1994 AFL Round 15: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 1994 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 15 of the 1994 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. Mark Thompson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

North Melbourne
B. Allison, G. Archer, J. Blakey, A. Clarkson, D. Crocker, I. Fairley, A. Ishchenko, D. King, D. Laidley, J. Longmire, P. Mann, M. Martyn, A. McCarthy, C. McKernan, R. Pyman, A. Rock, J. Romero, W. Schwass, C. Sholl, R. Smith, A. Stevens

Essendon
M. Thompson (capt.), S. Alessio, D. Bewick, D. Calthorpe, C. Cockatoo-Collins, S. Cummings, C. Daniher, T. Delaney, S. Denham, D. Hardwick, P. Hills, J. Hird, G. Kilpatrick, G. Manton, J. Misiti, G. O'Donnell, P. Salmon, R. Stevenson, M. Symons, G. Wanganeen, T. Watson

North Melbourne (11.19.85) were defeated by Essendon (14.8.92).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Longmire (7), B. Allison, G. Archer, A. Clarkson, P. Mann
Essendon: S. Cummings (3), D. Bewick (2), C. Cockatoo-Collins (2), G. Wanganeen (2), S. Alessio, P. Hills, J. Hird, M. Symons, M. Thompson

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 3rd on the ladder and Essendon remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 July 1994
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,141

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 11.19.85 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 7 9 . 15 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Essendon 6 . 3 8 . 5 12 . 6 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin ESSE by 24 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Denis Pagan (North Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Mark Thompson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore, J. Harvey, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wayne Schwass NMLB 2 3
John Longmire NMLB 35 2
Glenn Archer NMLB 11 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 3 15 7 8 5 0 1 0 5
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 1 2 9 5 4 4 0 1 1 1
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 2 0 2
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 0 0 2 2 0
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 4 0 1 1 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
26 Ishchenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 3 0 1 3
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 0 1 2
7 Laidley, Dean ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 0 0 2 1
35 Longmire, John ? ? 7 6 16 13 3 11 0 0 0 1
20 Mann, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 0 2 0
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 0 1 0
38 McCarthy, Adam ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 9 1 2 0
30 Pyman, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 2
1 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 1 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 2 22 19 3 3 0 3 1 3
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 7 0 0 0 0
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 1 1 0
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 3 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 11 19 262 174 88 67 12 17 18 22

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 4 9 1 1 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 2 19 16 3 5 0 2 1 2
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 1 23 11 12 5 0 2 0 2
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 2 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 1 0
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 3 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 2 0
30 Delaney, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 2 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 5 0 4 1 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 4 0 1 0 0
11 Hills, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 4 0 2 0 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 5 1 2 0 2
20 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 1 1
25 Manton, Glenn ? ? 0 0 18 5 13 8 1 0 2 3
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 1 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 3 2 2 1 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 7 16 1 2 1
17 Stevenson, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 4 0 4 0 1
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 1 0 24 15 9 4 0 3 3 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 2 0 18 10 8 3 0 3 4 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 6 0 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 14 8 316 191 125 82 29 31 22 18

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