1996 AFL Season Qualifying Final 3: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1996 between North Melbourne and Geelong in the third qualifying final of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. With the presence of multiple Geelong co-captains, namely Gary Ablett and Barry Stoneham, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

North Melbourne (19.17.131) defeated Geelong (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Third Qualifying Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Sunday 8 September 1996
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 69,323

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 19.17.131 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 6 . 5 8 . 10 14 . 14 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 6 6 . 9 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin NMLB by 27 NMLB by 22 NMLB by 53 NMLB by 60 NMLB by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy (#7)
R. Sawers (#5)
G. Vernon (#2)
E: D. Howlett (#1)

Goal Umpires

D. Flegg
S. Stirling

Boundary Umpires

M. Hane
S. Jansen
P. McDonald

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 7 0 24 13 11 1 0 2 0 0
5 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 1 1 1
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 2 0 1 2 1
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 2 15 9 6 2 0 4 2 2
16 Capuano, Mathew ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 3 2 23 14 9 10 3 2 1 3
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 1 0
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 2 0 2 0 0
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 1 1 2
7 Laidley, Dani ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 0 1 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 3 1
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 1 2 23 20 3 11 13 2 3 2
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 4 1 3 1 2
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 1 0 2 1 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 2 0 3 0 2
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 2 0 2 1 0
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 1 3 15 6 9 4 0 3 1 1
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 0 1 0 0 0
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 5 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 19 17 290 182 108 56 19 34 20 21

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 1 3 13 10 3 3 0 1 2 3
6 Barnes, John ? ? 2 0 12 5 7 7 15 0 2 2
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 7 0 1 1 0
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 0 0 2 1 0
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 3 0 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 1 32 25 7 10 0 3 0 0
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 5 0 2 0 1
14 Handley, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 0 0 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 2 0 30 19 11 5 0 4 3 0
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 5 0 0 2
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 7 0 1 2 4
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 9 2 0 3 2
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 3 0 0 1 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 0 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 3 1 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 2 25 17 8 11 0 3 1 0
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 2 1
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 1 0 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 2 3 2 1 0 2 2 2 0
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 0 2
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 9 17 293 199 94 93 24 30 21 20

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