2017 AFL Round 4: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 2017 between North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 4 of the 2017 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. Jack Ziebell captained the hosts. Bob Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

North Melbourne
Back: M. Williams, R. Tarrant, S. Atley
Half-back: L. Hansen, S. Thompson, A. Mullett
Centre: T. Garner, T. Dumont, A. Swallow
Half-forward: J. Macmillan, B. Brown, S. Gibson
Forward: B. Preuss, L. Thomas, K. Turner
Follower: T. Goldstein, J. Ziebell (capt.), S. Higgins
Int.: B. Cunnington, N. Hrovat, L. McDonald, J. Simpkin

Western Bulldogs
Back: M. Adams, F. Roberts, J. Johannisen
Half-back: Z. Cordy, E. Wood, B. Murphy (capt.)
Centre: L. Hunter, L. Dahlhaus, T. McLean
Half-forward: J. Dunkley, T. Cloke, J. Stringer
Forward: L. Jong, T. Boyd, L. Picken
Follower: T. Campbell, M. Bontempelli, T. Liberatore
Int.: M. Boyd, J. Macrae, C. Smith, M. Suckling

North Melbourne (12.14.86) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (12.17.89).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Brown (4), J. Simpkin (2), K. Turner (2), T. Garner, T. Goldstein, S. Higgins, J. Ziebell
Western Bulldogs: L. Dahlhaus (2), J. Stringer (2), M. Suckling (2), M. Bontempelli, T. Cloke, J. Dunkley, T. Liberatore, J. Macrae, B. Murphy

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs were then 6th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 14 April 2017
Time: 4:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 42,814

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 12.14.86 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 7 8 . 11 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 2 2 . 8 7 . 15 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin NMLB by 2 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 2 WBUL by 3 WBUL by 3
Duration 29:10 27:32 33:28 31:37 2:01:47

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (North Melbourne), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), Bob Murphy (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#4), S. Meredith (#21), N. Williamson (#22), E: A. Gianfagna (#35)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, S. Piperno, E: M. Palm
Boundary Umpire: D. Cusack, M. Marantelli, L. Rayner, M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Dahlhaus WBUL 6 3
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 2
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Luke Dahlhaus WBUL 6 9 1 1 0 0 0
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 8 1 0 1 0 0
Toby McLean WBUL 16 4 0 1 0 0 0
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Matt Suckling WBUL 1 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Ben Brown NMLB 50 2 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Murphy WBUL 2 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Atley, Shaun BPR 88% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 2
50 Brown, Ben CHF 83% 4 1 14 8 6 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
10 Cunnington, Ben INT 71% 0 0 33 10 23 6 0 4 10 1 1 0 4 2
14 Dumont, Trent C 83% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 4 1 2 1 0 3 5
27 Garner, Taylor WL 77% 1 1 21 11 10 7 0 2 0 5 0 2 2 1
43 Gibson, Sam HFFR 91% 0 1 20 11 9 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 86% 1 0 21 8 13 7 29 1 2 2 2 0 1 2
6 Hansen, Lachlan HBFL 82% 0 0 9 6 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
4 Higgins, Shaun RO 82% 1 3 19 8 11 2 0 6 3 1 1 0 2 2
8 Hrovat, Nathan INT 73% 0 0 24 12 12 1 0 2 5 1 2 0 1 1
34 Macmillan, Jamie HFFL 91% 0 1 23 11 12 3 0 0 0 4 1 1 6 2
11 McDonald, Luke INT 77% 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 6 1 1 1 0 4 1
17 Mullett, Aaron HBFR 85% 0 0 24 10 14 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 2
31 Preuss, Braydon FPL 79% 0 1 11 5 6 4 17 2 2 3 1 3 1 2
21 Simpkin, Jy INT 74% 2 0 13 7 6 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2
9 Swallow, Andrew WR 73% 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 11 3 1 2 1 3 5
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 94% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 10 0 3 2 3 6 1
12 Thomas, Lindsay FF 73% 0 3 16 9 7 4 0 4 2 5 1 2 0 5
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 87% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 5 0 5 1 2 0 1
28 Turner, Kayne FPR 82% 2 0 10 5 5 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 3
2 Williams, Marley BPL 90% 0 0 15 5 10 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) RR 78% 1 0 27 17 10 5 0 1 8 6 0 0 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 12 14 395 193 202 86 46 75 41 47 21 16 46 45

