Head to Head Between Essendon and North Melbourne

Summary

Since 1980	All Games	Last 5 Games	Highest Score	Lowest Score	Biggest Win
Essendon	38	5	198	57	125
North Melbourne	31	0	159	49	59

Games

Season	Rnd	Home Team							Away Team						Ground	Date
2024	R10	Essendon	4.2	7.5	15.7	16.10	106	dftd	North Melbourne	2.2	6.4	8.4	10.6	66	Marvel Stadium	May 19 (Sun 1:10pm)
2023	R22	North Melbourne	3.0	6.1	9.3	12.5	77	lost to	Essendon	2.1	5.2	10.4	13.8	86	Marvel Stadium	Aug 12 (Sat 1:45pm)
2023	R12	Essendon	6.2	6.6	12.7	16.9	105	dftd	North Melbourne	3.0	6.4	10.8	15.9	99	Marvel Stadium	Jun 4 (Sun 4:40pm)
2022	R20	Essendon	5.1	9.5	13.6	17.12	114	dftd	North Melbourne	2.4	5.6	7.9	9.12	66	Marvel Stadium	Jul 31 (Sun 4:40pm)
2021	R18	North Melbourne	4.4	6.4	7.8	11.8	74	lost to	Essendon	3.0	4.6	8.10	13.14	92	Metricon Stadium	Jul 18 (Sun 12:35pm)
2021	R10	Essendon	6.4	11.5	15.6	22.9	141	dftd	North Melbourne	2.1	3.3	8.8	10.9	69	Marvel Stadium	May 23 (Sun 4:40pm)
2020	R6	Essendon	2.5	5.11	8.11	9.13	67	dftd	North Melbourne	3.4	4.7	6.11	7.11	53	Metricon Stadium	Jul 11 (Sat 7:40pm)
2019	R17	Essendon	4.4	6.11	11.13	12.14	86	dftd	North Melbourne	6.3	7.5	9.7	12.9	81	Marvel Stadium	Jul 13 (Sat 4:35pm)
2019	R5	North Melbourne	1.6	3.7	4.12	7.16	58	lost to	Essendon	3.4	9.7	13.11	17.14	116	Marvel Stadium	Apr 19 (Fri 4:20pm)
2018	R15	Essendon	6.2	13.6	15.8	19.11	125	dftd	North Melbourne	7.2	10.4	13.8	16.12	108	Etihad Stadium	Jul 1 (Sun 3:20pm)
2017	R18	Essendon	4.2	8.3	13.8	20.12	132	dftd	North Melbourne	4.4	8.5	12.7	16.9	105	Etihad Stadium	Jul 22 (Sat 1:45pm)
2016	R8	Essendon	0.2	0.4	5.5	8.12	60	lost to	North Melbourne	4.2	8.6	10.10	10.14	74	Etihad Stadium	May 14 (Sat 1:45pm)
2015	R16	North Melbourne	2.4	5.5	10.7	14.9	93	dftd	Essendon	1.5	6.7	7.10	9.14	68	Etihad Stadium	Jul 17 (Fri 7:50pm)
2015	R7	Essendon	5.0	6.3	8.10	12.10	82	lost to	North Melbourne	2.6	7.9	9.13	13.15	93	Etihad Stadium	May 15 (Fri 7:50pm)
2014	EF	North Melbourne	2.3	2.4	9.5	14.9	93	dftd	Essendon	2.4	6.7	10.8	12.9	81	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Sep 6 (Sat 7:15pm)
2014	R1	North Melbourne	3.0	5.3	8.5	9.6	60	lost to	Essendon	4.1	8.5	11.8	15.9	99	Etihad Stadium	Mar 21 (Fri 7:50pm)
2013	R21	Essendon	1.3	4.8	6.12	9.16	70	lost to	North Melbourne	2.3	7.6	13.10	17.13	115	Etihad Stadium	Aug 17 (Sat 4:40pm)
2012	R20	Essendon	5.2	8.6	9.10	11.10	76	lost to	North Melbourne	6.2	8.4	11.7	15.10	100	Etihad Stadium	Aug 12 (Sun 4:40pm)
2012	R1	North Melbourne	4.3	8.5	10.10	15.12	102	lost to	Essendon	3.2	9.8	13.14	14.20	104	Etihad Stadium	Mar 31 (Sat 7:45pm)
2011	R13	Essendon	1.8	6.13	10.17	12.18	90	lost to	North Melbourne	5.3	9.3	13.6	17.9	111	Etihad Stadium	Jun 18 (Sat 2:10pm)
2010	R17	North Melbourne	3.5	8.5	13.8	18.11	119	lost to	Essendon	5.3	9.8	13.11	18.14	122	Etihad Stadium	Jul 24 (Sat 7:10pm)
2009	R4	North Melbourne	3.3	5.5	9.7	10.9	69	dftd	Essendon	1.3	3.7	5.11	7.15	57	Etihad Stadium	Apr 19 (Sun 1:10pm)
2008	R1	North Melbourne	4.3	6.7	7.9	9.13	67	lost to	Essendon	2.0	8.2	15.5	19.8	122	Telstra Dome	Mar 24 (Mon 2:10pm)
