1998 AFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 1998 between North Melbourne and West Coast during round one of the 1998 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 (15.13.103) defeated West Coast (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Friday 27 March 1998
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,150

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 15.13.103 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 4 9 . 7 11 . 10 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
West Coast 2 . 4 7 . 7 13 . 10 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin NMLB by 12 NMLB by 12 WCST by 12 NMLB by 2 NMLB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

West Coast

Captain: John Worsfold
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. McCauley (#31)
M. McKenzie (#24)
B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dean Kemp WCST 2 3
Glenn Archer NMLB 11 2
Jason Ball WCST 26 1

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 15 10 5 1 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 7
14 Anderson, Brady ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 5 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 2
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 8
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 7 0 0 3 0 1 1 5 1
16 Capuano, Mathew ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 11 0 2 0 1 1 1 2
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 2 18 14 4 5 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 4
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 2 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
23 Groom, Chris ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Hewitt, Evan ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 5 4
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 2
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 3
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 5 2 22 17 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 2
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 1 1 33 27 6 8 1 4 7 1 2 1 2 5
30 Welsh, Scott ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 15 13 305 217 88 66 21 20 47 5 14 15 27 55

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 4 0 24 12 12 6 7 0 4 0 3 0 0 7
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 4
10 Braun, Michael ? ? 1 0 27 18 9 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 4
9 Cousins, Ben ? ? 2 0 27 10 17 4 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 4
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0
19 Gardiner, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 4 23 0 3 0 1 2 0 2
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 2 2 20 14 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
27 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 2 2 3 3 0 0 4 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 4 0 3 4 1 1 2 6 2
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 2 1 8 1 1 2 1 5 6
33 Matera, Phillip ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 2
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 2
36 Read, Phil ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
22 Stone, Nicholas ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 3
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 1 1 6 3 3 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
13 Wooden, Josh ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 15 11 314 198 116 74 38 37 29 10 16 14 32 51

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