1997 AFL Season Qualifying Final 3: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 1997 between Geelong and North Melbourne in the third qualifying final of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong "hosted" North Melbourne at the MCG. Barry Stoneham captained the hosts. Wayne Carey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

Geelong (9.7.61) were defeated by North Melbourne (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Third Qualifying Final
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 7 September 1997
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 55,561

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 9.7.61 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 4 5 . 6 6 . 7 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
North Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 9 8 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin NMLB by 6 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 15 NMLB by 18 NMLB by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
D. Howlett (#1)
M. Nash (#14)
E: S. McInerney (#30)

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 2 0 2 0
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 0
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 5 0 2 0 1
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 3 0 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 27 14 13 5 0 2 3 2
3 Houlihan, Adam ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 5 2 1
1 King, Steven ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 3 15 1 2 2
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 5 0 0 0 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 1 5
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 0 0 1
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 2 0 0 2 0
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 7 0 2 3 1
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 1 1 30 24 6 6 0 2 3 1
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0 2
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 1 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 3 0
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
25 Snell, Jason ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 0 0 0
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 2 2 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 9 7 275 188 87 63 19 25 23 22

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 3 1 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 0 1
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 4 0 1 1 0
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 3 1 1
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 7 0 23 20 3 10 0 0 1 2
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 0 0 2 1 2
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 3 1 0
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 1 0 1 2 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 7 5 2 3
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 1 0 1 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 1 0 1 4
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 3 1 1
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 1 0 2 3 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 3 0 3 2 3
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 1 0
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 2 13 7 6 5 0 1 1 1
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 0 2
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 4 0 2 1 1
38 Stevens, Danny ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 3 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 11 13 271 190 81 44 9 32 22 23

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