2007	R7	North Melbourne	4.0	8.5	14.8	18.9	117	dftd	Essendon	2.9	5.11	8.14	13.17	95	Telstra Dome	May 11 (Fri 7:40pm)
2006	R13	North Melbourne	4.4	5.8	12.9	14.12	96	dftd	Essendon	2.3	6.7	9.8	13.11	89	Telstra Dome	Jun 30 (Fri 7:40pm)
2005	R14	Essendon	2.3	7.5	8.6	13.8	86	lost to	North Melbourne	7.3	11.6	14.13	19.14	128	Telstra Dome	Jul 2 (Sat 7:10pm)
2004	R14	Essendon	4.3	7.5	11.6	12.7	79	lost to	North Melbourne	3.3	6.6	9.12	14.16	100	Telstra Dome	Jul 2 (Fri 7:40pm)
2003	R12	Essendon	5.0	7.3	12.6	13.10	88	lost to	North Melbourne	5.3	7.6	11.9	14.12	96	Telstra Dome	Jun 13 (Fri 7:40pm)
2002	R10	North Melbourne	4.5	6.11	11.16	12.20	92	dftd	Essendon	4.3	6.6	8.10	12.12	84	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 31 (Fri 7:45pm)
2001	R16	Essendon	2.3	12.4	19.8	27.9	171	dftd	North Melbourne	12.1	16.1	22.4	25.9	159	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jul 22 (Sun)
2001	R1	North Melbourne	3.1	4.3	6.6	9.7	61	lost to	Essendon	7.2	9.5	15.6	23.8	146	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Mar 30 (Fri)
2000	QF	Essendon	9.1	15.6	25.9	31.12	198	dftd	North Melbourne	4.2	6.3	9.4	11.7	73	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Aug 12 (Sat)
2000	R13	Essendon	7.5	10.13	13.17	17.17	119	dftd	North Melbourne	0.0	3.1	7.4	11.4	70	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 4 (Sun)
1999	R17	Essendon	7.2	14.7	18.10	24.14	158	dftd	North Melbourne	8.1	10.4	16.8	20.12	132	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jul 24 (Sat)
1999	R2	North Melbourne	3.3	10.9	12.13	15.16	106	lost to	Essendon	8.2	14.5	17.8	22.9	141	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Apr 1 (Thu)
1998	QF	North Melbourne	1.1	2.7	8.12	11.16	82	dftd	Essendon	2.4	3.6	5.11	8.12	60	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Sep 4 (Fri)
1998	R14	North Melbourne	5.4	12.5	16.7	19.13	127	dftd	Essendon	4.0	8.6	11.10	16.13	109	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 26 (Fri)
1997	R18	North Melbourne	5.7	8.10	10.12	11.17	83	dftd	Essendon	4.2	5.5	7.10	8.16	64	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Aug 1 (Fri)
1997	R3	Essendon	3.6	9.8	11.13	18.14	122	dftd	North Melbourne	2.3	5.5	6.8	12.8	80	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Apr 13 (Sun)
1996	R12	North Melbourne	6.3	9.8	11.9	16.11	107	dftd	Essendon	4.2	7.4	8.10	14.11	95	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 23 (Sun)
1995	R10	North Melbourne	3.2	8.6	13.11	19.12	126	dftd	Essendon	3.0	5.5	9.7	15.9	99	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 2 (Fri)
1994	R15	North Melbourne	2.3	6.7	9.15	11.19	85	lost to	Essendon	6.3	8.5	12.6	14.8	92	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jul 2 (Sat)
1993	R15	North Melbourne	7.2	9.3	11.7	19.15	129	dftd	Essendon	4.1	8.7	12.11	13.13	91	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jul 9 (Fri)
1992	R23	Essendon	5.1	7.7	13.12	20.19	139	dftd	North Melbourne	5.2	6.6	7.10	10.11	71	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Aug 22 (Sat)
