1986 VFL Round 10: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1986 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 10 of the 1986 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

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

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), L. Baker, N. Clarke, B. Duckworth, F. Dunell, T. Elshaug, A. Ezard, G. Foulds, P. Hamilton, M. Harvey, G. Hawker, S. Heard, S. Madden, R. Merrett, G. Raines, M. Richardson, P. Salmon, T. Spencer, M. Thompson, K. Walsh

North Melbourne (21.11.137) defeated Essendon (18.13.121).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: P. Krakouer (6), P. Jonas (3), M. Larkin (3), P. German (2), P. Spargo (2), D. Ackerly, G. Atkins, J. Holt, J. Krakouer, R. Norman
Essendon: A. Ezard (5), P. Salmon (5), B. Duckworth (3), S. Madden, G. Raines, M. Richardson, T. Spencer, M. Thompson

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Friday 30 May 1986
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 40,531

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 21.11.137 - 18.13.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 4 14 . 8 21 . 11 21 . 11 (137)
Essendon 3 . 5 6 . 11 13 . 12 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Margin ESSE by 3 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 2 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (North Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Terry Daniher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McDonald, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Phil Krakouer NMLB 8 3
David Ackerly NMLB 10 2
Matthew Larkin NMLB 9 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 4 0 3 1
36 Atkins, Graeme ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 5 0 2 2
22 Ceglar, David ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0
32 Dwyer, David ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 2
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 2 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 2 1 30 19 11 4 0 0 3
24 Hickey, Steve ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 4 4
2 Holt, John ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 2
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 3 4 14 9 5 5 0 2 1
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 1 0 4 0
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 6 1 19 14 5 4 0 2 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 3 0 26 15 11 4 0 3 0
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 0 0
1 Lisle, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 14 4 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 1 1 1
35 Norman, Rick ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 6 0 1 0
12 Robertson, Rohan ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 0 1 3
40 Ryan, Brendan ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 2 3 0 2
31 Spargo, Paul ? ? 2 0 13 8 5 0 0 0 2
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 11 290 210 80 55 21 31 27

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 2 37 28 9 5 0 2 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 1 0 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 3 2 14 12 2 2 0 2 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 2 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 2 0 2 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 5 1 25 17 8 9 0 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 2 2
40 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 2 18 10 8 5 0 0 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 8 20 2 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 4 1 1 6
6 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 4 0 4 4
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 5 3 14 11 3 9 3 0 2
40 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 1 0 0 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 1 0 25 15 10 5 0 4 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 13 300 198 102 66 24 27 31

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