2025 AFL Round 19: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 2025 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round 19 of the 2025 AFL season. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. Jy Simpkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Melbourne
Back: J. Bowey, T. McDonald, C. Salem
Half-back: X. Lindsay, J. Lever, D. Turner
Centre: K. Chandler, C. Petracca, H. Langford
Half-forward: J. Viney (vice-capt.), B. Fritsch, E. Langdon
Forward: J. Melksham, J. van Rooyen, K. Pickett
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), T. Sparrow, T. Rivers
Int.: M. Jefferson, J. McVee, C. Oliver, K. Tholstrup
Sub.: C. Windsor

North Melbourne
Back: W. Dawson, T. Pink, G. Logue
Half-back: C. Comben, C. Daniel, F. O'Sullivan
Centre: D. Stephens, W. Phillips, J. Simpkin (capt.)
Half-forward: P. Curtis, C. Zurhaar, C. McKercher
Forward: J. Konstanty, J. Darling, F. Maley
Follower: T. Xerri, T. Powell, H. Sheezel
Int.: R. Hansen, R. Hardeman, C. Harvey, L. Parker
Sub.: B. Scott

Melbourne (18.11.119) defeated North Melbourne (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Melksham (5), B. Fritsch (3), K. Chandler (2), M. Gawn, M. Jefferson, E. Langdon, C. Petracca, K. Pickett, T. Sparrow, K. Tholstrup, J. van Rooyen
North Melbourne: C. Harvey (4), J. Darling (3), C. Zurhaar (3), P. Curtis (2)

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 13th on the ladder (up from 14th) and North Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 13 July 2025
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,844

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.11.119 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	3	.	3	6	.	5	11	.	9	18	.	11	18	.	11	(119)
North Melbourne	4	.	2	5	.	6	8	.	11	12	.	11	12	.	11	(83)
Margin	NMLB by 5			MELB by 5			MELB by 16			MELB by 36			MELB by 36
Duration	30:05			29:48			33:51			41:35			2:15:19

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	3
Jake Melksham	MELB	18	2
Max Gawn	MELB	11	1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Bowey, Jake	BPL	77%	0	0	16	14	2	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	5	2
37	Chandler, Kade	WL	88%	2	0	15	7	8	3	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
31	Fritsch, Bayley	CHF	91%	3	0	21	12	9	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	84%	1	0	15	8	7	3	31	2	6	3	2	2	2	4
21	Jefferson, Matthew	INT	78%	1	2	9	6	3	4	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	1
15	Langdon, Ed	HFFR	82%	1	0	18	9	9	6	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	2
19	Langford, Harvey	WR	81%	0	0	24	13	11	5	0	3	2	4	1	0	4	6
8	Lever, Jake	CHB	93%	0	0	8	5	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0
20	Lindsay, Xavier	HBFL↓	46%	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
25	McDonald, Tom	FB	91%	0	0	17	13	4	11	0	1	0	2	1	2	6	1
4	McVee, Judd	INT	78%	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
18	Melksham, Jake	FPL	67%	5	1	10	9	1	5	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2
13	Oliver, Clayton	INT	77%	0	1	21	7	14	3	0	7	6	4	0	3	0	5
5	Petracca, Christian	C	83%	1	2	31	11	20	5	0	3	7	6	0	1	0	5
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	FPR	75%	1	1	20	15	5	3	0	2	3	6	1	1	0	3
24	Rivers, Trent	RO	82%	0	0	17	12	5	6	0	3	0	4	0	2	3	0
3	Salem, Christian	BPR	89%	0	0	25	17	8	8	0	3	1	3	0	0	4	6
32	Sparrow, Tom	RR	74%	1	1	9	7	2	5	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
12	Tholstrup, Koltyn	INT	76%	1	0	7	3	4	2	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	1
10	Turner, Daniel	HBFR	90%	0	0	7	6	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	FF	70%	1	1	17	9	8	3	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	4
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	HFFL	85%	0	0	18	8	10	3	0	9	6	2	2	1	1	5
6	Windsor, Caleb	SUB↑	43%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				18	11	341	201	140	97	37	52	40	54	17	17	30	52

C. Windsor replaced X. Lindsay.

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Comben, Charlie	HBFL	92%	0	0	8	6	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
25	Curtis, Paul	HFFL	83%	2	0	12	8	4	7	0	6	0	4	2	1	0	3
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	86%	0	0	28	20	8	4	0	3	1	3	1	1	7	2
28	Darling, Jack	FF	79%	3	0	9	7	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
18	Dawson, Wil	BPL	81%	0	0	7	4	3	7	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	0
46	Hansen, Robert	INT	71%	0	1	8	6	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2
17	Hardeman, Riley	INT	81%	0	0	12	8	4	0	0	1	0	4	1	2	0	3
37	Harvey, Cooper	INT	71%	4	2	13	9	4	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
41	Konstanty, Jacob	FPL	84%	0	1	13	7	6	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	Logue, Griffin	BPR	76%	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	3	1	2	1	0	2	0
39	Maley, Finnbar	FPR↓	49%	0	0	3	1	2	1	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0
10	McKercher, Colby	HFFR	86%	0	0	29	16	13	3	0	2	2	5	0	1	7	3
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	HBFR	89%	0	0	15	8	7	5	0	2	2	2	0	1	5	2
26	Parker, Luke	INT	83%	0	0	27	13	14	4	0	6	8	7	2	1	1	0
29	Phillips, Will	C	63%	0	1	20	11	9	2	0	4	8	3	0	1	1	5
32	Pink, Toby	FB	90%	0	0	11	5	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
24	Powell, Tom	RR	82%	0	0	27	6	21	6	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	5
8	Scott, Bailey	SUB↑	32%	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	Sheezel, Harry	RO	88%	0	0	29	14	15	6	0	6	4	2	2	1	2	2
12	Simpkin, Jy (c)	WR	84%	0	2	21	13	8	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	6
15	Stephens, Dylan	WL	81%	0	0	15	5	10	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	83%	0	0	7	3	4	1	22	6	3	3	1	3	2	1
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	CHF	85%	3	2	13	10	3	4	0	1	1	5	4	3	0	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				12	11	344	191	153	89	26	56	41	48	17	17	33	44

