2012 AFL Round 7: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 2012 between North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 7 of the 2012 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. Matthew Boyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Brendan McCartney.

North Melbourne
Back: J. Macmillan, S. Thompson, L. Delaney
Half-back: D. Wells, M. Firrito, C. Delaney
Centre: S. Atley, A. Swallow (capt.), B. Harvey
Half-forward: B. Cunnington, T. Goldstein, K. Harper
Forward: A. Edwards, D. Petrie, S. Wright
Follower: H. McIntosh, J. Ziebell, R. Bastinac
Int.: L. Adams, L. Anthony, L. Thomas
Sub.: B. McKenzie

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Murphy, B. Lake, R. Hargrave
Half-back: D. Cross, M. Austin, D. Addison
Centre: L. Picken, M. Boyd (capt.), S. Higgins
Half-forward: T. Dickson, J. Roughead, P. Veszpremi
Forward: J. Grant, A. Cordy, D. Giansiracusa
Follower: W. Minson, R. Griffen, T. Liberatore
Int.: L. Dahlhaus, J. Sherman, M. Wallis
Sub.: C. Smith

North Melbourne (12.11.83) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (15.11.101).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: D. Petrie (3), L. Thomas (3), L. Anthony (2), L. Adams, B. Cunnington, A. Edwards, K. Harper
Western Bulldogs: T. Dickson (4), D. Giansiracusa (3), S. Higgins (2), J. Sherman (2), A. Cordy, D. Cross, B. Murphy, M. Wallis

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Western Bulldogs remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 13 May 2012
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 20,885

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 12.11.83 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	3	.	1	6	.	5	11	.	8	12	.	11	12	.	11	(83)
Western Bulldogs	3	.	3	9	.	6	14	.	8	15	.	11	15	.	11	(101)
Margin	WBUL by 2			WBUL by 19			WBUL by 18			WBUL by 18			WBUL by 18
Duration	32:41			33:10			31:51			26:22			2:04:04

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), Brendan McCartney (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne), Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Jennings (#24), M. Nicholls (#15), S. Wenn (#22), E: S. Gleeson (#37)
Goal Umpire: C. Lai, S. Williams, E: J. Venkataya
Boundary Umpire: G. Bergroth, M. Marantelli, C. Morrison, M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Ryan Griffen	WBUL	16	3
Brian Lake	WBUL	36	2
Andrew Swallow	NMLB	9	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Matthew Boyd	WBUL	5	10	2	0	0	0	0
Ryan Griffen	WBUL	16	8	0	2	0	0	0
Brian Lake	WBUL	36	6	0	0	2	0	0
Liam Picken	WBUL	42	2	0	0	0	1	0
Mitch Wallis	WBUL	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
Tory Dickson	WBUL	29	1	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Thompson	NMLB	16	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
13	Adams, Leigh	INT	81%	1	1	11	7	4	2	0	6	2	0	0	0	1	4
4	Anthony, Liam	INT	73%	2	0	27	14	13	5	0	2	4	5	1	0	5	5
18	Atley, Shaun	WL	93%	0	0	19	9	10	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	3
3	Bastinac, Ryan	RO	79%	0	1	21	10	11	2	0	3	3	4	0	3	1	1
10	Cunnington, Ben	HFFL	82%	1	0	11	4	7	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1
31	Delaney, Cameron	HBFR	92%	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	6	0	1	0	0	2	0
15	Delaney, Luke	BPR	97%	0	0	11	3	8	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1
27	Edwards, Aaron	FPL	81%	1	1	11	5	6	6	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	2
11	Firrito, Michael	CHB	98%	0	0	17	10	7	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	3	1
22	Goldstein, Todd	CHF	92%	0	0	12	4	8	4	27	6	2	2	0	1	1	0
23	Harper, Kieran	HFFR	84%	1	2	8	5	3	3	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
29	Harvey, Brent	WR	89%	0	0	23	14	9	3	0	2	3	3	1	2	1	3
34	Macmillan, Jamie	BPL	87%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	4
1	McIntosh, Hamish	RU↓	61%	0	0	13	8	5	3	17	3	1	1	0	1	1	4
2	McKenzie, Brad	SUB↑	19%	0	0	4	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
20	Petrie, Drew	FF	90%	3	1	9	5	4	5	0	3	0	2	2	2	0	1
9	Swallow, Andrew (c)	C	81%	0	0	22	13	9	2	0	9	1	4	2	2	4	2
12	Thomas, Lindsay	INT	82%	3	2	15	11	4	3	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	3
16	Thompson, Scott	FB	93%	0	0	29	15	14	7	0	2	2	2	1	0	7	2
8	Wells, Daniel	HBFL	86%	0	1	24	15	9	2	1	4	4	5	0	1	3	8
19	Wright, Sam	FPR	91%	0	0	14	8	6	2	0	6	1	1	2	1	3	0
7	Ziebell, Jack	RR	67%	0	0	16	8	8	4	0	6	3	3	2	1	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				12	11	337	183	154	73	46	77	32	43	14	18	40	48

