North Melbourne will be hoping for a better outing in Narrandera with the last match the club played at the ground ending unfavorably.
The Sydney Swans thrashed North Melbourne by 83 points in the Country Day game which was played on Sunday March 9 1986.
The win gave the Swans a great deal of momentum heading into the home and away season in front of an appreciative 9000 strong crowd.
The Swans were 90 minutes late to the ground after a flight schedule change in Sydney but the delay didn’t have any impact on full forward Warrick Capper who starred with seven goals.
For the Kangaroos, Phil Krakouer kicked two goals in a team which fielded current AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou, assistant coach Darren Crocker and chief of football Donald McDonald.
Sydney 19.19(133) defeated North 7.8 (50)
Goals:
Sydney: Warrick Capper 7, Gerard Healy 3, A Daniher 2, T Morwood 2, G Williams 2, G Coleman, B Mitchell, S Wright 1;
North Melbourne: P Krakouer 2, M Passmore, J Krakouer, S McCann, B Ryan, W Schimmelbusch 1.
NORTH MELBOURNE
Wayne Schimmelbusch, David Ackerly, Mark Arceri, Graeme Atkins, Craig Cleary, Tim Harrington, Darren Harris, Stephen Hickey, John Holt, David Honybun, Peter Smith, Darren Crocker, Andrew Demetriou, David Dwyer, Ian Fairley, Anthony Furey, Peter German, John McCarthy, Donald McDonald, Anthony McTavish, Rick Norman, Peter Jonas, Jim Krakouer, Phillip Krakouer, John Law, Jamie Stephenson, Michael Passmore, Roy Ramsay, Alan Richardson, Robert Saggers, Stephen McCann, Paul Spargo, Rohan Robertson, Shane Robertson, Brendan Ryan.
SYDNEY
Denis Carroll, Mark Browning, Paul Morwood, Jamie Duursma, Gerard Healy, Ian Roberts, David Bonton, Stephen Wright, David Murphy, Craig Davis, Tim Barling, Warrick Capper, Tony Morwood, Graham Jones, Tony Sinclair, Mark Bayes, Tony Ironmonger, Terrance Thripp, Simon Hose, Mark Lockie, David Upfill, Paul Smith, Peter Quirk, Hilton Kotzur, Mark Roberts, Michael Winter, Anthony Witts, Dean Duursma, Warrick Capper, Rod Carter, Greg Williams
