2019 AFL Round 23: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 2019 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round 23 of the 2019 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Blundstone Arena. Jack Ziebell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rhyce Shaw and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

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

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, S. Frost, C. Salem
Half-back: J. Lewis, J. Lever, N. Jones
Centre: J. Harmes, A. Brayshaw, C. Spargo
Half-forward: J. Kennedy Harris, B. Fritsch, J. Melksham
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Preuss, C. Petracca
Follower: M. Gawn, J. Viney, C. Oliver
Int.: M. Hore, J. Hunt, B. Stretch, C. Wagner

North Melbourne (13.10.88) defeated Melbourne (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Brown (2), T. Garner (2), S. Higgins (2), J. Polec (2), J. Ziebell (2), N. Larkey, M. Williams, M. Wood
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), M. Gawn (3), J. Melksham (2), J. Hunt, N. Jones, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Wagner

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 August 2019
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 8,202

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 13.10.88 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 4 10 . 9 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Melbourne 4 . 2 5 . 4 11 . 4 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin MELB by 4 level MELB by 1 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 5
Duration 31:03 27:26 36:17 30:16 2:05:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rhyce Shaw (North Melbourne), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Deboy (#11), H. Gavine (#14), A. Heffernan (#36)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Gawn MELB 11 3
Shaun Higgins NMLB 4 2
Jared Polec NMLB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Shaun Higgins NMLB 4 8 0 2 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jared Polec NMLB 13 5 0 0 1 1 0
James Harmes MELB 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Viney MELB 7 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 HBFR 91% 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 5
50 Brown, Ben FF 100% 2 3 17 11 6 6 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2
10 Cunnington, Ben RO 79% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 2 2 5 0 3 0 2
14 Dumont, Trent WL 84% 0 0 23 13 10 1 0 6 3 5 1 0 4 4
24 Durdin, Sam INT 87% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
6 Garner, Taylor FPL 70% 2 0 13 8 5 5 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 4
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 86% 0 0 12 3 9 4 24 2 4 6 1 4 0 1
4 Higgins, Shaun C 86% 2 0 34 11 23 3 0 3 3 5 1 1 2 6
8 Hrovat, Nathan INT 70% 0 1 17 5 12 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
20 Larkey, Nick CHF 80% 1 1 10 5 5 3 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 1
34 Macmillan, Jamie HBFL 59% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0
17 Pittard, Jasper BPR 90% 0 0 22 11 11 6 0 2 0 5 1 1 7 1
13 Polec, Jared WR 92% 2 2 29 22 7 3 0 5 3 4 1 0 1 9
12 Simpkin, Jy RR 82% 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 4 2 4 1 3 0 5
25 Tarrant, Robbie CHB 95% 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 7 1
26 Thomas, Tarryn INT 69% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
16 Thompson, Scott FB 86% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 3 1
28 Turner, Kayne HFFL 90% 0 1 17 11 6 7 0 7 0 4 1 2 2 0
2 Williams, Marley BPL 80% 1 0 19 7 12 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 4 2
32 Wood, Mason INT 77% 1 1 17 8 9 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2
7 Ziebell, Jack (c) HFFR 70% 2 0 19 7 12 4 0 6 3 1 1 0 1 4
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPR 78% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 13 10 371 195 176 79 26 58 30 63 20 16 39 56

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus C 83% 0 0 21 5 16 3 0 8 3 4 0 1 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 99% 3 2 12 10 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
17 Frost, Sam FB 100% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 0 5 0 2 5 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 90% 3 1 26 17 9 8 41 0 10 3 4 1 2 5
4 Harmes, James WL 86% 0 0 32 16 16 3 0 4 1 6 1 1 5 6
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 87% 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 4 3
34 Hore, Marty INT 76% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 3 0 5 0 3 5 0
29 Hunt, Jayden INT 73% 1 0 12 6 6 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2
2 Jones, Nathan HBFR 74% 1 0 18 8 10 6 0 6 0 4 0 1 0 5
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay HFFL 70% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 0
8 Lever, Jake CHB 93% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0
6 Lewis, Jordan HBFL 82% 0 1 24 17 7 4 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 4
18 Melksham, Jake HFFR 86% 2 2 13 10 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 71% 1 1 15 8 7 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 4
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 90% 0 1 33 11 22 2 0 8 10 9 2 2 3 4
5 Petracca, Christian FPR 87% 0 0 25 8 17 3 0 7 7 4 1 1 0 3
21 Preuss, Braydon FF 71% 0 1 6 5 1 3 9 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
3 Salem, Christian BPR 83% 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 3
9 Spargo, Charlie WR 75% 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 1
15 Stretch, Billy INT 71% 0 0 21 10 11 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Viney, Jack RR 84% 0 0 21 9 12 3 0 5 3 6 2 2 0 2
40 Wagner, Corey INT 68% 1 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 11 385 201 184 77 50 62 47 70 16 20 41 51

