2024 AFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 2024 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round sixteen of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. With the presence of multiple North Melbourne co-captains, namely Luke McDonald and Jy Simpkin, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Melbourne (11.4.70) defeated North Melbourne (10.7.67).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 June 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,774

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 11.4.70 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	5	.	2	6	.	4	11	.	4	11	.	4	11	.	4	(70)
North Melbourne	1	.	2	3	.	7	5	.	7	10	.	7	10	.	7	(67)
Margin	MELB by 24			MELB by 15			MELB by 33			MELB by 3			MELB by 3
Duration	30:37			29:40			33:27			30:39			2:04:23

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: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Luke Davies-Uniacke	NMLB	9	3
Jack Viney	MELB	7	2
Cameron Zurhaar	NMLB	44	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Luke Davies-Uniacke	NMLB	9	9	1	1	0	0	0
Steven May	MELB	1	8	1	0	1	0	0
Jack Viney	MELB	7	7	0	1	1	0	0
Cameron Zurhaar	NMLB	44	3	0	0	0	1	1
Harry Sheezel	NMLB	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
Trent Rivers	MELB	24	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Bowey, Jake	HBFL	72%	0	0	13	9	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	3	2
41	Brown, Kynan	SUB↑	13%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
37	Chandler, Kade	INT	74%	1	0	7	4	3	1	0	8	2	3	2	1	1	0
31	Fritsch, Bayley	FF	84%	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	86%	1	0	18	13	5	3	30	1	5	4	3	1	1	4
22	Howes, Blake	INT	67%	0	0	10	7	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2
15	Langdon, Ed	HFFR	100%	0	0	20	10	10	3	0	3	0	4	2	2	1	4
1	May, Steven	FB	95%	0	0	18	15	3	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	1
25	McDonald, Tom	BPL	100%	1	0	11	9	2	6	0	2	0	1	1	1	6	1
4	McVee, Judd	HBFR	75%	0	0	14	10	4	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	RO	89%	1	0	15	6	9	3	0	9	1	6	2	2	0	1
13	Oliver, Clayton	C	79%	0	0	14	8	6	0	0	1	2	6	1	5	2	0
35	Petty, Harry	CHF	87%	1	1	11	7	4	6	0	1	0	6	0	3	0	3
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	FPL	85%	1	1	10	10	0	3	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	5
24	Rivers, Trent	BPR	81%	1	0	21	18	3	6	0	6	2	0	2	0	4	6
3	Salem, Christian	WL↓	78%	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	3	0	2	0	2	3	1
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	73%	1	1	16	12	4	1	0	4	5	3	2	0	1	3
39	Tholstrup, Koltyn	HFFL	72%	0	0	10	8	2	5	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	2
20	Tomlinson, Adam	CHB	100%	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	3	0	4	0	1	3	1
42	Turner, Daniel	INT	74%	2	0	6	4	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	FPR	68%	1	0	4	4	0	3	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	RR	70%	0	0	25	14	11	3	0	6	12	3	2	1	0	6
6	Windsor, Caleb	WR	79%	0	0	10	5	5	0	0	6	0	5	1	2	2	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	4	286	195	91	72	35	67	35	57	24	27	36	47

