1998 AFL Season 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 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at the 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 (11.16.82) defeated Essendon (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Fourth Qualifying Final
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

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Essendon

Captain: James Hird
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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