2015 AFL Round 15: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 2015 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round 15 of the 2015 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Etihad Stadium. Andrew Swallow captained the hosts. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

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

Geelong
Back: H. Taylor, T. Lonergan, J. Bews
Half-back: C. Enright, J. Rivers, C. Guthrie
Centre: M. Blicavs, J. Selwood (capt.), A. Mackie
Half-forward: C. Gregson, J. Walker, J. Thurlow
Forward: J. Murdoch, T. Hawkins, D. Lang
Follower: D. Simpson, S. Motlop, S. Johnson
Int.: J. Bartel, J. Caddy, M. Stokes
Sub.: J. Kelly

North Melbourne (18.12.120) defeated Geelong (11.13.79).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: S. Higgins (3), D. Petrie (3), T. Garner (2), A. Swallow (2), J. Waite (2), S. Atley, B. Cunnington, S. Gibson, T. Goldstein, J. Macmillan, K. Turner
Geelong: S. Johnson (2), A. Mackie (2), J. Murdoch (2), J. Walker (2), T. Hawkins, J. Selwood, M. Stokes

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

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 11 July 2015
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 31,270

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.12.120 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	3	.	2	10	.	5	14	.	7	18	.	12	18	.	12	(120)
Geelong	3	.	3	4	.	8	7	.	11	11	.	13	11	.	13	(79)
Margin	GEEL by 1			NMLB by 33			NMLB by 38			NMLB by 41			NMLB by 41
Duration	29:59			33:21			32:40			31:37			2:07:37

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hosking (#16), S. McInerney (#30), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Andrew Swallow	NMLB	9	3
Todd Goldstein	NMLB	22	2
Shaun Higgins	NMLB	4	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Ben Cunnington	NMLB	10	10	2	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Bartel	GEEL	3	7	0	1	1	0	0
Todd Goldstein	NMLB	22	7	0	1	1	0	0
Shaun Higgins	NMLB	4	4	0	0	0	2	0
Shaun Atley	NMLB	18	2	0	0	0	0	2

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
18	Atley, Shaun	C	90%	1	0	18	9	9	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	2	2
3	Bastinac, Ryan	FPL	85%	0	0	28	10	18	1	0	7	3	3	2	0	1	5
50	Brown, Ben	INT	79%	0	0	12	9	3	4	7	3	0	3	2	0	1	2
10	Cunnington, Ben	RR	80%	1	0	24	10	14	2	0	3	4	5	0	1	0	0
15	Dal Santo, Nick	INT	81%	0	1	24	12	12	2	0	3	4	0	2	0	3	2
11	Firrito, Michael	BPR	91%	0	0	19	15	4	7	0	2	0	2	0	1	5	5
27	Garner, Taylor	HFFL	72%	2	3	12	7	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
43	Gibson, Sam	WR	83%	1	0	18	10	8	5	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	5
22	Goldstein, Todd	RU	84%	1	1	19	8	11	5	45	5	8	1	6	0	0	2
29	Harvey, Brent	SUB↑	36%	0	1	14	6	8	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	4
4	Higgins, Shaun	FPR	91%	3	1	19	11	8	8	0	4	0	2	0	1	2	4
5	Jacobs, Ben	WL	87%	0	0	19	5	14	2	0	6	2	6	2	4	0	2
34	Macmillan, Jamie	HBFR	93%	1	0	18	8	10	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2
41	Mullett, Aaron	HBFL	76%	0	0	17	10	7	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	4	1
20	Petrie, Drew	FF	95%	3	0	11	7	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2
9	Swallow, Andrew (c)	RO	79%	2	0	24	11	13	3	0	12	8	2	5	1	4	0
25	Tarrant, Robbie	FB	97%	0	0	11	8	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0
16	Thompson, Scott	CHB	94%	0	0	15	8	7	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	4	0
40	Turner, Kayne	INT↓	44%	1	0	7	2	5	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	1
30	Waite, Jarrad	CHF	85%	2	2	18	11	7	8	0	3	1	3	2	0	0	2
19	Wright, Sam	BPL	94%	0	0	20	9	11	6	0	3	0	2	2	2	1	2
7	Ziebell, Jack	HFFR	84%	0	0	16	9	7	1	0	8	6	3	0	0	1	3
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				18	12	383	195	188	85	52	79	42	43	26	13	38	49

