2023 AFL Round 7: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 2023 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round 7 of the 2023 AFL season. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at MCG. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, S. May, T. Rivers
Half-back: A. Brayshaw, J. Lever, J. McVee
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, L. Hunter
Half-forward: K. Chandler, J. Schache, K. Pickett
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, J. van Rooyen, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Petracca, J. Viney
Int.: J. Bowey, B. Grundy, J. Jordon, T. Sparrow
Sub.: J. Harmes

North Melbourne
Back: G. Logue, B. McKay, J. Ziebell
Half-back: L. McDonald, A. Hall, H. Sheezel
Centre: B. Scott, B. Cunnington, L. Shiels
Half-forward: K. Turner, C. Comben, J. Stephenson
Forward: J. Simpkin, N. Larkey, C. Coleman-Jones
Follower: T. Goldstein, D. Tucker, C. Zurhaar
Int.: A. Corr, P. Curtis, T. Powell, C. Taylor
Sub.: D. Howe

Melbourne (22.7.139) defeated North Melbourne (7.7.49).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (4), K. Chandler (3), C. Petracca (3), K. Pickett (3), B. Grundy (2), J. Bowey, A. Neal-Bullen, T. Rivers, J. Schache, T. Sparrow, J. van Rooyen, J. Viney
North Melbourne: C. Zurhaar (3), N. Larkey (2), B. Cunnington, L. Shiels

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and North Melbourne remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 April 2023
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,455

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 22.7.139 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 8 . 2 13 . 3 16 . 4 22 . 7 22 . 7 (139)
North Melbourne 1 . 0 2 . 3 4 . 6 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin MELB by 44 MELB by 66 MELB by 70 MELB by 90 MELB by 90
Duration 40:49 30:58 29:02 30:15 2:11:04

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), unknown (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Kade Chandler MELB 37 2
Bayley Fritsch MELB 31 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 7 0 1 1 0 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Kade Chandler MELB 37 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake INT 85% 1 0 18 10 8 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus HBFL 88% 0 1 29 14 15 4 0 2 2 2 2 0 5 1
37 Chandler, Kade HFFL 71% 3 0 21 13 8 8 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 83% 4 0 13 9 4 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2
11 Gawn, Max RU 82% 0 1 14 10 4 6 21 3 4 3 2 2 0 6
6 Grundy, Brodie INT 80% 2 0 18 8 10 3 27 3 4 6 2 2 1 4
4 Harmes, James SUB↑ 16% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL↓ 72% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 0 3 0 3 7 1
12 Hunter, Lachie WR 90% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
23 Jordon, James INT 83% 0 0 22 6 16 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2
15 Langdon, Ed WL 88% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 4 3 4 0 0 1 3
8 Lever, Jake CHB 96% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1 May, Steven FB 98% 0 0 14 10 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 3
41 McVee, Judd HBFR 79% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 0 3 1 1 4 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 73% 1 0 19 9 10 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
13 Oliver, Clayton C 79% 0 0 37 17 20 7 0 3 6 4 1 0 4 4
5 Petracca, Christian RR 75% 3 1 35 20 15 8 0 3 4 6 0 1 1 9
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFR 80% 3 0 16 11 5 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 1 7
24 Rivers, Trent BPR 73% 1 0 20 11 9 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 3
19 Schache, Josh CHF 76% 1 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 2 5 1 3 0 3
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 79% 1 0 23 12 11 4 0 4 2 2 0 1 2 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 78% 1 0 5 3 2 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1
7 Viney, Jack RO 76% 1 0 22 14 8 0 0 4 4 3 3 0 0 4
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 22 7 419 228 191 95 48 53 39 54 19 18 43 64

J. Harmes replaced M. Hibberd during the fourth quarter.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Coleman-Jones, Callum FPR 43% 0 0 3 2 1 1 5 2 1 3 1 2 0 2
30 Comben, Charlie CHF↓ 8% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Corr, Aidan INT 91% 0 0 18 12 6 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 0
10 Cunnington, Ben C 74% 1 0 27 9 18 5 0 3 11 2 1 0 0 6
25 Curtis, Paul INT 71% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
22 Goldstein, Todd RU 84% 0 1 11 6 5 2 19 2 3 3 2 3 0 1
43 Hall, Aaron CHB 83% 0 0 30 26 4 12 0 4 2 3 1 1 8 3
15 Howe, Daniel SUB↑ 74% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
20 Larkey, Nick FF 96% 2 1 9 6 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1
19 Logue, Griffin BPL 92% 0 0 11 6 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 McDonald, Luke HBFL 91% 0 0 24 17 7 7 0 5 0 1 1 1 7 1
23 McKay, Ben FB 98% 0 0 10 10 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
24 Powell, Tom INT 66% 0 0 12 1 11 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
8 Scott, Bailey WL 87% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 2 2 5 0 1 3 1
3 Sheezel, Harry HBFR 83% 0 0 30 19 11 11 0 3 2 2 2 0 3 3
14 Shiels, Liam WR 80% 1 0 27 15 12 6 0 6 2 7 0 3 3 6
12 Simpkin, Jy FPL 85% 0 0 24 18 6 10 0 3 2 5 0 2 1 7
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn HFFR 83% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2
5 Taylor, Curtis INT 83% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3
13 Tucker, Darcy RR 85% 0 1 17 8 9 6 0 2 5 4 0 1 2 2
28 Turner, Kayne HFFL 75% 0 0 5 3 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Ziebell, Jack BPR 77% 0 0 20 18 2 6 0 2 0 1 4 0 3 2
44 Zurhaar, Cameron RO 91% 3 2 15 12 3 3 0 2 3 3 2 3 0 7
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 7 7 355 228 127 124 25 46 36 56 18 19 42 51

