2024 AFL Season 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 eleven of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (16.10.106) defeated North Melbourne (10.6.66).

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Essendon) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (North Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

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

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