2012 AFL Round 1: North Melbourne v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 2012 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 1 of the 2012 AFL season.
North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Etihad Stadium.
Andrew Swallow captained the hosts.
Jobe Watson captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by James Hird.
North Melbourne
Back:
S. McMahon, S. Thompson, S. Atley
Half-back:
A. Mullett, M. Firrito, J. Macmillan
Centre:
L. Adams, A. Swallow (capt.), S. Wright
Half-forward:
K. Harper, R. Tarrant, D. Wells
Forward:
H. McIntosh, D. Petrie, L. Thomas
Follower:
T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, B. Harvey
Int.:
L. Anthony, R. Bastinac, A. Edwards
Sub.:
M. Campbell
Essendon
Back:
M. McVeigh, D. Fletcher, M. Hibberd
Half-back:
J. Melksham, C. Hooker, T. Pears
Centre:
B. Stanton, J. Watson (capt.), C. Dempsey
Half-forward:
S. Crameri, D. Hille, D. Zaharakis
Forward:
L. Jetta, M. Hurley, K. Hardingham
Follower:
P. Ryder, H. Hocking, D. Heppell
Int.:
B. Howlett, A. Monfries, D. Myers
Sub.:
N. Lovett-Murray
North Melbourne (15.12.102) were defeated by Essendon (14.20.104).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Harvey (3), L. Adams (2), A. Edwards (2), D. Petrie (2), L. Thomas (2), K. Harper, J. Macmillan, H. McIntosh, D. Wells
Essendon: M. Hurley (2), N. Lovett-Murray (2), J. Melksham (2), B. Stanton (2), D. Heppell, D. Hille, L. Jetta, M. McVeigh, P. Ryder, J. Watson
As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
2012 AFL Season
Round:
Round 1
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 31 March 2012
Time:
7:45 PM
Venue:
Etihad Stadium
Attendance:
45,818
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def. by
Essendon
Score:
15.12.102 - 14.20.104
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| North Melbourne | 4 | . | 3 | 8 | . | 5 | 10 | . | 10 | 15 | . | 12 | 15 | . | 12 | (102) |
| Essendon | 3 | . | 2 | 9 | . | 8 | 13 | . | 14 | 14 | . | 20 | 14 | . | 20 | (104) |
| Margin | NMLB by 7 | ESSE by 9 | ESSE by 22 | ESSE by 2 | ESSE by 2 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 28:22 | 34:53 | 30:39 | 31:08 | 2:05:02 | |||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Brad Scott
(North Melbourne),
James Hird
(Essendon)
Captains:
Andrew Swallow
(North Melbourne),
Jobe Watson
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
J. Armstrong
(#26),
J. Bannister
(#33),
M. Stevic
(#9), E:
B. Hosking
(#16)
Goal Umpire:
D. Dixon,
C. Lai,
E:
C. Roffey
Boundary Umpire:
J. Bennison,
T. Morrison,
D. Tee,
M. Tomkins
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Stanton | ESSE | 5 | 3 |
| Daniel Wells | NMLB | 8 | 2 |
| Jobe Watson | ESSE | 4 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Stanton | ESSE | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paddy Ryder | ESSE | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Wells | NMLB | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jobe Watson | ESSE | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Swallow | NMLB | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Hibberd | ESSE | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Hille | ESSE | 19 | 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 |
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| 13 | Adams, Leigh | WL | 79% | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Anthony, Liam | INT | 77% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | Atley, Shaun | BPR | 95% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Bastinac, Ryan | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Campbell, Matt | SUB↑ | 41% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Cunnington, Ben | RR | 62% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Edwards, Aaron | INT | 93% | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Firrito, Michael | CHB | 97% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | Goldstein, Todd | RU | 80% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 23 | Harper, Kieran | HFFL | 70% | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | Harvey, Brent | RO | 91% | 3 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Macmillan, Jamie | HBFR | 79% | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | McIntosh, Hamish | FPL | 85% | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 42 | McMahon, Scott | BPL | 97% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 41 | Mullett, Aaron | HBFL | 90% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Petrie, Drew | FF | 97% | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Swallow, Andrew (c) | C | 75% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | Tarrant, Robbie | CHF↓ | 45% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Thomas, Lindsay | FPR | 87% | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Thompson, Scott | FB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Wells, Daniel | HFFR | 89% | 1 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | Wright, Sam | WR | 94% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rushed | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 15 | 12 | 342 | 188 | 154 | 80 | 30 | 53 | 26 | 47 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 54 | |||
