1997 AFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 1997 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round one of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. Garry Lyon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

North Melbourne (7.13.55) were defeated by Melbourne (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Thursday 27 March 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,802

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.13.55 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 1 3 . 4 4 . 7 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Melbourne 2 . 2 4 . 5 8 . 9 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 7 MELB by 26 MELB by 15 MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: Neil Balme

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Ackland (#17)
A. Malcolm
M. Nash (#14)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Shaun Smith MELB 29 3
Jeff Farmer MELB 33 2
Jim Stynes MELB 11 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 2 0 0 1 0
5 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 2 1
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 0 2 2
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 1 1
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 0 0 2 1 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 0
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 2 2 0
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
25 Daniltchenko, Jason ? ? 0 1 6 2 4 2 2 2 0 2
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 1 1 1
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 0 0 1
7 Laidley, Dani ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 1 1 4 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 5 2 1 3 2
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 1 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 0
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 1 2 0 2 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 0 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 2 1 2
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 4 0 2 0 0
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 5 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 7 13 244 184 60 39 9 25 23 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 3 1 10 7 3 2 0 3 0 0
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 8 0 1 0 3
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 3 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 1 2
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 1 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 2 0 1 0 1
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 1 0 2 3
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 1 2
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 4 1 6 0 2
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 2 1 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 1 2 1 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 1 2 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 1 1 0 2
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 0 0
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 1 1 0 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 13 1 1 2
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 0 0 1 3 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 2 3 3
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 10 10 259 178 81 64 21 26 15 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