1991 AFL Round 10: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1991 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round 10 of the 1991 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at MCG. Matthew Larkin captained the hosts. Doug Hawkins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wayne Schimmelbusch and the visitors were coached by Terry Wheeler.

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

Footscray
D. Hawkins (capt.), S. Atkins, D. Baxter, L. Cameron, J. Charles, G. Coleman, M. Cullen, G. Eppelstun, M. Ford, P. Foster, P. Gow, M. Hogg, M. Hunter, P. Krakouer, T. Liberatore, S. MacPherson, B. Royal, B. Sexton, S. Wallis, S. Wynd

North Melbourne (21.15.141) defeated Footscray (18.19.127).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Longmire (7), J. Romero (3), W. Carey (2), A. Rock (2), P. Spargo (2), M. Gallagher, P. German, M. Larkin, W. Schwass, A. Stevens
Footscray: D. Baxter (3), B. Sexton (3), L. Cameron (2), M. Cullen (2), P. Krakouer (2), B. Royal (2), G. Coleman, T. Liberatore, S. MacPherson, S. Wynd

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Footscray were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 May 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,254

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 21.15.141 - 18.19.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 4 13 . 6 19 . 10 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Footscray 3 . 6 8 . 14 13 . 17 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Margin NMLB by 10 NMLB by 22 NMLB by 29 NMLB by 14 NMLB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne), Terry Wheeler (Footscray)
Captains: Matthew Larkin (North Melbourne), Doug Hawkins (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, D. Johnson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Cullen FOOT 22 3
John Longmire NMLB 35 2
Brett Allison NMLB 33 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 2 0 0 1 1
18 Carey, Wayne ? ? 2 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 0
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 3 0
12 Dilena, Carl ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 1 0 1 0 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 3 0
31 Gallagher, Michael ? ? 1 0 9 2 7 2 13 1 0 2
29 German, Peter ? ? 1 1 25 15 10 4 0 2 2 0
9 Larkin, Matthew (c) ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 1 0 0 3 3
35 Longmire, John ? ? 7 3 21 14 7 10 0 1 0 2
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 2 4
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 1 2
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 1 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 3 2 23 14 9 6 0 1 0 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 2 0 3 2 1
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 3 1 2
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 4 0 2 2 0
32 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Spargo, Paul ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 6 0 1 0 1
17 Staritski, Justin ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 0 2 0
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 1 0 4 3 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 21 15 306 207 99 60 13 24 26 22

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 0 0 0 0 2
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 3 0 21 14 7 2 0 0 0 0
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 0 1
1 Charles, Justin ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 6 1 2 2 3
20 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 6 0 1 2 2
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 2 4 21 15 6 3 0 0 1 3
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 2 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 2 2
19 Gow, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
7 Hawkins, Doug (c) ? ? 0 3 11 8 3 2 0 0 1 0
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 1 0
10 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 3 0
31 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 2 1 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 1 0 4 0 7
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 4 0 0 1 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 4 16 12 4 0 0 0 3 1
34 Sexton, Ben ? ? 3 3 10 6 4 5 0 0 1 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 3 2 1
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 1 0 22 6 16 10 4 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 19 285 183 102 56 5 17 22 26

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