1997 AFL Season Round 15: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1997 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. Barry Stoneham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

North Melbourne (14.8.92) were defeated by Geelong (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Friday 11 July 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 45,120

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 14.8.92 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 2 9 . 5 12 . 6 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Geelong 2 . 3 6 . 5 12 . 8 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin NMLB by 17 NMLB by 18 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
H. Kennedy (#7)
M. Prince (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Lynch GEEL 18 3
Wayne Schwass NMLB 2 2
David King NMLB 34 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 4 0 2 0 2
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 2 0 19 16 3 4 0 2 1 1
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 1 2 0 1 2
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 3 2 12 9 3 4 1 2 3 1
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 1 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 1
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 0
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 0 1 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 3
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 7 0 2 9
20 Mellington, Anthony ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 1 2 1 0 0
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 1 0
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 3 0 11 5 6 3 5 2 1 1
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 4 0 2 1 2
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 8 0 2 0 3
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 1 0 2 1 2
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 7 0 0 1 1
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 0 0 2 4 1
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 14 8 249 174 75 54 17 23 23 32

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 0
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 1 0 4 1 2
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 4 1 2 0
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 1 0 1 1 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 2 0 1 4
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 7 1 3 1 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 24 14 10 5 0 3 4 3
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 3 1 2 3 2
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 8 4 0 6 1
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 2 1 25 17 8 3 0 0 1 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 1 1 2
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 1 15 7 8 1 3 2 2 0
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 2 0 3 4 2
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 6 0 5 0 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 3 1 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 4 0 1 1 1
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 4 0 1 1 2
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 5 0 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 15 12 271 184 87 63 15 32 32 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