2012 AFL Round 20: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 2012 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round 20 of the 2012 AFL season. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the hosts. Andrew Swallow captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Essendon
Back: J. Melksham, D. Fletcher, M. Hibberd
Half-back: M. Baguley, J. Carlisle, A. Browne
Centre: K. Hardingham, J. Watson (capt.), C. Dempsey
Half-forward: A. Davey, M. Hurley, L. Jetta
Forward: S. Lonergan, S. Gumbleton, S. Crameri
Follower: T. Bellchambers, D. Heppell, H. Hocking
Int.: T. Colyer, B. Lee, N. Lovett-Murray
Sub.: A. Monfries

North Melbourne
Back: S. McMahon, S. Thompson, M. Firrito
Half-back: S. Atley, N. Grima, J. Macmillan
Centre: R. Bastinac, D. Wells, B. Cunnington
Half-forward: L. Adams, R. Tarrant, S. Wright
Forward: K. Harper, D. Petrie, L. Hansen
Follower: T. Goldstein, A. Swallow (capt.), B. Harvey
Int.: L. Anthony, C. Garlett, S. Gibson
Sub.: M. Campbell

Essendon (11.10.76) were defeated by North Melbourne (15.10.100).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. Davey (3), M. Hurley (3), S. Crameri, S. Lonergan, N. Lovett-Murray, J. Melksham, J. Watson
North Melbourne: L. Hansen (3), B. Harvey (3), R. Tarrant (3), C. Garlett (2), S. Gibson (2), D. Wells, S. Wright

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 8th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 12 August 2012
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 42,674

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.10.76 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 8 . 6 9 . 10 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
North Melbourne 6 . 2 8 . 4 11 . 7 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin NMLB by 6 ESSE by 2 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 24
Duration 35:16 28:27 27:27 29:32 2:00:42

Honour Roll

Coaches: James Hird (Essendon), Brad Scott (North Melbourne)
Captains: Jobe Watson (Essendon), Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sam Wright NMLB 19 3
Tom Bellchambers ESSE 44 2
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brent Harvey NMLB 29 10 2 0 0 0 0
Sam Wright NMLB 19 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 6 0 1 0 1 0
Sam Gibson NMLB 43 5 0 0 1 1 0
Tom Bellchambers ESSE 44 1 0 0 0 0 1
Cruize Garlett NMLB 32 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
46 Baguley, Mark HBFL 93% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 4 0 3 1 1 5 2
44 Bellchambers, Tom RU 93% 0 0 14 9 5 9 48 1 1 1 0 1 1 3
24 Browne, Alex HBFR 73% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 2
22 Carlisle, Jake CHB 100% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 1
32 Colyer, Travis INT 79% 0 1 21 14 7 4 0 2 2 4 0 1 3 4
12 Crameri, Stewart FPR 87% 1 1 8 3 5 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 2
29 Davey, Alwyn HFFL 81% 3 0 8 6 2 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 3
15 Dempsey, Courtenay WR 93% 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 3 2 0 3 0 2 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2
3 Gumbleton, Scott FF↓ 59% 0 1 7 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0
34 Hardingham, Kyle WL 99% 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 0
21 Heppell, Dyson RR 83% 0 0 17 12 5 2 2 5 2 3 1 0 3 4
43 Hibberd, Michael BPR 87% 0 0 21 11 10 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 3
39 Hocking, Heath RO 80% 0 1 14 6 8 2 0 3 5 3 2 1 1 3
18 Hurley, Michael CHF 90% 3 2 11 9 2 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1
7 Jetta, Leroy HFFR 80% 0 1 13 6 7 2 0 3 2 8 0 3 0 2
41 Lee, Brendan INT 78% 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 6 3 2 0 1 3 3
14 Lonergan, Sam FPL 76% 1 0 12 6 6 2 0 4 3 3 2 1 4 1
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan INT 78% 1 0 19 7 12 3 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 3
17 Melksham, Jake BPL 75% 1 1 11 8 3 4 0 4 2 3 2 2 1 2
6 Monfries, Angus SUB↑ 27% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
4 Watson, Jobe (c) C 88% 1 0 32 19 13 4 0 7 5 2 3 0 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 11 10 313 182 131 66 52 65 36 51 23 18 37 46

