1997 AFL Season Round 3: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 April 1997 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round three of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

Essendon (18.14.122) defeated North Melbourne (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 13 April 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 57,978

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.14.122 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 9 . 8 11 . 13 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
North Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 8 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Denis Pagan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Prince (#12)
D. Rich (#3)
B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Symons ESSE 12 3
Corey McKernan NMLB 31 2
Justin Blumfield ESSE 32 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 3 10 1 1 2
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 0 0
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 1 23 9 14 10 0 3 0 0
28 Bomford, Andrew ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 5 0 2 1 1
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 7 0 0 1 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 4 2 18 16 2 7 0 1 0 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 4 0 2
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 25 18 7 5 1 2 2 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 9 0 1 1 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 2 2 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 3 1 15 5 10 3 1 2 0 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 4 1 6 6 0 2 0 1 1 0
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 7 0 2 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 8 0 0 1 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 5 0 0 0 2
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 1 1 8 3 5 2 4 1 1 2
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 2 1 1 0 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 2 12 12 0 5 0 1 0 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 5 1 0 0 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 18 14 366 241 125 104 18 25 11 16

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 0 1
5 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 0 1
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 0
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 2 1 24 12 12 3 0 1 2 1
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 1 0
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 2 1 1
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 0 1 12 5 7 2 0 2 1 0
34 King, David ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 4 0 0 2 0
7 Laidley, Dani ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 1 1 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 1 1 3
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 1 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 2 1 22 17 5 12 8 0 2 2
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 1 1 0 0
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 3 1 13 9 4 3 0 2 1 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 1 25 18 7 2 0 2 2 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 1 1 0 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 1 1
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 0
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 1 2 0 0
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 2 0 23 18 5 5 0 0 0 0
36 Stevens, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 12 8 293 195 98 66 11 22 16 11

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