2023 AFL Season 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 seven of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Melbourne (22.7.139) defeated North Melbourne (7.7.49).

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

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: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

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

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