2018 AFL Round 3: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 2018 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round 3 of the 2018 AFL season. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. Jack Ziebell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Melbourne
Back: J. Lever, O. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: B. Vince, M. Hibberd, T. Bugg
Centre: J. Harmes, N. Jones (capt.), C. Salem
Half-forward: J. Melksham, S. Frost, B. Fritsch
Forward: C. Petracca, J. Hogan, J. Garlett
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Oliver, D. Tyson
Int.: D. Kent, J. Lewis, A. Neal-Bullen, J. Wagner

North Melbourne
Back: M. Williams, S. Thompson, R. Clarke
Half-back: J. Macmillan, M. Daw, E. Vickers-Willis
Centre: B. Jacobs, N. Hrovat, B. Hartung
Half-forward: S. Atley, J. Waite, K. Turner
Forward: J. Ziebell (capt.), B. Brown, L. McDonald
Follower: T. Goldstein, S. Higgins, B. Cunnington
Int.: J. Anderson, L. Davies-Uniacke, T. Dumont, J. Simpkin

Melbourne (18.15.123) defeated North Melbourne (13.8.86).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: T. Bugg (4), J. Garlett (3), D. Kent (3), C. Oliver (2), B. Fritsch, J. Hogan, N. Jones, J. Lewis, C. Petracca, B. Vince
North Melbourne: B. Brown (4), J. Waite (3), B. Cunnington (2), T. Goldstein, B. Hartung, J. Simpkin, J. Ziebell

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and North Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 April 2018
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,518

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.15.123 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 9 . 7 12 . 13 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
North Melbourne 5 . 3 8 . 4 10 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin NMLB by 13 MELB by 9 MELB by 19 MELB by 37 MELB by 37
Duration 30:13 32:38 31:04 32:36 2:06:31

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Brad Scott (North Melbourne)
Captains: Nathan Jones (Melbourne), Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Fleer (#26), J. Mollison (#32), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Gawn MELB 11 3
Christian Petracca MELB 5 2
Jesse Hogan MELB 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jesse Hogan MELB 1 5 0 1 0 0 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 4 0 1 0 0 0
Ben Cunnington NMLB 10 3 0 0 1 0 0
Christian Salem MELB 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
Ben Brown NMLB 50 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dean Kent MELB 16 2 0 0 0 1 0
Nathan Jones MELB 2 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bugg, Tomas HBFR 76% 4 1 16 9 7 3 0 3 2 5 2 2 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley HFFR 74% 1 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
17 Frost, Sam CHF 85% 0 0 9 6 3 6 0 1 0 3 0 2 6 1
36 Garlett, Jeff FPR 85% 3 1 11 6 5 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 87% 0 0 18 8 10 6 50 3 0 6 2 4 0 3
4 Harmes, James WL 77% 0 0 17 9 8 2 2 6 2 3 1 0 2 2
14 Hibberd, Michael CHB 86% 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 3
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 95% 1 2 26 17 9 7 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 5
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 74% 0 0 12 3 9 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
2 Jones, Nathan (c) C 82% 1 1 25 14 11 4 0 7 5 3 1 2 0 4
16 Kent, Dean INT 76% 3 2 20 12 8 5 0 1 1 4 1 2 1 3
8 Lever, Jake BPL 97% 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 0 0 5 0 2 4 1
6 Lewis, Jordan INT 80% 1 0 27 12 15 4 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 4
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 97% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 1
18 Melksham, Jake HFFL 65% 0 2 16 12 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex INT 73% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 4 1 4 1 0 0 4
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 85% 2 0 20 7 13 2 0 6 5 4 2 1 1 2
5 Petracca, Christian FPL 87% 1 1 25 14 11 6 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 6
3 Salem, Christian WR 79% 0 1 20 15 5 4 0 6 8 2 2 2 1 6
12 Tyson, Dom RO 79% 0 1 25 15 10 8 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 2
23 Vince, Bernie HBFL 86% 1 0 23 16 7 2 0 2 3 2 2 0 2 4
42 Wagner, Josh INT 76% 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 7 1 0 2 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 18 15 399 231 168 94 52 59 37 58 25 23 27 66

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Anderson, Jed INT 68% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 2
18 Atley, Shaun HFFL 81% 0 1 16 11 5 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 5
50 Brown, Ben FF 100% 4 1 11 10 1 5 3 1 1 3 3 0 0 2
13 Clarke, Ryan BPR 89% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 3
10 Cunnington, Ben RO 76% 2 0 25 14 11 6 0 3 11 7 2 4 3 1
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke INT 54% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
1 Daw, Majak CHB 90% 0 0 7 6 1 6 3 7 0 2 0 1 2 0
14 Dumont, Trent INT 79% 0 0 23 13 10 4 0 4 2 5 1 2 3 5
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 84% 1 0 13 8 5 2 15 1 5 3 4 3 1 1
39 Hartung, Billy WR 79% 1 0 18 7 11 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1
4 Higgins, Shaun RR 88% 0 1 23 12 11 3 0 3 5 1 1 0 1 7
8 Hrovat, Nathan C 67% 0 1 8 2 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Jacobs, Ben WL 80% 0 0 15 4 11 6 0 10 2 3 0 2 1 3
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFL 88% 0 0 15 6 9 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 4 1
11 McDonald, Luke FPR 92% 0 0 21 13 8 8 0 1 0 5 0 1 5 2
12 Simpkin, Jy INT 72% 1 0 11 5 6 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1
16 Thompson, Scott FB 90% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 2 0 4 1 3 4 1
28 Turner, Kayne HFFR 72% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 2 0 4 1 2 0 0
33 Vickers-Willis, Ed HBFR 92% 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1
30 Waite, Jarrad CHF 92% 3 1 10 8 2 3 3 3 0 6 1 2 0 0
2 Williams, Marley BPL 83% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 5 0
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) FPL 84% 1 2 22 17 5 6 0 3 1 5 1 2 1 7
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 13 8 314 176 138 74 24 62 36 63 23 25 41 45

