2015 AFL Season Round 4: Geelong v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 2015 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round four of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League.
Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Simonds Stadium.
Joel Selwood captained the hosts.
Andrew Swallow captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.
Geelong (9.13.67) were defeated by North Melbourne (12.11.83).
Match Details
Season:
2015 AFL Season
Round:
Round 4
Teams:
Geelong
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Sunday 26 April 2015
Time:
3:20 PM
Venue:
Simonds Stadium
Attendance:
23,452
Match Results
Outcome:
Geelong
def. by
North Melbourne
Score:
9.13.67 - 12.11.83
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Geelong | 4 | . | 3 | 4 | . | 6 | 6 | . | 8 | 9 | . | 13 | 9 | . | 13 | (67) |
| North Melbourne | 1 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 8 | 12 | . | 11 | 12 | . | 11 | (83) |
| Margin | GEEL by 19 | NMLB by 4 | NMLB by 6 | NMLB by 16 | NMLB by 16 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 30:14 | 28:18 | 27:44 | 32:41 | 1:58:57 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (North Melbourne) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Geelong
Captain: Joel SelwoodCoach: Chris Scott
North Melbourne
Captain: Andrew SwallowCoach: Brad Scott
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
L. Fisher (#3)J. Mollison (#32)
M. Nicholls (#15)
E: D. Harris (#24)
Goal Umpires
C. AppletonA. Wojcik
E: D. Dixon
Boundary Umpires
R. HaalaT. Lougoon
M. Marantelli
S. Thiele
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Goldstein | NMLB | 22 | 3 |
| Andrew Swallow | NMLB | 9 | 2 |
| Sam Wright | NMLB | 19 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Goldstein | NMLB | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jed Bews | GEEL | 24 | 4 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Ben Cunnington | NMLB | 10 | 4 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Robbie Tarrant | NMLB | 25 | 4 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Joel Selwood | GEEL | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Wright | NMLB | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Ziebell | NMLB | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jared Rivers | GEEL | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Player Statistics
Geelong
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 24 | Bews, Jed | BPL | 77% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 46 | Blicavs, Mark | RR | 88% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Caddy, Josh | INT | 73% | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | Clark, Mitch | FF | 90% | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Cockatoo, Nakia | INT | 77% | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Duncan, Mitch | WR | 90% | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 44 | Enright, Corey | BPR | 87% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 28 | Gregson, Cory | FPL | 89% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 29 | Guthrie, Cameron | RO | 89% | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | Hawkins, Tom | CHF | 95% | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | Horlin-Smith, George | INT | 68% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Johnson, Steve | SUB↑ | 32% | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Kelly, James | HBFL | 75% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Lang, Darcy | HFFL | 79% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Motlop, Steven | WL | 93% | 0 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | Murdoch, Jordan | HFFR | 79% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Rivers, Jared | CHB | 94% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Selwood, Joel (c) | C | 89% | 0 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | Stanley, Rhys | RU | 93% | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Taylor, Harry | FB | 99% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 40 | Thurlow, Jackson | HBFR | 92% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 34 | Walker, Josh | FPR↓ | 53% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 9 | 13 | 302 | 180 | 122 | 87 | 34 | 69 | 34 | 54 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 56 | |||
S. Johnson replaced J. Walker during the third quarter.
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 18 | Atley, Shaun | HBFL | 83% | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Bastinac, Ryan | INT | 81% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 50 | Brown, Ben | FPR | 93% | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Cunnington, Ben | RR | 74% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Dumont, Trent | SUB↑ | 16% | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Firrito, Michael | BPR | 93% | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | Gibson, Sam | INT | 82% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Goldstein, Todd | RU | 90% | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Harvey, Brent | HFFL | 90% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Higgins, Shaun | HFFR | 87% | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Jacobs, Ben | BPL | 83% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | Nahas, Robin | INT | 79% | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 20 | Petrie, Drew | FF | 98% | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Swallow, Andrew (c) | RO | 76% | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Tarrant, Robbie | CHB | 97% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 12 | Thomas, Lindsay | FPL | 87% | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Thompson, Scott | FB | 94% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | Turner, Kayne | WR↓ | 69% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | Waite, Jarrad | CHF | 90% | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 32 | Wood, Mason | WL | 87% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Wright, Sam | HBFR | 85% | 0 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | Ziebell, Jack | C | 68% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Rushed | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 12 | 11 | 391 | 204 | 187 | 83 | 47 | 53 | 37 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 43 | 50 | |||