B. Harvey replaced K. Turner.

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Bartel, Jimmy	INT	89%	0	0	41	11	30	6	0	2	5	4	0	1	2	4
24	Bews, Jed	BPR	85%	0	0	8	2	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Blicavs, Mark	WL	87%	0	1	16	3	13	2	11	10	2	0	0	0	0	2
23	Caddy, Josh	INT	71%	0	1	20	10	10	5	1	7	2	7	0	1	2	4
44	Enright, Corey	HBFL	88%	0	0	21	11	10	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	5
28	Gregson, Cory	HFFL	83%	0	2	13	5	8	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	2
29	Guthrie, Cameron	HBFR	78%	0	1	26	9	17	3	1	4	5	3	0	1	1	1
26	Hawkins, Tom	FF	96%	1	1	13	11	2	8	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	3
20	Johnson, Steve	RO	73%	2	0	20	16	4	7	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	6
9	Kelly, James	SUB↑	29%	0	1	10	2	8	1	0	8	3	0	2	0	1	1
11	Lang, Darcy	FPR	79%	0	1	16	10	6	3	0	1	3	2	0	1	1	6
13	Lonergan, Tom	FB	85%	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2
4	Mackie, Andrew	WR	93%	2	0	21	14	7	5	0	3	0	3	1	0	6	3
32	Motlop, Steven	RR	92%	0	1	10	3	7	3	0	5	1	2	0	2	0	1
21	Murdoch, Jordan	FPL	83%	2	0	20	10	10	4	0	5	0	1	2	0	2	3
25	Rivers, Jared	CHB	90%	0	0	11	4	7	7	0	5	0	2	0	2	2	0
14	Selwood, Joel (c)	C	88%	1	0	26	10	16	2	1	10	9	7	3	5	1	4
16	Simpson, Dawson	RU	82%	0	0	5	2	3	0	31	2	1	3	0	3	2	2
27	Stokes, Mathew	INT↓	57%	1	0	5	1	4	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	2
7	Taylor, Harry	BPL	94%	0	0	17	8	9	3	0	4	0	3	1	3	4	0
40	Thurlow, Jackson	HFFR	85%	0	0	14	7	7	2	0	3	0	4	0	2	1	2
34	Walker, Josh	CHF	92%	2	1	9	3	6	4	1	4	0	4	0	2	0	0
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				11	13	352	157	195	73	46	89	32	53	13	26	28	53

