 14 5 1 4 0 3 1 7
2 Jones, Nathan RO 77% 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 2
19 Maric, Addam HBFL 74% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
33 Martin, Stefan FPR 86% 0 0 8 7 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
23 McDonald, James INT 69% 0 0 26 10 16 6 1 1 4 3 2 1 2 4
7 Miller, Brad FF 96% 3 1 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
10 Morton, Cale WL 80% 1 0 21 12 9 6 0 3 3 3 1 1 2 4
29 Newton, Michael INT 74% 2 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 3 0 1
12 Sylvia, Colin HFFL 89% 1 2 18 10 8 6 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
44 Valenti, Shane INT 74% 1 0 22 12 10 7 0 0 6 2 3 1 0 3
37 Warnock, Matthew BPR 90% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 87% 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 10 10 362 196 166 114 42 32 29 47 15 19 31 37

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
33 Campbell, Matt WL 75% 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 3
11 Firrito, Michael FB 97% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 0 3 1 2 3 2
38 Gibson, Josh CHB 97% 0 0 21 9 12 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 2
22 Goldstein, Todd INT 42% 0 0 7 3 4 2 11 1 1 2 1 1 0 2
6 Grant, Shannon HFFL 88% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 2 3 4 2 0 0 4
17 Grima, Blake INT 47% 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 3 4 2 1 2 0 3
31 Hale, David RU 89% 1 3 14 9 5 9 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 2
26 Hansen, Lachlan CHF 82% 0 0 11 8 3 5 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 3
39 Harding, Leigh HBFR 81% 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 4 2
4 Harris, Daniel C 71% 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 3 4 1 0 1 1 2
29 Harvey, Brent WR 87% 2 0 27 16 11 6 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 4
21 Jones, Corey HFFR 95% 4 1 18 13 5 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
42 McMahon, Scott HBFL 92% 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
20 Petrie, Drew FF 93% 1 2 14 5 9 2 20 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
5 Power, Sam INT 70% 0 0 24 14 10 6 0 4 4 3 0 3 4 4
30 Pratt, Daniel BPR 91% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 0
3 Rawlings, Brady FPL 73% 0 0 21 9 12 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3
7 Simpson, Adam (c) RR 82% 0 2 30 18 12 4 0 2 8 1 2 1 1 5
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPR 95% 5 0 18 12 6 4 0 4 1 2 3 1 0 1
14 Urquhart, Gavin INT 76% 0 0 18 9 9 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
36 Watt, Shannon BPL 96% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Wells, Daniel RO 81% 0 1 26 17 9 9 1 4 1 3 0 0 1 3
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 14 14 365 200 165 98 36 45 40 38 19 15 26 50

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

Melbourne Coach: Dean Bailey
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
36 S. Watt 11 M. Firrito 30 D. Pratt 40 M. Jamar 17 C. Johnson
33 S. Martin 7 B. Miller 11 P. Johnson 3 C. Bartram 23 J. McDonald
FORWARD 2 N. Jones 29 M. Newton
HALF-BACK

44 S. Valenti
42 S. McMahon 38 J. Gibson 39 L. Harding



36 A. Davey 6 M. Bate 12 C. Sylvia



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 M. Campbell 4 D. Harris 29 B. Harvey



1 S. Buckley 32 C. Bruce 10 C. Morton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 D. Hale 22 T. Goldstein
HALF-FORWARD 7 A. Simpson (c) 17 B. Grima
6 S. Grant 26 L. Hansen 21 C. Jones 8 D. Wells 5 S. Power
14 L. Dunn 21 D. Bell 19 A. Maric

14 G. Urquhart
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 B. Rawlings 20 D. Petrie 12 L. Thomas



37 M. Warnock 20 C. Garland 45 M. Whelan



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Dani Laidley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Brent Harvey goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:47
MELB Brad Miller goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 02:35
NMLB Corey Jones goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 03:41
NMLB Adam Simpson behind 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 04:53
NMLB Corey Jones goal 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 06:03
NMLB Corey Jones goal 1.0.6 - 4.1.25 09:53
NMLB David Hale behind 1.0.6 - 4.2.26 11:48
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 1.0.6 - 5.2.32 14:46
MELB Paul Johnson behind 1.1.7 - 5.2.32 16:12
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 1.1.7 - 6.2.38 18:50
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 1.2.8 - 6.2.38 20:42
NMLB David Hale goal 1.2.8 - 7.2.44 23:55
NMLB David Hale behind 1.2.8 - 7.3.45 26:48
MELB Colin Sylvia behind 1.3.9 - 7.3.45 28:21
Q2 MELB Brad Miller goal 2.3.15 - 7.3.45 01:34
NMLB Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 7.4.46 05:43
NMLB Matt Campbell goal 2.3.15 - 8.4.52 06:27
NMLB David Hale behind 2.3.15 - 8.5.53 08:33
MELB Brad Miller goal 3.3.21 - 8.5.53 11:54
MELB Aaron Davey behind 3.4.22 - 8.5.53 13:25
NMLB Daniel Wells behind 3.4.22 - 8.6.54 15:05
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 3.4.22 - 9.6.60 19:12
Q3 MELB Colin Sylvia behind 3.5.23 - 9.6.60 01:40
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 3.5.23 - 10.6.66 04:17
NMLB Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 10.7.67 06:01
MELB Aaron Davey goal 4.5.29 - 10.7.67 07:59
NMLB Corey Jones goal 4.5.29 - 11.7.73 09:57
MELB Brad Miller behind 4.6.30 - 11.7.73 11:59
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 4.7.31 - 11.7.73 14:36
MELB Michael Newton goal 5.7.37 - 11.7.73 16:41
MELB Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 11.7.73 17:33
NMLB Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 11.8.74 23:18
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 5.8.38 - 11.9.75 24:39
MELB Michael Newton goal 6.8.44 - 11.9.75 27:04
Q4 MELB Shane Valenti goal 7.8.50 - 11.9.75 01:21
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 7.8.50 - 12.9.81 02:55
MELB Paul Johnson goal 8.8.56 - 12.9.81 06:07
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 9.8.62 - 12.9.81 07:48
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 9.8.62 - 13.9.87 09:58
NMLB Corey Jones behind 9.8.62 - 13.10.88 11:40
MELB Cale Morton goal 10.8.68 - 13.10.88 14:23
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 10.8.68 - 13.11.89 18:02
NMLB Adam Simpson behind 10.8.68 - 13.12.90 18:46
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 10.8.68 - 14.12.96 19:05
MELB Chris Johnson behind 10.9.69 - 14.12.96 20:41
NMLB Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 14.13.97 23:06
NMLB Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 14.14.98 26:25
MELB Rushed behind 10.10.70 - 14.14.98 28:18