K. Brown replaced C. Salem.

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
34	Archer, Jackson	HBFL	82%	0	0	8	6	2	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	0
30	Comben, Charlie	FB	95%	0	0	15	10	5	6	0	2	0	1	2	0	2	2
4	Corr, Aidan	BPL	91%	0	0	12	11	1	8	0	2	1	2	1	0	3	0
25	Curtis, Paul	FPL	84%	0	0	11	7	4	4	0	6	0	4	2	2	0	3
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	88%	1	0	31	10	21	4	0	3	8	5	4	4	1	4
16	Fisher, Zac	HFFR	80%	0	0	23	19	4	6	0	1	0	4	1	0	6	1
40	Ford, Eddie	INT	77%	2	1	17	11	6	7	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	3
20	Larkey, Nick	FF	95%	0	1	6	5	1	3	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	1
11	McDonald, Luke	HBFR	81%	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	6	0	1	0	0	4	1
29	Phillips, Will	WL	83%	0	0	12	4	8	1	0	8	4	2	2	2	0	2
32	Pink, Toby	BPR↓	43%	0	1	6	2	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Powell, Tom	HFFL	79%	0	0	18	9	9	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	3
8	Scott, Bailey	WR	80%	0	0	17	15	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	6
3	Sheezel, Harry	CHB	81%	2	0	27	19	8	7	0	2	3	2	0	1	4	3
14	Shiels, Liam	RR	75%	0	0	16	12	4	3	0	4	2	2	5	0	2	4
12	Simpkin, Jy	RO	83%	1	0	25	13	12	3	0	1	5	1	2	1	1	2
15	Stephens, Dylan	SUB↑	35%	0	0	14	11	3	3	0	0	1	4	1	0	1	1
5	Taylor, Curtis	INT	75%	0	0	14	12	2	7	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
43	Teakle, Brynn	CHF	65%	0	1	10	5	5	4	10	1	1	3	0	0	0	3
13	Tucker, Darcy	INT	71%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
6	Wardlaw, George	INT	87%	0	1	23	13	10	3	0	8	7	2	2	2	3	3
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	82%	0	0	17	10	7	2	20	10	9	8	1	4	0	3
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	89%	4	1	12	8	4	4	0	2	0	3	2	3	0	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				10	7	357	226	131	90	30	67	42	56	27	24	36	48

D. Stephens replaced T. Pink.

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
	4	A. Corr	30	C. Comben	32	T. Pink	11	M. Gawn (c)	37	K. Chandler
	2	J. van Rooyen	31	B. Fritsch	36	K. Pickett	7	J. Viney (vc)	22	B. Howes
FORWARD							30	A. Neal-Bullen	32	T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK									42	D. Turner
	34	J. Archer	3	H. Sheezel	11	L. McDonald			41	K. Brown
	15	E. Langdon	35	H. Petty	39	K. Tholstrup
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	29	W. Phillips	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	8	B. Scott
	6	C. Windsor	13	C. Oliver	3	C. Salem	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	T. Xerri	40	E. Ford
HALF-FORWARD							14	L. Shiels	5	C. Taylor
	24	T. Powell	43	B. Teakle	16	Z. Fisher	12	J. Simpkin	13	D. Tucker
	4	J. McVee	20	A. Tomlinson	17	J. Bowey			6	G. Wardlaw
HALF-BACK									15	D. Stephens
FORWARD
	25	P. Curtis	20	N. Larkey	44	C. Zurhaar
	24	T. Rivers	1	S. May	25	T. McDonald
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:04
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	03:33
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	05:52
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	08:44
	MELB	Harry Petty behind	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	12:53
	MELB	Tom McDonald goal	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	15:32
	MELB	Daniel Turner goal	3.2.20	-	1.1.7	18:02
	NMLB	Brynn Teakle behind	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	20:30
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	4.2.26	-	1.2.8	24:29
	MELB	Harry Petty goal	5.2.32	-	1.2.8	26:12
Q2	NMLB	Rushed behind	5.2.32	-	1.3.9	01:06
	MELB	Tom Sparrow behind	5.3.33	-	1.3.9	05:45
	NMLB	Toby Pink behind	5.3.33	-	1.4.10	09:45
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	5.3.33	-	2.4.16	15:40
	NMLB	Eddie Ford behind	5.3.33	-	2.5.17	20:10
	MELB	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	2.5.17	22:09
	MELB	Trent Rivers goal	6.4.40	-	2.5.17	22:45
	NMLB	George Wardlaw behind	6.4.40	-	2.6.18	24:26
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	6.4.40	-	3.6.24	26:17
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	6.4.40	-	3.7.25	29:32
Q3	MELB	Daniel Turner goal	7.4.46	-	3.7.25	03:50
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke goal	7.4.46	-	4.7.31	05:22
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	8.4.52	-	4.7.31	17:09
	MELB	Tom Sparrow goal	9.4.58	-	4.7.31	20:34
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	10.4.64	-	4.7.31	22:51
	MELB	Max Gawn goal	11.4.70	-	4.7.31	25:51
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	11.4.70	-	5.7.37	28:04
Q4	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	11.4.70	-	6.7.43	01:18
	NMLB	Eddie Ford goal	11.4.70	-	7.7.49	05:41
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel goal	11.4.70	-	8.7.55	14:04
	NMLB	Eddie Ford goal	11.4.70	-	9.7.61	16:43
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	11.4.70	-	10.7.67	24:47

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