1998 AFL Round 14: North Melbourne v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1998 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 14 of the 1998 AFL season.
North Melbourne hosted Essendon at MCG.
Wayne Carey captained the hosts.
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, B. Chandler, S. Cochrane, S. Grant, B. Harvey, E. Hewitt, D. King, M. Martyn, J. McCartney, C. McKernan, B. Pickett, M. Pike, M. Roberts, R. Scott, A. Simpson, A. Stevens, S. Watt, S. Welsh
Essendon
S. Alessio, P. Barnard, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, A. Bomford, D. Calthorpe, B. Caracella, S. Eastaugh, D. Fletcher, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, J. Lalich, M. Lloyd, M. Long, S. Lucas, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, G. Moorcroft, R. Olarenshaw, D. Solomon, S. Wellman
North Melbourne (19.13.127) defeated Essendon (16.13.109).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Harvey (5), W. Abraham (2), S. Grant (2), C. McKernan (2), P. Bell, J. Blakey, W. Carey, J. McCartney, M. Pike, R. Scott, A. Simpson, A. Stevens
Essendon: M. Lloyd (4), S. Lucas (4), D. Bewick (2), P. Barnard, A. Bomford, D. Calthorpe, B. Caracella, M. Mercuri, G. Moorcroft
As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Essendon remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1998 AFL Season
Round:
Round 14
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
Essendon
Date:
Friday 26 June 1998
Time:
7:40 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
48,618
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def.
Essendon
Score:
19.13.127 - 16.13.109
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 5 | . | 4 | 12 | . | 5 | 16 | . | 7 | 19 | . | 13 | 19 | . | 13 | (127) |
| Essendon | 4 | . | 0 | 8 | . | 6 | 11 | . | 10 | 16 | . | 13 | 16 | . | 13 | (109) |
| Margin | NMLB by 10 | NMLB by 23 | NMLB by 27 | NMLB by 18 | NMLB by 18 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Denis Pagan
(North Melbourne),
Kevin Sheedy
(Essendon)
Captains:
Wayne Carey
(North Melbourne),
unknown
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
H. Kennedy
(#7),
S. McBurney
(#29),
S. McInerney
(#30)
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Archer | NMLB | 11 | 3 |
| David King | NMLB | 34 | 2 |
| Brent Harvey | NMLB | 29 | 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 | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Archer, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 26 | Bell, Peter | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | Blakey, John | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | Carey, Wayne (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Chandler, Brett | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Cochrane, Stuart | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Grant, Shannon | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 29 | Harvey, Brent | ? | ? | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Hewitt, Evan | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | King, David | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Martyn, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | McCartney, Jason | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | McKernan, Corey | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Pickett, Byron | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Pike, Martin | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Roberts, Mark | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Scott, Robert | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Simpson, Adam | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Stevens, Anthony | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 36 | Watt, Shannon | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Welsh, Scott | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 19 | 13 | 273 | 197 | 76 | 64 | 26 | 34 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 38 | 55 | |||
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Alessio, Steven | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Barnard, Paul | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Berbakov, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Bewick, Darren | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | Blumfield, Justin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Bomford, Andrew | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Calthorpe, David | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 33 | Caracella, Blake | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 36 | Eastaugh, Simon | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Fletcher, Dustin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | Hardwick, Damien | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Heffernan, Chris | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Lalich, Judd | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Lloyd, Matthew | ? | ? | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Long, Michael | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | Lucas, Scott | ? | ? | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Mercuri, Mark | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | Misiti, Joe | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 29 | Moorcroft, Gary | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 47 | Olarenshaw, Ricky | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Solomon, Dean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Wellman, Sean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 16 | 13 | 333 | 222 | 111 | 105 | 28 | 29 | 48 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 61 | |||