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: Rhyce Shaw
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 M. Hibberd 17 S. Frost 3 C. Salem 22 T. Goldstein 24 S. Durdin
44 C. Zurhaar 50 B. Brown 6 T. Garner 12 J. Simpkin 8 N. Hrovat
FORWARD 10 B. Cunnington 26 T. Thomas
HALF-BACK

32 M. Wood
6 J. Lewis 8 J. Lever 2 N. Jones



7 J. Ziebell (c) 20 N. Larkey 28 K. Turner



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 J. Harmes 10 A. Brayshaw 9 C. Spargo



13 J. Polec 4 S. Higgins 14 T. Dumont FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 34 M. Hore
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Viney 29 J. Hunt
24 J. Kennedy Harris 31 B. Fritsch 18 J. Melksham 13 C. Oliver 15 B. Stretch
18 S. Atley 25 R. Tarrant 34 J. Macmillan

40 C. Wagner
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 21 B. Preuss 5 C. Petracca



17 J. Pittard 16 S. Thompson 2 M. Williams



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Kayne Turner behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:09
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:45
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:05
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 09:09
NMLB Ben Brown behind 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 11:16
NMLB Jared Polec goal 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 12:22
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 2.2.14 - 3.0.18 15:32
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 2.2.14 - 3.1.19 18:16
NMLB Nathan Hrovat behind 2.3.15 - 3.1.19 21:35
MELB Max Gawn behind 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 25:23
NMLB Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 3.2.20 27:58
MELB Jake Melksham goal 2.4.16 - 4.2.26 28:52
NMLB Marley Williams goal 3.4.22 - 4.2.26 30:59
Q2 NMLB Jared Polec goal 4.4.28 - 4.2.26 04:55
NMLB Jack Ziebell goal 5.4.34 - 4.2.26 07:39
MELB Jake Melksham behind 5.4.34 - 4.3.27 10:10
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 5.4.34 - 4.4.28 15:58
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 5.4.34 - 5.4.34 21:54
Q3 NMLB Ben Brown behind 5.5.35 - 5.4.34 00:55
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 6.5.41 - 5.4.34 02:58
NMLB Mason Wood behind 6.6.42 - 5.4.34 04:42
MELB Corey Wagner goal 6.6.42 - 6.4.40 05:17
MELB Nathan Jones goal 6.6.42 - 7.4.46 07:05
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 6.7.43 - 7.4.46 09:09
NMLB Ben Brown goal 7.7.49 - 7.4.46 10:49
MELB Max Gawn goal 7.7.49 - 8.4.52 12:43
NMLB Taylor Garner goal 8.7.55 - 8.4.52 15:08
MELB Max Gawn goal 8.7.55 - 9.4.58 16:44
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 8.7.55 - 10.4.64 19:42
MELB Jake Melksham goal 8.7.55 - 11.4.70 22:03
NMLB Taylor Garner goal 9.7.61 - 11.4.70 26:39
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 10.7.67 - 11.4.70 30:31
NMLB Ben Brown behind 10.8.68 - 11.4.70 32:38
NMLB Jared Polec behind 10.9.69 - 11.4.70 36:14
Q4 MELB Braydon Preuss behind 10.9.69 - 11.5.71 00:49
MELB Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 11.6.72 06:24
NMLB Ben Brown goal 11.9.75 - 11.6.72 07:44
NMLB Mason Wood goal 12.9.81 - 11.6.72 14:40
MELB Rushed behind 12.9.81 - 11.7.73 17:09
MELB Jordan Lewis behind 12.9.81 - 11.8.74 18:46
MELB Max Gawn goal 12.9.81 - 12.8.80 20:36
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 12.9.81 - 12.9.81 21:49
MELB Jake Melksham behind 12.9.81 - 12.10.82 23:04
NMLB Shaun Higgins goal 13.9.87 - 12.10.82 27:58
NMLB Jared Polec behind 13.10.88 - 12.10.82 29:12
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 13.10.88 - 12.11.83 29:51