2018 AFL Season 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 three of the 2018 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the 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 (18.15.123) defeated North Melbourne (13.8.86).

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (North Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Nathan Jones
Coach: Simon Goodwin

North Melbourne

Captain: Jack Ziebell
Coach: Brad Scott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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