Pre Game
00:00
The Cats have scored 74 points as a result of turnovers caused by Tim Kelly’s pressure acts this season, ranking him third in the competition.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:22
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Mark Blicavs)
01:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
05:00
After five minutes of play, the Cats hold a slight edge in time in possession, 52 percent to 35
08:56
North Melbourne is kicking the ball with 74 percent efficiency, far superior to 50 percent for the Cats.
12:24
Cats Interchange - Mark Blicavs off due to the blood rule.
13:05
Nearly halfway through the opening term and neither side has registered an effective kick inside its forward 50 zone.
15:00
The Kangaroos have generated seven of the last ten inside 50s but remain scoreless.
15:26
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
15:27
Playing in his debut season, first goalscorer Gryan Miers kicks his 20th goal in his 20th game.
17:21
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Quinton Narkle)
19:27
Despite not registering any disposals to this point, the Kangaroos' Jed Anderson is the leading tackler on the ground with four.
19:42
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
22:38
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Mason Wood)
23:32
North Melbourne forward Ben Brown has been targeted a match-high five times inside forward 50, but is yet to take a mark.
27:59
Playing in his 200th game, Geelong's Mitch Duncan is the leading disposal winner at quarter time with 12. In his previous 199 AFL matches, Duncan has participated in 143 Geelong victories.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:32
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Luke Dahlhaus)
04:16
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
04:17
The entire score for both North Melbourne and Geelong has been sourced from opposition turnovers.
07:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
08:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
09:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
09:34
Over the past four weeks, North Melbourne has lost the inside 50 count by nine per game, ranked 16th in the competition. They have started well in this area tonight, and currently lead this measure, 20 to 15.
11:37
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Brandan Parfitt)
14:24
Todd Goldstein is proving a dominant force in the ruck for North Melbourne. He has won 18 of 28 contests (64 percent) and directed seven hitouts to the direct advantage of a teammate (25 percent). He is the clear leader in both measures.
14:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
16:45
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
16:46
With his second goal of the night, Gryan Miers has now kicked multiple goals for the fifth time in 20 games for Geelong.
19:59
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Esava Ratugolea)
20:47
The Cats have won the last five clearances, and generated four of the last five inside 50s.
21:49
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
26:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
27:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
27:53
Cats Interchange - Patrick Dangerfield off due to an injury.
28:54
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
28:55
The Kangaroos have been outscored by a total of 82 points in second quarters this season, ranked 17th in the AFL. Second-quarter scoring proved an issue again for North Melbourne tonight, with the Cats winning the term 2.6 to 1.3.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:14
Across the past month, the Cats have retained possession from 52 percent of their kicks inside 50, the best in the AFL. They are performing well in this measure again tonight, retaining possession from 45 percent of kicks into the forward 50 zone, comparing favourably to 39 percent for North Melbourne.
03:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
04:46
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Luke Dahlhaus)
04:47
The Cats have kicked 4.5 from set shots.
06:23
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
09:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Gryan Miers)
10:10
Five intercept marks for Scott Thompson represents a season-high for the veteran North Melbourne defender.
14:11
Of the 14 free kicks that Geelong has conceded, the most common indiscretion has been for holding the man on eight occasions.
15:34
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
16:04
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Quinton Narkle)
16:05
In his first game for 2019, Quinton Narkle has contributed a match-high six score involvements for the Cats.
21:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Quinton Narkle)
21:54
North Melbourne has not been inside its forward 50 zone since the eighth minute of the third term. In the time since, the Cats have gone inside 50 on 11 occasions, kicking 1.3.
22:45
Kangaroos Interchange - Scott D. Thompson and is possibly out for the game.
24:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Mason Wood)
25:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
26:47
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
28:49
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
28:50
A dominant third quarter from the Cats, winning the inside 50s 15 to six, and the clearances 11 to nine. However, by kicking an inaccurate 3.4 to 0.3, they have left the Kangaroos close enough to challenge in the last term if they are good enough.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
01:28
Early in the final term the only players on the ground to have played 100 percent game time are Kangaroos key forward Ben Brown, and his direct opponent Harry Taylor.
05:14
Geelong backman Jack Henry does the little things to help his team. His tally of ten one percenters is easily the most of any man on the ground, with the next most being five to North Melbourne's Jasper Pittard.
09:23
Across the past month, the Kangaroos have lost the clearance count by seven per game, ranked 17th in the competition. They have been thoroughly beaten in this measure tonight, with the Cats currently leading the clearance count 38 to 24.
12:51
Consistent with their score of 1.8, the Kangaroos kicking efficiency inside their forward 50 zone is currently a woeful 11 percent.
14:09
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
16:00
Veteran Cat Gary Ablett has generated a match-high 573 metres gained for Geelong. The next most is 511 metres gained by North Melbourne's Robbie Tarrant.
18:54
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
21:44
Time in possession for the final quarter heavily favours Geelong, 59 per cent to 26.
22:06
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Esava Ratugolea)
22:55
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Quinton Narkle)
27:32
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
27:37
In difficult conditions, the Cats run out convincing 55 point victors over North Melbourne. In doing so, they restricted the Kangaroos to the lowest score in their history. Their previous lowest score was 2.7, also against Geelong, at Corio Oval in Round 1 of 1930.