2019 AFL Round 17: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 2019 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round 17 of the 2019 AFL season. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. In the absence of Dyson Heppell, vice-captain Zach Merrett captained the hosts. Jack Ziebell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Rhyce Shaw.

Essendon
Back: M. Redman, C. Hooker, M. Gleeson
Half-back: M. Guelfi, M. Hurley, A. Saad
Centre: C. McKenna, J. Stringer, D. Zaharakis
Half-forward: Z. Clarke, J. Laverde, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: O. Fantasia, M. Brown, D. Clarke
Follower: S. McKernan, D. Shiel, D. Parish
Int.: A. Francis, K. Langford, A. McGrath, Z. Merrett (capt.)

North Melbourne
Back: M. Williams, S. Thompson, L. McDonald
Half-back: J. Pittard, R. Tarrant, S. Atley
Centre: T. Dumont, T. Thomas, J. Polec
Half-forward: C. Taylor, N. Larkey, J. Ziebell (capt.)
Forward: C. Zurhaar, B. Brown, K. Turner
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, J. Simpkin
Int.: P. Ahern, J. Anderson, N. Hrovat, J. Macmillan

Essendon (12.14.86) defeated North Melbourne (12.9.81).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (4), J. Stringer (3), M. Brown (2), K. Langford, J. Laverde, C. McKenna
North Melbourne: B. Brown (6), C. Zurhaar (3), T. Thomas (2), J. Anderson

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) and North Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 July 2019
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 45,682

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 12.14.86 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 4 6 . 11 11 . 13 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
North Melbourne 6 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin NMLB by 11 level ESSE by 18 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration 31:40 30:33 32:16 28:50 2:03:19

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Rhyce Shaw (North Melbourne)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), C. Fleer (#26), B. Wallace (#33)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 3
Ben Brown NMLB 50 2
Robbie Tarrant NMLB 25 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Ben Brown NMLB 50 9 1 1 0 0 0
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 9 1 1 0 0 0
Conor McKenna ESSE 45 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Robbie Tarrant NMLB 25 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Brown, Mitch FF 97% 2 2 14 12 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
37 Clarke, Dylan FPR 87% 0 0 13 4 9 2 0 12 2 2 0 1 0 3
20 Clarke, Zac HFFL 80% 0 0 12 6 6 6 35 3 6 5 0 3 1 3
13 Fantasia, Orazio FPL 93% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2
10 Francis, Aaron INT 80% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 1
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 84% 0 0 21 13 8 8 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 2
35 Guelfi, Matt HBFL 71% 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 5 2
26 Hooker, Cale FB 92% 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 55% 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1
4 Langford, Kyle INT 78% 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2
15 Laverde, Jayden CHF 89% 1 2 15 10 5 7 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 80% 4 2 19 11 8 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 78% 0 0 22 9 13 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 1 3
45 McKenna, Conor WL 87% 1 0 25 16 9 1 0 3 2 3 3 0 5 4
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 82% 0 1 10 8 2 5 4 3 2 8 2 4 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach (ac) INT 79% 0 0 34 11 23 3 0 6 7 4 2 0 0 5
3 Parish, Darcy RO 71% 0 1 20 11 9 2 0 4 5 1 0 0 2 4
27 Redman, Mason BPL 89% 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 5 0 7 3 3 2 1
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 88% 0 0 22 14 8 2 0 4 2 3 1 0 5 8
9 Shiel, Dylan RR 76% 0 0 22 11 11 1 0 5 3 4 2 0 3 2
25 Stringer, Jake C 84% 3 2 16 14 2 2 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 5
11 Zaharakis, David WR 82% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 4
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 14 358 215 143 76 39 73 43 54 20 15 37 61

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Ahern, Paul INT 60% 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
3 Anderson, Jed INT 64% 1 0 17 8 9 0 0 5 4 6 1 3 2 4
18 Atley, Shaun HBFR 85% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4
50 Brown, Ben FF 100% 6 2 18 15 3 12 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 2
10 Cunnington, Ben RR 78% 0 0 15 3 12 0 0 5 2 3 0 2 0 1
14 Dumont, Trent WL 94% 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 4 2
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 88% 0 0 19 9 10 1 32 2 7 2 4 2 2 5
8 Hrovat, Nathan INT 72% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
20 Larkey, Nick CHF 85% 0 0 4 4 0 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 1
34 Macmillan, Jamie INT 84% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 3
11 McDonald, Luke BPR 80% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 4 0 4 1 1 5 0
17 Pittard, Jasper HBFL 83% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
13 Polec, Jared WR 93% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 4
12 Simpkin, Jy RO 79% 0 0 18 10 8 0 0 2 8 3 0 1 1 3
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHB 86% 0 0 22 15 7 11 0 4 0 2 2 1 12 1
31 Taylor, Curtis HFFL 70% 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 3 0 1
26 Thomas, Tarryn C 70% 2 2 13 9 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2
16 Thompson, Scott FB 91% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 7 1
28 Turner, Kayne FPR 84% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1
2 Williams, Marley BPL 90% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 1
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) HFFR 83% 0 1 20 11 9 0 0 3 3 4 1 0 0 4
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPL 81% 3 1 15 10 5 5 0 3 1 4 1 2 0 6
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 9 311 182 129 61 38 52 33 53 15 20 49 50

