2024 AFL Round 11: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 2024 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round 11 of the 2024 AFL season. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Essendon
Back: N. Hind, B. McKay, J. Laverde
Half-back: N. Martin, M. Redman, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: M. Guelfi, E. Tsatas, J. Kelly
Half-forward: S. Durham, K. Langford, J. Stringer
Forward: A. Perkins, P. Wright, J. Gresham
Follower: T. Goldstein, J. Caldwell, Z. Merrett (capt.)
Int.: A. Davey, D. Heppell, B. Hobbs, H. Jones
Sub.: D. Shiel

North Melbourne
Back: A. Corr, C. Comben, L. McDonald
Half-back: Z. Fisher, H. Sheezel, T. Pink
Centre: D. Tucker, L. Davies-Uniacke, B. Scott
Half-forward: J. Stephenson, C. Zurhaar, L. Shiels
Forward: P. Curtis, N. Larkey, W. Dawson
Follower: T. Xerri, C. Taylor, T. Powell
Int.: M. Bergman, Z. Duursma, C. Lazzaro, G. Wardlaw
Sub.: E. Ford

Essendon (16.10.106) defeated North Melbourne (10.6.66).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Wright (4), M. Guelfi (3), J. Stringer (2), A. Davey, J. Gresham, H. Jones, K. Langford, Z. Merrett, A. Perkins, E. Tsatas
North Melbourne: L. Davies-Uniacke (2), Z. Duursma, E. Ford, N. Larkey, T. Pink, J. Stephenson, C. Taylor, T. Xerri, C. Zurhaar

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 19 May 2024
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 43,125

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 16.10.106 - 10.6.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 7 . 5 15 . 7 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
North Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 4 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration 33:57 30:48 32:52 27:42 2:05:19

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (North Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jye Caldwell ESSE 6 3
Peter Wright ESSE 20 2
Harry Sheezel NMLB 3 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Peter Wright ESSE 20 10 2 0 0 0 0
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 7 0 1 1 0 0
Tristan Xerri NMLB 38 5 0 1 0 0 1
Matt Guelfi ESSE 35 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jye Caldwell ESSE 6 2 0 0 0 1 0
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 75% 0 1 25 12 13 7 0 5 9 2 1 0 2 6
33 Davey, Alwyn INT 62% 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 3
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 65% 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 5 2 3 2 3 2 0
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 80% 0 0 8 1 7 1 18 2 3 1 2 1 1 0
11 Gresham, Jade FPR 82% 1 0 15 6 9 2 0 3 2 4 1 3 0 4
35 Guelfi, Matt WL 86% 3 3 14 9 5 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 72% 0 0 19 11 8 7 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 3
19 Hind, Nick BPL 80% 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 72% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 4
23 Jones, Harry INT↓ 55% 1 0 5 4 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Kelly, Jake WR 96% 0 0 21 14 7 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2
4 Langford, Kyle CHF 88% 1 0 7 4 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 100% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 3
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 94% 0 0 27 13 14 9 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 3
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 85% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 3 0 1 1 0 7 4
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 85% 1 0 21 5 16 1 0 6 2 5 1 1 0 3
16 Perkins, Archie FPL 78% 1 0 22 13 9 5 0 6 2 5 1 1 0 4
27 Redman, Mason CHB 81% 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 8 4
9 Shiel, Dylan SUB↑ 18% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
25 Stringer, Jake HFFR 76% 2 1 15 10 5 3 0 3 2 6 0 3 0 3
5 Tsatas, Elijah C 84% 1 0 16 5 11 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3
20 Wright, Peter FF 87% 4 2 15 14 1 9 11 1 1 2 3 0 0 6
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 16 10 348 199 149 96 29 56 28 51 21 21 29 63

