1998 AFL Round 8: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1998 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round 8 of the 1998 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

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

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), R. AhMat, M. Bayes, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, A. Dunkley, B. Green, P. Licuria, T. Lockett, T. Luff, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, J. Mooney, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, P. Roos, J. Saddington, W. Schwass, B. Seymour, G. Stafford, J. Stevens, R. Warfe

North Melbourne (15.15.105) defeated Sydney (14.11.95).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: W. Carey (4), J. Blakey (3), W. Abraham, P. Bell, S. Grant, D. King, J. Longmire, M. Pike, A. Rock, R. Scott
Sydney: B. Green (4), P. Kelly (3), J. Saddington (2), R. AhMat, T. Lockett, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, J. Stevens

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Sydney were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 16 May 1998
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,400

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 15.15.105 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 5 6 . 7 11 . 12 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Sydney 2 . 3 8 . 7 11 . 8 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin NMLB by 20 SYDN by 12 NMLB by 4 NMLB by 10 NMLB by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Denis Pagan (North Melbourne), Rodney Eade (Sydney)
Captains: Wayne Carey (North Melbourne), Paul Kelly (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), J. Harvey (#25), M. McKenzie (#24)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Glenn Archer NMLB 11 3
Greg Stafford SYDN 15 2
Wayne Schwass SYDN 2 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 2 14 8 6 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Anderson, Brady ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 1 2 22 10 12 3 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 6
12 Blakey, John ? ? 3 1 18 10 8 7 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 6
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 4 0 19 15 4 6 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 4
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 5 0 3 4 1 2 0 3 2
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 Hewitt, Evan ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 King, David ? ? 1 1 29 21 8 11 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 3
35 Longmire, John ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 3 11 1 0 0 2 0 2 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 14 2 3 0 5 3 1 7
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 6 3
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 1 2 12 8 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 2
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 1 1 28 13 15 3 0 2 4 1 1 0 2 2
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 4
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 1 31 24 7 3 0 5 5 3 1 2 1 6
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 15 15 313 199 114 74 30 30 37 10 19 14 31 56

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 AhMat, Robbie ? ? 1 1 10 5 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 1 3 2 1 0 3 3 0
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 1 27 11 16 2 0 0 7 3 1 1 1 3
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 8 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 1
16 Green, Brent ? ? 4 1 13 9 4 3 7 1 1 2 2 4 0 2
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 3 0 28 20 8 6 1 1 3 1 0 1 4 10
38 Licuria, Paul ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 6 1 1 3 0 0 2 5 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 4 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 1
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 2 2 16 11 5 7 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 3
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 1 0 4 6 0 2 0 5 6
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 12 11 3 4 2 1 2 2 6
20 Stevens, John ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 5 0 2 1 1 5 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 14 11 327 199 128 84 28 34 37 24 14 19 34 53

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