2014 AFL Round 1: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 March 2014 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 1 of the 2014 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Etihad Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

North Melbourne
Back: A. Mullett, N. Grima, S. McMahon
Half-back: S. Atley, S. Thompson, J. Macmillan
Centre: L. McDonald, J. Ziebell, N. Dal Santo
Half-forward: B. Cunnington, A. Black, S. Wright
Forward: L. Thomas, D. Petrie, L. Hansen
Follower: T. Goldstein, D. Wells, B. Harvey
Int.: R. Bastinac, S. Gibson, B. McKenzie
Sub.: L. Adams

Essendon
Back: D. Heppell, D. Fletcher, M. Baguley
Half-back: M. Hibberd, M. Hurley, C. Hooker
Centre: D. Myers, J. Watson (capt.), H. Hocking
Half-forward: P. Chapman, J. Carlisle, B. Howlett
Forward: D. Zaharakis, J. Daniher, K. Hardingham
Follower: P. Ryder, B. Goddard, B. Stanton
Int.: P. Ambrose, M. Gleeson, J. Merrett
Sub.: Z. Merrett

North Melbourne (9.6.60) were defeated by Essendon (15.9.99).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: L. Thomas (4), A. Black, N. Dal Santo, B. Harvey, B. McKenzie, S. Wright
Essendon: P. Chapman (4), B. Goddard (3), J. Daniher (2), K. Hardingham (2), J. Watson (2), B. Howlett, P. Ryder

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 16th on the ladder and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2014 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Friday 21 March 2014
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 42,332

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 9.6.60 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 0 5 . 3 8 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Essendon 4 . 1 8 . 5 11 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 39
Duration 29:05 29:04 29:19 27:39 1:55:07

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), Mark Thompson (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Jobe Watson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), A. Mitchell (#31), J. Mollison (#32)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 3
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 2
Paul Chapman ESSE 3 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Paul Chapman ESSE 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Lindsay Thomas NMLB 12 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 1 0 0 0 0 1
Heath Hocking ESSE 39 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 SUB↑ 31% 0 0 17 9 8 10 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1
18 Atley, Shaun HBFL 86% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 4
3 Bastinac, Ryan INT 78% 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 7 2 4 1 1 1 2
35 Black, Aaron CHF 95% 1 0 7 3 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
10 Cunnington, Ben HFFL 63% 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 7 7 0 1 0 4 3
15 Dal Santo, Nick WR 77% 1 0 21 10 11 3 1 2 4 2 1 1 3 1
43 Gibson, Sam INT 74% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 90% 0 0 5 1 4 0 34 5 1 1 0 1 0 0
17 Grima, Nathan FB 95% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 0
6 Hansen, Lachlan FPR 91% 0 0 11 3 8 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1
29 Harvey, Brent RO 85% 1 1 21 13 8 7 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 4
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFR 87% 0 0 23 11 12 4 0 2 1 3 0 1 5 1
21 McDonald, Luke WL 82% 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 6 1
2 McKenzie, Brad INT 69% 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3
42 McMahon, Scott BPR↓ 79% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
41 Mullett, Aaron BPL 91% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 5 1 0 1 0 5 3
20 Petrie, Drew FF 95% 0 0 3 3 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPL 92% 4 0 13 7 6 6 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 97% 0 0 17 9 8 7 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1
8 Wells, Daniel RR 77% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 4
19 Wright, Sam HFFR 96% 1 2 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1
7 Ziebell, Jack C 70% 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 3 6 2 0 2 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 9 6 291 159 132 73 44 63 30 30 9 11 42 40

