2009 AFL Round 4: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 2009 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 4 of the 2009 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Etihad Stadium. Brent Harvey captained the hosts. Matthew Lloyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Laidley and the visitors were coached by Matthew Knights.

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

Essendon
Back: T. Pears, D. Daniher, H. Slattery
Half-back: M. Quinn, D. Fletcher, J. Nash
Centre: J. Winderlich, B. Stanton, A. Lovett
Half-forward: A. McPhee, P. Ryder, D. Zaharakis
Forward: A. Monfries, M. Lloyd (capt.), A. Davey
Follower: D. Hille, J. Watson, M. McVeigh
Int.: C. Dempsey, R. Dyson, S. Lucas, H. Skipworth

North Melbourne (10.9.69) defeated Essendon (7.15.57).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: D. Hale (4), B. Harvey (3), H. McIntosh, D. Petrie, J. Ziebell
Essendon: M. Lloyd (3), A. Lovett, A. McPhee, B. Stanton, J. Winderlich

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Sunday 19 April 2009
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 33,842

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 10.9.69 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 5 9 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Essendon 1 . 3 3 . 7 5 . 11 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin NMLB by 12 NMLB by 10 NMLB by 20 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 12
Duration 26:57 28:31 31:02 28:39 1:55:09

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Laidley (North Melbourne), Matthew Knights (Essendon)
Captains: Brent Harvey (North Melbourne), Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), C. Donlon (#1), T. Pannell (#28)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brent Harvey NMLB 29 3
David Hale NMLB 31 2
Alwyn Davey ESSE 29 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brent Harvey NMLB 29 10 2 0 0 0 0
David Hale NMLB 31 8 0 2 0 0 0
Daniel Pratt NMLB 30 3 0 0 1 0 0
Brent Stanton ESSE 5 3 0 0 1 0 0
Scott McMahon NMLB 42 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 1 0 0 0 0 1
Brady Rawlings NMLB 3 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
33 Campbell, Matt FPL 30% 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
11 Firrito, Michael C 81% 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 7 5 3 1 1 0 4
38 Gibson, Josh HBFR 97% 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0
31 Hale, David FF 93% 4 3 16 12 4 11 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
6 Hansen, Lachlan CHB 94% 0 0 21 18 3 11 0 5 0 0 1 0 4 1
39 Harding, Leigh WR 88% 0 0 20 11 9 9 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 1
29 Harvey, Brent (c) HFFL 85% 3 0 33 16 17 7 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 6
2 Lower, Ed WL 83% 0 1 14 6 8 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5
1 McIntosh, Hamish RU 85% 1 0 11 9 2 5 23 7 2 3 0 1 0 1
42 McMahon, Scott BPL 98% 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 2 1 3 2 1 4 0
20 Petrie, Drew CHF 92% 1 0 16 9 7 5 11 2 2 8 0 2 0 3
5 Power, Sam INT 72% 0 0 23 15 8 11 0 4 4 1 1 1 1 2
30 Pratt, Daniel BPR 93% 0 0 26 18 8 14 0 1 0 2 0 1 7 3
3 Rawlings, Brady RO 92% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 8 0 1 0 0 2 0
7 Simpson, Adam RR 68% 0 0 20 10 10 3 1 5 2 2 2 0 2 1
18 Smith, Josh INT 72% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1
9 Swallow, Andrew INT 55% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 6 2 3 1 1 0 1
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPR 89% 0 1 7 5 2 5 0 7 1 4 1 4 0 1
16 Thompson, Scott FB 95% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 7 0
14 Urquhart, Gavin HBFL 78% 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 2
35 Warren, Ben HFFR 83% 0 2 13 10 3 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
19 Ziebell, Jack INT 77% 1 0 22 17 5 6 0 1 4 3 1 1 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 10 9 364 223 141 140 38 75 29 46 18 17 37 42