A. Monfries replaced S. Gumbleton during the third quarter.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Adams, Leigh HFFL↓ 17% 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Anthony, Liam INT 86% 0 0 27 17 10 5 0 6 1 2 2 0 1 4
18 Atley, Shaun HBFL 94% 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 3 0 4 1 2 3 4
3 Bastinac, Ryan WL 85% 0 0 25 12 13 5 0 2 0 5 0 2 4 2
33 Campbell, Matt SUB↑ 62% 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 1 3
10 Cunnington, Ben WR 73% 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 4 9 4 0 4 3 4
11 Firrito, Michael BPR 100% 0 0 21 13 8 7 0 3 1 5 0 3 2 2
32 Garlett, Cruize INT 72% 2 2 21 12 9 3 0 3 8 2 2 1 1 3
43 Gibson, Sam INT 84% 2 0 26 13 13 8 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 5
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 95% 0 0 9 4 5 2 34 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
17 Grima, Nathan CHB 84% 0 0 14 6 8 7 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
6 Hansen, Lachlan FPR 93% 3 0 15 10 5 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4
23 Harper, Kieran FPL 74% 0 2 11 5 6 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 3
29 Harvey, Brent RO 93% 3 1 21 9 12 5 0 6 3 4 0 2 1 3
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFR 85% 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 2
42 McMahon, Scott BPL 98% 0 0 22 19 3 8 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 5
20 Petrie, Drew FF 100% 0 0 14 10 4 9 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 2
9 Swallow, Andrew (c) RR 87% 0 1 24 7 17 4 0 7 6 4 3 4 1 2
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHF 100% 3 0 9 4 5 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
16 Thompson, Scott FB 100% 0 0 19 11 8 9 0 2 0 2 1 1 6 1
8 Wells, Daniel C 20% 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
19 Wright, Sam HFFR 99% 1 0 32 22 10 12 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 15 10 387 218 169 106 37 61 40 44 18 23 30 58

M. Campbell replaced L. Adams.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Leigh Adams behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:13
NMLB Lachlan Hansen goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 03:29
NMLB Cruize Garlett goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 05:50
ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 07:31
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 08:49
NMLB Robbie Tarrant goal 2.0.12 - 3.1.19 10:23
NMLB Cruize Garlett goal 2.0.12 - 4.1.25 15:29
ESSE Sam Lonergan goal 3.0.18 - 4.1.25 18:34
NMLB Daniel Wells goal 3.0.18 - 5.1.31 20:44
ESSE Jake Melksham behind 3.1.19 - 5.1.31 21:54
ESSE Michael Hurley goal 4.1.25 - 5.1.31 23:40
ESSE Scott Gumbleton behind 4.2.26 - 5.1.31 28:27
ESSE Jake Melksham goal 5.2.32 - 5.1.31 29:22
NMLB Robbie Tarrant goal 5.2.32 - 6.1.37 30:51
NMLB Brent Harvey behind 5.2.32 - 6.2.38 33:24
Q2 ESSE Leroy Jetta behind 5.3.33 - 6.2.38 01:31
ESSE Michael Hurley behind 5.4.34 - 6.2.38 05:46
NMLB Lachlan Hansen goal 5.4.34 - 7.2.44 06:29
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 6.4.40 - 7.2.44 07:44
NMLB Sam Gibson goal 6.4.40 - 8.2.50 08:48
NMLB Jamie Macmillan behind 6.4.40 - 8.3.51 11:48
ESSE Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 8.3.51 14:50
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 7.5.47 - 8.3.51 17:41
NMLB Cruize Garlett behind 7.5.47 - 8.4.52 18:46
ESSE Dustin Fletcher behind 7.6.48 - 8.4.52 22:30
ESSE Michael Hurley goal 8.6.54 - 8.4.52 26:21
Q3 ESSE Heath Hocking behind 8.7.55 - 8.4.52 02:14
ESSE Michael Hurley behind 8.8.56 - 8.4.52 03:51
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 8.8.56 - 9.4.58 07:38
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 8.8.56 - 10.4.64 08:49
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 8.8.56 - 11.4.70 10:17
NMLB Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 11.5.71 11:39
NMLB Andrew Swallow behind 8.8.56 - 11.6.72 14:23
ESSE Stewart Crameri behind 8.9.57 - 11.6.72 16:44
NMLB Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 11.7.73 21:45
ESSE Travis Colyer behind 8.10.58 - 11.7.73 23:42
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 9.10.64 - 11.7.73 25:35
Q4 ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 10.10.70 - 11.7.73 04:02
NMLB Sam Wright goal 10.10.70 - 12.7.79 06:42
ESSE Michael Hurley goal 11.10.76 - 12.7.79 09:25
NMLB Lachlan Hansen goal 11.10.76 - 13.7.85 13:24
NMLB Kieran Harper behind 11.10.76 - 13.8.86 16:28
NMLB Sam Gibson goal 11.10.76 - 14.8.92 18:25
NMLB Kieran Harper behind 11.10.76 - 14.9.93 22:24
NMLB Cruize Garlett behind 11.10.76 - 14.10.94 23:43
NMLB Robbie Tarrant goal 11.10.76 - 15.10.100 28:32