2013 AFL Round 21: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 2013 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round 21 of the 2013 AFL season. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Essendon
Back: M. Hibberd, T. Pears, K. Hardingham
Half-back: M. Baguley, C. Hooker, B. Goddard
Centre: H. Hocking, J. Watson (capt.), L. Dalgleish
Half-forward: J. Daniher, S. Crameri, D. Heppell
Forward: N. Kommer, J. Carlisle, A. Davey
Follower: T. Bellchambers, J. Melksham, B. Stanton
Int.: B. Howlett, N. O'Brien, D. Zaharakis
Sub.: L. Jetta

North Melbourne
Back: L. Hansen, L. Delaney, A. Mullett
Half-back: S. Wright, N. Grima, S. Atley
Centre: R. Bastinac, D. Wells, S. Gibson
Half-forward: L. Adams, R. Tarrant, B. Harvey
Forward: L. Thomas, D. Petrie, A. Black
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, B. McKenzie
Int.: L. Greenwood, B. Jacobs, J. Macmillan
Sub.: W. Sierakowski

Essendon (9.16.70) were defeated by North Melbourne (17.13.115).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Melksham (3), T. Bellchambers (2), A. Davey (2), K. Hardingham, N. Kommer
North Melbourne: D. Wells (4), D. Petrie (3), R. Tarrant (3), R. Bastinac, B. Cunnington, S. Gibson, N. Grima, J. Macmillan, L. Thomas, S. Wright

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 7th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2013 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 August 2013
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 34,102

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by North Melbourne
Score: 9.16.70 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	1	.	3	4	.	8	6	.	12	9	.	16	9	.	16	(70)
North Melbourne	2	.	3	7	.	6	13	.	10	17	.	13	17	.	13	(115)
Margin	NMLB by 6			NMLB by 16			NMLB by 40			NMLB by 45			NMLB by 45
Duration	26:25			29:51			30:38			30:24			1:57:18

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Farmer (#4), B. Hosking (#16), S. Jeffery (#29), E: M. Nicholls (#15)
Goal Umpire: M. Canning, D. Wilson, E: A. Wojcik
Boundary Umpire: J. Bennison, G. Bergroth, R. Haala, G. Large

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Drew Petrie	NMLB	20	3
Levi Greenwood	NMLB	24	2
Daniel Wells	NMLB	8	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Levi Greenwood	NMLB	24	9	1	1	0	0	0
Daniel Wells	NMLB	8	9	1	1	0	0	0
Drew Petrie	NMLB	20	6	0	0	2	0	0
Jake Melksham	ESSE	17	2	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Wright	NMLB	19	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ben Cunnington	NMLB	10	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lachlan Hansen	NMLB	6	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	94%	0	0	21	6	15	8	0	4	0	3	0	0	4	0
2	Bellchambers, Tom	RU	89%	2	0	9	7	2	3	26	0	1	2	2	2	1	2
22	Carlisle, Jake	FF	98%	0	0	21	13	8	8	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	0
12	Crameri, Stewart	CHF	90%	0	2	10	6	4	1	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	2
36	Dalgleish, Lauchlan	WR	84%	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	3
6	Daniher, Joe	HFFL	87%	0	4	11	7	4	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
29	Davey, Alwyn	FPR	76%	2	0	10	6	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
9	Goddard, Brendon	HBFR	87%	0	0	30	15	15	5	0	2	6	2	1	0	1	4
34	Hardingham, Kyle	BPR	88%	1	2	14	9	5	7	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	3
21	Heppell, Dyson	HFFR↓	18%	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
1	Hibberd, Michael	BPL	90%	0	0	26	15	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
39	Hocking, Heath	WL	89%	0	1	15	5	10	5	1	3	2	1	2	1	1	2
26	Hooker, Cale	CHB	97%	0	0	18	9	9	5	0	3	0	6	0	4	6	0
40	Howlett, Ben	INT	76%	0	1	15	8	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2
7	Jetta, Leroy	SUB↑	63%	0	1	15	5	10	2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	3
38	Kommer, Nick	FPL	83%	1	0	11	6	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
17	Melksham, Jake	RR	82%	3	2	19	13	6	4	0	4	5	4	2	2	0	5
10	O'Brien, Nick	INT	74%	0	0	6	2	4	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
16	Pears, Tayte	FB	91%	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	2	0	4	0	2	2	0
5	Stanton, Brent	RO	83%	0	1	23	17	6	6	0	3	3	1	2	0	2	3
4	Watson, Jobe (c)	C	82%	0	0	31	14	17	5	0	7	6	2	2	0	3	3
11	Zaharakis, David	INT	79%	0	0	17	8	9	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	4
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				9	16	355	191	164	88	28	46	32	36	16	15	35	42

