1990 AFL Round 6: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1990 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 6 of the 1990 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), T. Barling, D. Bolton, N. Cordy, S. Fell, L. Higgins, M. Kennedy, R. Kerr, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, M. Neagle, C. Potter, M. Ryan, D. Scott, T. Thripp, B. Toohey, B. Tunbridge, J. West, S. Wheeler, S. Wright

Melbourne
G. Healy (capt.), D. Bennett, T. Campbell, S. Eishold, S. Febey, D. Hughes, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. Newport, A. Obst, S. O'Dwyer, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, J. Viney, T. Viney, B. Wilson, G. Yeats

Sydney (14.14.98) defeated Melbourne (12.21.93).

Goalkickers
Sydney: S. Fell (4), J. West (3), S. Wright (2), L. Higgins, R. Kerr, M. Ryan, T. Thripp, S. Wheeler
Melbourne: D. Bennett (2), T. Campbell (2), S. Eishold (2), T. Viney (2), A. Lovell, S. O'Dwyer, J. Stynes, G. Yeats

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 6 May 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 10,155

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 14.14.98 - 12.21.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 1 . 2 6 . 8 9 . 10 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Melbourne 4 . 7 5 . 11 8 . 18 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
Margin MELB by 23 SYDN by 3 MELB by 2 SYDN by 5 SYDN by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Col Kinnear (Sydney), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), Greg Healy (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dennis Carroll SYDN 7 3
Steven Febey MELB 21 2
Andrew Obst MELB 29 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Barling, Tim ? ? 0 4 10 5 5 4 1 0 1 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 2 1 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 5 0 4 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 12 0 0 0 0
23 Fell, Shane ? ? 4 1 6 5 1 5 0 0 1 1
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 0 0
14 Kennedy, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 1 0
39 Kerr, Robert ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 4 0 3 1 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 1 26 21 5 4 0 3 1 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 1 31 19 12 3 0 0 4 3
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 0 0 0
17 Potter, Craig ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 4 0 2 1 2
8 Ryan, Matthew ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 0 0 1 0 1
22 Scott, Dion ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 1
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 2 0 1 5 1
48 Tunbridge, Brad ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 13 1 0 2
20 West, Jim ? ? 3 1 20 12 8 9 0 0 1 2
27 Wheeler, Sanford ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 1 0 4 0 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 1 23 14 9 4 0 2 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 14 335 216 119 70 14 25 20 21

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 2 2 10 6 4 3 1 0 2 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 2 0 16 6 10 3 0 1 0 0
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 2 0 0 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 3 24 20 4 6 0 2 1 4
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 3 0 3 1 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 1 2
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 3 0 2 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 5 0 0 0 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 2 1 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 4
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 27 13 14 7 0 2 2 2
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 7 7 1 4 4
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 1 22 11 11 7 0 0 1 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 2 0 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 5 8 0 0 1
15 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 3 15 11 4 4 0 1 1 0
26 Viney, Jay ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 1 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 1 0 0 2 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 0 24 19 5 7 0 0 1 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 12 21 324 219 105 80 16 16 18 20

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