1994 AFL Season Preliminary Final 1: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 1994 between North Melbourne and Geelong in the first preliminary final of the 1994 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. Mark Bairstow captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

North Melbourne (14.19.103) were defeated by Geelong (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 24 September 1994
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 80,121

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 14.19.103 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 9 5 . 13 11 . 15 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Geelong 3 . 3 10 . 7 15 . 9 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin NMLB by 18 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Geelong

Captain: Mark Bairstow
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen
P. Carey
C. Mitchell

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 3 4 20 12 8 1 0 1 0 2
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 1 0 0
12 Blakey, John ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 3 0 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 6 4 24 18 6 14 0 1 0 0
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 0 2
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 0 2 1
26 Ishchenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 10 1 0 2
34 King, David ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 2
7 Laidley, Dani ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 1 2 2 1
35 Longmire, John ? ? 3 3 10 7 3 2 0 0 3 0
20 Mann, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 2 0 1 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 2
41 McAdam, Adrian ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 2
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 12 0 1 6
13 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 2
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 0 1 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 1 28 19 9 0 0 1 1 2
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 1 0 2 2 2
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 0 2
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 2 31 26 5 3 0 2 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 14 19 282 186 96 53 25 18 13 32

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 3 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 2 0
3 Bairstow, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 0 1 0
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 9 6 1 3 1
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 2 1 3 7 1
40 Brown, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 3 3 1 0 1
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 3 0 26 15 11 5 0 2 0 1
14 Handley, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 2 0 2 0
42 Hickmott, Adrian ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 4 0 1
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 5 0 0 3 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 2 34 13 21 6 0 3 4 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 1 1 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 0 0
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 3 1 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1
20 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 2 3
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 2 1 22 13 9 3 0 2 2 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 5 0 3 0 0
11 Tudor, Leigh ? ? 2 3 18 17 1 0 0 1 1 1
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 0 3 5 5 0 4 0 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 16 13 309 198 111 67 12 29 32 13

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