1990 AFL Season 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 one of the 1990 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at the 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 (12.17.89) were defeated by Melbourne (22.10.142).

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

North Melbourne

Captain: Matthew Larkin
Coach: Wayne Schimmelbusch

Melbourne

Captain: Brett Lovett
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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