2024 AFL 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 16 of the 2024 AFL season. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at 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
Back: T. McDonald, S. May, T. Rivers
Half-back: J. Bowey, A. Tomlinson, J. McVee
Centre: C. Salem, C. Oliver, C. Windsor
Half-forward: K. Tholstrup, H. Petty, E. Langdon
Forward: K. Pickett, B. Fritsch, J. van Rooyen
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Viney (vice-capt.), A. Neal-Bullen
Int.: K. Chandler, B. Howes, T. Sparrow, D. Turner
Sub.: K. Brown

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

Melbourne (11.4.70) defeated North Melbourne (10.7.67).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Turner (2), K. Chandler, M. Gawn, T. McDonald, A. Neal-Bullen, H. Petty, K. Pickett, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow, J. van Rooyen
North Melbourne: C. Zurhaar (4), E. Ford (2), H. Sheezel (2), L. Davies-Uniacke, J. Simpkin

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (up from 11th) and North Melbourne remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), unknown (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), unknown (North Melbourne)

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