2014 AFL Round 21: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 2014 between North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 21 of the 2014 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. Ryan Griffen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Brendan McCartney.

North Melbourne
Back: M. Firrito, S. Thompson, L. McDonald
Half-back: S. Atley, N. Grima, S. Wright
Centre: D. Wells, A. Swallow (capt.), B. Jacobs
Half-forward: N. Dal Santo, B. Brown, S. Gibson
Forward: B. Harvey, D. Petrie, A. Black
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, L. Greenwood
Int.: R. Bastinac, L. Thomas, J. Ziebell
Sub.: L. Adams

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Picken, J. Roughead, M. Austin
Half-back: B. Murphy, D. Morris, S. Higgins
Centre: J. Johannisen, M. Boyd, A. Cooney
Half-forward: M. Bontempelli, S. Crameri, L. Hunter
Forward: L. Dahlhaus, J. Stringer, T. Campbell
Follower: W. Minson, R. Griffen (capt.), T. Liberatore
Int.: S. Darley, J. Grant, K. Stevens
Sub.: D. Giansiracusa

North Melbourne (17.9.111) defeated Western Bulldogs (8.13.61).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Cunnington (4), A. Black (2), B. Brown (2), D. Petrie (2), R. Bastinac, N. Dal Santo, S. Gibson, T. Goldstein, L. Greenwood, B. Harvey, L. Thomas
Western Bulldogs: M. Bontempelli (2), S. Crameri (2), M. Boyd, A. Cooney, L. Dahlhaus, K. Stevens

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 6th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2014 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 17 August 2014
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 27,164

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 17.9.111 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	5	.	2	8	.	2	12	.	5	17	.	9	17	.	9	(111)
Western Bulldogs	1	.	0	5	.	6	7	.	11	8	.	13	8	.	13	(61)
Margin	NMLB by 26			NMLB by 14			NMLB by 24			NMLB by 50			NMLB by 50
Duration	29:32			33:00			33:30			31:03			2:07:05

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), C. Kamolins (#19), A. Stephens (#12), E: J. Bannister (#5)
Goal Umpire: M. Hammond, C. Lai, E: S. Williams
Boundary Umpire: G. Large, T. Lougoon, C. Roberts, P. Tongue

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Andrew Swallow	NMLB	9	3
Sam Gibson	NMLB	43	2
Scott Thompson	NMLB	16	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Andrew Swallow	NMLB	9	10	2	0	0	0	0
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	7	0	1	1	0	0
Ryan Griffen	WBUL	16	6	0	1	0	1	0
Scott Thompson	NMLB	16	3	0	0	1	0	0
Ben Cunnington	NMLB	10	2	0	0	0	?	?
Michael Firrito	NMLB	11	2	0	0	0	?	?

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↑	15%	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
18	Atley, Shaun	HBFL	94%	0	0	19	12	7	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	4	2
3	Bastinac, Ryan	INT	80%	1	0	20	10	10	5	0	3	0	2	0	1	2	2
35	Black, Aaron	FPR	90%	2	0	17	10	7	7	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
50	Brown, Ben	CHF	91%	2	1	15	9	6	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
10	Cunnington, Ben	RR	81%	4	1	18	10	8	4	0	9	4	2	0	1	2	1
15	Dal Santo, Nick	HFFL	76%	1	1	14	7	7	2	0	4	0	2	1	0	1	2
11	Firrito, Michael	BPL	92%	0	0	19	12	7	7	0	2	0	1	0	1	6	0
43	Gibson, Sam	HFFR	88%	1	0	31	18	13	7	0	5	4	2	2	1	6	5
22	Goldstein, Todd	RU	90%	1	0	10	6	4	1	36	5	4	1	2	0	1	4
24	Greenwood, Levi	RO	88%	1	0	20	11	9	3	0	9	8	4	2	2	2	4
17	Grima, Nathan	CHB	85%	0	0	19	9	10	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	4
29	Harvey, Brent	FPL	96%	1	1	23	12	11	6	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	2
5	Jacobs, Ben	WR	91%	0	0	18	10	8	3	0	2	2	2	0	1	3	4
21	McDonald, Luke	BPR	80%	0	0	18	8	10	5	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2
20	Petrie, Drew	FF	94%	2	3	17	12	5	8	0	6	0	2	3	1	0	5
9	Swallow, Andrew (c)	C	70%	0	0	29	16	13	4	0	11	10	1	2	1	2	7
12	Thomas, Lindsay	INT	80%	1	2	16	9	7	4	0	2	0	5	1	1	0	0
16	Thompson, Scott	FB	97%	0	0	22	16	6	8	0	2	1	4	1	1	6	6
8	Wells, Daniel	WL	75%	0	0	18	9	9	4	1	7	2	3	2	0	0	4
19	Wright, Sam	HBFR	87%	0	0	23	17	6	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	3
7	Ziebell, Jack	INT↓	58%	0	0	15	9	6	1	0	5	7	5	3	1	0	4
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				17	9	408	235	173	105	40	81	44	47	22	14	46	66