B. McKenzie replaced H. McIntosh.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
22	Addison, Dylan	HBFR	90%	0	0	13	8	5	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0
47	Austin, Mark	CHB	93%	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
5	Boyd, Matthew (c)	C	89%	0	2	45	33	12	7	2	4	10	6	1	0	3	5
49	Cordy, Ayce	FF	93%	1	1	12	6	6	4	0	4	1	3	1	1	0	3
4	Cross, Daniel	HBFL	85%	1	0	19	12	7	5	0	5	0	1	2	0	3	1
40	Dahlhaus, Luke	INT	77%	0	1	23	8	15	2	0	3	5	2	1	1	1	5
29	Dickson, Tory	HFFL	91%	4	1	12	8	4	5	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	3
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	FPR	85%	3	0	14	11	3	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5
1	Grant, Jarrad	FPL	80%	0	1	13	7	6	3	0	4	0	1	1	1	2	3
16	Griffen, Ryan	RR	79%	0	0	33	25	8	4	0	6	5	3	0	1	3	12
25	Hargrave, Ryan	BPR	91%	0	0	23	15	8	7	0	2	1	1	2	0	3	2
7	Higgins, Shaun	WR	89%	2	2	11	6	5	2	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	1
36	Lake, Brian	FB	100%	0	0	26	18	8	12	0	2	0	4	1	2	6	0
21	Liberatore, Tom	RO	68%	0	0	22	10	12	3	0	4	6	0	3	0	0	4
27	Minson, Will	RU	87%	0	0	9	4	5	3	34	2	0	3	0	3	1	2
2	Murphy, Bob	BPL	90%	1	0	21	16	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
42	Picken, Liam	WL	89%	0	0	16	4	12	3	0	4	3	3	1	1	1	1
23	Roughead, Jordan	CHF↓	69%	0	0	6	2	4	2	4	8	1	1	1	0	0	1
11	Sherman, Justin	INT	84%	2	3	21	13	8	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	2
14	Smith, Clay	SUB↑	12%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	Veszpremi, Patrick	HFFR	82%	0	0	25	12	13	3	0	3	2	3	0	2	2	3
3	Wallis, Mitch	INT	76%	1	0	28	11	17	4	0	8	5	3	2	0	0	2
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				15	11	403	235	168	90	40	81	42	40	18	14	33	59

C. Smith replaced J. Roughead.

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: Brad Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	B. Murphy	36	B. Lake	25	R. Hargrave	1	H. McIntosh	13	L. Adams
	19	S. Wright	20	D. Petrie	27	A. Edwards	7	J. Ziebell	4	L. Anthony
FORWARD							3	R. Bastinac	12	L. Thomas
HALF-BACK									2	B. McKenzie
	4	D. Cross	47	M. Austin	22	D. Addison
	23	K. Harper	22	T. Goldstein	10	B. Cunnington
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	42	L. Picken	5	M. Boyd (c)	7	S. Higgins
	29	B. Harvey	9	A. Swallow (c)	18	S. Atley	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							27	W. Minson	40	L. Dahlhaus
HALF-FORWARD							16	R. Griffen	11	J. Sherman
	29	T. Dickson	23	J. Roughead	8	P. Veszpremi	21	T. Liberatore	3	M. Wallis
	31	C. Delaney	11	M. Firrito	8	D. Wells			14	C. Smith
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	1	J. Grant	49	A. Cordy	13	D. Giansiracusa
	15	L. Delaney	16	S. Thompson	34	J. Macmillan
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Brendan McCartney

