2017 AFL Round 18: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 2017 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round 18 of the 2017 AFL season. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Essendon
Back: A. McGrath, M. Hartley, M. Gleeson
Half-back: M. Baguley, M. Hurley, J. Kelly
Centre: Z. Merrett, D. Heppell (capt.), B. Goddard
Half-forward: O. Fantasia, C. Hooker, T. Colyer
Forward: J. Stewart, J. Daniher, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: T. Bellchambers, J. Watson, D. Parish
Int.: J. Laverde, C. McKenna, D. Myers, D. Zaharakis

North Melbourne
Back: J. Williams, S. Durdin, D. Nielson
Half-back: N. Larkey, S. Thompson, A. Mullett
Centre: S. Atley, T. Dumont, R. Clarke
Half-forward: L. McDonald, J. Waite, T. Garner
Forward: J. Simpkin, B. Brown, N. Hrovat
Follower: M. Daw, S. Higgins, B. Cunnington
Int.: S. Gibson, D. Mountford, A. Swallow, C. Zurhaar

Essendon (20.12.132) defeated North Melbourne (16.9.105).

Goalkickers
Essendon: C. Hooker (5), O. Fantasia (4), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (3), J. Daniher (2), D. Heppell (2), J. Stewart (2), D. Parish, D. Zaharakis
North Melbourne: B. Brown (6), J. Waite (4), T. Dumont, T. Garner, S. Gibson, A. Mullett, A. Swallow, J. Williams

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) and North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 July 2017
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 40,359

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 20.12.132 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 8 . 3 13 . 8 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
North Melbourne 4 . 4 8 . 5 12 . 7 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin NMLB by 2 NMLB by 2 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 27
Duration 31:29 30:50 32:50 32:43 2:07:52

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Brad Scott (North Melbourne)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), C. Fleer (#26), T. Pannell (#28), E: P. Burns (#46)
Goal Umpire: M. Craig, C. Lai, E: C. Appleton
Boundary Umpire: J. Andrews, G. Bergroth, J. Moore, J. Scully

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 3
Ben Brown NMLB 50 2
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 9 1 1 0 0 0
Ben Brown NMLB 50 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jarrad Waite NMLB 30 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark HBFL 90% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 6 0 4 2 2 4 0
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 86% 0 1 10 7 3 3 34 2 5 6 2 4 2 3
32 Colyer, Travis HFFR 77% 0 0 14 6 8 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 0
6 Daniher, Joe FF 92% 2 1 13 10 3 3 9 3 0 6 0 1 2 3
13 Fantasia, Orazio HFFL 84% 4 1 12 8 4 4 0 4 0 5 1 2 0 2
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 83% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 3
9 Goddard, Brendon WR 85% 0 1 25 12 13 7 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 4
36 Hartley, Michael FB 96% 0 0 14 10 4 7 0 3 0 2 0 2 3 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) C 74% 2 0 26 15 11 2 0 5 7 4 2 2 2 8
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 87% 5 2 18 13 5 9 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 3
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 97% 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 0 0 6 1 0 9 2
47 Kelly, James HBFR 80% 0 0 12 1 11 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 0
33 Laverde, Jayden INT 68% 0 1 11 3 8 3 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 82% 3 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 1 4 2 3 0 3
1 McGrath, Andrew BPL 79% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 5 1 4 1 1 1 1
45 McKenna, Conor INT 75% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 2
7 Merrett, Zach WL 76% 0 0 33 11 22 2 0 3 9 1 1 0 1 3
23 Myers, David INT 71% 0 0 21 6 15 1 0 2 5 2 1 1 0 3
3 Parish, Darcy RO 74% 1 0 23 11 12 0 0 2 6 3 0 1 2 3
17 Stewart, James FPL 92% 2 2 9 6 3 4 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 3
4 Watson, Jobe RR 73% 0 0 27 7 20 2 0 4 7 4 2 1 0 4
11 Zaharakis, David INT 79% 1 2 27 16 11 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 20 12 374 191 183 65 44 63 50 63 22 22 41 57

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Atley, Shaun WL 81% 0 1 25 11 14 8 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 8
50 Brown, Ben FF 100% 6 2 13 12 1 9 1 3 0 3 3 0 0 1
13 Clarke, Ryan WR 87% 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 0
10 Cunnington, Ben RO 74% 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 4 6 7 0 2 0 5
38 Daw, Majak RU 90% 0 0 14 4 10 4 33 5 1 2 3 1 0 3
14 Dumont, Trent C 82% 1 0 28 14 14 5 0 3 4 2 3 0 1 6
24 Durdin, Sam FB 83% 0 0 18 14 4 11 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 4
27 Garner, Taylor HFFR 84% 1 0 25 17 8 10 0 7 0 2 1 1 1 4
43 Gibson, Sam INT 85% 1 1 28 19 9 7 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 2
4 Higgins, Shaun RR 83% 0 1 23 15 8 4 0 5 6 4 2 2 1 6
8 Hrovat, Nathan FPR 82% 0 0 21 11 10 6 0 2 1 5 0 0 2 5
40 Larkey, Nick HBFL 75% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
11 McDonald, Luke HFFL 84% 0 0 22 14 8 7 0 1 0 5 2 2 6 1
42 Mountford, Declan INT 74% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 3
17 Mullett, Aaron HBFR 85% 1 0 16 15 1 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 4 2
26 Nielson, Dan BPR 82% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
21 Simpkin, Jy FPL 74% 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1
9 Swallow, Andrew INT 67% 1 0 20 7 13 2 0 2 4 2 1 2 1 3
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 100% 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 2
30 Waite, Jarrad CHF 83% 4 2 14 12 2 8 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 1
36 Williams, Josh BPL 78% 1 0 14 7 7 6 0 3 0 4 0 2 2 0
44 Zurhaar, Cameron INT 67% 0 1 10 6 4 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 9 377 225 152 125 36 51 28 58 22 22 33 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

