2014 AFL Season Elimination Final 2: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 2014 between North Melbourne and Essendon in the second elimination final of the 2014 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. Jobe Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

North Melbourne (14.9.93) defeated Essendon (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 2014 AFL Season
Round: Second Elimination Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 September 2014
Time: 7:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 78,561

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 14.9.93 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 3 2 . 4 9 . 5 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Essendon 2 . 4 6 . 7 10 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 9 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 12
Duration 27:44 30:20 31:36 30:51 2:00:31

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (North Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Andrew Swallow
Coach: Brad Scott

Essendon

Captain: Jobe Watson
Coach: Mark Thompson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Donlon (#1)
R. Findlay (#23)
D. Margetts (#6)
E: S. McInerney (#30)

Goal Umpires

B. Rogers
J. Venkataya
E: D. Dixon

Boundary Umpires

J. Collingridge
N. Doig
R. Haala
C. Roberts

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Atley, Shaun HBFR 88% 0 1 21 16 5 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 9
3 Bastinac, Ryan SUB↑ 28% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1
35 Black, Aaron FPR 94% 0 0 12 10 2 9 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 3
50 Brown, Ben CHF 95% 4 1 9 8 1 6 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 70% 1 0 30 12 18 7 0 3 7 2 1 1 2 1
15 Dal Santo, Nick INT 84% 1 0 24 16 8 4 1 4 2 1 0 0 3 2
11 Firrito, Michael BPR 95% 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 1
43 Gibson, Sam INT 86% 1 0 27 17 10 10 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 4
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 87% 0 0 11 4 7 1 39 7 5 2 0 2 0 0
24 Greenwood, Levi HFFL 86% 1 0 32 20 12 7 0 7 6 5 0 2 0 7
17 Grima, Nathan CHB 91% 0 0 19 12 7 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 1
5 Jacobs, Ben WR↓ 60% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFL 82% 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 5 0 2 1 1 2 0
21 McDonald, Luke BPL 85% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 4 0
20 Petrie, Drew FF 96% 2 2 11 7 4 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 Swallow, Andrew (c) C 76% 0 1 23 9 14 5 0 3 4 2 0 2 1 3
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPL 90% 3 1 10 8 2 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1
16 Thompson, Scott FB 97% 0 1 24 17 7 13 0 2 0 1 2 0 6 7
40 Turner, Kayne HFFR 79% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 4
8 Wells, Daniel INT 76% 0 0 28 14 14 9 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 3
19 Wright, Sam WL 81% 0 0 23 14 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3
7 Ziebell, Jack RO 75% 1 0 12 10 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 14 9 390 234 156 122 43 57 37 40 12 16 38 59

R. Bastinac replaced B. Jacobs during the third quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 89% 0 0 20 7 13 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 1
2 Bellchambers, Tom FF 78% 1 1 12 8 4 4 9 0 1 2 1 1 0 2
3 Chapman, Paul HFFL 77% 2 1 22 12 10 3 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 4
32 Colyer, Travis HFFR 90% 2 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4
6 Daniher, Joe CHF 88% 4 1 11 8 3 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
15 Dempsey, Courtenay SUB↑ 33% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Gleeson, Martin INT↓ 54% 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
9 Goddard, Brendon WL 83% 1 0 23 14 9 5 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 7
21 Heppell, Dyson WR 86% 0 1 34 20 14 5 4 2 7 2 1 0 5 6
1 Hibberd, Michael HBFR 86% 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 3 2 3 1 0 9 2
39 Hocking, Heath RO 86% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 5
26 Hooker, Cale FB 98% 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1
40 Howlett, Ben INT 83% 1 0 15 7 8 2 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 3
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 94% 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1
27 Merrett, Zach FPR 85% 0 2 18 10 8 4 0 5 2 2 1 0 2 3
23 Myers, David RR 81% 0 1 20 12 8 2 2 6 3 2 1 0 0 5
30 Ryder, Paddy RU 90% 1 1 15 7 8 5 19 3 3 0 1 0 2 2
5 Stanton, Brent INT 84% 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 6 0 4 0 0 3 2
25 Steinberg, Ariel BPR 79% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0
4 Watson, Jobe (c) C 89% 0 0 25 8 17 6 0 6 5 5 0 3 0 1
8 Winderlich, Jason HBFL 86% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 2
11 Zaharakis, David FPL 83% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 9 371 207 164 71 35 64 36 38 16 12 42 53

