1991 AFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 1991 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round three of the 1991 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Matthew Larkin captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Wayne Schimmelbusch and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

North Melbourne (13.16.94) were defeated by Essendon (25.17.167).

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 April 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,961

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 13.16.94 - 25.17.167

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 6 . 5 8 . 6 10 . 10 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Essendon 5 . 4 12 . 11 18 . 17 25 . 17 25 . 17 (167)
Margin NMLB by 7 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 73 ESSE by 73
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Matthew Larkin
Coach: Wayne Schimmelbusch

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. McDonald
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Bewick ESSE 8 3
Paul Salmon ESSE 3 2
Greg Anderson ESSE 11 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 1 0 0 1 0
18 Carey, Wayne ? ? 3 3 22 18 4 13 0 0 2 2
30 Chandler, Jeff ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 0 0 1
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 1 0 0 0 2
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 2
31 Gallagher, Michael ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 3 9 2 2 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 0 0
9 Larkin, Matthew (c) ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 0 0 1 1 0
20 Mann, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 0 1 0 0 0
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 0 1 3
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 5 1 13 10 3 8 0 0 0 1
34 Murray, Damien ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 2 20 9 11 2 0 1 1 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 1 2 20 13 7 4 0 3 3 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 2 14 8 6 0 0 0 1 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 4 0 1 0 2
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 4 1 0
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 2 1
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 2 3 3
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 1 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 13 16 297 191 106 59 12 17 20 20

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 0 1 3
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 0 0 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 5 5 25 23 2 7 0 0 2 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 1 0
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 2 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 1 26 20 6 3 0 0 1 1
28 Flood, David ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
25 Fox, Brad ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 4 1 24 19 5 8 0 1 1 1
45 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 24 15 9 3 0 2 2 0
9 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 5 0 0 0 1
13 Long, Michael ? ? 2 0 22 13 9 0 0 1 2 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 1 19 10 9 7 11 1 1 0
35 McMullin, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 2 2
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 3 0 0 0 1
18 Ridley, Todd ? ? 0 2 9 3 6 3 0 0 0 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 4 1 15 11 4 10 9 0 2 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 3 0 13 7 6 5 2 0 3 2
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 0 0 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 25 17 315 214 101 75 22 9 20 20

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