Match Summary

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	6.2 38	6.6 42	12.7 79	16.9 105
	3.0 18	6.4 40	10.8 68	15.9 99

Best On Ground

Zach MerrettZ Merrett34 disposals
2 goals

Jye CaldwellJ Caldwell27 disposals

Kyle LangfordK Langford4 goals

Aaron HallA Hall27 disposals

Will PhillipsW Phillips27 disposals
1 goal

Cameron ZurhaarC Zurhaar4 goals

Team Stats

Essendon

North Melbourne

Disposals

MATCH

365

352

370

2023 AVG.

8510

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

355.2

2023 AVG.

8169

2023 TOTAL

Contested Possessions

MATCH

129

140

128.8

2023 AVG.

2962

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

129

2023 AVG.

2966

2023 TOTAL

Kicks

MATCH

229

205

216.7

2023 AVG.

4985

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

200.1

2023 AVG.

4602

2023 TOTAL

Handballs

MATCH

136

147

153.3

2023 AVG.

3525

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

155.1

2023 AVG.

3567

2023 TOTAL

Frees For

MATCH

16

16

16.9

2023 AVG.

389

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

16.7

2023 AVG.

383

2023 TOTAL

Clearances

MATCH

38

40

33.6

2023 AVG.

772

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

36.2

2023 AVG.

833

2023 TOTAL

Centre Clearances

MATCH

10

18

12.4

2023 AVG.

285

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

11.9

2023 AVG.

273

2023 TOTAL

Stoppages

MATCH

28

22

21.2

2023 AVG.

487

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

24.3

2023 AVG.

560

2023 TOTAL

Inside50s

MATCH

59

50

49.7

2023 AVG.

1142

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

46.8

2023 AVG.

1077

2023 TOTAL

Marks

MATCH

118

87

100

2023 AVG.

2301

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

86.9

2023 AVG.

1998

2023 TOTAL

Marks Inside50s

MATCH

19

8

11.7

2023 AVG.

270

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

9.3

2023 AVG.

213

2023 TOTAL

Contested Marks

MATCH

14

13

9.7

2023 AVG.

224

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

9.8

2023 AVG.

226

2023 TOTAL

Tackles

MATCH

62

61

56.1

2023 AVG.

1291

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

58.5

2023 AVG.

1345

2023 TOTAL

Hit Outs

MATCH

49

36

38

2023 AVG.

875

2023 TOTAL

2023 AVG.

2023 TOTAL

40.8

2023 AVG.

938

2023 TOTAL

Player Stats

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Andrew McGrath	14	5	19	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Phillips	3	5	8	2	25	1	1	4	0	1
Archie Perkins	11	7	18	8	0	0	0	1	2	0
Ben Hobbs	13	8	21	5	0	1	2	5	0	1
B. Zerk-Thatcher	6	6	12	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
Dylan Shiel	2	8	10	2	0	0	0	4	0	0
Dyson Heppell	14	6	20	7	0	3	1	3	0	0
Jake Stringer	10	7	17	3	0	0	2	6	1	2
Jayden Laverde	7	4	11	5	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jordan Ridley	15	6	21	9	0	1	0	0	0	1
Jye Caldwell	21	6	27	9	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jye Menzie	6	4	10	2	0	0	0	4	1	1
Kyle Langford	10	4	14	8	0	0	1	2	4	0
Mason Redman	15	4	19	6	0	0	1	3	0	0
Massimo D'Ambrosio	6	0	6	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
Matt Guelfi	7	7	14	5	0	1	0	5	2	0
Nic Martin	14	7	21	7	0	2	0	5	2	0
Nick Hind	16	5	21	5	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Draper	7	4	11	3	24	1	1	1	1	1
Sam Durham	6	9	15	3	0	0	2	3	0	0
Sam Weideman	3	1	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
Will Snelling	4	8	12	2	0	1	1	4	0	0
Zach Merrett	19	15	34	11	0	2	1	6	2	0

North Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aaron Hall	21	6	27	4	0	1	0	2	0	0
Bailey Scott	12	7	19	5	0	0	0	2	1	1
Ben McKay	11	7	18	10	0	1	1	0	0	0
C. Coleman-Jones	8	3	11	6	4	0	1	1	2	1
Cameron Zurhaar	10	2	12	2	0	2	1	2	4	1
Darcy Tucker	14	10	24	7	0	0	1	1	1	0
Eddie Ford	7	2	9	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
George Wardlaw	8	9	17	0	0	2	2	6	0	0
Griffin Logue	4	9	13	4	0	1	0	1	0	0
Harry Sheezel	13	8	21	2	0	1	1	1	0	1
Hugh Greenwood	2	8	10	2	0	0	1	6	0	0
Jack Ziebell	16	2	18	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaidyn Stephenson	10	2	12	5	0	0	2	1	1	1
Jy Simpkin	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liam Shiels	9	10	19	4	0	1	0	5	0	0
Luke McDonald	11	7	18	5	0	1	0	6	1	0
Miller Bergman	8	10	18	5	0	1	0	2	0	0
Nick Larkey	9	3	12	7	0	0	1	1	2	3
Phoenix Spicer	3	5	8	1	0	1	0	9	0	0
Tarryn Thomas	12	5	17	2	0	3	1	6	1	0
Todd Goldstein	6	5	11	2	32	1	1	2	1	0
Tom Powell	1	7	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Will Phillips	9	18	27	0	0	0	1	6	1	0

Team Line-Ups

Essendon

North Melbourne

IN Andrew Phillips, Dylan Shiel OUT A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (Omitted), Nick Bryan (Omitted)

IN Darcy Tucker, Liam Shiels, Tarryn Thomas OUT Charlie Lazzaro, Daniel Howe, Paul Curtis

FB 21 Dyson Heppell 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 15 Jayden Laverde FF 44 Cameron Zurhaar 20 Nick Larkey 21 C. Coleman-Jones HB 27 Mason Redman 14 Jordan Ridley 1 Andrew McGrath HF 40 Eddie Ford 12 Jy Simpkin 2 Jaidyn Stephenson C 9 Dylan Shiel 7 Zach Merrett 22 Sam Durham C 26 Tarryn Thomas 3 Harry Sheezel 8 Bailey Scott HF 37 Nic Martin 10 Sam Weideman 35 Matt Guelfi HB 11 Luke McDonald 13 Darcy Tucker 43 Aaron Hall FF 25 Jake Stringer 4 Kyle Langford 47 Jye Menzie FB 7 Jack Ziebell 19 Griffin Logue 23 Ben McKay

FOLLOWERS
2	Sam Draper
8	Ben Hobbs
6	Jye Caldwell

INTERCHANGE
11	Will Snelling
16	Archie Perkins
19	Nick Hind
34	Andrew Phillips

EMERGENCIES
42	Massimo D'Ambrosio

FOLLOWERS
22	Todd Goldstein
18	Hugh Greenwood
6	George Wardlaw

INTERCHANGE
14	Liam Shiels
27	Miller Bergman
29	Will Phillips
36	Phoenix Spicer

EMERGENCIES
24	Tom Powell

Essendon
IN	A. Phillips, D. Shiel
OUT	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, N. Bryan
B D. Heppell, B. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Laverde HB M. Redman, J. Ridley, A. McGrath C D. Shiel, Z. Merrett, S. Durham HF N. Martin, S. Weideman, M. Guelfi F J. Stringer, K. Langford, J. Menzie FOL S. Draper, B. Hobbs, J. Caldwell I/C W. Snelling, A. Perkins, N. Hind, A. Phillips EMG M. D'Ambrosio
North Melbourne
IN	D. Tucker, L. Shiels, T. Thomas
OUT	C. Lazzaro (Omitted), D. Howe (Omitted), P. Curtis (Sub)
B J. Ziebell, G. Logue, B. McKay HB L. McDonald, D. Tucker, A. Hall C T. Thomas, H. Sheezel, B. Scott HF E. Ford, J. Simpkin, J. Stephenson F C. Zurhaar, N. Larkey, C. Coleman-Jones FOL T. Goldstein, H. Greenwood, G. Wardlaw I/C L. Shiels, M. Bergman, W. Phillips, P. Spicer EMG T. Powell

Preview

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
27/5/23	West Coast	W 46 - 96
20/5/23	Richmond	W 71 - 70
13/5/23	Brisbane	L 87 - 45
7/5/23	Port Adelaide	L 92 - 87
30/4/23	Geelong	L 104 - 132

North Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
28/5/23	Collingwood	L 105 - 70
20/5/23	Sydney	L 90 - 93
13/5/23	Port Adelaide	L 65 - 135
7/5/23	St Kilda	L 34 - 64
29/4/23	Melbourne	L 139 - 49