1997 AFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1997 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Glenn Lovett captained the hosts. Wayne Carey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Greg Hutchison and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

Melbourne (7.16.58) were defeated by North Melbourne (17.12.114).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 20 July 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,309

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 7.16.58 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 2 . 9 4 . 15 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
North Melbourne 3 . 5 8 . 7 12 . 10 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin NMLB by 12 NMLB by 34 NMLB by 43 NMLB by 56 NMLB by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Glenn Lovett
Coach: Greg Hutchison (caretaker)

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
J. Love (#28)
S. Wenn (#22)
E: S. McInerney (#30)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robert Scott NMLB 8 3
Todd Viney MELB 12 2
David King NMLB 34 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 0 3 9 8 1 6 0 0 0 1
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 0 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 0 1 1
48 Grgic, Brent ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 0 1
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 8 1 2 2 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 1 0 0 1 2
6 Lovett, Glenn (c) ? ? 0 1 22 11 11 3 0 0 0 0
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 3 0 0 3 1
14 Newton, Leigh ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 2 4 0 1 0
38 O'Brien, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 0 0
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 5 1 1 0 1
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 3 9 7 2 4 1 2 1 3
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 0 0 1
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 8 0 1 1 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 2 8 0 2 3
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 0 25 11 14 1 0 0 2 1
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 10 1 3 1 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 6 0 2 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 7 16 268 172 96 78 16 13 16 18

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 2 1 12 6 6 1 0 0 0 0
5 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 6 1 1 0 1
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 3 0 18 10 8 3 0 4 0 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 1 19 13 6 7 0 3 0 0
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 0 1 2
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 2 0
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 0 1 10 4 6 1 0 1 0 1
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 1 5 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 1 0 2
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 2 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 3 8 0 3 3
20 Mellington, Anthony ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 1
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 1 0 3 0 0
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 1 0 26 17 9 5 3 2 1 1
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 8 0 1 1 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 0 0 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 3 17 12 5 2 0 3 1 0
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 2 0 10 3 7 1 0 3 1 0
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 1 0 0 2
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 4 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 17 12 289 198 91 67 13 29 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