1991 AFL Round 8: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1991 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round 8 of the 1991 AFL season. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Andrew Bews captained the hosts. Matthew Larkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Wayne Schimmelbusch.

Geelong
A. Bews (capt.), M. Bairstow, D. Bourke, B. Brownless, P. Couch, T. Darcy, G. Exell, K. Hinkley, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, S. Malakellis, M. Mansfield, M. Neeld, A. Rogers, D. Russell, M. Schulze, R. Scott, R. Sterrett, B. Stoneham, A. Wills

North Melbourne
M. Larkin (capt.), B. Allison, W. Angus, W. Carey, J. Chandler, C. Dilena, I. Fairley, M. Gallagher, P. German, J. Longmire, M. Martyn, J. McCarthy, M. Roberts, A. Rock, J. Romero, W. Schwass, C. Sholl, S. Smith, P. Spargo, A. Stevens

Geelong (17.17.119) were defeated by North Melbourne (22.18.150).

Goalkickers
Geelong: B. Brownless (4), M. Neeld (4), T. Darcy (2), G. Exell, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, S. Malakellis, R. Scott, R. Sterrett, A. Wills
North Melbourne: P. Spargo (5), W. Carey (4), J. Longmire (4), A. Rock (3), P. German (2), S. Smith (2), M. Larkin, J. Romero

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) and North Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 May 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,746

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 17.17.119 - 22.18.150

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 4 12 . 10 17 . 14 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
North Melbourne 4 . 5 9 . 11 14 . 13 22 . 18 22 . 18 (150)
Margin GEEL by 5 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 19 NMLB by 31 NMLB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (Geelong), Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne)
Captains: Andrew Bews (Geelong), Matthew Larkin (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink, B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wayne Schwass NMLB 2 3
Damian Bourke GEEL 30 2
Jeff Chandler NMLB 30 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 0 1
27 Bews, Andrew (c) ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 3 0 2 1 2
30 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 10 21 0 5 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 4 2 15 10 5 6 1 2 0 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 3 1 2 0 3
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 2 0 20 12 8 7 0 0 2 3
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 7 0 0 2 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 1 20 11 9 1 0 0 2 3
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 1 0 13 3 10 1 0 2 0 2
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 0 0 3 2 2
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 3 2 1
22 Neeld, Mark ? ? 4 3 10 9 1 3 0 1 3 1
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 2 0 0
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 0 20 9 11 2 0 1 1 3
9 Sterrett, Ray ? ? 1 3 11 9 2 2 0 3 1 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 9 4 1 1 1
45 Wills, Andrew ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 2 0 5 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 17 300 196 104 62 28 28 22 27

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 3 1 2
11 Angus, Warwick ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 3 0 0 0 3
18 Carey, Wayne ? ? 4 4 22 13 9 6 0 3 2 3
30 Chandler, Jeff ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 0 1 0 0
12 Dilena, Carl ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 1 0 0 1 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 0 2 0
31 Gallagher, Michael ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 2 5 0 0 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 2 1 29 16 13 3 0 0 0 1
9 Larkin, Matthew (c) ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 3 0 6 1 1
35 Longmire, John ? ? 4 3 12 9 3 8 0 0 1 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 1 2
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 0 0 0
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 5 0 1 4 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 3 2 20 14 6 0 0 1 5 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 1 2 24 13 11 3 0 4 2 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 35 27 8 6 0 4 1 2
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 2 2 0
32 Smith, Shaun ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 3 2
1 Spargo, Paul ? ? 5 1 14 11 3 2 0 2 1 1
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 18 330 223 107 71 5 28 27 22

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