1990 AFL Round 1: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 1990 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round 1 of the 1990 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at MCG. Matthew Larkin captained the hosts. Brett Lovett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wayne Schimmelbusch and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

North Melbourne
M. Larkin (capt.), B. Allison, W. Angus, M. Brayshaw, B. Buckley, W. Carey, D. Crocker, I. Fairley, P. German, A. Krakouer, J. Longmire, J. McCarthy, D. McDonald, D. McRae, L. Pickering, J. Romero, W. Schwass, R. Smith, D. Steele, A. Stevens

Melbourne
B. Lovett (capt.), D. Bennett, L. Beveridge, S. Clark, S. Eishold, S. Febey, D. Flintoff, R. Grinter, G. Lyon, S. Newport, A. Obst, S. O'Dwyer, P. Rohde, T. Spencer, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, S. Wight, B. Wilson, G. Yeats

North Melbourne (12.17.89) were defeated by Melbourne (22.10.142).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: M. Brayshaw (2), D. Crocker (2), P. German (2), B. Allison, W. Angus, I. Fairley, A. Krakouer, L. Pickering, J. Romero
Melbourne: D. Bennett (8), S. Clark (3), L. Beveridge, S. Eishold, B. Lovett, S. Newport, A. Obst, S. O'Dwyer, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, S. Wight, B. Wilson

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 March 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,191

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.17.89 - 22.10.142

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 5 5 . 9 9 . 13 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Melbourne 6 . 2 10 . 3 17 . 7 22 . 10 22 . 10 (142)
Margin MELB by 21 MELB by 24 MELB by 42 MELB by 53 MELB by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: Matthew Larkin (North Melbourne), Brett Lovett (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates, C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Bennett MELB 19 3
Steven Clark MELB 32 2
Brian Wilson MELB 7 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 1 0 0 2 1
11 Angus, Warwick ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 3 5 1 0 1
44 Brayshaw, Mark ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 7 0 0 1 0
14 Buckley, Ben ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 4 0 0 1 1
18 Carey, Wayne ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 3 0 0 0 3
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 2 1 20 11 9 3 0 1 0 2
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 1 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 2 4 29 15 14 4 0 0 4 3
8 Krakouer, Andrew ? ? 1 4 15 11 4 2 0 0 2 1
9 Larkin, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 0 0 2
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 1 1
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 2 17 9 8 2 1 1 1 1
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 2 1 0 0 2
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 0
28 Pickering, Liam ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 3 0 1 0 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 1 2 19 10 9 5 0 0 2 2
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 4 12 0 0 2 0 3
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 0 1 0
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 0 0 0
46 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 3 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 17 334 203 131 55 7 9 21 25

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 8 1 12 11 1 10 0 2 0 1
24 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 1
32 Clark, Steven ? ? 3 1 20 13 7 1 0 3 3 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 0 0 0 3 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 3 0 0 0 0
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 0 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 0
17 Lovett, Brett (c) ? ? 1 1 27 20 7 6 0 1 2 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 5 2 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 7 0 2 1 0
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 10 1 3 0 4
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 6 18 0 4 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 1 1 1 0
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 1 2 1 3
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 2 0 2 2 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 7 14 1 2 0
15 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 9 0 2 0 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 2 30 16 14 9 0 0 1 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 6 0 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 10 318 213 105 86 35 26 25 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