Season highlights, their statistics and quotes from the player from the course of the year will be included.
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Season statistics
Games: 11
Goals: 18
Hit-outs: 27
Marks: 49
Marks inside 50: 20
More statistics in the player profile
Season highlights
Elimination Final v Essendon
- 9 disposals, 4 second half goals
Season in review
Selected with North Melbourne’s final pick of the 2013 National Draft, Ben Brown didn’t have the smoothest start to AFL football. An assortment of injuries forced the Tasmanian to have an interrupted pre-season and delayed his return to the field.
Once the 200 centimetre big man returned to action through Werribee and the VFL, the assumption was that he would require a handful of games simply to get back into the flow. Instead the improvement was swift.
Brown was selected to make his debut in Round 14 against Melbourne and immediately helped to make the forward line function better.
Although a finger injury cost him two matches, on either side of it North was able to kick higher scores; three goals a game more when he was in the side.
It was in the Elimination Final where Brown played arguably his best game of the year. With four goals in the second half, he forced all sorts of defensive changes from the oppostion as North charged from 33 points down.
He finished with 18 goals from his 11 games, an impressive effort considering he was playing through knee discomfort.
Brown will resume training after Christmas.
In the news
September 10 – Taking a chance – NMFC.com.au
"He's got that inner, burning desire to be a good player and to work even harder than he has to work. I really believe we haven't seen anything yet." – Matthew Armstrong
September 12 – Big Ben backed – NMFC.com.au
“He (Brown) is just a guy who doesn’t seem to be overawed. He is getting heaps of attention, which is justified, but it doesn’t worry him.” – Shane Watson
September 12 – Manson’s cult nephew – NMFC.com.au
“I’m North Melbourne through and through at the moment. I am proud of what he has done with his footy ability, but I am more proud of the human being that he is.” – James Manson