J. Kelly replaced M. Stokes 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
	7	H. Taylor	13	T. Lonergan	24	J. Bews	22	T. Goldstein	50	B. Brown
	4	S. Higgins	20	D. Petrie	3	R. Bastinac	10	B. Cunnington	15	N. Dal Santo
FORWARD							9	A. Swallow (c)	40	K. Turner
HALF-BACK									29	B. Harvey
	44	C. Enright	25	J. Rivers	29	C. Guthrie
	7	J. Ziebell	30	J. Waite	27	T. Garner
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	46	M. Blicavs	14	J. Selwood (c)	4	A. Mackie
	43	S. Gibson	18	S. Atley	5	B. Jacobs	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							16	D. Simpson	3	J. Bartel
HALF-FORWARD							32	S. Motlop	23	J. Caddy
	28	C. Gregson	34	J. Walker	40	J. Thurlow	20	S. Johnson	27	M. Stokes
	34	J. Macmillan	16	S. Thompson	41	A. Mullett			9	J. Kelly
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	21	J. Murdoch	26	T. Hawkins	11	D. Lang
	11	M. Firrito	25	R. Tarrant	19	S. Wright
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	03:54
	GEEL	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	04:50
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	06:42
	NMLB	Shaun Atley goal	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	08:13
	GEEL	Josh Walker behind	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	09:50
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie goal	1.2.8	-	1.2.8	11:28
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	14:57
	GEEL	Jordan Murdoch goal	2.2.14	-	2.2.14	17:00
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	19:12
	NMLB	Shaun Higgins goal	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	26:16
	GEEL	Steven Motlop behind	3.2.20	-	3.3.21	29:52
Q2	NMLB	Andrew Swallow goal	4.2.26	-	3.3.21	02:34
	GEEL	Darcy Lang behind	4.2.26	-	3.4.22	03:41
	GEEL	Cory Gregson behind	4.2.26	-	3.5.23	06:41
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	4.2.26	-	3.6.24	07:50
	NMLB	Shaun Higgins goal	5.2.32	-	3.6.24	08:48
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington goal	6.2.38	-	3.6.24	10:50
	GEEL	Rushed behind	6.2.38	-	3.7.25	12:36
	GEEL	Rushed behind	6.2.38	-	3.8.26	13:56
	NMLB	Taylor Garner goal	7.2.44	-	3.8.26	15:17
	NMLB	Todd Goldstein behind	7.3.45	-	3.8.26	16:59
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	7.3.45	-	4.8.32	18:10
	NMLB	Taylor Garner behind	7.4.46	-	4.8.32	19:43
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	8.4.52	-	4.8.32	24:37
	NMLB	Shaun Higgins behind	8.5.53	-	4.8.32	28:19
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	9.5.59	-	4.8.32	29:17
	NMLB	Taylor Garner goal	10.5.65	-	4.8.32	32:31
Q3	GEEL	Jordan Murdoch goal	10.5.65	-	5.8.38	00:22
	NMLB	Kayne Turner goal	11.5.71	-	5.8.38	01:58
	GEEL	Josh Caddy behind	11.5.71	-	5.9.39	04:30
	GEEL	Cameron Guthrie behind	11.5.71	-	5.10.40	09:16
	GEEL	Joel Selwood goal	11.5.71	-	6.10.46	13:39
	NMLB	Todd Goldstein goal	12.5.77	-	6.10.46	17:09
	NMLB	Rushed behind	12.6.78	-	6.10.46	18:51
	NMLB	Taylor Garner behind	12.7.79	-	6.10.46	19:42
	GEEL	James Kelly behind	12.7.79	-	6.11.47	20:41
	GEEL	Josh Walker goal	12.7.79	-	7.11.53	24:50
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite goal	13.7.85	-	7.11.53	28:40
	NMLB	Shaun Higgins goal	14.7.91	-	7.11.53	31:20
Q4	NMLB	Taylor Garner behind	14.8.92	-	7.11.53	01:40
	GEEL	Josh Walker goal	14.8.92	-	8.11.59	04:11
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	15.8.98	-	8.11.59	05:23
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie goal	15.8.98	-	9.11.65	07:40
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	15.8.98	-	10.11.71	09:02
	NMLB	Sam Gibson goal	16.8.104	-	10.11.71	10:24
	NMLB	Jarrad Waite behind	16.9.105	-	10.11.71	12:24
	NMLB	Nick Dal Santo behind	16.10.106	-	10.11.71	13:07
	NMLB	Brent Harvey behind	16.11.107	-	10.11.71	13:34
	NMLB	Andrew Swallow goal	17.11.113	-	10.11.71	14:28
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs behind	17.11.113	-	10.12.72	18:44
	NMLB	Jamie Macmillan goal	18.11.119	-	10.12.72	20:59
	GEEL	Cory Gregson behind	18.11.119	-	10.13.73	24:56
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	18.11.119	-	11.13.79	26:05
	NMLB	Rushed behind	18.12.120	-	11.13.79	30:50

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