1994 AFL Round 20: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1994 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round 20 of the 1994 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Optus Oval. 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
W. Carey (capt.), B. Allison, G. Archer, J. Barnett, J. Blakey, W. Campbell, A. Clarkson, D. Crocker, I. Fairley, A. Ishchenko, D. King, D. Laidley, J. Longmire, M. Martyn, C. McKernan, T. Nichols, A. Rock, W. Schwass, C. Sholl, R. Smith, A. Stevens

Geelong
M. Bairstow (capt.), G. Ablett, S. Breuer, B. Brownless, L. Colbert, P. Couch, S. Crothers, T. Darcy, K. Hinkley, G. Hocking, P. Lynch, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, S. O'Reilly, P. Riccardi, S. Simpson, B. Stoneham, G. Tanner, L. Tudor, A. Wills

North Melbourne (11.11.77) were defeated by Geelong (10.18.78).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: W. Carey (5), B. Allison (2), J. Barnett, J. Longmire, A. Rock, A. Stevens
Geelong: B. Brownless (4), G. Ablett (2), M. Bairstow (2), S. Breuer, P. Couch

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 3rd on the ladder and Geelong were then 8th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 6 August 1994
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 26,014

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 11.11.77 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 6 . 3 8 . 7 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Geelong 5 . 5 6 . 9 8 . 11 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin GEEL by 16 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Denis Pagan (North Melbourne), Malcolm Blight (Geelong)
Captains: Wayne Carey (North Melbourne), Mark Bairstow (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Callaghan, D. Rich, J. Van Beek

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Alex Ishchenko NMLB 26 3
Paul Couch GEEL 7 2
Wayne Schwass NMLB 2 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 2 1 21 11 10 5 0 4 2 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 1 0 0
17 Barnett, John ? ? 1 2 7 5 2 1 0 0 2 2
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
39 Campbell, Warren ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 5 1 14 10 4 8 0 0 1 2
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 3 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 1 2
26 Ishchenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 21 7 14 9 13 0 2 1
34 King, David ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Laidley, Dean ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 1 3 2
35 Longmire, John ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 0 0 1 2 3
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 2 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 6 8 1 2 0
13 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 0 0 2 0 3
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 0 0 1 1 2
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 1 0 3 2 1
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 2 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 3 3
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 1 0 2 3 5
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 11 11 249 166 83 47 21 21 31 28

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 3 7 6 1 1 0 0 3 5
3 Bairstow, Mark (c) ? ? 2 0 32 24 8 2 0 0 2 3
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 1 4 20 10 10 4 0 0 2 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 4 2 16 14 2 8 2 2 2 3
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 3 0 2 1 4
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 3 32 20 12 2 0 3 3 1
38 Crothers, Shane ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 7 2 0 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 4 0 0 0 1
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 1 30 14 16 4 0 5 1 1
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 0 2 3
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 3 1 2
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 3 1
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 0
20 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 0 0
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 2 3 3
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 9 2 3 2
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 1 0 4 1 1
11 Tudor, Leigh ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 0 0
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 10 18 300 188 112 57 18 32 28 31

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