1997 AFL Season Round 8: North Melbourne v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1997 between North Melbourne and Port Adelaide during round eight of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Port Adelaide at Optus Oval. Gavin Wanganeen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by John Cahill.

North Melbourne (19.14.128) defeated Port Adelaide (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 17 May 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 13,056

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Port Adelaide
Score: 19.14.128 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 7 . 0 10 . 5 15 . 11 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Port Adelaide 3 . 1 4 . 5 9 . 7 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin NMLB by 23 NMLB by 36 NMLB by 40 NMLB by 28 NMLB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Denis Pagan

Port Adelaide

Captain: Gavin Wanganeen
Coach: John Cahill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
S. Kronja (#37)
B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Martin Pike NMLB 13 3
Anthony Stevens NMLB 10 2
Craig Sholl NMLB 24 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 2 1
5 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 1 1 18 8 10 5 0 1 0 1
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 3 0 0 2 0
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 3 1 1
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 1 0
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 3 0 1 0 1
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 1 0 0
48 Kirzner, Julian ? ? 4 3 10 8 2 5 0 0 0 1
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 6 4 0 1 2
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 3 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 5 2 1 2 2
20 Mellington, Anthony ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 1 0 23 11 12 6 0 5 0 2
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 2 16 10 6 4 2 0 1 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 7 0 2 0 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 6 0 2 0 2
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 0 0 3 0 1
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 6 0 10 10 0 6 1 0 0 1
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 2 32 23 9 4 0 3 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 19 14 277 190 87 72 9 25 16 18

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Bond, Shane ? ? 4 0 25 16 9 8 0 3 5 0
3 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 1 4 1 0
21 Brown, David ? ? 2 0 27 19 8 6 0 2 0 2
26 Burgoyne, Peter ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1
36 Carter, Stephen ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
19 Dickie, Don ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 4 1 2 1 0
25 Eagleton, Nathan ? ? 0 3 13 12 1 7 0 2 0 1
10 Francou, Josh ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 0 1
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 2 1 0
38 James, Roger ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 0 1
29 Kingsley, Adam ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 5 0 2 0 0
20 Lade, Brendon ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 3 2 0 1 0
22 Lockwood, Bowen ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 7 2 1 0 3
9 Lyle, Brayden ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 4 1 2
33 Mead, Darren ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 3 3 2 1
14 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 5 0 1 0 0
30 Poole, Darryl ? ? 2 1 10 5 5 2 0 0 1 1
2 Primus, Matthew ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 4 14 3 2 1
7 Rombotis, John ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 Wanganeen, Gavin (c) ? ? 0 1 26 20 6 3 0 2 1 1
15 Wilson, Michael ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 3 0 1 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 15 10 282 190 92 74 23 38 18 16

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