L. Jetta replaced D. Heppell.

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Adams, Leigh	HFFL↓	63%	0	1	15	5	10	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
18	Atley, Shaun	HBFR	92%	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	4	0	2	1	1	3	3
3	Bastinac, Ryan	WL	82%	1	0	21	15	6	6	0	1	6	1	0	0	2	2
35	Black, Aaron	FPR	87%	0	2	17	11	6	8	1	2	0	4	1	2	1	4
10	Cunnington, Ben	RR	73%	1	0	24	14	10	4	0	5	7	3	0	3	2	5
15	Delaney, Luke	FB	90%	0	0	9	7	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
43	Gibson, Sam	WR	85%	1	0	10	8	2	3	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	1
22	Goldstein, Todd	RU	92%	0	0	14	3	11	3	30	6	4	1	0	0	0	2
24	Greenwood, Levi	INT	78%	0	0	38	13	25	2	0	4	4	5	1	1	1	6
17	Grima, Nathan	CHB	84%	1	0	16	11	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4
6	Hansen, Lachlan	BPL	91%	0	0	24	14	10	9	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	2
29	Harvey, Brent	HFFR	85%	0	1	20	12	8	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	3
5	Jacobs, Ben	INT	78%	0	2	19	10	9	2	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	5
34	Macmillan, Jamie	INT	86%	1	0	16	8	8	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	2
2	McKenzie, Brad	RO	71%	0	0	18	13	5	6	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	1
41	Mullett, Aaron	BPR	91%	0	0	16	9	7	2	0	1	2	2	0	1	4	1
20	Petrie, Drew	FF	95%	3	1	20	18	2	10	6	5	0	1	4	1	0	3
28	Sierakowski, Will	SUB↑	24%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Tarrant, Robbie	CHF	89%	3	2	10	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
12	Thomas, Lindsay	FPL	94%	1	1	14	10	4	4	0	4	1	3	2	1	1	5
8	Wells, Daniel	C	80%	4	0	17	14	3	5	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	3
19	Wright, Sam	HBFL	91%	1	1	25	15	10	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				17	13	376	225	151	104	37	51	32	33	15	15	27	54