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
25 Adams, Marcus BPL 92% 0 0 17 9 8 7 0 5 0 1 1 0 3 2
4 Bontempelli, Marcus RR 87% 1 1 25 15 10 3 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 8
5 Boyd, Matthew INT 84% 0 0 18 11 7 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 3
17 Boyd, Tom FF 17% 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
15 Campbell, Tom RU 85% 0 0 8 3 5 0 37 6 3 3 1 3 0 2
13 Cloke, Travis CHF 78% 1 2 11 9 2 4 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 4
12 Cordy, Zaine HBFL 88% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2
6 Dahlhaus, Luke C 78% 2 0 32 8 24 4 0 6 4 5 0 3 3 1
20 Dunkley, Josh HFFL 78% 1 2 12 7 5 6 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3
7 Hunter, Lachie WL 92% 0 1 19 13 6 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1
39 Johannisen, Jason BPR 80% 0 0 19 9 10 5 0 4 0 0 1 0 4 0
46 Jong, Lin FPL 86% 0 1 24 6 18 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 4
21 Liberatore, Tom RO 82% 1 0 14 4 10 2 0 9 4 2 1 2 1 1
11 Macrae, Jack INT 88% 1 0 23 10 13 5 0 7 4 1 0 1 1 1
16 McLean, Toby WR 82% 0 0 27 10 17 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 4
2 Murphy, Bob (c) HBFR 85% 1 0 24 14 10 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 6
42 Picken, Liam FPR 85% 0 1 25 13 12 6 0 4 3 0 2 0 2 4
18 Roberts, Fletcher FB 96% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
14 Smith, Clay INT 78% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 15 2 1 0 0 0 1
9 Stringer, Jake HFFR 88% 2 3 19 12 7 4 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 5
1 Suckling, Matt INT 83% 2 2 26 17 9 6 0 3 2 7 0 4 1 8
10 Wood, Easton CHB 87% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 17 377 188 189 83 39 81 34 41 16 21 29 61

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
25 M. Adams 18 F. Roberts 39 J. Johannisen 22 T. Goldstein 10 B. Cunnington
28 K. Turner 12 L. Thomas 31 B. Preuss 7 J. Ziebell (c) 8 N. Hrovat
FORWARD 4 S. Higgins 11 L. McDonald
HALF-BACK

21 J. Simpkin
12 Z. Cordy 10 E. Wood 2 B. Murphy (c)



43 S. Gibson 50 B. Brown 34 J. Macmillan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 L. Hunter 6 L. Dahlhaus 16 T. McLean



9 A. Swallow 14 T. Dumont 27 T. Garner FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 T. Campbell 5 M. Boyd
HALF-FORWARD 4 M. Bontempelli 11 J. Macrae
20 J. Dunkley 13 T. Cloke 9 J. Stringer 21 T. Liberatore 14 C. Smith
17 A. Mullett 16 S. Thompson 6 L. Hansen

1 M. Suckling
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



46 L. Jong 17 T. Boyd 42 L. Picken



18 S. Atley 25 R. Tarrant 2 M. Williams



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Jamie Macmillan behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:47
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 06:04
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 07:42
NMLB Ben Brown goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 13:21
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 15:08
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 16:17
WBUL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 19:00
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 21:52
NMLB Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 25:56
NMLB Braydon Preuss behind 2.4.16 - 2.2.14 28:36
Q2 WBUL Travis Cloke behind 2.4.16 - 2.3.15 03:48
WBUL Travis Cloke behind 2.4.16 - 2.4.16 05:53
NMLB Ben Brown goal 3.4.22 - 2.4.16 07:48
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 4.4.28 - 2.4.16 09:42
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 4.5.29 - 2.4.16 14:02
WBUL Lachie Hunter behind 4.5.29 - 2.5.17 15:22
NMLB Sam Gibson behind 4.6.30 - 2.5.17 16:28
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 4.6.30 - 2.6.18 17:38
NMLB Ben Brown behind 4.7.31 - 2.6.18 22:49
WBUL Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 2.7.19 23:57
WBUL Josh Dunkley behind 4.7.31 - 2.8.20 24:37
Q3 NMLB Rushed behind 4.8.32 - 2.8.20 00:34
NMLB Ben Brown goal 5.8.38 - 2.8.20 01:32
WBUL Matt Suckling behind 5.8.38 - 2.9.21 02:37
NMLB Ben Brown goal 6.8.44 - 2.9.21 04:56
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 7.8.50 - 2.9.21 06:12
WBUL Matt Suckling goal 7.8.50 - 3.9.27 07:18
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 7.9.51 - 3.9.27 08:35
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 7.10.52 - 3.9.27 10:01
WBUL Josh Dunkley goal 7.10.52 - 4.9.33 13:12
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 7.10.52 - 5.9.39 20:24
WBUL Travis Cloke goal 7.10.52 - 6.9.45 22:02
NMLB Taylor Garner behind 7.11.53 - 6.9.45 23:39
WBUL Lin Jong behind 7.11.53 - 6.10.46 24:38
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 7.11.53 - 6.11.47 25:15
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 7.11.53 - 6.12.48 26:40
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus goal 7.11.53 - 7.12.54 27:17
WBUL Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 7.13.55 28:27
WBUL Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 7.14.56 30:00
NMLB Kayne Turner goal 8.11.59 - 7.14.56 31:20
WBUL Josh Dunkley behind 8.11.59 - 7.15.57 33:25
Q4 WBUL Matt Suckling behind 8.11.59 - 7.16.58 01:16
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus goal 8.11.59 - 8.16.64 03:58
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 9.11.65 - 8.16.64 05:54
WBUL Jack Macrae goal 9.11.65 - 9.16.70 07:58
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 9.12.66 - 9.16.70 13:00
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 10.12.72 - 9.16.70 13:57
NMLB Taylor Garner goal 11.12.78 - 9.16.70 15:34
NMLB Rushed behind 11.13.79 - 9.16.70 16:40
WBUL Liam Picken behind 11.13.79 - 9.17.71 17:45
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 11.13.79 - 10.17.77 20:50
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 11.13.79 - 11.17.83 22:11
WBUL Matt Suckling goal 11.13.79 - 12.17.89 24:43
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 12.13.85 - 12.17.89 25:58
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 12.14.86 - 12.17.89 31:32