T. Dumont replaced K. Turner.
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
| Geelong | Coach: Chris Scott | ||||||||||||||
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| 5 | B. Jacobs | 16 | S. Thompson | 11 | M. Firrito | 1 | R. Stanley | 23 | J. Caddy | ||||||
| 34 | J. Walker | 19 | M. Clark | 28 | C. Gregson | 46 | M. Blicavs | 5 | N. Cockatoo | ||||||
| FORWARD | 29 | C. Guthrie | 33 | G. Horlin-Smith | |||||||||||
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| 18 | S. Atley | 25 | R. Tarrant | 19 | S. Wright |
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| 32 | M. Wood | 7 | J. Ziebell | 40 | K. Turner |
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| 22 | M. Duncan | 14 | J. Selwood (c) | 32 | S. Motlop | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 22 | T. Goldstein | 3 | R. Bastinac | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 10 | B. Cunnington | 43 | S. Gibson | |||||||||||
| 29 | B. Harvey | 30 | J. Waite | 4 | S. Higgins | 9 | A. Swallow (c) | 28 | R. Nahas | ||||||
| 40 | J. Thurlow | 25 | J. Rivers | 9 | J. Kelly |
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| North Melbourne | Coach: Brad Scott | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | NMLB | Ben Brown behind | 0.0.0 | - | 0.1.1 | 03:18 |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.1.1 | 03:49 | |
| GEEL | Mitch Clark goal | 1.1.7 | - | 0.1.1 | 09:52 | |
| GEEL | Josh Caddy goal | 2.1.13 | - | 0.1.1 | 13:05 | |
| GEEL | Mitch Duncan goal | 3.1.19 | - | 0.1.1 | 15:30 | |
| GEEL | Steven Motlop behind | 3.2.20 | - | 0.1.1 | 21:03 | |
| GEEL | Mitch Clark goal | 4.2.26 | - | 0.1.1 | 22:30 | |
| NMLB | Todd Goldstein behind | 4.2.26 | - | 0.2.2 | 24:41 | |
| NMLB | Robin Nahas goal | 4.2.26 | - | 1.2.8 | 25:25 | |
| GEEL | Mitch Clark behind | 4.3.27 | - | 1.2.8 | 29:14 | |
| Q2 | GEEL | Tom Hawkins behind | 4.4.28 | - | 1.2.8 | 01:19 |
| NMLB | Jarrad Waite goal | 4.4.28 | - | 2.2.14 | 02:19 | |
| NMLB | Ryan Bastinac goal | 4.4.28 | - | 3.2.20 | 08:40 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 4.4.28 | - | 3.3.21 | 10:07 | |
| NMLB | Michael Firrito behind | 4.4.28 | - | 3.4.22 | 15:41 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 4.5.29 | - | 3.4.22 | 17:14 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 4.6.30 | - | 3.4.22 | 20:42 | |
| NMLB | Jarrad Waite goal | 4.6.30 | - | 4.4.28 | 22:04 | |
| NMLB | Drew Petrie goal | 4.6.30 | - | 5.4.34 | 25:30 | |
| Q3 | NMLB | Shaun Higgins behind | 4.6.30 | - | 5.5.35 | 02:47 |
| NMLB | Ben Brown goal | 4.6.30 | - | 6.5.41 | 05:09 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins goal | 5.6.36 | - | 6.5.41 | 09:46 | |
| GEEL | Nakia Cockatoo behind | 5.7.37 | - | 6.5.41 | 11:42 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 5.7.37 | - | 6.6.42 | 13:52 | |
| NMLB | Jarrad Waite goal | 5.7.37 | - | 7.6.48 | 18:05 | |
| GEEL | Cameron Guthrie goal | 6.7.43 | - | 7.6.48 | 19:36 | |
| GEEL | Tom Hawkins behind | 6.8.44 | - | 7.6.48 | 22:17 | |
| NMLB | Ben Brown behind | 6.8.44 | - | 7.7.49 | 26:04 | |
| NMLB | Lindsay Thomas behind | 6.8.44 | - | 7.8.50 | 27:35 | |
| Q4 | NMLB | Rushed behind | 6.8.44 | - | 7.9.51 | 01:27 |
| NMLB | Shaun Atley behind | 6.8.44 | - | 7.10.52 | 01:56 | |
| GEEL | Steve Johnson goal | 7.8.50 | - | 7.10.52 | 03:15 | |
| NMLB | Ben Brown goal | 7.8.50 | - | 8.10.58 | 09:18 | |
| GEEL | Mitch Clark goal | 8.8.56 | - | 8.10.58 | 10:58 | |
| NMLB | Trent Dumont goal | 8.8.56 | - | 9.10.64 | 13:18 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 8.8.56 | - | 9.11.65 | 15:45 | |
| NMLB | Robin Nahas goal | 8.8.56 | - | 10.11.71 | 17:47 | |
| NMLB | Todd Goldstein goal | 8.8.56 | - | 11.11.77 | 19:24 | |
| NMLB | Robin Nahas goal | 8.8.56 | - | 12.11.83 | 20:22 | |
| GEEL | Steven Motlop behind | 8.9.57 | - | 12.11.83 | 22:06 | |
| GEEL | Rhys Stanley behind | 8.10.58 | - | 12.11.83 | 23:25 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 8.11.59 | - | 12.11.83 | 24:28 | |
| GEEL | Joel Selwood behind | 8.12.60 | - | 12.11.83 | 26:01 | |
| GEEL | Steve Johnson goal | 9.12.66 | - | 12.11.83 | 29:24 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 9.13.67 | - | 12.11.83 | 31:59 | |