M. Campbell replaced R. Tarrant.
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 12 | Crameri, Stewart | HFFL | 86% | 0 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Dempsey, Courtenay | WR | 94% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Fletcher, Dustin | FB | 89% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 34 | Hardingham, Kyle | FPR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Heppell, Dyson | RO | 83% | 1 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 43 | Hibberd, Michael | BPR | 91% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Hille, David | CHF | 86% | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 39 | Hocking, Heath | RR↓ | 8% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Hooker, Cale | CHB | 90% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | Howlett, Ben | INT | 75% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Hurley, Michael | FF | 96% | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Jetta, Leroy | FPL | 82% | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 42 | Lovett-Murray, Nathan | SUB↑ | 68% | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | McVeigh, Mark | BPL | 92% | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Melksham, Jake | HBFL | 77% | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Monfries, Angus | INT | 83% | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Myers, David | INT | 80% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 16 | Pears, Tayte | HBFR | 93% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | Ryder, Paddy | RU | 90% | 1 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Stanton, Brent | WL | 84% | 2 | 0 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Watson, Jobe (c) | C | 82% | 1 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | Zaharakis, David | HFFR | 87% | 0 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 14 | 20 | 353 | 225 | 128 | 105 | 44 | 46 | 40 | 56 | 17 | 26 | 35 | 67 | |||
N. Lovett-Murray replaced H. Hocking.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| North Melbourne | Coach: Brad Scott | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 | M. McVeigh | 31 | D. Fletcher | 43 | M. Hibberd | 22 | T. Goldstein | 4 | L. Anthony | ||||||
| 12 | L. Thomas | 20 | D. Petrie | 1 | H. McIntosh | 10 | B. Cunnington | 3 | R. Bastinac | ||||||
| FORWARD | 29 | B. Harvey | 27 | A. Edwards | |||||||||||
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| 17 | J. Melksham | 26 | C. Hooker | 16 | T. Pears |
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| 19 | S. Wright | 9 | A. Swallow (c) | 13 | L. Adams | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 30 | P. Ryder | 40 | B. Howlett | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 39 | H. Hocking | 6 | A. Monfries | |||||||||||
| 12 | S. Crameri | 19 | D. Hille | 11 | D. Zaharakis | 21 | D. Heppell | 23 | D. Myers | ||||||
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| Essendon | Coach: James Hird | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | NMLB | Lindsay Thomas behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 01:50 |
| ESSE | Leroy Jetta goal | 0.1.1 | - | 1.0.6 | 04:09 | |
| ESSE | Heath Hocking behind | 0.1.1 | - | 1.1.7 | 05:19 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie behind | 0.2.2 | - | 1.1.7 | 06:18 | |
| NMLB | Daniel Wells behind | 0.3.3 | - | 1.1.7 | 06:52 | |
| NMLB | Leigh Adams goal | 1.3.9 | - | 1.1.7 | 08:16 | |
| ESSE | Paddy Ryder goal | 1.3.9 | - | 2.1.13 | 10:45 | |
| NMLB | Kieran Harper goal | 2.3.15 | - | 2.1.13 | 12:48 | |
| ESSE | Dyson Heppell goal | 2.3.15 | - | 3.1.19 | 13:54 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie goal | 3.3.21 | - | 3.1.19 | 19:59 | |
| NMLB | Leigh Adams goal | 4.3.27 | - | 3.1.19 | 24:06 | |
| ESSE | Stewart Crameri behind | 4.3.27 | - | 3.2.20 | 25:49 | |
| Q2 | ESSE | Stewart Crameri behind | 4.3.27 | - | 3.3.21 | 03:59 |
| ESSE | Jake Melksham goal | 4.3.27 | - | 4.3.27 | 05:41 | |
| NMLB | Brent Harvey goal | 5.3.33 | - | 4.3.27 | 07:04 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie goal | 6.3.39 | - | 4.3.27 | 08:12 | |
| ESSE | Jobe Watson behind | 6.3.39 | - | 4.4.28 | 10:13 | |
| ESSE | David Zaharakis behind | 6.3.39 | - | 4.5.29 | 11:10 | |
| NMLB | Brent Harvey goal | 7.3.45 | - | 4.5.29 | 12:14 | |
| NMLB | Kieran Harper behind | 7.4.46 | - | 4.5.29 | 13:44 | |
| ESSE | David Hille behind | 7.4.46 | - | 4.6.30 | 14:54 | |
| ESSE | Nathan Lovett-Murray goal | 7.4.46 | - | 5.6.36 | 15:59 | |
| ESSE | Michael Hurley goal | 7.4.46 | - | 6.6.42 | 17:39 | |
| NMLB | Lindsay Thomas goal | 8.4.52 | - | 6.6.42 | 20:38 | |
| NMLB | Lindsay Thomas behind | 8.5.53 | - | 6.6.42 | 25:30 | |
| ESSE | Stewart Crameri behind | 8.5.53 | - | 6.7.43 | 27:14 | |
| ESSE | Brent Stanton goal | 8.5.53 | - | 7.7.49 | 27:59 | |
| ESSE | Nathan Lovett-Murray goal | 8.5.53 | - | 8.7.55 | 29:42 | |
| ESSE | Mark McVeigh goal | 8.5.53 | - | 9.7.61 | 32:08 | |
| ESSE | Paddy Ryder behind | 8.5.53 | - | 9.8.62 | 34:46 | |
| Q3 | NMLB | Hamish McIntosh goal | 9.5.59 | - | 9.8.62 | 00:52 |
| NMLB | Leigh Adams behind | 9.6.60 | - | 9.8.62 | 04:47 | |
| NMLB | Lindsay Thomas goal | 10.6.66 | - | 9.8.62 | 07:17 | |
| ESSE | David Zaharakis behind | 10.6.66 | - | 9.9.63 | 10:25 | |
| ESSE | Michael Hurley goal | 10.6.66 | - | 10.9.69 | 11:38 | |
| ESSE | Leroy Jetta behind | 10.6.66 | - | 10.10.70 | 13:18 | |
| ESSE | Jobe Watson goal | 10.6.66 | - | 11.10.76 | 14:17 | |
| ESSE | David Hille goal | 10.6.66 | - | 12.10.82 | 15:23 | |
| ESSE | Jake Melksham behind | 10.6.66 | - | 12.11.83 | 17:10 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 10.7.67 | - | 12.11.83 | 18:12 | |
| ESSE | Stewart Crameri behind | 10.7.67 | - | 12.12.84 | 19:43 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 10.8.68 | - | 12.12.84 | 21:20 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 10.9.69 | - | 12.12.84 | 23:10 | |
| NMLB | Daniel Wells behind | 10.10.70 | - | 12.12.84 | 24:18 | |
| ESSE | Brent Stanton goal | 10.10.70 | - | 13.12.90 | 25:37 | |
| ESSE | Leroy Jetta behind | 10.10.70 | - | 13.13.91 | 26:33 | |
| ESSE | Rushed behind | 10.10.70 | - | 13.14.92 | 29:54 | |
| Q4 | ESSE | Rushed behind | 10.10.70 | - | 13.15.93 | 01:58 |
| NMLB | Jamie Macmillan goal | 11.10.76 | - | 13.15.93 | 03:48 | |
| ESSE | Angus Monfries behind | 11.10.76 | - | 13.16.94 | 06:46 | |
| ESSE | Stewart Crameri behind | 11.10.76 | - | 13.17.95 | 08:31 | |
| ESSE | Jake Melksham goal | 11.10.76 | - | 14.17.101 | 09:57 | |
| NMLB | Brent Harvey goal | 12.10.82 | - | 14.17.101 | 11:49 | |
| ESSE | Michael Hurley behind | 12.10.82 | - | 14.18.102 | 13:35 | |
| NMLB | Aaron Edwards goal | 13.10.88 | - | 14.18.102 | 15:47 | |
| ESSE | Rushed behind | 13.10.88 | - | 14.19.103 | 16:58 | |
| NMLB | Daniel Wells goal | 14.10.94 | - | 14.19.103 | 17:38 | |
| ESSE | Leroy Jetta behind | 14.10.94 | - | 14.20.104 | 19:57 | |
| NMLB | Aaron Edwards goal | 15.10.100 | - | 14.20.104 | 22:38 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 15.11.101 | - | 14.20.104 | 28:05 | |
| NMLB | Hamish McIntosh behind | 15.12.102 | - | 14.20.104 | 30:57 | |