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

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 M. Williams 16 S. Thompson 13 R. Clarke 11 M. Gawn 16 D. Kent
36 J. Garlett 1 J. Hogan 5 C. Petracca 13 C. Oliver 6 J. Lewis
FORWARD 12 D. Tyson 30 A. Neal-Bullen
HALF-BACK

42 J. Wagner
34 J. Macmillan 1 M. Daw 33 E. Vickers-Willis



31 B. Fritsch 17 S. Frost 18 J. Melksham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 B. Jacobs 8 N. Hrovat 39 B. Hartung



3 C. Salem 2 N. Jones (c) 4 J. Harmes FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 3 J. Anderson
HALF-FORWARD 4 S. Higgins 9 L. Davies-Uniacke
18 S. Atley 30 J. Waite 28 K. Turner 10 B. Cunnington 14 T. Dumont
32 T. Bugg 14 M. Hibberd 23 B. Vince

12 J. Simpkin
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



7 J. Ziebell (c) 50 B. Brown 11 L. McDonald



39 N. Jetta 28 O. McDonald 8 J. Lever



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:33
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 07:10
NMLB Ben Brown goal 0.0.0 - 3.0.18 10:41
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 0.0.0 - 4.0.24 13:14
MELB Tomas Bugg goal 1.0.6 - 4.0.24 14:51
MELB Dean Kent goal 2.0.12 - 4.0.24 16:34
MELB Josh Wagner behind 2.1.13 - 4.0.24 18:48
MELB Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 4.0.24 19:43
NMLB Nathan Hrovat behind 2.2.14 - 4.1.25 21:26
NMLB Todd Goldstein goal 2.2.14 - 5.1.31 22:22
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 2.2.14 - 5.2.32 23:15
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 2.2.14 - 5.3.33 26:37
MELB Tomas Bugg goal 3.2.20 - 5.3.33 28:43
Q2 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.2.26 - 5.3.33 02:03
MELB Bernie Vince goal 5.2.32 - 5.3.33 03:57
MELB Jake Melksham behind 5.3.33 - 5.3.33 05:43
MELB Christian Petracca behind 5.4.34 - 5.3.33 08:15
NMLB Billy Hartung goal 5.4.34 - 6.3.39 09:12
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 6.4.40 - 6.3.39 11:53
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 7.4.46 - 6.3.39 13:29
NMLB Shaun Atley behind 7.4.46 - 6.4.40 16:55
MELB Jake Melksham behind 7.5.47 - 6.4.40 17:30
MELB Tomas Bugg goal 8.5.53 - 6.4.40 20:25
MELB Christian Petracca goal 9.5.59 - 6.4.40 21:56
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 9.6.60 - 6.4.40 23:29
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 9.6.60 - 7.4.46 25:05
NMLB Ben Brown goal 9.6.60 - 8.4.52 27:50
MELB Tomas Bugg behind 9.7.61 - 8.4.52 32:34
Q3 NMLB Ben Brown behind 9.7.61 - 8.5.53 01:22
MELB Dean Kent goal 10.7.67 - 8.5.53 02:33
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 10.8.68 - 8.5.53 05:37
MELB Christian Salem behind 10.9.69 - 8.5.53 07:06
MELB Dean Kent behind 10.10.70 - 8.5.53 08:05
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 10.10.70 - 8.6.54 08:53
NMLB Ben Brown goal 10.10.70 - 9.6.60 10:19
MELB Rushed behind 10.11.71 - 9.6.60 12:06
NMLB Ben Brown goal 10.11.71 - 10.6.66 13:21
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 10.12.72 - 10.6.66 17:32
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 11.12.78 - 10.6.66 22:30
MELB Dean Kent behind 11.13.79 - 10.6.66 28:08
MELB Dean Kent goal 12.13.85 - 10.6.66 28:48
Q4 MELB Jordan Lewis goal 13.13.91 - 10.6.66 01:56
NMLB Rushed behind 13.13.91 - 10.7.67 03:11
MELB Dom Tyson behind 13.14.92 - 10.7.67 05:21
MELB Nathan Jones behind 13.15.93 - 10.7.67 09:13
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 13.15.93 - 11.7.73 11:39
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 14.15.99 - 11.7.73 13:24
NMLB Shaun Higgins behind 14.15.99 - 11.8.74 16:35
MELB Tomas Bugg goal 15.15.105 - 11.8.74 19:42
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 15.15.105 - 12.8.80 21:27
MELB Nathan Jones goal 16.15.111 - 12.8.80 23:17
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 16.15.111 - 13.8.86 25:42
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 17.15.117 - 13.8.86 26:47
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 18.15.123 - 13.8.86 30:00