2008 AFL Round 21: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 2008 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round 21 of the 2008 AFL season. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Skilled Stadium. Tom Harley captained the hosts. Adam Simpson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Dean Laidley.

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

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

Geelong (17.13.115) defeated North Melbourne (13.4.82).

Goalkickers
Geelong: P. Chapman (4), C. Mooney (4), B. Ottens (3), S. Johnson (2), C. Ling (2), T. Lonergan, M. Rooke
North Melbourne: D. Hale (8), L. Thomas (2), D. Harris, C. Jones, H. McIntosh

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 1st on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 24 August 2008
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Skilled Stadium
Attendance: 24,288

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.13.115 - 13.4.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 3 10 . 6 13 . 10 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
North Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 4 9 . 4 13 . 4 13 . 4 (82)
Margin NMLB by 6 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 33
Duration 29:48 31:36 30:13 29:28 2:01:05

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. James (#5), S. McInerney (#30), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Hale NMLB 31 3
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 2
Cameron Ling GEEL 45 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jimmy Bartel GEEL 3 8 ? ? ? 0 0
David Hale NMLB 31 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Joel Corey GEEL 11 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Paul Chapman GEEL 35 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Cameron Ling GEEL 45 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Brad Ottens GEEL 6 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary HFFR 90% 0 1 27 6 21 4 0 3 4 2 1 0 0 3
3 Bartel, Jimmy WR 89% 0 0 37 25 12 11 0 3 7 2 1 0 4 6
24 Blake, Mark FPL 60% 0 1 11 3 8 4 27 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
17 Byrnes, Shannon C 81% 0 1 17 9 8 4 0 3 1 7 1 2 0 6
35 Chapman, Paul WL 75% 4 0 25 17 8 8 0 2 3 3 1 1 1 4
11 Corey, Joel RO 88% 0 0 37 14 23 9 0 4 9 5 1 1 1 6
44 Enright, Corey HBFR 85% 0 0 21 13 8 6 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 2
2 Harley, Tom (c) BPL 85% 0 0 14 5 9 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
8 Hunt, Josh CHB 89% 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0
20 Johnson, Steve HFFL 83% 2 1 21 13 8 5 0 2 3 3 1 2 1 7
45 Ling, Cameron RR 90% 2 0 29 13 16 7 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 3
13 Lonergan, Tom FF 82% 1 1 14 9 5 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3
4 Mackie, Andrew BPR 88% 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 2
39 Milburn, Darren INT 79% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 84% 4 3 16 13 3 10 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 5
6 Ottens, Brad RU 74% 3 0 15 3 12 4 22 4 3 2 1 2 1 2
32 Prismall, Brent INT 71% 0 0 21 8 13 4 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 3
33 Rooke, Max INT 74% 1 0 8 7 1 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 94% 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 Selwood, Joel INT 75% 0 0 27 14 13 2 0 5 6 4 3 0 2 6
7 Taylor, Harry HBFL 75% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
5 Varcoe, Travis FPR 88% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 3
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 17 13 424 219 205 115 49 50 44 47 22 18 21 64

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Firrito, Michael HBFR 89% 0 0 21 10 11 7 0 2 2 3 0 1 4 3
38 Gibson, Josh FB 91% 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 1
6 Grant, Shannon INT 77% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2
31 Hale, David CHF 97% 8 2 13 12 1 8 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0
26 Hansen, Lachlan INT 90% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 0
39 Harding, Leigh WR 80% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 0
4 Harris, Daniel RR 59% 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 6 0 3 0 3 0 1
29 Harvey, Brent HFFL 89% 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 3
21 Jones, Corey HFFR 89% 1 0 12 8 4 7 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 5
1 McIntosh, Hamish RU 68% 1 0 8 3 5 1 7 1 4 1 1 1 1 1
42 McMahon, Scott FPR 97% 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
20 Petrie, Drew FF 80% 0 0 13 7 6 10 15 0 2 1 1 0 3 0
5 Power, Sam INT 50% 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1
30 Pratt, Daniel HBFL 93% 0 0 27 19 8 8 0 2 0 3 2 1 6 1
3 Rawlings, Brady RO 74% 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
7 Simpson, Adam (c) C 81% 0 0 27 11 16 2 1 1 4 7 3 0 1 3
9 Sinclair, Jess INT 58% 0 0 19 14 5 9 0 7 1 2 0 2 0 4
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPL 89% 2 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2
37 Thompson, Scott BPR 92% 0 0 10 8 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 0
14 Urquhart, Gavin BPL 80% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 1
36 Watt, Shannon CHB 96% 0 0 12 5 7 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0
8 Wells, Daniel WL 83% 0 0 28 13 15 6 0 4 5 2 0 1 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 4 328 183 145 109 23 45 24 44 18 22 43 36