1992	R8	North Melbourne	5.6	11.7	13.13	19.18	132	dftd	Essendon	1.1	3.8	6.11	11.14	80	Princes Park	May 9 (Sat)
1991	R18	Essendon	7.1	11.3	17.7	19.9	123	dftd	North Melbourne	1.6	2.12	4.12	5.19	49	Windy Hill	Jul 20 (Sat)
1991	R3	North Melbourne	6.5	8.6	10.10	13.16	94	lost to	Essendon	5.4	12.11	18.17	25.17	167	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Apr 6 (Sat)
1990	R12	Essendon	4.1	11.8	13.11	18.16	124	dftd	North Melbourne	2.5	6.8	10.13	13.16	94	Windy Hill	Jun 16 (Sat)
1989	R20	Essendon	2.1	8.4	13.10	19.14	128	dftd	North Melbourne	5.4	8.6	10.8	17.10	112	Windy Hill	Aug 19 (Sat)
1989	R6	North Melbourne	5.4	10.10	14.14	17.19	121	dftd	Essendon	6.1	9.4	12.7	16.9	105	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 7 (Sun)
1988	R15	North Melbourne	3.2	4.5	7.10	14.10	94	lost to	Essendon	6.4	11.8	16.14	21.14	140	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jul 10 (Sun)
1988	R1	Essendon	11.3	16.9	20.11	25.14	164	dftd	North Melbourne	1.6	4.8	7.10	12.10	82	Windy Hill	Apr 2 (Sat)
1987	R12	North Melbourne	4.3	7.5	9.7	15.10	100	dftd	Essendon	2.0	6.3	7.8	9.10	64	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 12 (Fri)
1986	R22	Essendon	0.1	4.5	7.10	10.19	79	lost to	North Melbourne	8.5	8.6	13.10	15.11	101	Windy Hill	Aug 30 (Sat)
1986	R10	North Melbourne	3.2	8.4	14.8	21.11	137	dftd	Essendon	3.5	6.11	13.12	18.13	121	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 30 (Fri)
1985	R18	Essendon	9.2	18.8	21.13	25.16	166	dftd	North Melbourne	2.2	2.4	6.7	8.14	62	Windy Hill	Aug 3 (Sat)
1985	R7	North Melbourne	4.5	9.8	17.14	22.20	152	dftd	Essendon	5.4	8.5	13.7	14.9	93	Waverley Park	May 11 (Sat)
1984	R22	Essendon	10.2	17.3	25.3	27.7	169	dftd	North Melbourne	3.4	9.11	14.14	19.17	131	Windy Hill	Sep 1 (Sat)
1984	R10	North Melbourne	5.6	7.7	11.12	15.16	106	lost to	Essendon	1.0	9.4	11.6	16.12	108	Arden Street	Jun 2 (Sat)
1983	PF	Essendon	8.2	12.5	17.10	25.14	164	dftd	North Melbourne	2.1	9.2	10.3	12.6	78	Waverley Park	Sep 17 (Sat)
1983	R16	North Melbourne	5.3	11.4	16.8	19.14	128	dftd	Essendon	4.4	5.5	7.8	16.11	107	Arden Street	Jul 9 (Sat)
1983	R5	Essendon	4.2	10.6	14.7	20.8	128	dftd	North Melbourne	2.6	6.10	14.15	17.21	123	Waverley Park	Apr 25 (Mon)
1982	EF	North Melbourne	6.3	8.7	14.10	19.14	128	dftd	Essendon	1.3	4.10	10.15	16.19	115	Waverley Park	Sep 4 (Sat)
1982	R14	Essendon	4.3	10.7	12.9	15.15	105	dftd	North Melbourne	5.2	7.5	11.10	14.13	97	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 26 (Sat)
1982	R4	Essendon	1.3	4.5	8.15	12.19	91	lost to	North Melbourne	1.10	7.15	9.17	14.24	108	Windy Hill	Apr 17 (Sat)
1981	R12	North Melbourne	7.5	7.8	12.10	13.12	90	lost to	Essendon	4.4	7.13	10.20	18.29	137	Arden Street	Jun 13 (Sat)
1981	R2	Essendon	1.4	6.8	10.12	16.15	111	dftd	North Melbourne	5.1	8.2	11.5	15.9	99	Windy Hill	Apr 4 (Sat)
1980	R12	North Melbourne	2.3	6.6	13.8	15.11	101	dftd	Essendon	4.4	4.4	6.8	10.12	72	Arden Street	Jun 14 (Sat)
1980	R1	Essendon	3.2	7.6	8.9	12.15	87	lost to	North Melbourne	5.3	9.7	13.10	15.10	100	Windy Hill	Mar 29 (Sat)