D. Shiel replaced H. Jones.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Bergman, Miller INT 48% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
30 Comben, Charlie FB 97% 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 2 0 2 1 1 5 0
4 Corr, Aidan BPL 92% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 4 0 1 1 1 2 0
25 Curtis, Paul FPL 78% 0 2 11 7 4 2 0 2 1 3 1 3 1 1
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke C 88% 2 0 27 13 14 7 0 3 7 1 1 0 2 3
18 Dawson, Wil FPR 85% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1
7 Duursma, Zane INT 76% 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
16 Fisher, Zac HBFL 86% 0 0 31 22 9 11 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 0
40 Ford, Eddie SUB↑ 33% 1 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 Larkey, Nick FF 94% 1 1 13 8 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 4
35 Lazzaro, Charlie INT↓ 52% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 McDonald, Luke BPR 81% 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 2 1 2 1 1 3 0
32 Pink, Toby HBFR 65% 1 1 7 5 2 3 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 0
24 Powell, Tom RO 77% 0 0 26 13 13 2 0 3 9 2 2 0 3 8
8 Scott, Bailey WR 80% 0 0 27 17 10 8 0 0 0 6 1 0 8 3
3 Sheezel, Harry CHB 79% 0 0 32 17 15 9 0 4 3 3 1 2 2 6
14 Shiels, Liam HFFR 87% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 3 4 5 2 2 1 2
2 Stephenson, Jaidyn HFFL 82% 1 0 16 11 5 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2
5 Taylor, Curtis RR 82% 1 0 10 7 3 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
13 Tucker, Darcy WL 89% 0 1 23 15 8 6 0 1 1 4 1 1 3 3
6 Wardlaw, George INT 76% 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 3 3 3 0 2 2 1
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 88% 1 0 15 8 7 2 38 5 7 10 2 4 4 1
44 Zurhaar, Cameron CHF 85% 1 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 6 350 214 136 110 42 42 42 57 21 21 47 40

E. Ford replaced C. Lazzaro.

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: Brad Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 A. Corr 30 C. Comben 11 L. McDonald 17 T. Goldstein 33 A. Davey
11 J. Gresham 20 P. Wright 16 A. Perkins 6 J. Caldwell 21 D. Heppell
FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (c) 8 B. Hobbs
HALF-BACK

23 H. Jones
16 Z. Fisher 3 H. Sheezel 32 T. Pink

9 D. Shiel
25 J. Stringer 4 K. Langford 22 S. Durham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 D. Tucker 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 8 B. Scott



29 J. Kelly 5 E. Tsatas 35 M. Guelfi FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 T. Xerri 27 M. Bergman
HALF-FORWARD 5 C. Taylor 7 Z. Duursma
2 J. Stephenson 44 C. Zurhaar 14 L. Shiels 24 T. Powell 35 C. Lazzaro
1 A. McGrath (vc) 27 M. Redman 37 N. Martin

6 G. Wardlaw
HALF-BACK

40 E. Ford
FORWARD



25 P. Curtis 20 N. Larkey 18 W. Dawson



15 J. Laverde 32 B. McKay 19 N. Hind



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:59
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 10:19
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 12:06
NMLB Toby Pink goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 20:52
NMLB Toby Pink behind 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 23:10
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 24:09
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 26:49
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 30:03
ESSE Peter Wright goal 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 31:40
ESSE Elijah Tsatas goal 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 33:52
Q2 ESSE Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 01:05
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 02:29
ESSE Peter Wright goal 5.3.33 - 3.2.20 04:06
ESSE Harry Jones goal 6.3.39 - 3.2.20 09:27
NMLB Rushed behind 6.3.39 - 3.3.21 11:40
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 7.3.45 - 3.3.21 13:13
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 7.3.45 - 3.4.22 15:49
NMLB Jaidyn Stephenson goal 7.3.45 - 4.4.28 17:15
NMLB Curtis Taylor goal 7.3.45 - 5.4.34 22:22
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 7.4.46 - 5.4.34 25:00
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 7.5.47 - 5.4.34 28:30
NMLB Zane Duursma goal 7.5.47 - 6.4.40 30:44
Q3 ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 8.5.53 - 6.4.40 02:37
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 9.5.59 - 6.4.40 04:55
ESSE Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 6.4.40 09:43
NMLB Nick Larkey goal 9.6.60 - 7.4.46 11:32
ESSE Peter Wright goal 10.6.66 - 7.4.46 14:00
NMLB Luke Davies-Uniacke goal 10.6.66 - 8.4.52 15:45
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 11.6.72 - 8.4.52 19:12
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 12.6.78 - 8.4.52 22:25
ESSE Peter Wright goal 13.6.84 - 8.4.52 24:14
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 14.6.90 - 8.4.52 28:29
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 14.7.91 - 8.4.52 30:12
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 15.7.97 - 8.4.52 31:37
Q4 NMLB Tristan Xerri goal 15.7.97 - 9.4.58 02:31
ESSE Peter Wright behind 15.8.98 - 9.4.58 06:09
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 15.8.98 - 9.5.59 06:58
NMLB Eddie Ford goal 15.8.98 - 10.5.65 11:53
ESSE Rushed behind 15.9.99 - 10.5.65 19:35
NMLB Darcy Tucker behind 15.9.99 - 10.6.66 21:04
ESSE Peter Wright behind 15.10.100 - 10.6.66 23:05
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 16.10.106 - 10.6.66 24:07