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

Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 G. Urquhart 38 J. Gibson 37 S. Thompson 6 B. Ottens 39 D. Milburn
5 T. Varcoe 13 T. Lonergan 24 M. Blake 45 C. Ling 32 B. Prismall
FORWARD 11 J. Corey 33 M. Rooke
HALF-BACK

14 J. Selwood
30 D. Pratt 36 S. Watt 11 M. Firrito



29 G. Ablett 21 C. Mooney 20 S. Johnson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 D. Wells 7 A. Simpson (c) 39 L. Harding



3 J. Bartel 17 S. Byrnes 35 P. Chapman FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 H. McIntosh 6 S. Grant
HALF-FORWARD 4 D. Harris 26 L. Hansen
29 B. Harvey 31 D. Hale 21 C. Jones 3 B. Rawlings 5 S. Power
44 C. Enright 8 J. Hunt 7 H. Taylor

9 J. Sinclair
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 L. Thomas 20 D. Petrie 42 S. McMahon



4 A. Mackie 30 M. Scarlett 2 T. Harley (c)



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Dean Laidley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Mark Blake behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:31
GEEL Brad Ottens goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:17
NMLB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 07:39
NMLB David Hale goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 10:26
NMLB David Hale behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 12:48
NMLB David Hale goal 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 14:20
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 17:07
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 18:36
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 20:48
NMLB Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 2.3.15 21:40
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 24:15
NMLB Corey Jones goal 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 26:35
NMLB David Hale goal 3.3.21 - 4.3.27 28:31
Q2 GEEL Paul Chapman goal 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 01:02
NMLB David Hale goal 4.3.27 - 5.3.33 02:39
NMLB David Hale behind 4.3.27 - 5.4.34 06:51
GEEL Brad Ottens goal 5.3.33 - 5.4.34 08:11
GEEL Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 5.4.34 11:13
GEEL Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 5.4.34 13:20
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 6.5.41 - 5.4.34 18:06
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 7.5.47 - 5.4.34 20:03
GEEL Tom Lonergan goal 8.5.53 - 5.4.34 22:47
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 9.5.59 - 5.4.34 24:26
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 9.6.60 - 5.4.34 26:04
NMLB David Hale goal 9.6.60 - 6.4.40 28:25
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 10.6.66 - 6.4.40 29:31
Q3 GEEL Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 6.4.40 05:10
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 10.7.67 - 7.4.46 06:49
GEEL Paul Chapman goal 11.7.73 - 7.4.46 11:36
GEEL Tom Lonergan behind 11.8.74 - 7.4.46 13:20
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 12.8.80 - 7.4.46 14:50
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 12.9.81 - 7.4.46 18:56
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 13.9.87 - 7.4.46 20:09
NMLB David Hale goal 13.9.87 - 8.4.52 23:03
NMLB Hamish McIntosh goal 13.9.87 - 9.4.58 27:15
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 13.10.88 - 9.4.58 30:06
Q4 NMLB David Hale goal 13.10.88 - 10.4.64 02:41
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 14.10.94 - 10.4.64 07:07
NMLB David Hale goal 14.10.94 - 11.4.70 08:55
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 15.10.100 - 11.4.70 13:35
GEEL Rushed behind 15.11.101 - 11.4.70 14:34
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 15.12.102 - 11.4.70 15:44
NMLB Daniel Harris goal 15.12.102 - 12.4.76 17:09
GEEL Brad Ottens goal 16.12.108 - 12.4.76 18:56
GEEL Max Rooke goal 17.12.114 - 12.4.76 22:11
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 17.12.114 - 13.4.82 25:49
GEEL Rushed behind 17.13.115 - 13.4.82 28:45