B. Scott replaced F. Maley.

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
	18	W. Dawson	32	T. Pink	19	G. Logue	11	M. Gawn (c)	21	M. Jefferson
	36	K. Pickett	2	J. van Rooyen	18	J. Melksham	32	T. Sparrow	4	J. McVee
FORWARD							24	T. Rivers	13	C. Oliver
HALF-BACK									12	K. Tholstrup
	30	C. Comben	5	C. Daniel	2	F. O'Sullivan			6	C. Windsor
	15	E. Langdon	31	B. Fritsch	7	J. Viney (vc)
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	D. Stephens	29	W. Phillips	12	J. Simpkin (c)
	19	H. Langford	5	C. Petracca	37	K. Chandler	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	T. Xerri	46	R. Hansen
HALF-FORWARD							24	T. Powell	17	R. Hardeman
	25	P. Curtis	44	C. Zurhaar	10	C. McKercher	3	H. Sheezel	37	C. Harvey
	10	D. Turner	8	J. Lever	20	X. Lindsay			26	L. Parker
HALF-BACK									8	B. Scott
FORWARD
	41	J. Konstanty	28	J. Darling	39	F. Maley
	3	C. Salem	25	T. McDonald	17	J. Bowey
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Tom Sparrow behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	06:35
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	07:19
	NMLB	Cooper Harvey behind	0.1.1	-	0.2.2	08:15
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	1.1.7	-	0.2.2	09:51
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	11:05
	NMLB	Cooper Harvey goal	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	14:53
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	2.1.13	-	2.2.14	19:39
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	2.1.13	-	3.2.20	21:18
	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	23:18
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	24:40
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	3.3.21	-	3.2.20	28:50
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	3.3.21	-	4.2.26	30:01
Q2	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	3.3.21	-	5.2.32	01:08
	MELB	Matthew Jefferson goal	4.3.27	-	5.2.32	02:59
	MELB	Ed Langdon goal	5.3.33	-	5.2.32	04:38
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen behind	5.4.34	-	5.2.32	07:21
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	5.5.35	-	5.2.32	10:53
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	6.5.41	-	5.2.32	11:38
	NMLB	Robert Hansen behind	6.5.41	-	5.3.33	19:32
	NMLB	Will Phillips behind	6.5.41	-	5.4.34	22:56
	NMLB	Jacob Konstanty behind	6.5.41	-	5.5.35	25:05
	NMLB	Cooper Harvey behind	6.5.41	-	5.6.36	28:26
Q3	MELB	Rushed behind	6.6.42	-	5.6.36	01:30
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	6.6.42	-	5.7.37	03:36
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	6.6.42	-	5.8.38	05:44
	MELB	Max Gawn goal	7.6.48	-	5.8.38	07:24
	MELB	Matthew Jefferson behind	7.7.49	-	5.8.38	09:19
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	8.7.55	-	5.8.38	10:30
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	8.7.55	-	6.8.44	13:00
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	9.7.61	-	6.8.44	15:25
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	9.7.61	-	7.8.50	17:14
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin behind	9.7.61	-	7.9.51	18:56
	NMLB	Rushed behind	9.7.61	-	7.10.52	19:33
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	9.7.61	-	8.10.58	21:06
	MELB	Rushed behind	9.8.62	-	8.10.58	22:22
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	10.8.68	-	8.10.58	25:46
	MELB	Clayton Oliver behind	10.9.69	-	8.10.58	30:19
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	11.9.75	-	8.10.58	32:03
	NMLB	Rushed behind	11.9.75	-	8.11.59	33:40
Q4	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	12.9.81	-	8.11.59	01:07
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	13.9.87	-	8.11.59	03:53
	MELB	Koltyn Tholstrup goal	14.9.93	-	8.11.59	07:10
	NMLB	Cooper Harvey goal	14.9.93	-	9.11.65	09:22
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	15.9.99	-	9.11.65	11:19
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	16.9.105	-	9.11.65	12:25
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	16.9.105	-	10.11.71	13:42
	NMLB	Cooper Harvey goal	16.9.105	-	11.11.77	15:47
	MELB	Tom Sparrow goal	17.9.111	-	11.11.77	21:49
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	18.9.117	-	11.11.77	33:17
	NMLB	Cooper Harvey goal	18.9.117	-	12.11.83	35:10
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	18.10.118	-	12.11.83	38:28
	MELB	Matthew Jefferson behind	18.11.119	-	12.11.83	41:07

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