North Melbourne v Essendon – Round 1 2012 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2012 AFLRound 1Sat, 31 Mar, 7:45 pm AEDT

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102104

15.1214.20

Essendon by 2

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
NTH	4.3 27	8.5 53	10.10 70	15.12 102
ESS	3.2 20	9.8 62	13.14 92	14.20 104

Marvel Stadium, MelbourneLead changes 9

Recap

Essendon 14.20 (104) beat North 15.12 (102) at Marvel Stadium in Round 1, a 2-point win. The lead changed 9 times.

Michael Hurley kicked two goals for Essendon and Jake Melksham two; Brent Harvey kicked three for North.

Brent Stanton led the way with 36 disposals, two goals and 8 clearances.

A run of four straight goals in the third quarter turned a 3-point deficit into a 23-point lead.

Essendon won the inside-50 count 67–54 and won the clearances 40–26.

Best on ground

Essendon · #5 · 84% game time

9.9

More from Round 1

North Melbourne15.12102

Essendon14.20104

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

1:50BehindL. ThomasNTH0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
4:09GoalL. JettaESSLead change0.1 (1) – 1.0 (6)
5:19BehindH. HockingESS0.1 (1) – 1.1 (7)
6:18BehindD. PetrieNTH0.2 (2) – 1.1 (7)
6:52BehindD. WellsNTH0.3 (3) – 1.1 (7)
8:16GoalL. AdamsNTHLead change1.3 (9) – 1.1 (7)
10:45GoalP. RyderESSLead change1.3 (9) – 2.1 (13)
12:48GoalK. HarperNTHLead change2.3 (15) – 2.1 (13)
13:54GoalD. HeppellESSLead change2.3 (15) – 3.1 (19)
19:59GoalD. PetrieNTHLead change3.3 (21) – 3.1 (19)
24:06GoalL. AdamsNTH4.3 (27) – 3.1 (19)
25:49BehindS. CrameriESS4.3 (27) – 3.2 (20)

3:59BehindS. CrameriESS4.3 (27) – 3.3 (21)
5:41GoalJ. MelkshamESSLevel4.3 (27) – 4.3 (27)
7:04GoalB. HarveyNTH5.3 (33) – 4.3 (27)
8:12GoalD. PetrieNTH6.3 (39) – 4.3 (27)
10:13BehindJ. WatsonESS6.3 (39) – 4.4 (28)
11:10BehindD. ZaharakisESS6.3 (39) – 4.5 (29)
12:14GoalB. HarveyNTH7.3 (45) – 4.5 (29)
13:44BehindK. HarperNTH7.4 (46) – 4.5 (29)
14:54BehindD. HilleESS7.4 (46) – 4.6 (30)
15:59GoalN. Lovett-MurrayESS7.4 (46) – 5.6 (36)
17:39GoalM. HurleyESS7.4 (46) – 6.6 (42)
20:38GoalL. ThomasNTH8.4 (52) – 6.6 (42)
25:30BehindL. ThomasNTH8.5 (53) – 6.6 (42)
27:14BehindS. CrameriESS8.5 (53) – 6.7 (43)
27:59GoalB. StantonESS8.5 (53) – 7.7 (49)
29:42GoalN. Lovett-MurrayESSLead change8.5 (53) – 8.7 (55)
32:08GoalM. McVeighESS8.5 (53) – 9.7 (61)
34:46BehindP. RyderESS8.5 (53) – 9.8 (62)

0:52GoalH. McIntoshNTH9.5 (59) – 9.8 (62)
4:47BehindL. AdamsNTH9.6 (60) – 9.8 (62)
7:17GoalL. ThomasNTHLead change10.6 (66) – 9.8 (62)
10:25BehindD. ZaharakisESS10.6 (66) – 9.9 (63)
11:38GoalM. HurleyESSLead change10.6 (66) – 10.9 (69)
13:18BehindL. JettaESS10.6 (66) – 10.10 (70)
14:17GoalJ. WatsonESS10.6 (66) – 11.10 (76)
15:23GoalD. HilleESS10.6 (66) – 12.10 (82)
17:10BehindJ. MelkshamESS10.6 (66) – 12.11 (83)
18:12RushedNorthNTH10.7 (67) – 12.11 (83)
19:43BehindS. CrameriESS10.7 (67) – 12.12 (84)
21:20RushedNorthNTH10.8 (68) – 12.12 (84)
23:10RushedNorthNTH10.9 (69) – 12.12 (84)
24:18BehindD. WellsNTH10.10 (70) – 12.12 (84)
25:37GoalB. StantonESS10.10 (70) – 13.12 (90)
26:33BehindL. JettaESS10.10 (70) – 13.13 (91)
29:54RushedEssendonESS10.10 (70) – 13.14 (92)