1991 AFL Round 2: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 1991 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round 2 of the 1991 AFL season. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Richard Osborne captained the hosts. Garry Lyon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Shaw and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Fitzroy
R. Osborne (capt.), J. Blakey, M. Bourke, P. Broderick, M. Bunn, J. Cormack, B. Davis, M. Dundas, M. Gale, B. Klaebe, A. Lynch, R. Lyon, D. O'Connell, P. Roos, D. Rowe, B. Stephens, S. Stevenson, D. Strooper, C. Waterson, J. Wynd

Melbourne
G. Lyon (capt.), D. Bennett, L. Beveridge, T. Campbell, S. Clark, D. Cuthbertson, S. Eishold, S. Febey, G. Healy, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, S. O'Dwyer, R. Owen, D. Schwarz, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, T. Viney, S. Wight, G. Yeats

Fitzroy (6.13.49) were defeated by Melbourne (27.18.180).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: P. Roos (2), J. Blakey, M. Bourke, B. Davis, A. Lynch
Melbourne: D. Bennett (8), S. O'Dwyer (4), L. Beveridge (3), G. Healy (3), D. Cuthbertson (2), S. Eishold (2), R. Owen (2), J. Stynes (2), T. Viney

As a result of this match, Fitzroy were then 15th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (up from 15th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 March 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 11,278

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.13.49 - 27.18.180

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 4 3 . 7 4 . 11 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Melbourne 6 . 5 15 . 10 21 . 17 27 . 18 27 . 18 (180)
Margin MELB by 31 MELB by 75 MELB by 108 MELB by 131 MELB by 131
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Robert Shaw (Fitzroy), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: Richard Osborne (Fitzroy), Garry Lyon (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Anthony, P. Cameron

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jim Stynes MELB 11 3
Glenn Lovett MELB 6 2
Todd Viney MELB 12 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
18 Blakey, John ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 4 0 1 1 1
24 Bourke, Matthew ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 1 0 1 1 2
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 1 8 2 6 0 0 0 1 0
40 Bunn, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 0 2 1
16 Cormack, Joe ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 3 0 1 1 2
10 Davis, Brad ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 4 4 1 1 0
2 Dundas, Matthew ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 1 0 0 1 2
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 3 0 0 1 1
19 Klaebe, Brenton ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 4 0 0 0 0
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 4 0 1 1 2
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 3 0 1 2 3
25 O'Connell, David ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 10 6 0 3 1
44 Osborne, Richard (c) ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 2
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 5 1 0 2 2
20 Rowe, Duane ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 1 1
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 0 1 4
13 Stevenson, Shayne ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 5 0 0 1 1
31 Strooper, David ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0
30 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 0 2 0
8 Wynd, Jim ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 13 286 183 103 65 11 7 24 27

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 8 4 16 12 4 10 0 0 1 1
24 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 3 1 18 12 6 2 0 3 2 1
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 1 0
32 Clark, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 1 2
48 Cuthbertson, Darren ? ? 2 3 15 14 1 3 0 2 2 3
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 3 0 0 2 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 3 0 1
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 3 4 30 24 6 5 0 0 3 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 1 2 0
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 3 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 2 0 1 0 2
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 4 0 9 7 2 4 8 1 2 1
7 Owen, Rod ? ? 2 0 23 14 9 6 0 2 2 3
44 Schwarz, David ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 4 1 1 3 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 0 0 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 2 2 25 17 8 14 11 2 1 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 6 0 0 1 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 3 0 0 2 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 2 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 27 18 322 230 92 85 20 23 27 24

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