D. Howe replaced C. Comben.

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
19 G. Logue 23 B. McKay 7 J. Ziebell 11 M. Gawn 17 J. Bowey
31 B. Fritsch 2 J. van Rooyen 30 A. Neal-Bullen 5 C. Petracca 6 B. Grundy
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 23 J. Jordon
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
11 L. McDonald 43 A. Hall 3 H. Sheezel

4 J. Harmes
36 K. Pickett 19 J. Schache 37 K. Chandler



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 B. Scott 10 B. Cunnington 14 L. Shiels



12 L. Hunter 13 C. Oliver 15 E. Langdon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 T. Goldstein 4 A. Corr
HALF-FORWARD 13 D. Tucker 25 P. Curtis
28 K. Turner 30 C. Comben 2 J. Stephenson 44 C. Zurhaar 24 T. Powell
41 J. McVee 8 J. Lever 10 A. Brayshaw

5 C. Taylor
HALF-BACK

15 D. Howe
FORWARD



12 J. Simpkin 20 N. Larkey 21 C. Coleman-Jones



24 T. Rivers 1 S. May 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Kade Chandler goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:46
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:53
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.0.18 - 0.0.0 07:17
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 4.0.24 - 0.0.0 10:37
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 5.0.30 - 0.0.0 12:19
MELB Rushed behind 5.1.31 - 0.0.0 23:18
MELB Brodie Grundy goal 6.1.37 - 0.0.0 26:35
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 6.1.37 - 1.0.6 30:02
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.1.43 - 1.0.6 34:34
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 8.1.49 - 1.0.6 36:07
MELB Rushed behind 8.2.50 - 1.0.6 38:09
Q2 MELB Trent Rivers goal 9.2.56 - 1.0.6 02:31
MELB Rushed behind 9.3.57 - 1.0.6 10:09
MELB Kade Chandler goal 10.3.63 - 1.0.6 11:41
NMLB Darcy Tucker behind 10.3.63 - 1.1.7 18:07
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 10.3.63 - 2.1.13 18:51
MELB Christian Petracca goal 11.3.69 - 2.1.13 20:37
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 12.3.75 - 2.1.13 23:37
NMLB Rushed behind 12.3.75 - 2.2.14 27:25
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 12.3.75 - 2.3.15 28:18
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 13.3.81 - 2.3.15 29:15
Q3 MELB Christian Petracca goal 14.3.87 - 2.3.15 04:30
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 15.3.93 - 2.3.15 06:39
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 15.3.93 - 3.3.21 09:10
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 15.3.93 - 4.3.27 13:19
MELB Christian Petracca behind 15.4.94 - 4.3.27 18:24
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 15.4.94 - 4.4.28 20:46
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 16.4.100 - 4.4.28 22:10
NMLB Todd Goldstein behind 16.4.100 - 4.5.29 25:50
NMLB Rushed behind 16.4.100 - 4.6.30 28:20
Q4 MELB Rushed behind 16.5.101 - 4.6.30 00:31
MELB Max Gawn behind 16.6.102 - 4.6.30 03:03
MELB Christian Petracca goal 17.6.108 - 4.6.30 05:42
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 17.7.109 - 4.6.30 07:54
MELB Jack Viney goal 18.7.115 - 4.6.30 08:57
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 18.7.115 - 4.7.31 11:07
MELB Kade Chandler goal 19.7.121 - 4.7.31 14:57
MELB Josh Schache goal 20.7.127 - 4.7.31 17:22
MELB Jake Bowey goal 21.7.133 - 4.7.31 19:22
MELB Brodie Grundy goal 22.7.139 - 4.7.31 21:27
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 22.7.139 - 5.7.37 24:54
NMLB Liam Shiels goal 22.7.139 - 6.7.43 27:51
NMLB Ben Cunnington goal 22.7.139 - 7.7.49 30:11