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
2 M. Williams 16 S. Thompson 11 L. McDonald 44 S. McKernan 10 A. Francis
37 D. Clarke 28 M. Brown 13 O. Fantasia 9 D. Shiel 4 K. Langford
FORWARD 3 D. Parish 1 A. McGrath
HALF-BACK

7 Z. Merrett (ac)
17 J. Pittard 25 R. Tarrant 18 S. Atley



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 15 J. Laverde 20 Z. Clarke



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 T. Dumont 26 T. Thomas 13 J. Polec



11 D. Zaharakis 25 J. Stringer 45 C. McKenna FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 15 P. Ahern
HALF-FORWARD 10 B. Cunnington 3 J. Anderson
31 C. Taylor 20 N. Larkey 7 J. Ziebell (c) 12 J. Simpkin 8 N. Hrovat
42 A. Saad 18 M. Hurley 35 M. Guelfi

34 J. Macmillan
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



44 C. Zurhaar 50 B. Brown 28 K. Turner



8 M. Gleeson 26 C. Hooker 27 M. Redman



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Rhyce Shaw

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jake Stringer behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:55
NMLB Ben Brown behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:07
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 04:15
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 05:54
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 07:29
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 09:00
NMLB Ben Brown goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 11:46
NMLB Tarryn Thomas behind 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 13:01
NMLB Tarryn Thomas goal 1.1.7 - 4.3.27 15:15
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 2.1.13 - 4.3.27 17:00
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 3.1.19 - 4.3.27 18:28
ESSE Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 4.3.27 20:46
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 4.2.26 - 4.3.27 22:47
ESSE Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 24:55
ESSE Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 4.3.27 25:42
NMLB Ben Brown goal 4.4.28 - 5.3.33 29:02
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 4.4.28 - 6.3.39 31:37
Q2 ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 5.4.34 - 6.3.39 04:24
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 5.5.35 - 6.3.39 07:13
NMLB Curtis Taylor behind 5.5.35 - 6.4.40 10:17
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 5.6.36 - 6.4.40 13:32
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 5.7.37 - 6.4.40 15:25
NMLB Jed Anderson goal 5.7.37 - 7.4.46 16:21
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 5.8.38 - 7.4.46 17:30
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 5.9.39 - 7.4.46 18:50
NMLB Tarryn Thomas behind 5.9.39 - 7.5.47 19:51
ESSE Rushed behind 5.10.40 - 7.5.47 25:17
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 6.10.46 - 7.5.47 27:26
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 6.11.47 - 7.5.47 29:29
Q3 ESSE Mitch Brown goal 7.11.53 - 7.5.47 05:32
NMLB Ben Brown goal 7.11.53 - 8.5.53 10:44
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 7.12.54 - 8.5.53 12:57
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 8.12.60 - 8.5.53 14:20
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 8.13.61 - 8.5.53 16:12
NMLB Ben Brown behind 8.13.61 - 8.6.54 17:02
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 9.13.67 - 8.6.54 17:59
NMLB Ben Brown goal 9.13.67 - 9.6.60 20:55
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 10.13.73 - 9.6.60 22:36
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 11.13.79 - 9.6.60 29:10
NMLB Rushed behind 11.13.79 - 9.7.61 31:32
Q4 NMLB Rushed behind 11.13.79 - 9.8.62 00:49
NMLB Ben Brown goal 11.13.79 - 10.8.68 02:05
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 11.13.79 - 10.9.69 05:13
NMLB Tarryn Thomas goal 11.13.79 - 11.9.75 09:35
NMLB Ben Brown goal 11.13.79 - 12.9.81 17:47
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 11.14.80 - 12.9.81 24:21
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 12.14.86 - 12.9.81 27:30