1997 AFL Season Semi Final 1: North Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 1997 between North Melbourne and West Coast in the first semi final of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted West Coast at the MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. John Worsfold captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

North Melbourne (15.8.98) defeated West Coast (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: North Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Saturday 13 September 1997
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 55,781

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 15.8.98 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 4 10 . 6 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
West Coast 5 . 1 8 . 6 11 . 8 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin WCST by 17 WCST by 20 WCST by 8 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

West Coast

Captain: John Worsfold
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett (#1)
H. Kennedy (#7)
R. Sawers (#5)
E: B. Allen (#10)

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 0
5 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 6 0 1 0 1
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 1 2 29 19 10 3 0 1 3 1
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 3 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 0 16 8 8 5 0 2 0 3
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 0 1
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 0 0 0 1 0
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 2 0 1 3 1
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 3 2 2
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 4 1 15 14 1 7 17 1 2 2
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 1 1 3
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 4 2 1 1 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 1 10 4 6 0 0 0 1 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 3 0 0
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 3 0 13 9 4 5 1 2 1 2
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 1 11 4 7 0 0 1 0 0
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 4 0 1 2 1
38 Stevens, Danny ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 15 8 270 185 85 57 20 21 21 18

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 2 3
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 2 0 27 15 12 2 0 1 0 1
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 2 1 20 9 11 3 1 0 0 1
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 1 0 23 11 12 3 0 6 1 2
23 Fewster, Brendon ? ? 2 2 8 5 3 4 0 2 0 3
19 Gardiner, Michael ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 5 9 0 3 2
27 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 7 0 3 4 1
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 1 0 29 17 12 2 0 3 0 1
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 0 2
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 3 1 0
33 Matera, Phillip ? ? 3 5 18 17 1 3 0 0 0 0
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 2 0 1
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 1 1 1
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 1 1 1
22 Stone, Nicholas ? ? 0 0 15 3 12 3 0 8 1 0
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 0 1 21 9 12 5 0 1 0 0
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 1 0 2 0
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 3 0 0
13 Wooden, Josh ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 0 2
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 2 0 2 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 12 13 319 194 125 62 11 42 18 21

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