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Round: 18 Venue: Docklands Date: Sat, 28-07-2012 2:10 pm Crowd: 20,816 | |||||
North Melbourne | 5.4.34 | 9.6.60 | 15.10.100 | 19.13.127 | C: Brad Scott |
Melbourne | 1.2.8 | 5.5.35 | 7.5.47 | 11.7.73 | C: Mark Neeld |
NTH by 26 | NTH by 25 | NTH by 53 | NTH by 54 |
Brownlow Medal | 3 Andrew Swallow (NTH) | 2 Todd Goldstein (NTH) | 1 Nathan Jones (MELB) |
North Melbourne has been one of the more inconsistent teams of the competition of 2012. Huge wins have also been combined with dreadful losses, but they made no mistake in disposing of 16th placed Melbourne. The Kangaroos were never headed after jumping out of the blocks to a 33-point in the opening 20 minutes of the contest. North’s Leigh Adams appeared to be in trouble again with a shoulder injury. It comes after Adams hurt the same shoulder in the infamous Chris Judd chicken-wing tackle incident two weeks earlier. The win secured the Roos position in the top eight, but they have to keep winning to remain a chance of playing finals for the first time since 2008. In-form forward Drew Petrie followed up back-to-back seven goal hauls with another four goals, while Robbie Tarrant showed his considerable improvement in 2012 with four of his own. Former Demons skipper Brad Green was playing his 250th game and finished as one of his side's best players, kicking three goals.
GOALS
North Melbourne: Petrie, Tarrant 4; Adams, Thomas, Harvey 2; Bastinac, Macmillan, Anthony, Swallow, Harper
Melbourne: Green, Sylvia 3; Blease, Howe, Garland, Martin, Jones
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North Melbourne: Harvey, Gibson, Wells, Cunnington, Swallow, Goldstein, Atley
Melbourne: Jones, Green, Moloney, Howe, Macdonald
BEST - SPORTAL
North Melbourne: Swallow, Harvey, Goldstein, Gibson, Wells, Petrie, Tarrant
Melbourne: Jones, Moloney, Green, Dunn
COACHES COMMENTS
Brad Scott (NM): Some periods of play at the start of the game and the start of the third [quarter] were quite outstanding. All in all [it was] a good performance, but [there are] still some things that are a little frustrating that we need to continue to work on.
Mark Neeld (Melb): They're pretty slick, the Kangaroos. They move the ball too quick for us to handle at this stage, but that's OK, that's where we're at.
Umpires: McBurney, Armstrong, Harris
North Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
13 | Adams, Leigh | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24y 113d | 61 | 50 |
4 | Anthony, Liam | 12 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24y 323d | 43 | 23 |
18 | Atley, Shaun | 9 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 319d | 33 | 5 |
3 | Bastinac, Ryan | 12 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21y 36d | 51 | 21 |
33 | Campbell, Matt | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25y 189d | 76 | 73 |
10 | Cunnington, Ben | 5 | 1 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21y 28d | 48 | 14 |
11 | Firrito, Michael | 10 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28y 244d | 187 | 28 |
43 | Gibson, Sam | 23 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26y 62d | 7 | 0 |
22 | Goldstein, Todd | 6 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24y 27d | 73 | 36 |
17 | Grima, Nathan | 9 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26y 358d | 52 | 0 |
6 | Hansen, Lachlan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23y 346d | 73 | 59 |
23 | Harper, Kieran | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20y 43d | 31 | 30 |
29 | Harvey, Brent | 12 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34y 75d | 340 | 400 |
34 | Macmillan, Jamie | 13 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20y 309d | 30 | 13 |
42 | McMahon, Scott | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26y 56d | 100 | 27 |
20 | Petrie, Drew | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29y 287d | 216 | 250 |
9 | Swallow, Andrew | 14 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 25y 56d | 123 | 64 |
25 | Tarrant, Robbie | 10 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 23y 94d | 19 | 15 |
12 | Thomas, Lindsay | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24y 150d | 106 | 143 |
16 | Thompson, Scott | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26y 80d | 87 | 3 |
8 | Wells, Daniel | 9 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 27y 176d | 187 | 113 |
19 | Wright, Sam | 15 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22y 13d | 48 | 44 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 206 | 85 | 223 | 429 | 19 | 13 | 51 | 61 | 22 | 19 | 24y 303d | 1991 | 1411 |
Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
44 | Bail, Rohan | 11 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24y 32d | 31 | 12 |
17 | Blease, Sam | 8 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21y 160d | 16 | 10 |
14 | Dunn, Lynden | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25y 75d | 94 | 86 |
8 | Frawley, James | 9 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23y 312d | 97 | 3 |
20 | Garland, Colin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24y 91d | 75 | 12 |
18 | Green, Brad | 9 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31y 137d | 250 | 341 |
16 | Grimes, Jack | 11 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 78d | 48 | 3 |
38 | Howe, Jeremy | 13 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22y 29d | 30 | 31 |
39 | Jetta, Neville | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22y 167d | 32 | 18 |
2 | Jones, Nathan | 14 | 4 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24y 190d | 130 | 66 |
28 | MacDonald, Joel | 7 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27y 292d | 118 | 6 |
34 | Martin, Stefan | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25y 254d | 57 | 23 |
25 | McDonald, Tom | 12 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19y 314d | 17 | 0 |
13 | McKenzie, Jordie | 8 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22y 37d | 53 | 7 |
22 | Moloney, Brent | 13 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 28y 182d | 143 | 37 |
26 | Nicholson, Daniel | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21y 269d | 18 | 2 |
27 | Rivers, Jared | 9 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27y 284d | 145 | 13 |
30 | Sellar, James | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 23y 126d | 32 | 4 |
42 | Spencer, Jake | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22y 293d | 12 | 0 |
19 | Strauss, James | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 44d | 14 | 0 |
12 | Sylvia, Colin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26y 263d | 133 | 117 |
9 | Trengove, Jack | 8 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20y 330d | 54 | 26 |
Totals | 174 | 83 | 163 | 337 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 62 | 19 | 22 | 24y 63d | 1599 | 817 |