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Daniher, Darcy FB 70% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0
29 Davey, Alwyn FPR 87% 0 0 15 5 10 2 0 5 2 3 0 1 0 4
15 Dempsey, Courtenay INT 83% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1
2 Dyson, Ricky INT 71% 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 5 1 4 1 2 1 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin CHB 96% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
19 Hille, David RU 87% 0 0 11 5 6 3 21 0 3 2 1 0 0 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) FF 81% 3 2 17 12 5 8 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
13 Lovett, Andrew WR 87% 1 2 15 9 6 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 1 5
25 Lucas, Scott INT 80% 0 0 17 14 3 9 0 2 1 5 1 2 1 6
33 McPhee, Adam HFFL 79% 1 1 14 7 7 7 0 6 0 8 1 3 0 4
10 McVeigh, Mark RO 83% 0 1 13 6 7 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 4
6 Monfries, Angus FPL 72% 0 0 13 3 10 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1
17 Nash, Jay HBFR 72% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 0
16 Pears, Tayte BPL 98% 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0
41 Quinn, Michael HBFL 79% 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0
30 Ryder, Paddy CHF 74% 0 1 10 5 5 2 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 2
21 Skipworth, Hayden INT 69% 0 0 16 3 13 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 2 0
20 Slattery, Henry BPR 82% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
5 Stanton, Brent C 89% 1 0 26 14 12 5 0 4 2 2 0 0 8 5
4 Watson, Jobe RR 88% 0 2 24 10 14 0 0 8 7 4 2 1 0 4
8 Winderlich, Jason WL 86% 1 0 17 8 9 5 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David HFFR 88% 0 1 20 10 10 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 2
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 7 15 314 150 164 63 27 63 27 49 17 18 30 48

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
16 T. Pears 28 D. Daniher 20 H. Slattery 1 H. McIntosh 5 S. Power
12 L. Thomas 31 D. Hale 33 M. Campbell 7 A. Simpson 18 J. Smith
FORWARD 3 B. Rawlings 9 A. Swallow
HALF-BACK

19 J. Ziebell
41 M. Quinn 31 D. Fletcher 17 J. Nash



35 B. Warren 20 D. Petrie 29 B. Harvey (c)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 J. Winderlich 5 B. Stanton 13 A. Lovett



39 L. Harding 11 M. Firrito 2 E. Lower FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 15 C. Dempsey
HALF-FORWARD 4 J. Watson 2 R. Dyson
33 A. McPhee 30 P. Ryder 11 D. Zaharakis 10 M. McVeigh 25 S. Lucas
38 J. Gibson 6 L. Hansen 14 G. Urquhart

21 H. Skipworth
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 A. Monfries 18 M. Lloyd (c) 29 A. Davey



30 D. Pratt 16 S. Thompson 42 S. McMahon



BACK



Essendon Coach: Matthew Knights

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 06:35
NMLB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 07:09
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 09:25
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 12:58
NMLB Ben Warren behind 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 14:17
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 15:03
ESSE Andrew Lovett goal 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 16:05
NMLB Ben Warren behind 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 19:18
NMLB David Hale goal 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 21:34
ESSE Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.3.9 25:44
Q2 NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 3.4.22 - 1.3.9 01:51
NMLB David Hale goal 4.4.28 - 1.3.9 04:40
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 4.4.28 - 1.4.10 07:39
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 4.4.28 - 2.4.16 10:58
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 4.4.28 - 2.5.17 13:16
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 5.4.34 - 2.5.17 15:07
NMLB David Hale behind 5.5.35 - 2.5.17 18:20
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 5.5.35 - 2.6.18 18:58
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 5.5.35 - 2.7.19 23:23
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 5.5.35 - 3.7.25 26:52
Q3 NMLB David Hale behind 5.6.36 - 3.7.25 01:20
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 6.6.42 - 3.7.25 02:12
NMLB Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 3.7.25 04:44
ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 6.7.43 - 3.8.26 06:44
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 6.7.43 - 3.9.27 07:18
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 6.7.43 - 4.9.33 08:16
ESSE Jason Winderlich goal 6.7.43 - 5.9.39 15:58
NMLB David Hale goal 7.7.49 - 5.9.39 19:19
NMLB David Hale goal 8.7.55 - 5.9.39 21:36
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 9.7.61 - 5.9.39 22:34
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 9.7.61 - 5.10.40 27:26
ESSE Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 5.11.41 27:57
Q4 ESSE Brent Stanton goal 9.7.61 - 6.11.47 03:26
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 9.7.61 - 6.12.48 05:57
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 9.7.61 - 7.12.54 06:49
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 9.7.61 - 7.13.55 09:56
NMLB David Hale behind 9.8.62 - 7.13.55 15:54
ESSE Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 7.14.56 17:19
ESSE Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 7.15.57 18:08
NMLB Hamish McIntosh goal 10.8.68 - 7.15.57 22:59
NMLB Ed Lower behind 10.9.69 - 7.15.57 24:58