Top 20 Players (last 5 games Essendon vs North Melbourne)

Player	MT	Team	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	SC	Rat	Avg
Zach Merrett	5	Essendon	72	14.4	81	16.2	153	30.6	23	4.6	0	0	34	6.8	12	7	4	0.8	1	25	599	119.8
Nic Martin	4	Essendon	49	12.3	48	12	97	24.3	25	6.3	0	0	12	3	4	1	5	1.3	0	30	397	99.3
Harry Sheezel	3	North Melbourne	46	15.3	39	13	85	28.3	17	5.7	0	0	8	2.7	2	3	0	0	1	1	293	97.7
Tarryn Thomas	3	North Melbourne	37	12.3	25	8.3	62	20.7	17	5.7	0	0	16	5.3	7	2	2	0.7	0	12	289	96.3
Luke Davies-Uniacke	4	North Melbourne	56	14	43	10.8	99	24.8	18	4.5	0	0	12	3	2	3	3	0.8	0	18	367	91.8
Mason Redman	5	Essendon	84	16.8	33	6.6	117	23.4	32	6.4	0	0	12	2.4	3	5	1	0.2	0	6	456	91.2
Peter Wright	4	Essendon	40	10	18	4.5	58	14.5	29	7.3	29	7.3	5	1.3	6	3	11	2.8	6	72	361	90.3
Dyson Heppell	5	Essendon	69	13.8	41	8.2	110	22	34	6.8	0	0	11	2.2	8	4	1	0.2	0	6	437	87.4
Jye Caldwell	3	Essendon	36	12	29	9.7	65	21.7	18	6	0	0	8	2.7	3	1	0	0	1	1	253	84.3
Jake Stringer	4	Essendon	42	10.5	21	5.3	63	15.8	13	3.3	0	0	19	4.8	2	9	12	3	7	79	337	84.3
Jordan Ridley	3	Essendon	46	15.3	16	5.3	62	20.7	20	6.7	0	0	4	1.3	1	1	0	0	1	1	245	81.7
Jy Simpkin	4	North Melbourne	45	11.3	44	11	89	22.3	8	2	0	0	15	3.8	4	1	1	0.3	2	8	316	79
Kyle Langford	4	Essendon	31	7.8	27	6.8	58	14.5	24	6	0	0	11	2.8	0	5	10	2.5	1	61	309	77.3
Andrew McGrath	3	Essendon	37	12.3	22	7.3	59	19.7	17	5.7	0	0	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	231	77
Nick Hind	5	Essendon	79	15.8	24	4.8	103	20.6	31	6.2	0	0	3	0.6	0	2	0	0	0	0	384	76.8
Luke McDonald	5	North Melbourne	60	12	35	7	95	19	30	6	0	0	14	2.8	2	7	1	0.2	1	7	384	76.8
Darcy Tucker	3	North Melbourne	37	12.3	25	8.3	62	20.7	16	5.3	0	0	4	1.3	4	2	1	0.3	1	7	230	76.7
Bailey Scott	5	North Melbourne	68	13.6	36	7.2	104	20.8	19	3.8	0	0	5	1	5	1	3	0.6	3	21	376	75.2
Ben Hobbs	4	Essendon	46	11.5	34	8.5	80	20	16	4	0	0	16	4	2	8	0	0	2	2	298	74.5
Jaidyn Stephenson	5	North Melbourne	63	12.6	30	6	93	18.6	22	4.4	0	0	8	1.6	5	4	4	0.8	3	27	367	73.4
Totals	81		1043	12.9	671	8.3	1714	21.2	429	5.3	29	0.4	223	2.8	73	69	59	0.7	30	384	6929	85.5

Please note: Players must have played in at least 3 of the games. If a player has played for both sides they are listed per side.

