1998 AFL Qualifying Final 4: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1998 between North Melbourne and Essendon in the fourth qualifying final of the 1998 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

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

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, D. Calthorpe, B. Caracella, S. Denham, B. Doolan, S. Eastaugh, D. Fletcher, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, J. Johnson, M. Lloyd, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, G. Moorcroft, G. O'Donnell, S. Wellman, B. Young

North Melbourne (11.16.82) defeated Essendon (8.12.60).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: W. Carey (5), S. Grant (2), G. Archer, B. Harvey, M. Roberts, A. Simpson
Essendon: D. Bewick (2), D. Calthorpe, B. Caracella, C. Heffernan, M. Lloyd, M. Long, B. Young

As a result of this match, North Melbourne faced Melbourne in the second preliminary final and Essendon were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Friday 4 September 1998
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 71,154

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 11.16.82 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	1	.	1	2	.	7	8	.	12	11	.	16	11	.	16	(82)
Essendon	2	.	4	3	.	6	5	.	11	8	.	12	8	.	12	(60)
Margin	ESSE by 9			ESSE by 5			NMLB by 19			NMLB by 22			NMLB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Denis Pagan (North Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Wayne Carey (North Melbourne), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett (#1), H. Kennedy (#7), S. McBurney (#29), 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	?	?	0	2	6	4	2	1	0	5	0	2	0	2	0	2
11	Archer, Glenn	?	?	1	1	20	13	7	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	1
26	Bell, Peter	?	?	0	0	35	29	6	3	0	3	6	2	3	1	2	7
12	Blakey, John	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	1	1	4	1	0	1	0	3	0
16	Capuano, Mathew	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Carey, Wayne (c)	?	?	5	6	24	20	4	8	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	7
9	Chandler, Brett	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	3	2
17	Freeborn, Glenn	?	?	0	0	10	4	6	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	3
6	Grant, Shannon	?	?	2	1	20	15	5	6	0	3	5	0	0	2	0	5
29	Harvey, Brent	?	?	1	1	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
34	King, David	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	1	0	4	0	0	2	1	8	2
35	Longmire, John	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
4	Martyn, Mick	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	0
5	McCartney, Jason	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
31	McKernan, Corey	?	?	0	1	9	7	2	1	12	0	5	1	1	2	0	3
28	Pickett, Byron	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
13	Pike, Martin	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	3
22	Roberts, Mark	?	?	1	2	15	11	4	2	5	2	6	1	2	0	0	5
3	Rock, Anthony	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0
24	Sholl, Craig	?	?	0	1	12	7	5	5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	6
37	Simpson, Adam	?	?	1	0	27	15	12	2	1	4	8	0	0	1	3	6
10	Stevens, Anthony	?	?	0	0	27	25	2	6	0	1	4	1	0	0	4	5
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				11	16	290	207	83	53	29	38	51	10	19	16	36	63

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	0	1	8	5	3	2	0	4	1	0	1	0	2	0
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	2	0	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	0	0	14	7	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	1
14	Calthorpe, David	?	?	1	0	9	6	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	1	0	15	6	9	4	0	2	3	0	1	1	1	0
38	Denham, Sean	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	0
22	Doolan, Ben	?	?	0	0	14	7	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
36	Eastaugh, Simon	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	1	20	0	6	1	1	1	1	4
31	Fletcher, Dustin	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	24	19	5	6	0	3	5	1	1	1	12	1
26	Heffernan, Chris	?	?	1	0	14	11	3	2	1	4	1	0	1	1	2	3
5	Hird, James (c)	?	?	0	2	20	13	7	4	1	1	6	0	3	1	1	7
42	Johnson, Jason	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	2
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	1	1	14	10	4	5	1	3	1	1	2	1	2	4
13	Long, Michael	?	?	1	3	16	11	5	7	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	3
25	Lucas, Scott	?	?	0	1	19	17	2	6	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	7
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	0	1	26	14	12	2	0	2	5	0	1	0	2	5
29	Moorcroft, Gary	?	?	0	1	9	9	0	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
10	O'Donnell, Gary	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0
35	Young, Barry	?	?	1	0	19	15	4	7	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	4
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				8	12	299	206	93	77	32	33	34	5	16	19	47	52

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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