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Matthew Boyd behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:03
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins goal	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	02:09
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins behind	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	03:28
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	05:01
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington goal	2.0.12	-	1.2.8	06:07
	WBUL	Matthew Boyd behind	2.0.12	-	1.3.9	07:58
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	2.0.12	-	2.3.15	15:00
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas goal	3.0.18	-	2.3.15	21:42
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	3.0.18	-	3.3.21	24:55
	NMLB	Leigh Adams behind	3.1.19	-	3.3.21	29:01
Q2	WBUL	Justin Sherman behind	3.1.19	-	3.4.22	00:15
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas behind	3.2.20	-	3.4.22	00:51
	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	3.3.21	-	3.4.22	06:24
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	3.3.21	-	4.4.28	07:59
	NMLB	Kieran Harper goal	4.3.27	-	4.4.28	09:01
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins goal	4.3.27	-	5.4.34	12:28
	WBUL	Ayce Cordy goal	4.3.27	-	6.4.40	16:18
	NMLB	Aaron Edwards behind	4.4.28	-	6.4.40	17:22
	WBUL	Justin Sherman behind	4.4.28	-	6.5.41	18:28
	NMLB	Leigh Adams goal	5.4.34	-	6.5.41	19:37
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	5.4.34	-	7.5.47	20:56
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas behind	5.5.35	-	7.5.47	23:58
	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	5.5.35	-	8.5.53	26:02
	WBUL	Tory Dickson behind	5.5.35	-	8.6.54	27:01
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas goal	6.5.41	-	8.6.54	27:48
	WBUL	Mitch Wallis goal	6.5.41	-	9.6.60	31:09
Q3	WBUL	Tory Dickson goal	6.5.41	-	10.6.66	00:56
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas goal	7.5.47	-	10.6.66	02:01
	WBUL	Daniel Cross goal	7.5.47	-	11.6.72	05:35
	NMLB	Liam Anthony goal	8.5.53	-	11.6.72	08:43
	WBUL	Shaun Higgins behind	8.5.53	-	11.7.73	10:32
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	9.5.59	-	11.7.73	11:59
	WBUL	Justin Sherman goal	9.5.59	-	12.7.79	12:58
	WBUL	Justin Sherman goal	9.5.59	-	13.7.85	14:43
	NMLB	Aaron Edwards goal	10.5.65	-	13.7.85	16:01
	WBUL	Bob Murphy goal	10.5.65	-	14.7.91	18:28
	NMLB	Liam Anthony goal	11.5.71	-	14.7.91	22:51
	NMLB	Kieran Harper behind	11.6.72	-	14.7.91	24:00
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus behind	11.6.72	-	14.8.92	27:17
	NMLB	Ryan Bastinac behind	11.7.73	-	14.8.92	28:43
	NMLB	Daniel Wells behind	11.8.74	-	14.8.92	29:20
Q4	NMLB	Rushed behind	11.9.75	-	14.8.92	01:39
	NMLB	Rushed behind	11.10.76	-	14.8.92	03:17
	WBUL	Jarrad Grant behind	11.10.76	-	14.9.93	07:04
	NMLB	Kieran Harper behind	11.11.77	-	14.9.93	08:57
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	11.11.77	-	15.9.99	11:58
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	12.11.83	-	15.9.99	13:31
	WBUL	Ayce Cordy behind	12.11.83	-	15.10.100	16:55
	WBUL	Justin Sherman behind	12.11.83	-	15.11.101	18:31

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