Blog log from R10 of 2024: Essendon vs North Melbourne

Davies-Uniacke bullocks through a stoppage in the pocket 15m out to wobble through the first goal of the day with strength. (Q1 3:59)
Heppell sends a high speculator to a four-man pack 30m out on the flank, Comben is beaten by Guelfi who marks on his chest and goals in his 100th game. (Q1 10:19)
Larkey marks on the lead just inside 50m on the flank but misses near side right. (Q1 12:21)
Jones marks a Langford pass to the pocket in front of Comben 20m out but his set shot is a shank for no score. (Q1 16:28)
Dawson kicks to the top of the square, ball pinballs off several sets of fingers towards the goal line, Wright dives to touch it through but Pink throws a boot… and goals! (Q1 20:33)
Heppell is caught HTB by Pink 20m out on the flank, he just kicked his first senior goal and tries to go back to back… shanks a behind to the right. (Q1 22:53)
Guelfi bounces a snap wide right from half forward. (Q1 24:04)
Caldwell flashes through a ball up near the hotspot but blazes OOTF. (Q1 25:31)
Merrett intercepts a short rebound kick by Comben to 45m on the flank in front of Fisher. His set shot is straight over the goal umpire. (Q1 26:28)
Wright marks a Caldwell pass in front of Dawson 20m out on a slight angle for his first goal. (Q1 31:18)
Tsatas beats Taylor to mark a Stringer kick from the HFF to the square for a goal after the QT siren. (Q1 33:35)
Stringer marks a Merrett pass 45m out on the flank but his kick is wide, short and rushed. (Q2 1:05)
Sheezel marks 50m out in the corridor in front of McGrath, his set shot falls in the square where Zurhaar marks and goals! (Q2 2:22)
Caldwell to Merrett for the next centre clearance, Wright marks and goals from the hotspot, number two for him. Ominous signs for North yet again. (Q2 4:22)
Hobbs intercepts Scott’s short kick at half forward and goes immediately to Jones at the hotspot for another one. (Q2 9:22)
Wright passes to Guelfi near the boundary 40m out, his set shot is a peach for his second goal. (Q2 13:02)
Curtis snaps across the face from the HFF. (Q2 15:49)
Stephenson plays on to advantage to snap a goal from the hotspot after a push free to Duursma on McKay. (Q2 17:15)
Scott passes short to Taylor 40m out in front after North get some overlap handball coming inside from a stoppage on outer wing. Taylor kicks truly. (Q2 22:07)
Hind spots up the lead of Guelfi in front of Comben 35m out in front, but the set shot flies wide left. (Q2 24:53)
Guelfi taps to Stringer who misses on the turn from the pocket 20m out. (Q2 28:22)
Stephenson sharks a Perkins handball at a stoppage on members wing to start a North attack, Sheezel finds Duursma 40m out on the flank, shot after the HT siren… threads it! (Q2 30:23)
Martin passes to Guelfi to mark in front of Comben 35m out in front for his third goal. (Q3 3:03)
McKay takes full toll from a Larkey 50m penalty under the stand rule to pass inside 50 for Stringer 45m out in front, who goals. (Q3 4:33)
Larkey marks 20m out on a slight angle and has no problem with the set shot. (Q3 11:18)
Wright marks in a contest with Dawson for goal number three from 30m on a slight angle. (Q3 14:23)
Davies-Uniacke receives from Sheezel, swerves past the onrushing Martin to screw through another impressive goal from 30m on a slight angle. (Q3 16:04)
Gresham roves a Langford contest and feeds Davey jnr to snap his first goal from 35m in front. (Q3 19:34)
Comben is pinged for a jumper tug on Gresham fighting for a ground ball in the pocket 30m out, Gresham goals. (Q3 22:23)
Wright gets a contact free on the first-gamer Dawson 40m out near the boundary and slots his fourth goal. (Q3 24:24)
Stringer marks a Redman pass near the boundary 50m out, of course he has a shot from there and of course he dobs it. Classic Package. (Q3 28:29)
Guelfi misses under pressure from the pocket. (Q3 30:07)
Perkins roves a Wright contest and checksides another one from 35m in front. (Q3 31:37)
Xerri marks just inside true CHF and clunks the first goal of Q4 junk time. (Q4 2:31)
Wright misses after marking on the lead 35m out on the flank. (Q4 6:00)
Curtis baulks clear for a checkside from 20m on a slight angle, goal umpire right under the post and signals goal despite Heppell swearing it nicked the woodwork. (Q4 6:58)
Turns out Hep-D was right, Edge shows there was a nick on the post. (Q4 8:05)
Hobbs marks a short Shiel pass near CHF but shanks for no score. (Q4 9:11)
Ford is over the back for a Powell pass to play on into the open goal. (Q4 11:42)
Tucker misses a sitter from 20m after roving. (Q4 21:04)
Wright does the same from a free kick up the other end. (Q4 23:05)
Langford marks 45m out and slots his first goal deep in junk time to ruin Corr’s day. (Q4 24:07)