L. Adams replaced J. Ziebell.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
47	Austin, Mark	BPR	94%	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1
4	Bontempelli, Marcus	HFFL	80%	2	1	23	8	15	2	3	8	2	0	0	0	2	5
5	Boyd, Matthew	C	89%	1	1	22	9	13	2	0	5	2	2	1	1	2	1
45	Campbell, Tom	FPR	85%	0	0	3	2	1	0	17	1	3	2	0	1	0	0
17	Cooney, Adam	WR	85%	1	1	23	12	11	5	0	3	2	2	1	0	4	2
8	Crameri, Stewart	CHF	90%	2	0	12	8	4	4	0	3	0	3	2	1	0	4
6	Dahlhaus, Luke	FPL	86%	1	2	18	11	7	3	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	1
33	Darley, Sam	INT	78%	0	0	13	8	5	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	5	0
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	SUB↑	28%	0	1	8	3	5	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2
1	Grant, Jarrad	INT	84%	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	3
16	Griffen, Ryan (c)	RR	80%	0	1	30	11	19	0	0	5	6	3	3	2	1	8
7	Higgins, Shaun	HBFR	75%	0	0	23	14	9	3	0	3	0	4	0	2	3	5
26	Hunter, Lachie	HFFR	78%	0	1	18	13	5	5	0	0	2	3	0	1	2	7
39	Johannisen, Jason	WL	82%	0	0	20	13	7	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	7	3
21	Liberatore, Tom	RO	86%	0	0	23	10	13	2	0	9	9	3	2	1	3	4
27	Minson, Will	RU↓	71%	0	1	8	5	3	1	34	5	1	4	1	4	0	0
38	Morris, Dale	CHB	100%	0	0	11	4	7	3	0	3	0	4	0	2	2	0
2	Murphy, Bob	HBFL	92%	0	0	19	13	6	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	7	2
42	Picken, Liam	BPL	94%	0	0	17	8	9	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	3
23	Roughead, Jordan	FB	77%	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	0	0
25	Stevens, Koby	INT	82%	1	0	19	5	14	3	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	3
9	Stringer, Jake	FF	85%	0	1	12	7	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				8	13	348	175	173	50	54	68	35	46	14	22	42	57

D. Giansiracusa replaced W. Minson 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
	42	L. Picken	23	J. Roughead	47	M. Austin	22	T. Goldstein	3	R. Bastinac
	35	A. Black	20	D. Petrie	29	B. Harvey	10	B. Cunnington	12	L. Thomas
FORWARD							24	L. Greenwood	7	J. Ziebell
HALF-BACK									13	L. Adams
	2	B. Murphy	38	D. Morris	7	S. Higgins
	43	S. Gibson	50	B. Brown	15	N. Dal Santo
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	39	J. Johannisen	5	M. Boyd	17	A. Cooney
	5	B. Jacobs	9	A. Swallow (c)	8	D. Wells	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							27	W. Minson	33	S. Darley
HALF-FORWARD							16	R. Griffen (c)	1	J. Grant
	4	M. Bontempelli	8	S. Crameri	26	L. Hunter	21	T. Liberatore	25	K. Stevens
	19	S. Wright	17	N. Grima	18	S. Atley			13	D. Giansiracusa
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	6	L. Dahlhaus	9	J. Stringer	45	T. Campbell
	21	L. McDonald	16	S. Thompson	11	M. Firrito
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Brendan McCartney

