2017 AFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 2017 between North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs during round four of the 2017 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted the 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 (12.14.86) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (12.17.89).

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

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: Jack Ziebell
Coach: Brad Scott

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Bob Murphy
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Match Umpires

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

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2017 AFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

Match Details

Match Results

Quarter Breakdown

Score Worm

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Western Bulldogs

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

Goal Umpires

Boundary Umpires

Brownlow Votes

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

Western Bulldogs

Legend

Player Line-Up

Score Timeline

Links