2014 AFL Season Round 21: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 2014 between North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs during round twenty-one of the 2014 season of the Australian Football League.
North Melbourne hosted the 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 (17.9.111) defeated the Western Bulldogs (8.13.61).
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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 (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
North Melbourne
Captain: Andrew SwallowCoach: Brad Scott
Western Bulldogs
Captain: Ryan GriffenCoach: Brendan McCartney
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
R. Chamberlain (#18)C. Kamolins (#19)
A. Stephens (#12)
E: J. Bannister (#5)
Goal Umpires
M. HammondC. Lai
E: S. Williams
Boundary Umpires
G. LargeT. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| North Melbourne | Coach: Brad Scott | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 39 | J. Johannisen | 5 | M. Boyd | 17 | A. Cooney |
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 21 | L. McDonald | 16 | S. Thompson | 11 | M. Firrito |
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| Western Bulldogs | Coach: Brendan McCartney | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |