1997 AFL Round 22: Collingwood v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1997 between Collingwood and North Melbourne during round 22 of the 1997 AFL season. Collingwood hosted North Melbourne at MCG. Gavin Brown captained the hosts with, in the absence of Damian Monkhorst, deputy vice-captain Nathan Buckley as vice-captain. Wayne Carey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Shaw and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

Collingwood
G. Brown (capt.), N. Buckley (vice-capt.), J. Barnett, B. Cassidy, G. Crosisca, M. Francis, D. Griffin, A. James, C. Liddell, J. Mahoney, M. Michael, R. Osborne, S. Patterson, A. Rocca, S. Rocca, S. Russell, A. Schauble, P. Sharkey, S. Watson, J. Wild, P. Williams

North Melbourne
W. Carey (capt.), B. Allison, G. Archer, P. Bell, J. Blakey, B. Chandler, B. Harvey, D. King, D. Laidley, J. Longmire, M. Martyn, C. McKernan, A. Mellington, M. Pike, M. Roberts, W. Schwass, R. Scott, C. Sholl, A. Simpson, A. Stevens, D. Stevens

Collingwood (18.14.122) defeated North Melbourne (15.21.111).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: S. Rocca (4), P. Williams (3), C. Liddell (2), J. Mahoney (2), J. Barnett, N. Buckley, G. Crosisca, R. Osborne, S. Patterson, A. Rocca, A. Schauble
North Melbourne: G. Archer (3), B. Allison (2), J. Blakey (2), B. Chandler (2), M. Roberts (2), R. Scott (2), W. Carey, D. Stevens

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 10th on the ladder (up from 12th) and North Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Collingwood v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 31 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,660

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.14.122 - 15.21.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 2 11 . 4 14 . 7 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
North Melbourne 6 . 2 9 . 8 13 . 14 15 . 21 15 . 21 (111)
Margin level COLL by 8 NMLB by 1 COLL by 11 COLL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tony Shaw (Collingwood), Denis Pagan (North Melbourne)
Captains: Gavin Brown (Collingwood), Wayne Carey (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Nathan Buckley (Collingwood), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett (#1), A. Malcolm, S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Stephen Patterson COLL 6 3
Paul Williams COLL 10 2
Andrew Schauble COLL 12 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Barnett, John ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 Brown, Gavin (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 2 0 0
5 Buckley, Nathan (avc) ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 5 0 3 1 0
38 Cassidy, Brad ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
28 Crosisca, Gavin ? ? 1 2 26 21 5 5 1 1 2 0
9 Francis, Matthew ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 0 7 1 2 1
32 Griffin, Dwayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 James, Aaron ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 3 0 0 2
33 Liddell, Chad ? ? 2 1 9 3 6 4 0 3 0 0
8 Mahoney, Josh ? ? 2 1 17 9 8 1 0 4 1 0
48 Michael, Mal ? ? 0 1 12 5 7 2 2 2 0 1
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 6 0 4 1 2
6 Patterson, Stephen ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 1 0 1 1 1
23 Rocca, Anthony ? ? 1 3 17 12 5 7 3 2 2 0
36 Rocca, Sav ? ? 4 0 7 6 1 5 2 0 0 1
29 Russell, Scott ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 1 1 0
12 Schauble, Andrew ? ? 1 0 14 5 9 5 5 2 0 0
30 Sharkey, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 1 0 0
14 Watson, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 0 2 1
22 Wild, Jason ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 5 0 2 0 1
10 Williams, Paul ? ? 3 3 27 17 10 2 0 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 18 14 281 171 110 68 23 30 13 10

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 2 2 11 8 3 1 0 3 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 3 0 14 9 5 5 0 2 0 2
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 2 22 11 11 5 0 1 0 0
12 Blakey, John ? ? 2 1 20 10 10 2 0 0 1 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 3 21 17 4 9 1 0 1 2
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 2 0 6 1 5 0 0 2 1 2
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 1 0 0
7 Laidley, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 0 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 9 2 2 3
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 8 0 1 0 0
20 Mellington, Anthony ? ? 0 2 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 0
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 0
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 2 3 22 16 6 6 1 0 0 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 1 19 18 1 7 0 0 0 0
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 1 11 3 8 2 1 3 2 0
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 0 1 0 0 2
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 2 0 2 0 0
38 Stevens, Danny ? ? 1 3 15 8 7 3 0 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 15 21 303 200 103 66 13 20 10 13

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