2015 AFL 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 4 of the 2015 AFL season. 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
Back: J. Bews, H. Taylor, C. Enright
Half-back: J. Kelly, J. Rivers, J. Thurlow
Centre: S. Motlop, J. Selwood (capt.), M. Duncan
Half-forward: D. Lang, T. Hawkins, J. Murdoch
Forward: C. Gregson, M. Clark, J. Walker
Follower: R. Stanley, M. Blicavs, C. Guthrie
Int.: J. Caddy, N. Cockatoo, G. Horlin-Smith
Sub.: S. Johnson

North Melbourne
Back: B. Jacobs, S. Thompson, M. Firrito
Half-back: S. Atley, R. Tarrant, S. Wright
Centre: M. Wood, J. Ziebell, K. Turner
Half-forward: B. Harvey, J. Waite, S. Higgins
Forward: L. Thomas, D. Petrie, B. Brown
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, A. Swallow (capt.)
Int.: R. Bastinac, S. Gibson, R. Nahas
Sub.: T. Dumont

Geelong (9.13.67) were defeated by North Melbourne (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
Geelong: M. Clark (3), S. Johnson (2), J. Caddy, M. Duncan, C. Guthrie, T. Hawkins
North Melbourne: R. Nahas (3), J. Waite (3), B. Brown (2), R. Bastinac, T. Dumont, T. Goldstein, D. Petrie

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 16th on the ladder (down from 15th) and North Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the round.

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
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Brad Scott (North Melbourne)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), J. Mollison (#32), M. Nicholls (#15), E: D. Harris (#24)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, A. Wojcik, E: D. Dixon
Boundary Umpire: R. Haala, T. 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
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	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
HALF-BACK									20	S. Johnson
	18	S. Atley	25	R. Tarrant	19	S. Wright
	21	J. Murdoch	26	T. Hawkins	11	D. Lang
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	32	M. Wood	7	J. Ziebell	40	K. Turner
	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			14	T. Dumont
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	12	L. Thomas	20	D. Petrie	50	B. Brown
	44	C. Enright	7	H. Taylor	24	J. Bews
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
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

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