1998 AFL Preliminary Final 2: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 September 1998 between North Melbourne and Melbourne in the second preliminary final of the 1998 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. Todd Viney captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

North Melbourne
W. Carey (capt.), W. Abraham, B. Allison, G. Archer, P. Bell, J. Blakey, M. Capuano, G. Freeborn, S. Grant, B. Harvey, D. King, M. Martyn, J. McCartney, C. McKernan, B. Pickett, M. Pike, M. Roberts, A. Rock, R. Scott, C. Sholl, A. Simpson, A. Stevens

Melbourne
T. Viney (capt.), J. Farmer, M. Febey, S. Febey, B. Grgic, A. Ingerson, D. Kowal, A. Leoncelli, G. Lyon, A. McDonald, J. McDonald, D. Neitz, G. Rigoni, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, M. Seecamp, J. Shanahan, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

North Melbourne (17.12.114) defeated Melbourne (12.12.84).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: S. Grant (4), B. Allison (3), W. Abraham (2), M. Roberts (2), M. Capuano, W. Carey, C. McKernan, C. Sholl, A. Simpson, A. Stevens
Melbourne: J. Farmer, M. Febey, S. Febey, D. Kowal, A. Leoncelli, G. Lyon, D. Neitz, G. Rigoni, R. Robertson, M. Seecamp, S. Tingay, S. Woewodin

As a result of this match, North Melbourne faced Adelaide in the grand final and Melbourne were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Friday 18 September 1998
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 73,719

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 17.12.114 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	4	.	1	8	.	4	13	.	8	17	.	12	17	.	12	(114)
Melbourne	3	.	6	6	.	8	9	.	11	12	.	12	12	.	12	(84)
Margin	NMLB by 1			NMLB by 8			NMLB by 21			NMLB by 30			NMLB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Denis Pagan (North Melbourne), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Wayne Carey (North Melbourne), Todd Viney (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates (#6), C. Mitchell (#4), B. Sheehan (#9), E: S. McLaren (#11)

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
15	Abraham, Winston	?	?	2	3	15	9	6	4	0	3	1	2	0	2	0	3
33	Allison, Brett	?	?	3	1	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
11	Archer, Glenn	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	5	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	0
26	Bell, Peter	?	?	0	0	29	17	12	5	0	3	10	1	1	1	3	4
12	Blakey, John	?	?	0	0	18	14	4	4	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	8
16	Capuano, Mathew	?	?	1	0	7	4	3	2	15	1	3	1	1	1	1	0
18	Carey, Wayne (c)	?	?	1	2	14	13	1	7	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	5
17	Freeborn, Glenn	?	?	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Grant, Shannon	?	?	4	1	19	12	7	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	6
29	Harvey, Brent	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	King, David	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	6	0
4	Martyn, Mick	?	?	0	0	18	15	3	8	6	1	2	0	1	0	8	0
5	McCartney, Jason	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	4	0
31	McKernan, Corey	?	?	1	2	18	14	4	11	13	1	2	0	1	1	1	7
28	Pickett, Byron	?	?	0	1	17	13	4	3	1	5	3	1	3	3	3	3
13	Pike, Martin	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2
22	Roberts, Mark	?	?	2	1	11	8	3	3	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	3
3	Rock, Anthony	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
8	Scott, Robert	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	5	0
24	Sholl, Craig	?	?	1	0	8	6	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	5
37	Simpson, Adam	?	?	1	0	23	13	10	7	0	3	2	1	2	0	0	5
10	Stevens, Anthony	?	?	1	0	18	16	2	4	0	2	3	0	0	2	2	4
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				17	12	290	208	82	77	42	44	34	11	21	23	40	57

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
33	Farmer, Jeff	?	?	1	2	8	7	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	2
20	Febey, Matthew	?	?	1	1	22	12	10	2	0	2	3	2	3	4	2	4
21	Febey, Steven	?	?	1	0	13	12	1	1	0	1	5	1	1	0	0	5
4	Grgic, Brent	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	1
27	Ingerson, Anthony	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	10	0
7	Kowal, Darren	?	?	1	0	12	9	3	2	0	1	3	0	2	0	1	6
36	Leoncelli, Andrew	?	?	1	0	15	12	3	4	0	3	5	1	2	3	2	4
3	Lyon, Garry	?	?	1	1	7	3	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
35	McDonald, Anthony	?	?	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1
23	McDonald, James	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1
9	Neitz, David	?	?	1	2	11	6	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	3
43	Rigoni, Guy	?	?	1	0	17	11	6	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	7
24	Robertson, Russell	?	?	1	0	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2
5	Schwarz, David	?	?	0	2	10	7	3	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	0	5
10	Seecamp, Marcus	?	?	1	1	20	10	10	6	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	5
1	Shanahan, Jamie	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
11	Stynes, Jim	?	?	0	0	9	3	6	1	12	0	5	2	1	1	1	0
2	Tingay, Stephen	?	?	1	0	21	14	7	3	0	3	1	1	2	1	1	4
12	Viney, Todd (c)	?	?	0	1	21	14	7	2	0	2	6	1	1	0	0	4
34	White, Jeff	?	?	0	0	4	3	1	1	14	0	0	1	1	1	0	1
22	Woewodin, Shane	?	?	1	0	21	19	2	8	0	0	3	0	2	0	5	2
13	Yze, Adem	?	?	0	0	17	14	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	4	7	1
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				12	12	270	181	89	52	35	22	49	24	23	21	35	59

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

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