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Ben Brown goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:49
	NMLB	Aaron Black goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	03:46
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas goal	3.0.18	-	0.0.0	07:36
	NMLB	Ryan Bastinac goal	4.0.24	-	0.0.0	09:23
	NMLB	Brent Harvey behind	4.1.25	-	0.0.0	15:00
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	4.1.25	-	1.0.6	19:23
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas behind	4.2.26	-	1.0.6	24:39
	NMLB	Aaron Black goal	5.2.32	-	1.0.6	25:29
Q2	NMLB	Levi Greenwood goal	6.2.38	-	1.0.6	03:45
	WBUL	Ryan Griffen behind	6.2.38	-	1.1.7	05:18
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	6.2.38	-	1.2.8	09:33
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	6.2.38	-	2.2.14	11:36
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus behind	6.2.38	-	2.3.15	13:27
	WBUL	Matthew Boyd goal	6.2.38	-	3.3.21	14:25
	WBUL	Adam Cooney behind	6.2.38	-	3.4.22	17:27
	WBUL	Rushed behind	6.2.38	-	3.5.23	18:10
	WBUL	Rushed behind	6.2.38	-	3.6.24	20:31
	WBUL	Koby Stevens goal	6.2.38	-	4.6.30	23:05
	NMLB	Nick Dal Santo goal	7.2.44	-	4.6.30	27:05
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	7.2.44	-	5.6.36	29:48
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	8.2.50	-	5.6.36	31:05
Q3	NMLB	Nick Dal Santo behind	8.3.51	-	5.6.36	00:54
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	9.3.57	-	5.6.36	04:14
	NMLB	Sam Gibson goal	10.3.63	-	5.6.36	06:15
	NMLB	Ben Brown goal	11.3.69	-	5.6.36	07:58
	WBUL	Will Minson behind	11.3.69	-	5.7.37	10:44
	NMLB	Brent Harvey goal	12.3.75	-	5.7.37	14:59
	WBUL	Rushed behind	12.3.75	-	5.8.38	17:03
	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	12.4.76	-	5.8.38	18:16
	WBUL	Lachie Hunter behind	12.4.76	-	5.9.39	19:12
	NMLB	Lindsay Thomas behind	12.5.77	-	5.9.39	22:54
	WBUL	Stewart Crameri goal	12.5.77	-	6.9.45	23:59
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus goal	12.5.77	-	7.9.51	25:37
	WBUL	Jake Stringer behind	12.5.77	-	7.10.52	27:50
	WBUL	Matthew Boyd behind	12.5.77	-	7.11.53	32:06
Q4	NMLB	Todd Goldstein goal	13.5.83	-	7.11.53	04:56
	WBUL	Adam Cooney goal	13.5.83	-	8.11.59	05:58
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington behind	13.6.84	-	8.11.59	07:23
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington goal	14.6.90	-	8.11.59	11:32
	NMLB	Ben Brown behind	14.7.91	-	8.11.59	13:34
	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	14.8.92	-	8.11.59	15:49
	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	14.9.93	-	8.11.59	21:53
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington goal	15.9.99	-	8.11.59	22:57
	WBUL	Luke Dahlhaus behind	15.9.99	-	8.12.60	24:55
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa behind	15.9.99	-	8.13.61	27:41
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington goal	16.9.105	-	8.13.61	28:51
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington goal	17.9.111	-	8.13.61	30:56

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