C. Dempsey replaced M. Gleeson during the third quarter.

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
12 M. Baguley 26 C. Hooker 25 A. Steinberg 22 T. Goldstein 15 N. Dal Santo
35 A. Black 20 D. Petrie 12 L. Thomas 10 B. Cunnington 43 S. Gibson
FORWARD 7 J. Ziebell 8 D. Wells
HALF-BACK

3 R. Bastinac
8 J. Winderlich 18 M. Hurley 1 M. Hibberd



40 K. Turner 50 B. Brown 24 L. Greenwood



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 B. Goddard 4 J. Watson (c) 21 D. Heppell



5 B. Jacobs 9 A. Swallow (c) 19 S. Wright FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 30 P. Ryder 35 M. Gleeson
HALF-FORWARD 23 D. Myers 40 B. Howlett
3 P. Chapman 6 J. Daniher 32 T. Colyer 39 H. Hocking 5 B. Stanton
18 S. Atley 17 N. Grima 34 J. Macmillan

15 C. Dempsey
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 D. Zaharakis 2 T. Bellchambers 27 Z. Merrett



11 M. Firrito 16 S. Thompson 21 L. McDonald



BACK



Essendon Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Joe Daniher goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:47
ESSE Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:01
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 06:32
ESSE Travis Colyer goal 0.0.0 - 2.2.14 08:19
ESSE Paul Chapman behind 0.0.0 - 2.3.15 10:25
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 0.1.1 - 2.3.15 13:02
NMLB Nick Dal Santo goal 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 13:23
NMLB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.3.15 15:45
NMLB Levi Greenwood goal 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 16:47
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 2.2.14 - 2.4.16 20:48
NMLB Ben Brown behind 2.3.15 - 2.4.16 24:33
Q2 ESSE Travis Colyer goal 2.3.15 - 3.4.22 04:12
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 2.3.15 - 4.4.28 06:56
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 2.3.15 - 5.4.34 17:00
ESSE Paul Chapman goal 2.3.15 - 6.4.40 21:04
NMLB Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 6.4.40 23:18
ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 2.4.16 - 6.5.41 24:29
ESSE David Myers behind 2.4.16 - 6.6.42 27:02
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 2.4.16 - 6.7.43 29:30
Q3 NMLB Shaun Atley behind 2.5.17 - 6.7.43 00:44
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 2.5.17 - 6.8.44 02:28
ESSE Paul Chapman goal 2.5.17 - 7.8.50 03:52
NMLB Ben Brown goal 3.5.23 - 7.8.50 06:06
NMLB Ben Brown goal 4.5.29 - 7.8.50 07:39
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 5.5.35 - 7.8.50 09:07
NMLB Ben Brown goal 6.5.41 - 7.8.50 13:24
NMLB Sam Gibson goal 7.5.47 - 7.8.50 17:30
ESSE Ben Howlett goal 7.5.47 - 8.8.56 20:20
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 8.5.53 - 8.8.56 23:08
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 8.5.53 - 9.8.62 24:19
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 9.5.59 - 9.8.62 28:08
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 9.5.59 - 10.8.68 31:30
Q4 NMLB Ben Brown goal 10.5.65 - 10.8.68 01:58
NMLB Andrew Swallow behind 10.6.66 - 10.8.68 03:08
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 10.6.66 - 11.8.74 06:24
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 11.6.72 - 11.8.74 08:02
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 11.7.73 - 11.8.74 09:38
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 12.7.79 - 11.8.74 11:04
ESSE Paddy Ryder goal 12.7.79 - 12.8.80 18:05
NMLB Scott Thompson behind 12.8.80 - 12.8.80 19:42
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 12.8.80 - 12.9.81 20:50
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 13.8.86 - 12.9.81 23:45
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 14.8.92 - 12.9.81 24:49
NMLB Drew Petrie behind 14.9.93 - 12.9.81 26:56