1997 AFL Season Round 19: North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1997 between North Melbourne and the Brisbane Lions during round nineteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted the Brisbane Lions at the MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. Alastair Lynch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

North Melbourne (17.14.116) defeated the Brisbane Lions (9.5.59).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Friday 8 August 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,021

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 17.14.116 - 9.5.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 6 9 . 8 13 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Brisbane Lions 2 . 1 5 . 3 6 . 4 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Margin NMLB by 23 NMLB by 29 NMLB by 49 NMLB by 57 NMLB by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Brisbane Lions

Captain: Alastair Lynch
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
H. Kennedy (#7)
S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Martin Pike NMLB 13 3
John Longmire NMLB 35 2
Peter Bell NMLB 26 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
5 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 0 1 12 3 9 0 0 0 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 1 0 29 17 12 4 0 2 2 0
12 Blakey, John ? ? 1 2 14 8 6 2 0 1 1 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 5 0 0 1 0
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 2 2
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 0 3 13 12 1 5 0 0 0 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 2 0 25 16 9 12 6 3 5 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 1 1
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 2 1 13 9 4 3 2 0 2 3
20 Mellington, Anthony ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 1 0
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 9 2 4 0 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 2 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 1 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 6 2 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 3 0 1
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 3 2 13 8 5 5 0 2 0 0
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 2 1 1
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 5 0 5 0 1
38 Stevens, Danny ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 17 14 311 208 103 70 10 36 19 12

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 1 0 1 1 0
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 4 0 1
34 Bamford, Scott ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
26 Barker, John ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 1
36 Bradshaw, Daniel ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 1 0
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 1 1
5 Chapman, Nathan ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 0 0
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 2 17 1 1 3
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 2 3 2 1
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 4 2 0
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 3 0 1 0 0
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 0 0 3
27 Keating, Clark ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 5 3 0 0 1
15 Lawrence, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 3 1 2
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 2 3 9 8 1 2 0 4 1 2
11 Lynch, Alastair (c) ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 1 0
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 5 0 3 1 1
7 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 0 0
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 0 2
28 Robbins, Ben ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 1 0 2 0 0
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 1 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 9 5 243 161 82 55 22 36 12 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