L. Adams replaced S. McMahon.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
47 Ambrose, Patrick INT 85% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 1
12 Baguley, Mark BPR 85% 0 1 18 11 7 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 0
22 Carlisle, Jake CHF 91% 0 2 19 10 9 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
3 Chapman, Paul HFFL 69% 4 1 22 16 6 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 8
6 Daniher, Joe FF 77% 2 0 11 9 2 6 1 3 0 3 1 1 0 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 84% 0 0 15 13 2 9 0 1 1 2 0 2 5 1
35 Gleeson, Martin INT↓ 56% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 Goddard, Brendon RR 87% 3 2 26 15 11 3 0 6 5 1 2 1 2 7
34 Hardingham, Kyle FPR 88% 2 0 17 12 5 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1
21 Heppell, Dyson BPL 92% 0 0 37 24 13 16 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1
1 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 84% 0 0 23 19 4 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 3
39 Hocking, Heath WR 80% 0 0 15 5 10 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 1
26 Hooker, Cale HBFR 92% 0 0 26 17 9 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
40 Howlett, Ben HFFR 88% 1 1 19 11 8 5 0 9 4 1 0 0 0 3
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 94% 0 0 19 14 5 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
20 Merrett, Jackson INT 90% 0 0 24 16 8 9 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 6
27 Merrett, Zach SUB↑ 27% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
23 Myers, David WL 82% 0 0 27 15 12 5 1 6 7 2 0 2 0 4
30 Ryder, Paddy RU 87% 1 1 11 7 4 3 34 0 4 3 1 1 1 2
5 Stanton, Brent RO 89% 0 0 20 13 7 8 0 2 4 2 2 0 2 1
4 Watson, Jobe (c) C 85% 2 0 38 21 17 9 0 3 7 1 5 0 0 6
11 Zaharakis, David FPL 88% 0 0 28 20 8 5 0 2 3 3 1 0 3 8
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 9 450 286 164 159 38 57 52 31 12 9 29 60

Z. Merrett 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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Paul Chapman goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 04:08
ESSE Paddy Ryder goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 07:38
ESSE Paul Chapman goal 0.0.0 - 3.0.18 10:39
ESSE Ben Howlett goal 0.0.0 - 4.0.24 12:14
NMLB Sam Wright goal 1.0.6 - 4.0.24 18:25
ESSE Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 4.1.25 21:40
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 2.0.12 - 4.1.25 23:29
NMLB Nick Dal Santo goal 3.0.18 - 4.1.25 26:07
Q2 ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 3.0.18 - 4.2.26 01:33
ESSE Kyle Hardingham goal 3.0.18 - 5.2.32 02:31
NMLB Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 5.2.32 03:39
NMLB Aaron Black goal 4.1.25 - 5.2.32 06:54
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 5.1.31 - 5.2.32 10:10
NMLB Sam Wright behind 5.2.32 - 5.2.32 11:31
NMLB Sam Wright behind 5.3.33 - 5.2.32 12:21
ESSE Ben Howlett behind 5.3.33 - 5.3.33 15:39
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 5.3.33 - 6.3.39 19:07
ESSE Kyle Hardingham goal 5.3.33 - 7.3.45 21:04
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 5.3.33 - 8.3.51 24:48
ESSE Jake Carlisle behind 5.3.33 - 8.4.52 25:46
ESSE Mark Baguley behind 5.3.33 - 8.5.53 26:55
Q3 NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 6.3.39 - 8.5.53 01:56
ESSE Paul Chapman goal 6.3.39 - 9.5.59 05:13
ESSE Paul Chapman behind 6.3.39 - 9.6.60 10:15
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 6.3.39 - 10.6.66 12:32
NMLB Brent Harvey goal 7.3.45 - 10.6.66 15:11
ESSE Jake Carlisle behind 7.3.45 - 10.7.67 17:38
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 7.3.45 - 11.7.73 19:18
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 7.3.45 - 11.8.74 21:45
NMLB Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 11.8.74 22:29
NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 8.4.52 - 11.8.74 24:52
NMLB Brent Harvey behind 8.5.53 - 11.8.74 28:43
Q4 ESSE Jobe Watson goal 8.5.53 - 12.8.80 03:56
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 8.5.53 - 13.8.86 08:37
ESSE Paul Chapman goal 8.5.53 - 14.8.92 14:12
NMLB Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 14.8.92 15:44
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 8.6.54 - 15.8.98 17:29
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 8.6.54 - 15.9.99 18:25
NMLB Brad McKenzie goal 9.6.60 - 15.9.99 20:04