1991 AFL Season Round 6: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1991 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round six of the 1991 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. Matthew Larkin captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wayne Schimmelbusch and the visitors were coached by Col Kinnear.

North Melbourne (27.26.188) defeated Sydney (21.8.134).

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Thursday 25 April 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,664

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 27.26.188 - 21.8.134

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 7 13 . 12 19 . 18 27 . 26 27 . 26 (188)
Sydney 9 . 3 19 . 6 21 . 8 21 . 8 21 . 8 (134)
Margin SYDN by 20 SYDN by 30 SYDN by 2 NMLB by 54 NMLB by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Matthew Larkin
Coach: Wayne Schimmelbusch

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Col Kinnear

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
A. McKernan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Gallagher NMLB 31 3
Jeff Chandler NMLB 30 2
Paul Spargo NMLB 1 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
44 Brayshaw, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 1
18 Carey, Wayne ? ? 3 2 13 7 6 6 1 1 1 1
30 Chandler, Jeff ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 4 0 4 0 1
5 Dwyer, David ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 0 1 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 1 2
31 Gallagher, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 7 13 2 1 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 3 2 37 24 13 3 0 3 2 1
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 2 0 1 1
9 Larkin, Matthew (c) ? ? 3 1 24 13 11 0 0 2 2 1
35 Longmire, John ? ? 5 6 17 15 2 10 0 2 0 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 1 4 2
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 1 6 20 16 4 5 0 0 0 2
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 2 0 1 1 3
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 2 2 22 14 8 1 0 7 2 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 2 1 1
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 0 2 2 2
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 2 1
32 Smith, Shaun ? ? 3 2 21 15 6 7 1 0 1 1
1 Spargo, Paul ? ? 5 1 29 16 13 2 0 1 3 1
17 Staritski, Justin ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 27 26 330 214 116 67 17 30 25 23

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 5 0 8 7 1 5 0 0 1 3
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 3 1 28 18 10 1 0 0 2 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 1
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 7 1 0 1 1
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 3 1 3
14 Kelly, Paul ? ? 1 1 18 7 11 2 0 1 0 3
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 1 0 0 2 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0 2
32 Love, Jason ? ? 4 1 11 8 3 4 0 1 1 0
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 4 0 31 18 13 1 0 2 1 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 1 0 2 3 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 1 1 1
48 Tunbridge, Brad ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 5 14 2 0 3
20 West, Jim ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 3 2 2 2 0
27 Wheeler, Sanford ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 1 38 18 20 3 0 0 7 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 3 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 8 256 163 93 47 19 20 23 25

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