Essendon Coach: John Worsfold
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
36 J. Williams 24 S. Durdin 26 D. Nielson 2 T. Bellchambers 33 J. Laverde
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 6 J. Daniher 17 J. Stewart 4 J. Watson 45 C. McKenna
FORWARD 3 D. Parish 23 D. Myers
HALF-BACK

11 D. Zaharakis
40 N. Larkey 16 S. Thompson 17 A. Mullett



32 T. Colyer 26 C. Hooker 13 O. Fantasia



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 S. Atley 14 T. Dumont 13 R. Clarke



9 B. Goddard 21 D. Heppell (c) 7 Z. Merrett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 M. Daw 43 S. Gibson
HALF-FORWARD 4 S. Higgins 42 D. Mountford
11 L. McDonald 30 J. Waite 27 T. Garner 10 B. Cunnington 9 A. Swallow
47 J. Kelly 18 M. Hurley 12 M. Baguley

44 C. Zurhaar
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 J. Simpkin 50 B. Brown 8 N. Hrovat



8 M. Gleeson 36 M. Hartley 1 A. McGrath



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:03
NMLB Josh Williams goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 03:54
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 05:00
NMLB Taylor Garner goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 10:18
NMLB Ben Brown behind 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 12:25
NMLB Sam Gibson behind 1.0.6 - 2.3.15 13:14
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 1.0.6 - 3.3.21 15:21
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 2.0.12 - 3.3.21 16:42
ESSE Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 17:57
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 3.1.19 - 3.3.21 18:21
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 23:00
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 23:37
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 4.2.26 - 4.3.27 26:52
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 4.2.26 - 4.4.28 31:25
Q2 ESSE James Stewart goal 5.2.32 - 4.4.28 01:53
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 6.2.38 - 4.4.28 03:30
NMLB Ben Brown goal 6.2.38 - 5.4.34 05:53
NMLB Ben Brown goal 6.2.38 - 6.4.40 07:43
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 7.2.44 - 6.4.40 09:45
NMLB Aaron Mullett goal 7.2.44 - 7.4.46 19:16
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 7.3.45 - 7.4.46 20:48
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 7.3.45 - 7.5.47 22:47
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 8.3.51 - 7.5.47 27:17
NMLB Sam Gibson goal 8.3.51 - 8.5.53 29:23
Q3 ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 8.4.52 - 8.5.53 00:48
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 8.5.53 - 8.5.53 01:21
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 8.5.53 - 8.6.54 02:31
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 9.5.59 - 8.6.54 03:49
NMLB Ben Brown goal 9.5.59 - 9.6.60 05:16
NMLB Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 9.7.61 12:30
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 10.5.65 - 9.7.61 13:19
ESSE James Stewart goal 11.5.71 - 9.7.61 15:19
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 11.6.72 - 9.7.61 17:10
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 12.6.78 - 9.7.61 19:04
NMLB Trent Dumont goal 12.6.78 - 10.7.67 20:36
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 12.6.78 - 11.7.73 22:12
NMLB Ben Brown goal 12.6.78 - 12.7.79 23:58
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 13.6.84 - 12.7.79 27:31
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 13.7.85 - 12.7.79 28:52
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 13.8.86 - 12.7.79 30:23
Q4 ESSE Joe Daniher behind 13.9.87 - 12.7.79 00:54
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 14.9.93 - 12.7.79 01:58
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 15.9.99 - 12.7.79 04:10
NMLB Ben Brown goal 15.9.99 - 13.7.85 06:20
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 16.9.105 - 13.7.85 09:24
ESSE James Stewart behind 16.10.106 - 13.7.85 11:18
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 16.11.107 - 13.7.85 13:01
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 16.11.107 - 14.7.91 14:11
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 17.11.113 - 14.7.91 16:35
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 18.11.119 - 14.7.91 17:40
NMLB Ben Brown behind 18.11.119 - 14.8.92 21:41
NMLB Ben Brown goal 18.11.119 - 15.8.98 24:12
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 19.11.125 - 15.8.98 25:54
ESSE James Stewart behind 19.12.126 - 15.8.98 27:40
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 20.12.132 - 15.8.98 29:20
NMLB Shaun Atley behind 20.12.132 - 15.9.99 30:41
NMLB Andrew Swallow goal 20.12.132 - 16.9.105 31:40