W. Sierakowski 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

Player Line-Up

Essendon							Coach: James Hird
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	6	L. Hansen	15	L. Delaney	41	A. Mullett	2	T. Bellchambers	40	B. Howlett
	29	A. Davey	22	J. Carlisle	38	N. Kommer	17	J. Melksham	10	N. O'Brien
FORWARD							5	B. Stanton	11	D. Zaharakis
HALF-BACK									7	L. Jetta
	19	S. Wright	17	N. Grima	18	S. Atley
	21	D. Heppell	12	S. Crameri	6	J. Daniher
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	3	R. Bastinac	8	D. Wells	43	S. Gibson
	36	L. Dalgleish	4	J. Watson (c)	39	H. Hocking	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							22	T. Goldstein	24	L. Greenwood
HALF-FORWARD							10	B. Cunnington	5	B. Jacobs
	13	L. Adams	25	R. Tarrant	29	B. Harvey	2	B. McKenzie	34	J. Macmillan
	9	B. Goddard	26	C. Hooker	46	M. Baguley			28	W. Sierakowski
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	12	L. Thomas	20	D. Petrie	35	A. Black
	34	K. Hardingham	16	T. Pears	1	M. Hibberd
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:41
	ESSE	Joe Daniher behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	02:59
	NMLB	Daniel Wells goal	0.1.1	-	2.0.12	05:32
	NMLB	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	2.1.13	08:02
	NMLB	Ben Jacobs behind	0.1.1	-	2.2.14	09:18
	ESSE	Jake Melksham goal	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	11:57
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	2.2.14	17:52
	NMLB	Sam Wright behind	1.2.8	-	2.3.15	21:08
	ESSE	Jake Melksham behind	1.3.9	-	2.3.15	22:28
Q2	ESSE	Kyle Hardingham behind	1.4.10	-	2.3.15	00:26
	ESSE	Joe Daniher behind	1.5.11	-	2.3.15	02:53
	ESSE	Jake Melksham goal	2.5.17	-	2.3.15	03:26
	NMLB	Leigh Adams behind	2.5.17	-	2.4.16	04:51
	NMLB	Sam Gibson goal	2.5.17	-	3.4.22	06:50
	ESSE	Joe Daniher behind	2.6.18	-	3.4.22	08:20
	ESSE	Rushed behind	2.7.19	-	3.4.22	10:18
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	2.7.19	-	4.4.28	12:18
	NMLB	Daniel Wells goal	2.7.19	-	5.4.34	14:44
	ESSE	Tom Bellchambers goal	3.7.25	-	5.4.34	16:09
	ESSE	Stewart Crameri behind	3.8.26	-	5.4.34	17:15
	NMLB	Jamie Macmillan goal	3.8.26	-	6.4.40	18:25
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington goal	3.8.26	-	7.4.46	23:02
	ESSE	Nick Kommer goal	4.8.32	-	7.4.46	24:16
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas behind	4.8.32	-	7.5.47	25:54
	NMLB	Robbie Tarrant behind	4.8.32	-	7.6.48	27:27
Q3	NMLB	Daniel Wells goal	4.8.32	-	8.6.54	00:33
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	4.8.32	-	9.6.60	02:50
	ESSE	Joe Daniher behind	4.9.33	-	9.6.60	05:06
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	4.9.33	-	10.6.66	06:32
	ESSE	Jake Melksham behind	4.10.34	-	10.6.66	08:45
	NMLB	Rushed behind	4.10.34	-	10.7.67	10:59
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey goal	5.10.40	-	10.7.67	11:16
	NMLB	Aaron Black behind	5.10.40	-	10.8.68	13:05
	NMLB	Sam Wright goal	5.10.40	-	11.8.74	17:06
	ESSE	Stewart Crameri behind	5.11.41	-	11.8.74	18:15
	NMLB	Aaron Black behind	5.11.41	-	11.9.75	19:02
	ESSE	Leroy Jetta behind	5.12.42	-	11.9.75	22:26
	NMLB	Daniel Wells goal	5.12.42	-	12.9.81	23:04
	ESSE	Kyle Hardingham goal	6.12.48	-	12.9.81	25:53
	NMLB	Robbie Tarrant goal	6.12.48	-	13.9.87	27:30
	NMLB	Robbie Tarrant behind	6.12.48	-	13.10.88	28:58
Q4	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	6.12.48	-	13.11.89	03:14
	NMLB	Brent Harvey behind	6.12.48	-	13.12.90	04:20
	NMLB	Robbie Tarrant goal	6.12.48	-	14.12.96	06:03
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey goal	7.12.54	-	14.12.96	08:24
	ESSE	Kyle Hardingham behind	7.13.55	-	14.12.96	09:59
	ESSE	Jake Melksham goal	8.13.61	-	14.12.96	13:00
	NMLB	Nathan Grima goal	8.13.61	-	15.12.102	14:29
	ESSE	Heath Hocking behind	8.14.62	-	15.12.102	16:04
	ESSE	Ben Howlett behind	8.15.63	-	15.12.102	16:54
	ESSE	Tom Bellchambers goal	9.15.69	-	15.12.102	18:01
	ESSE	Brent Stanton behind	9.16.70	-	15.12.102	19:31
	NMLB	Robbie Tarrant goal	9.16.70	-	16.12.108	20:49
	NMLB	Ryan Bastinac goal	9.16.70	-	17.12.114	24:08
	NMLB	Ben Jacobs behind	9.16.70	-	17.13.115	27:27

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