1986 VFL Round 9: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1986 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round 9 of the 1986 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

North Melbourne
D. Ackerly, M. Arceri, G. Atkins, D. Ceglar, D. Dwyer, I. Fairley, P. German, S. Hickey, J. Krakouer, P. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Law, M. Lisle, S. McCann, R. Norman, R. Robertson, B. Ryan, R. Smith, P. Spargo, D. Steele

Melbourne
R. Flower (capt.), D. Allday, A. Battiston, T. Campbell, C. Connolly, D. Dickson, S. Eishold, T. Fidge, D. Hughes, A. Jarrott, N. Kol, G. Lyon, P. Moore, S. Newport, J. Nichols, P. Payne, R. Richards, S. Turner, R. White, M. Withers

North Melbourne (12.11.83) defeated Melbourne (6.12.48).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: P. Krakouer (3), P. German (2), P. Spargo (2), M. Arceri, G. Atkins, D. Dwyer, J. Krakouer, R. Norman
Melbourne: T. Fidge (2), R. Flower (2), A. Battiston, M. Withers

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 6th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 May 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 14,478

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 12.11.83 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Melbourne 1 . 1 4 . 6 5 . 8 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin NMLB by 20 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (North Melbourne), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Robert Flower (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Rich, P. Saville

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Stephen McCann NMLB 16 3
Robin White MELB 5 2
Phil Krakouer NMLB 8 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 2 1
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
36 Atkins, Graeme ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 1 0 0 3
22 Ceglar, David ? ? 0 2 11 6 5 4 0 2 0
32 Dwyer, David ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 2
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 2 1 24 16 8 10 0 0 2
24 Hickey, Steve ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 2
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 1 2 32 25 7 5 0 3 1
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 3 1 24 15 9 4 0 2 1
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 0 28 13 15 6 0 0 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 0 0
1 Lisle, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 17 2 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 8 1 1 1
35 Norman, Rick ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 2
12 Robertson, Rohan ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0
40 Ryan, Brendan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 0 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
31 Spargo, Paul ? ? 2 2 23 16 7 7 0 2 2
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 11 314 229 85 76 18 21 20

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Allday, David ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 4 0 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 0 29 24 5 2 0 2 1
40 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 0 0 2 2
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 0 0 0 1
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 2 4 10 9 1 2 0 0 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 7 0 3 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 7 0 0 0
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 0 3 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 8 1 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 1 2
39 Nichols, Jeremy ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 1 0 3 0
43 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 3 17 13 4 4 0 0 2
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 1 1 1
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 1 2
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 12 282 216 66 52 13 20 21

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s