Top 20 Players (since 1993 Essendon vs North Melbourne)

Player	MT	Team	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	SC	Rat	Avg
Jobe Watson	14	Essendon	172	12.3	211	15.1	383	27.4	81	5.8	5	0.4	57	4.1	21	10	9	0.6	6	60	1465	104.6
Brendon Goddard	8	Essendon	116	14.5	104	13	220	27.5	43	5.4	4	0.5	26	3.3	11	5	5	0.6	6	36	825	103.1
Zach Merrett	16	Essendon	195	12.2	252	15.8	447	27.9	64	4	0	0	87	5.4	25	14	5	0.3	6	36	1648	103
Wayne Carey	9	North Melbourne	125	13.9	40	4.4	165	18.3	76	8.4	2	0.2	6	0.7	4	5	34	3.8	17	221	919	102.1
Aaron Hall	5	North Melbourne	96	19.2	30	6	126	25.2	32	6.4	0	0	13	2.6	4	2	0	0	4	4	498	99.6
Darcy Parish	8	Essendon	103	12.9	104	13	207	25.9	37	4.6	0	0	30	3.8	7	3	1	0.1	2	8	754	94.3
Peter Bell	8	North Melbourne	131	16.4	69	8.6	200	25	30	3.8	0	0	18	2.3	12	3	8	1	5	53	749	93.6
Peter Wright	5	Essendon	53	10.6	21	4.2	74	14.8	39	7.8	35	7	6	1.2	6	3	14	2.8	8	92	466	93.2
Dyson Heppell	17	Essendon	242	14.2	164	9.6	406	23.9	104	6.1	11	0.6	47	2.8	15	13	5	0.3	4	34	1575	92.6
Sam Gibson	8	North Melbourne	108	13.5	69	8.6	177	22.1	58	7.3	0	0	19	2.4	4	5	6	0.8	3	39	740	92.5
Andrew Swallow	12	North Melbourne	125	10.4	146	12.2	271	22.6	41	3.4	0	0	75	6.3	25	17	4	0.3	7	31	1095	91.3
Matthew Lloyd	15	Essendon	166	11.1	47	3.1	213	14.2	106	7.1	2	0.1	21	1.4	13	12	58	3.9	25	373	1346	89.7
Brent Stanton	14	Essendon	207	14.8	101	7.2	308	22	76	5.4	0	0	42	3	18	10	6	0.4	7	43	1250	89.3
Shannon Grant	15	North Melbourne	223	14.9	101	6.7	324	21.6	80	5.3	0	0	23	1.5	16	14	23	1.5	13	151	1328	88.5
Brent Harvey	25	North Melbourne	338	13.5	202	8.1	540	21.6	127	5.1	1	0	49	2	21	19	29	1.2	17	191	2151	86
Anthony Stevens	15	North Melbourne	259	17.3	72	4.8	331	22.1	56	3.7	0	0	41	2.7	10	8	6	0.4	4	40	1279	85.3
Lachlan Hansen	6	North Melbourne	69	11.5	40	6.7	109	18.2	50	8.3	0	0	11	1.8	5	3	5	0.8	2	32	509	84.8
Michael Long	9	Essendon	116	12.9	71	7.9	187	20.8	51	5.7	1	0.1	18	2	1	6	8	0.9	9	57	756	84
Luke Davies-Uniacke	6	North Melbourne	74	12.3	60	10	134	22.3	27	4.5	0	0	16	2.7	3	4	3	0.5	3	21	499	83.2
Shaun Higgins	6	North Melbourne	75	12.5	57	9.5	132	22	26	4.3	0	0	18	3	5	5	2	0.3	7	19	498	83
Totals	221		2993	13.5	1961	8.9	4954	22.4	1204	5.4	61	0.3	623	2.8	226	161	231	1	155	1541	20350	92.1

Please note: Players must have played in at least 5 games. If a player has played for both sides they are listed per side.

FinalSiren.com - Head to Head Between Essendon and North Melbourne

Summary

Games

Top 20 Players (last 5 games Essendon vs North Melbourne)

Top 20 Players (since 1993 Essendon vs North Melbourne)