1998 AFL 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 1 of the 1998 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted West Coast at 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
W. Carey (capt.), W. Abraham, B. Anderson, G. Archer, P. Bell, J. Blakey, M. Capuano, G. Freeborn, S. Grant, C. Groom, E. Hewitt, D. King, M. Martyn, J. McCartney, B. Pickett, M. Pike, A. Rock, R. Scott, C. Sholl, A. Simpson, A. Stevens, S. Welsh

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), J. Ball, D. Banfield, M. Braun, B. Cousins, T. Evans, M. Gardiner, F. Gehrig, B. Heady, G. Jakovich, D. Kemp, C. Lewis, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, A. McIntosh, G. McKenna, C. Morrison, P. Read, J. Schofield, N. Stone, R. Turnbull, J. Wooden

North Melbourne (15.13.103) defeated West Coast (15.11.101).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: C. Sholl (5), S. Grant (2), W. Abraham, G. Archer, P. Bell, W. Carey, C. Groom, M. Pike, A. Simpson, A. Stevens
West Coast: J. Ball (4), B. Cousins (2), F. Gehrig (2), B. Heady (2), P. Matera (2), M. Braun, C. Morrison, R. Turnbull

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder and West Coast were then 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Denis Pagan (North Melbourne), Mick Malthouse (West Coast)
Captains: Wayne Carey (North Melbourne), John Worsfold (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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