1997 AFL Season Round 9: Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1997 between the Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne during round nine of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs "hosted" North Melbourne at the MCG. Scott Wynd captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Terry Wallace and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

The Western Bulldogs (16.7.103) defeated North Melbourne (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 25 May 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,307

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. North Melbourne
Score: 16.7.103 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 1 10 . 2 14 . 4 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
North Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 3 7 . 5 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin NMLB by 6 WBUL by 17 WBUL by 41 WBUL by 32 WBUL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Terry Wallace

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Denis Pagan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
D. Goldspink (#32)
S. Hanley (#18)
E: A. Malcolm

Umpire Replacements

A. Malcolm replaced D. Goldspink.

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Craig Ellis WBUL 32 3
Paul Dimattina WBUL 28 2
Scott West WBUL 7 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 5 0 2 1 0
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 6 0 0 3
21 Dent, Matthew ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 0 0
28 Dimattina, Paul ? ? 2 1 24 19 5 7 0 2 2 1
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 10 0 0 1 0
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 2 1 19 11 8 9 3 1 0 0
9 Hudson, Paul ? ? 4 2 24 15 9 8 0 0 1 0
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 4 0 0 1 1
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 1 0
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 0
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 3 1 20 16 4 2 0 6 2 0
1 Minton-Connell, Simon ? ? 3 0 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 0
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 1 0
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 6 0 0 0 0
38 Sir, Sedat ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 5 0 0 0 0
8 Southern, Daniel ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 6 0 0 0 0
34 West, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 0 0 1
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 27 13 14 5 0 2 4 1
24 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 0 0 0
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 16 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 16 7 324 211 113 96 25 20 14 8

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 0
5 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 3 0 0 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 3
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 2 1 25 17 8 5 0 3 0 0
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 2 0 0 0
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 0 1
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 1
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 2 1 1
48 Kirzner, Julian ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 1 1 1 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 1 2 0 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 2 0 16 14 2 8 3 0 3 1
20 Mellington, Anthony ? ? 3 0 5 4 1 4 0 1 0 0
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 0 1
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 4 2 1 1
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 2 0 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 4 0 2
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 1 0
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 1 2 9 6 3 3 0 2 0 1
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 0 2 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 10 11 241 169 72 56 11 31 8 14

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