1998 AFL Season Grand Final: North Melbourne v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 1998 between North Melbourne and Adelaide in the grand final of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Adelaide at the MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. Mark Bickley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

North Melbourne (8.22.70) were defeated by Adelaide (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 26 September 1998
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 94,431

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Adelaide
Score: 8.22.70 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 15 8 . 15 8 . 22 8 . 22 (70)
Adelaide 3 . 2 4 . 3 9 . 11 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin NMLB by 8 NMLB by 24 ADEL by 2 ADEL by 35 ADEL by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Adelaide

Captain: Mark Bickley
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
D. Goldspink (#32)
H. Kennedy (#7)

Goal Umpires

A. Black
M. Powell

Boundary Umpires

S. Jansen
P. McDonald
D. Wilson

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Andrew McLeod ADEL 23 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 5 2
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 1 3 26 19 7 2 0 4 7 1 4 1 2 2
12 Blakey, John ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2
16 Capuano, Mathew ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 4 18 13 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 0 2 10 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 7
34 King, David ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 0 1 3 1 2 6 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 0
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 5 1 2 0 2 1 4 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 3 10 0 4 0 1 3 0 4
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 1 4
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 1
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 4 2 1 1 4 1 3
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 8 0 2 3 1 0 3 5 8
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 8 22 269 189 80 59 24 25 36 10 17 16 36 59

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 8 0 2 5 0 1 1 3 7
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 4
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Eccles, Andrew ? ? 0 1 12 5 7 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
9 Edwards, Tyson ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 4 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 2
13 Ellen, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 1
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 3
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 7 2
11 James, Brett ? ? 1 0 17 7 10 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 5 3 14 11 3 8 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 1 1 24 14 10 9 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 5
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 Marsh, Ben ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 0 1 30 15 15 2 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 9
15 Pittman, David ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 1 10 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 22 0 4 2 0 2 0 4
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 3 1 14 11 3 4 1 2 0 3 2 1 4 1
19 Stevens, Mark ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 6 1 2 0 2 1 1 3 1
29 Thiessen, James ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 4 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 6
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 2 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 15 293 185 108 79 40 29 31 21 16 17 39 61

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