1997 AFL Season Round 18: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1997 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

North Melbourne (11.17.83) defeated Essendon (8.16.64).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Friday 1 August 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,614

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 11.17.83 - 8.16.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 7 8 . 10 10 . 12 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Essendon 4 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 10 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Margin NMLB by 11 NMLB by 23 NMLB by 20 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett (#1)
S. McLaren (#11)
M. Sexton (#45)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wayne Schwass NMLB 2 3
Joe Misiti ESSE 24 2
Corey McKernan NMLB 31 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 2 0 0 1 2
5 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 1 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 8 0 1 0 1
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 2 2 17 13 4 3 0 1 1 0
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 4 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 8 0 1 0 0
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 1 3 1 0
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 2 0 0 1 0
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 0 1
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 8 13 0 2 4
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 6 0 0 0 1
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 3 1 0 1 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 3 0 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 2 0 3 1 2
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 2 0 1 2 0
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 3 3 19 11 8 6 0 1 1 1
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 3 0 1 0 1
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 1 0 4 2 1
38 Stevens, Danny ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 11 17 286 194 92 71 15 22 19 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 0 0 0
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 1 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 3 19 15 4 9 0 1 1 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 2 20 8 12 4 0 3 0 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 4 0 1 1 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 5 1 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 16 3 13 1 0 1 0 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 0 2
42 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 2 9 5 4 0 0 2 1 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 5 0 1 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 3 2 14 12 2 6 0 1 2 3
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 1 28 18 10 6 0 1 0 0
46 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 4 0 0 2 1
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 3
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 0 1 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 3 3 1
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 6 14 0 1 1
17 Stevenson, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 3 0 2
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 8 16 288 176 112 78 15 25 15 19

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